batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1107-l1132
---
record_id: batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1107-l1132
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: THE WATER OF ETERNAL LIFE / EARTHLY LOVE AND THE LOVE DIVINE / LOVE'S DESIRE
/ THE FINDING OF THE BELOVED; lines 1107-1132
start: '1107'
end: '1132'
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: The speaker longs for the addressed one's face, lips, and radiant countenance.
In a second lyric, the speaker describes a primordial condition before names and
named existence, searches for the Beloved among Christian, idol-temple, pagoda,
and mountain settings, and finally finds Him in the speaker's own heart.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker asks the addressed one to show a face and open lips, because the
speaker desires orchard, rose-garden, sugar, and a radiant countenance.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The addressed one is compared or addressed as a sun whose face is hidden by
a veil of cloud.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker says there was a time when names, named existence, and the terms
"I" and "We" were not present.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The passage says names and the named were brought to view by the speaker.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The tip of the Beloved's curl is described as becoming a center of revelation,
while also being said not yet to exist.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker surveys cross and Christians and says the Beloved was not on the
Cross.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The speaker goes to an idol-temple and ancient pagoda and reports that no
trace is visible there.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The speaker goes to the mountains of Herāt and Candahār and says the Beloved
was not in that hill-and-dale.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: The speaker looks into the speaker's own heart and sees the Beloved there,
saying He was nowhere else.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: speaker
description: First-person voice who desires, surveys religious and geographic locations,
and looks into the heart.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Beloved / addressed Thou / He
description: The desired and sought figure whose face, lips, countenance, curl,
and final presence in the heart are described.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Christians
description: A group named together with the Cross during the speaker's survey.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: seeker-speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The first-person voice desires the addressed one and searches multiple places
before looking into the heart.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: sought Beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage names the Beloved and describes the speaker's desire for and
search for Him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: surveyed religious group
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Christians are named as part of the field the speaker surveys while seeking
the Beloved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: face / countenance
literal_form: Face and radiant glowing countenance of the addressed one
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: orchard and rose-garden
literal_form: Orchard and rose-garden desired by the speaker
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: sugar
literal_form: Sugar desired in plenty from the opened lips
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: sun behind cloud-veil
literal_form: Sun showing its face from a veil of cloud
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:5
label: Beloved's curl
literal_form: Tip of the Beloved's curl, described as a center of revelation
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: Cross
literal_form: The Cross, where the Beloved is not found
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: idol-temple and ancient pagoda
literal_form: Religious buildings visited by the speaker where no trace is visible
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:8
label: mountains of Herāt and Candahār
literal_form: Mountains and hill-and-dale searched by the speaker
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:9
label: heart
literal_form: The speaker's own heart, where the Beloved is seen
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Desire for the radiant face
summary: The speaker asks the addressed one to reveal face, lips, and radiant countenance,
using images of garden, sugar, sun, and cloud-veil.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Primordial naming and revelation
summary: The speaker describes being present before names and named existence, bringing
names and named into view, and associating the Beloved's curl with revelation.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Search through external sacred places
summary: The speaker searches among cross and Christians, an idol-temple, an ancient
pagoda, and the mountains of Herāt and Candahār, but does not find the Beloved
there.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Discovery in the heart
summary: The speaker looks into the speaker's own heart and finds the Beloved there,
not elsewhere.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: quest for the Beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
- divine_beloved
basis: The passage presents a first-person search for the Beloved through religious
and geographic places, ending in an inward discovery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is lyric and devotional; the Beloved is not explicitly defined
in the supplied excerpt except through address and search language.
- id: motif:2
label: inward discovery of the sought divine presence
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: After not finding the Beloved in external sites, the speaker finds Him in
the speaker's own heart.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference is limited to the available motif-family list;
the passage itself does not use the phrase divine beloved.
- id: motif:3
label: pre-existence before names
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The speaker describes a day when names, named existence, and the distinction
of "I" and "We" were not yet present.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The exact metaphysical role of the speaker in this primordial scene is
ambiguous in this short excerpt.
- id: motif:4
label: revelatory sign from the Beloved
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The tip of the Beloved's curl is described as becoming a center of revelation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The image is symbolic, but the passage does not explain the mechanism
or doctrinal meaning of the revelation.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 1107-1112
quote_or_summary: Under "LOVE'S DESIRE," the speaker asks for the addressed one's
face and lips, desiring an orchard, rose-garden, sugar, and a radiant sun-like
countenance from behind cloud.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 1114-1121
quote_or_summary: Under "THE FINDING OF THE BELOVED," the speaker describes a time
before names, named existence, and "I" and "We," and describes the Beloved's curl
as a center of revelation.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 1122-1129
quote_or_summary: The speaker surveys cross and Christians, visits an idol-temple
and ancient pagoda, and goes to the mountains of Herāt and Candahār, but does
not find the Beloved or any trace there.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: 1131-1132
quote_or_summary: '"I gazed into my own heart; / There I saw Him; He was nowhere
else."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is supported by the provided passage. Motif labels are
cautious because the excerpt is lyric and does not explicitly define the Beloved
or doctrinal framework. No comparison claims were added because the passage does
not itself provide an explicit comparative frame.
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. Available taxonomy refs were applied only where directly supported by the passage language.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg__l1107-l1132
passage_sha256=6ac7146221839fb864f01ef2eb6382e44405b1ec6c46499858b4ce56bb5091b8