batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1266-l1293
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1266-l1293
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: ASPIRATION / THE JOURNEY TO THE BELOVED / THE DAY OF RESURRECTION / THE RETURN
OF THE BELOVED; lines 1266-1293
start: '1266'
end: '1293'
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: "“Thou wert dust and art spirit, thou wert ignorant and art wise.”"
summary: The passage presents a resurrection scene with tumult, lights, and the
world giving birth to the everlasting world. It then speaks of the Beloved returning
at night and urges abstinence from opium, food, speech, entangled thoughts, life,
and the world in order to taste sweetness, enter the circle, see Paradise, gain
later speech, and behold the Life of the world.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The resurrection section describes clamour and tumult on every side and candles
and torches in every street.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage says the teeming world gives birth to the World Everlasting.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The addressed person is described as having been dust and become spirit, and
as having been ignorant and become wise.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: A figure who has led the addressee thus far is said to lead the addressee
further and gently draw the addressee to himself through pains.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: The Beloved is said always to return at night.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker instructs the addressee not to eat opium, to close the mouth against
food, and to refrain from speaking.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: A cup-bearer is described as not being a tyrant, and his assembly is said
to contain a circle into which the addressee is invited.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:8
text: The speaker contrasts the wideness of God's earth with the addressee having
fallen asleep in a prison.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: The speaker instructs the addressee to avoid entangled thoughts, abandon life
and the world, and thereby see Paradise explained and behold the Life of the world.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the addressed person
description: The person or audience spoken to as having changed from dust to spirit
and from ignorance to wisdom, and as being instructed to abstain and enter the
circle.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the Beloved
description: A beloved figure said to return at night.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: the guiding He
description: A figure described as having led the addressee thus far, leading further,
and gently drawing the addressee to himself.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the cup-bearer
description: A cup-bearer described as not tyrannical and associated with an assembly
containing a circle.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: God
description: Named in the phrase referring to the wideness of God's earth.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: instructed aspirant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The addressee is told what to avoid, abandon, and behold, and is described
as undergoing transformation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: returning beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage states that the Beloved always returns at night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: divine guide or drawer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The figure has led the addressee and will lead further, drawing the addressee
to himself.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: cup-bearer of the assembly
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The cup-bearer is linked with an assembly and a circle into which the addressee
is invited.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: possessor of the wide earth
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The passage refers to God's earth as wide in contrast to a prison.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: candles and torches
literal_form: candles and torches in every street
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: birth of the World Everlasting
literal_form: the teeming world giving birth to the World Everlasting
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: dust becoming spirit
literal_form: dust changed into spirit
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: night return
literal_form: the Beloved returning at night
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: circle in the assembly
literal_form: a circle in the cup-bearer's assembly
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: prison
literal_form: a prison in which the addressee has fallen asleep
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: Paradise
literal_form: Paradise whose explanation may be seen
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:8
label: Life of the world
literal_form: the Life of the world to be beheld after abandoning life and the world
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Day of Resurrection
summary: A resurrection scene is presented with public tumult, street lights, the
birth of the World Everlasting, the addressee's transformation from dust to spirit
and ignorance to wisdom, and a guiding figure drawing the addressee onward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Return of the Beloved
summary: At night the Beloved returns; the addressee is urged to abstain, enter
the cup-bearer's circle, cease regarding Time's revolution, awaken from prison,
avoid thoughts, refrain from speech, and abandon life and the world to behold
higher realities.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: resurrection and transformation
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- death_rebirth
basis: The passage is headed as a day of resurrection and describes the world giving
birth to the World Everlasting and the addressee changing from dust to spirit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is poetic and devotional rather than a narrative account of
bodily resurrection.
- id: motif:2
label: divine beloved returns
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
- return
basis: The Beloved is explicitly said to return at night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The identity of the Beloved is not further specified within the passage.
- id: motif:3
label: mystical quest through abstinence and renunciation
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
- annihilation_union
basis: The addressee is instructed to abstain from opium, food, speech, entangled
thoughts, life, and the world in order to taste sweetness, see Paradise, gain
future speech, and behold the Life of the world.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The motif family assignment is interpretive; the literal passage gives
imperatives and desired visionary outcomes.
- id: motif:4
label: guidance toward the divine
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: A guiding figure is described as having led the addressee so far and as continuing
to lead and draw the addressee to himself.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The guiding figure is named only by pronoun in the immediate lines.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1266-1272
quote_or_summary: The section titled “THE DAY OF RESURRECTION” describes clamour,
candles and torches, the world giving birth to the World Everlasting, the addressee
becoming spirit and wise, and a guiding figure leading and drawing the addressee
onward.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary with short title quotation.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1275-1281
quote_or_summary: The section titled “THE RETURN OF THE BELOVED” says the Beloved
returns at night, urges the addressee not to eat opium and to close the mouth
against food, and describes a cup-bearer, an assembly, and a circle.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary with short title quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1283-1293
quote_or_summary: The speaker contrasts wide God's earth with sleeping in a prison,
and instructs the addressee to avoid entangled thoughts, refrain from speaking,
and abandon life and the world to see Paradise and behold the Life of the world.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction uses only the supplied passage. Motif assignments are limited
to available taxonomy refs and remain draft interpretive candidates.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not provide an explicit comparative link beyond its own devotional imagery and available motif-family classification.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg__l1266-l1293
passage_sha256=71738393aa1e6e045846ea3b472f11b0964eb4feb1af465744ef51fa633042ed