batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l894-l925
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l894-l925
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: THE BABY DARLING / LOVE'S EARTHLY WAY / REASON / THE MOON OF LOVE; lines
894-925
start: '894'
end: '925'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jámí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage first praises Reason as a power that corrects, completes, unites,
and serves as the ancient source from which prophets draw. It then presents a
speaker addressing a Shah or beloved, declaring servitude and incapacity, seeking
liberation from a snare, and abandoning both worlds when looking upon the moon-like
beloved. A final short lyric states that without the lover even a heavenly chamber
is cramped, while with the lover even an ant's eye is wider than Heaven.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Reason is described as righting the retrograde, completing the imperfect,
and uniting the knot.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Reason is called an ancient fountain from which prophets drew, with no one
else drawing from it.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The passage says claims to any other inspiration are false and that there
are no prophets except the wise.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: A speaker addresses a Shah, calling himself the slave of the Shah's desire
and dust of the Shah's throne.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker says he wishes to do whatever the Shah desires but is impeded
by his own incompetence and infirm will.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker repeatedly tortures his own soul while devising liberation from
a snare in which he languishes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: When the speaker thinks upon the moon, his soul relapses; when he looks, he
leaves both worlds behind to follow her.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The final lyric contrasts the absence and presence of the lover through images
of a heavenly chamber, Heaven's horizon, and an ant's eye.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Reason
description: Personified or abstract reason described as correcting, completing,
uniting, and serving as a fountain for prophets.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Prophets
description: Those who draw from the ancient fountain of reason.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: The wise
description: The passage identifies true prophets with the wise.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Speaker
description: First-person voice who addresses the Shah, calls himself slave and
dust, laments incapacity, seeks liberation, and follows the moon-like beloved.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Shah
description: Addressee of the speaker's declaration of servitude and obedience.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Moon-like her
description: A feminine beloved or object of contemplation referred to as 'that
moon' and 'her.'
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lover
description: The beloved whose absence or presence transforms the speaker's experience
of space.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: source of wisdom
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Reason is the fountain from which prophets draw and is linked with wisdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: wise prophetic recipients
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: Prophets draw from reason, and true prophets are identified with the wise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: devoted speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The speaker calls himself the slave of the Shah's desire and dust of the
Shah's throne.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: ensnared seeker
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The speaker languishes in a snare and devises liberation from it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: sovereign addressee
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The addressee is called 'O Shah' and has a throne and desire the speaker
would obey.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: beloved object of longing
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: The moon-like 'her' is followed after the speaker leaves both worlds, and
the lover's presence or absence determines the speaker's experience of Heaven-like
space.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fountain of reason
literal_form: fountain
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: knot united by reason
literal_form: knot
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: throne and dust
literal_form: throne; dust of the throne
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: snare of captivity
literal_form: snare
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: moon-like beloved
literal_form: moon
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: both worlds left behind
literal_form: both worlds
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: Heaven and ant's eye spatial contrast
literal_form: Heaven's horizon; ant's eye; chamber
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Reason as prophetic source
summary: Reason is praised as a corrective and completing power, an ancient fountain
from which prophets draw; other inspiration is denied, and prophets are equated
with the wise.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Devotional address to the Shah
summary: The speaker addresses the Shah, declares servitude and obedience, and confesses
incompetence and infirm will.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Ensnarement and pursuit of the moon-like beloved
summary: The speaker seeks liberation from a snare, but thought of the moon-like
beloved causes relapse, and direct sight leads him to leave both worlds behind
to follow her.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Love alters the measure of space
summary: The lyric states that without the lover even a heavenly chamber is cramped,
while with the lover even an ant's eye is wider than Heaven.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: wisdom as prophetic source
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Reason is presented as the ancient fountain from which prophets draw, and
true prophets are identified with the wise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage speaks poetically about reason and wisdom; it does not narrate
a mythic acquisition of wisdom.
- id: motif:2
label: beloved as sovereign or divine object of devotion
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The speaker addresses a Shah in terms of servitude, obedience, and dust before
the throne, then follows a moon-like beloved after leaving both worlds behind.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The beloved is not explicitly named as divine in the passage; identification
with a divine beloved depends on Sufi context beyond the literal lines.
- id: motif:3
label: mystical pursuit beyond both worlds
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The speaker seeks liberation from a snare and, upon looking at the moon-like
beloved, leaves both worlds behind to follow her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives a lyric expression of pursuit rather than a full journey
narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: love transforming cosmic scale
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The lover's absence makes even a chamber as broad as Heaven seem narrow,
while the lover's presence makes an ant's eye wider than Heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The lover may be earthly or mystical; the passage itself does not specify.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 894-899
quote_or_summary: Reason rights the retrograde, completes the imperfect, unites
the knot, and is the ancient fountain from which prophets drew.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 900-901
quote_or_summary: Claims to other inspiration are false; there are no prophets except
the wise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 905-909
quote_or_summary: The speaker addresses the Shah as slave of his desire and dust
of his throne, willing to do what he desires but sick with incompetence and infirm
will.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 910-915
quote_or_summary: The speaker tortures his soul seeking liberation from a snare;
thinking on the moon brings relapse, and looking makes him leave both worlds behind
to follow her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 919-925
quote_or_summary: Without the lover a chamber like Heaven's horizon is narrower
than an ant's eye; with the lover, an ant's eye is wider than Heaven.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif labels involving divine or mystical
love are plausible within the supplied Sufi metadata but are not explicitly stated
in the passage, so they are marked with caution. No comparison claims were made
because the passage itself does not compare traditions or motif families.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
Only the provided passage and metadata were used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg__l894-l925
passage_sha256=2b3f73eca6cf00cdfbaf2163bd061e57adf5a2fce0cf4162ca8134f4ac7eb0d5