batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1162-l1177
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1162-l1177
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: THE FINDING OF THE BELOVED / GOD ONLY / THE MOON-SOUL AND THE SEA / LIFE
IN DEATH; lines 1162-1177
start: '1162'
end: '1177'
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: Union and meeting are mine in that hour.
summary: The speaker instructs mourners not to treat death, burial, or apparent
setting as separation. The grave is described as a curtain before Paradise, descent
is followed by resurrection, and the soul's release leads to song beyond ordinary
place.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker imagines his bier moving on the day of death and says his heart
is not in this world.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker tells the addressee not to weep or cry out that he is parted when
seeing the hearse.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker states that union and meeting belong to him in the hour associated
with death.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker tells the addressee not to say farewell when committing him to
the grave.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The grave is described as a curtain hiding the communion of Paradise.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The passage contrasts descent with resurrection.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The apparent setting of sun and moon is compared to rising.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: A vault that seems like a prison is described as the release of the soul.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The speaker commands silence on this side and opening beyond, where a triumphal
song will occur in placeless air.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: deceased speaker
description: First-person speaker whose bier, hearse, grave, heart, and soul are
discussed.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: addressee or mourner
description: Second-person addressee instructed not to weep, not to cry that the
speaker is parted, and not to say farewell.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: soul
description: The soul is described as released when the vault seems to be a prison.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: speaker facing death
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The first-person voice refers to his bier, hearse, grave, and heart on the
day of death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: mourning witness
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The second-person addressee is told how not to respond when seeing the hearse
and committing the speaker to the grave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: released soul
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage says the apparent prison-like vault is the release of the soul.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: bier and hearse
literal_form: bier; hearse
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: grave as curtain
literal_form: grave; curtain hiding the communion of Paradise
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: descent and resurrection
literal_form: descent followed by resurrection
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: setting and rising of sun and moon
literal_form: sun and moon setting, understood as rising
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: vault as prison and release
literal_form: vault seeming a prison; release of the soul
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: placeless air and triumphal song
literal_form: placeless air; triumphal song
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: mourning reinterpreted as union
summary: The speaker imagines his funeral procession and tells the addressee not
to mourn separation because the hour is one of union and meeting for him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: burial reinterpreted as paradise and resurrection
summary: The act of committing the speaker to the grave is not to be called farewell,
because the grave is described as a curtain before Paradise and descent is followed
by resurrection.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: apparent setting as rising and release
summary: The passage explains that what appears as setting is rising, and what seems
a prison-like vault is the release of the soul.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: song beyond place
summary: The addressee is told to close the mouth on this side and open it beyond,
where a triumphal song will be in placeless air.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: life in death
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: Death, burial, and apparent descent are presented as transition into union,
Paradise, resurrection, rising, and release of the soul.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is mystical lyric rather than narrative myth; the motif is
expressed as spiritual instruction.
- id: motif:2
label: resurrection after descent
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage explicitly instructs the hearer to consider resurrection after
beholding descent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The text gives a compressed poetic statement, not an extended resurrection
narrative.
- id: motif:3
label: union beyond death
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
- divine_beloved
basis: The speaker says that union and meeting are his in the hour of death and
associates the grave with the communion of Paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The beloved or divine partner is not named in this excerpt; the taxonomy
link relies on the passage's language of union and the supplied Sufi source context.
- id: motif:4
label: soul released from prison-like enclosure
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The vault seems to be a prison but is described as the release of the soul.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly names this image.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 1162-1164
quote_or_summary: '"When my bier moveth on the day of Death, / Think not my heart
is in this world."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 1165-1168
quote_or_summary: The speaker says not to weep or cry "Parted, parted!" at the hearse,
because "Union and meeting are mine in that hour."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 1169-1171
quote_or_summary: The speaker says not to say farewell at the grave, because the
grave is a curtain hiding Paradise's communion; after descent, consider resurrection.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized with short quoted terms from public
domain source.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 1172-1174
quote_or_summary: The speaker asks why setting should harm the sun and moon; what
seems setting is rising, and what seems a prison is release of the soul.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized with short quoted terms from public
domain source.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 1176-1177
quote_or_summary: '"Shut thy mouth on this side and open it beyond, / For in placeless
air will be thy triumphal song."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif taxonomy assignment is cautious
because the passage is a short mystical lyric and does not provide an extended
narrative. No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not
make an explicit cross-textual 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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. Available taxonomy references were applied only where directly supported by passage language or supplied source context.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg__l1162-l1177
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