batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1048-l1063
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1048-l1063
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: MORTALITY AND IMMORTALITY / THE BELOVED THE DIVINE CONSOLER / THE SEA OF
LOVE / THE BEAUTY OF THE BELOVED; lines 1048-1063
start: '1048'
end: '1063'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jalálu''d-dín Rúmí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A speaker addresses the Beloved, declaring that spiritual beauty is glorious
but the Beloved's own beauty is beyond it. Imagination of the Beloved increases
light in the eye, but union with Him dims that light. The speaker venerates the
Beloved's beauty, continually inwardly proclaiming divine greatness. The heart
is described as having an eye that constantly desires the Beloved, and any heart
that has spent one night in the Beloved's air becomes like radiant day.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker addresses an entity called the Beloved and contrasts spiritual
beauty with the Beloved's own beauty and loveliness.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage says that light grows in the eye through the imagination of the
Beloved, but is dimmed in the presence of union with Him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker stands open-mouthed in veneration of the Beloved's beauty and
says that "God is most great" is continually on the heart's lips.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The heart is described as having an eye that is constantly desirous of the
Beloved.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The Beloved's love is described as caressing a slave, and the passage questions
whether the heart is worthy of that love.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Every heart that has spent one night in the Beloved's air is compared to radiant
day.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: speaker
description: The first-person voice addressing and venerating the Beloved.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Beloved
description: The addressed Beloved, identified with divine beauty, love, and union.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: heart
description: The heart is personified as having lips, an eye, desire, and the capacity
to receive the Beloved's love and air.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: adoring speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker directly addresses the Beloved and stands in veneration of the
Beloved's beauty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: divine beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Beloved is addressed as possessing beauty beyond spiritual beauty, associated
with union, love, and the proclamation "God is most great."
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: desiring recipient of divine love
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The heart has an eye fixed in desire, speaks inward praise, receives love,
and becomes radiant after being in the Beloved's air.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: light in the eye
literal_form: light growing and dimming in the eye
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: heart's eye
literal_form: an eye possessed by the heart
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: radiant day
literal_form: a heart compared to radiant day
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: Beloved's air
literal_form: air of the Beloved in which a heart sleeps for one night
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Veneration of the Beloved's beauty
summary: The speaker addresses the Beloved, declares the Beloved's beauty beyond
ordinary spiritual beauty, and responds with veneration and inward praise.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Heart transformed by the Beloved's love and air
summary: The Beloved's love is described as caressing the unworthy heart, and the
heart that sleeps in the Beloved's air becomes like radiant day.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine Beloved as object of adoration and desire
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The passage centers on an addressed Beloved whose beauty exceeds spiritual
beauty and whose love is desired by the heart.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is lyric and devotional rather than narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: Union with the divine Beloved surpassing ordinary perception
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The passage contrasts imagination of the Beloved, which increases light in
the eye, with the presence of union, which dims that light.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions union but does not explicitly describe annihilation
or a full mystical process.
- id: motif:3
label: Heart illumined by nearness to the Beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The heart desires the Beloved and becomes like radiant day after one night
in the Beloved's air.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage contains devotional imagery of desire and transformation,
but no explicit journey sequence.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1048-1051
quote_or_summary: The speaker addresses the Beloved, saying spiritual beauty is
fair and glorious, but the Beloved's own beauty and loveliness are of another
order; the passage asks for a quality equal to His Essence.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 1052-1053
quote_or_summary: '"Light waxes in the eye at the imagination of Him, / But in presence
of His Union it is dimmed."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from provided passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1054-1055
quote_or_summary: The speaker stands open-mouthed in veneration of the Beloved's
beauty, with "God is most great" continually on the heart's lips.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1056-1057
quote_or_summary: The heart has an eye constantly desiring the Beloved, and that
desire feeds both heart and eye.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1058-1059
quote_or_summary: The Beloved's love is described as slave-caressing, while the
passage asks where the heart could be worthy of that love.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 1060-1061
quote_or_summary: '"Every heart that has slept one night in Thy air / Is like radiant
day."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from provided passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage provides clear devotional imagery and explicit Beloved/union
language. Motif classification is partly interpretive because the excerpt is lyric
rather than narrative. No comparison claims were added because the passage itself
does not support a specific cross-text comparison.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata; taxonomy references limited to provided available taxonomy.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg__l1048-l1063
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