batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1697-l1736
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1697-l1736
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: SPIRIT GREATER THAN FORM / WHERE LOVE IS / THE LOVE OF THE BELOVED / THE
LOVE OF THE SOUL AND THE LOVE OF THE BODY; lines 1697-1736
start: '1697'
end: '1736'
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 passage says that a lover seeking union with a beloved is matched by
the beloved’s own seeking, and that divine love in the heart indicates God’s love
in return. It contrasts the soul’s love for life, wisdom, knowledge, and things
on high with the body’s love for property and food. It then addresses Love as
a resurrection-day figure and petitions Love to hear the speaker’s supplications,
whose reason repeatedly takes flight in desire to see and hear the beloved.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A lover seeks union with his beloved, and the beloved is also described as
seeking union with him.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The lover’s love makes his body lean, while the Beloved’s love makes her fair
and lusty.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A lightning spark of love arising in one heart is said to show that love is
reciprocated in another heart.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The passage states that when the Love of God arises in the heart, God also
feels love for that person.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The soul’s love is directed toward Life, the Living One, wisdom, knowledge,
and things exalted on high.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The body’s love is directed toward houses, gardens, vineyards, goods, and
food.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The Love of Him on high is directed to the soul, with the cited saying that
He loves those who love Him.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The speaker addresses Love as the Israfil of the resurrection-day of Love
and asks Love to listen to his orisons and speech.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The speaker says his reason has taken flight many times in desire to see,
hear, and listen to the addressed beloved, and to behold life-giving smiles.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The addressed figure’s inclining of the ear to supplications is compared to
a caress to the speaker’s misguided soul.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: lover
description: A lover who seeks union with his beloved and whose love makes his body
lean.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: beloved / Beloved
description: The beloved who also seeks union with the lover; the Beloved’s love
makes her fair and lusty.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God / Him on high / Living One
description: The divine figure whose love is said to respond to love arising in
the human heart and whose love is directed to the soul.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: soul
description: The soul loves Life, the Living One, wisdom, knowledge, and exalted
things on high; it is the recipient of the Love of Him on high.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: body
description: The body loves houses, gardens, vineyards, goods, and food.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Love
description: Love is addressed directly as the heart’s desire of Love, as the Israfil
of the resurrection-day of Love, and as a protector of slaves who is asked to
listen.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: speaker
description: The speaker petitions Love, says his reason takes flight in desire
to see and hear the beloved, and describes his soul as misguided.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: lover seeking union
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The lover seeks union with the beloved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: reciprocating beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The beloved is also described as seeking union with the lover.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: divine beloved who reciprocates love
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God is said to love the one in whose heart the Love of God arises.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: soul oriented upward toward life and wisdom
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The soul loves Life, the Living One, wisdom, knowledge, and things on high.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: body oriented toward material acquisition
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The body loves property, gardens, vineyards, goods, and food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: personified Love addressed in prayer
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Love is directly invoked and asked to hear the speaker’s orisons and speech.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: supplicant desiring vision and hearing of the beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The speaker asks to be heard and says reason takes flight in desire to see
and hear the beloved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: lightning spark of love
literal_form: lightning spark arising in the heart
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: heart
literal_form: this heart / that heart; the heart where Love of God arises
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: things exalted on high
literal_form: things exalted on high
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: material possessions and food
literal_form: houses, gardens, vine-yards, goods, and food
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: resurrection-day of Love
literal_form: Israfil of the resurrection-day of Love
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: taking flight of reason
literal_form: reason taken flight in desire
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: inclined ear
literal_form: Love lending or inclining the ear to supplications
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Reciprocal seeking of lover and beloved
summary: The lover’s search for union with the beloved is presented as matched by
the beloved’s own movement toward union; love arising in one heart indicates reciprocal
love in another.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Divine love responding to the heart
summary: The Love of God arising in the heart is said to mean that God also loves
the person, and the Love of Him on high is directed to the soul.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Contrast of soul-love and body-love
summary: The soul’s love is directed to life, the Living One, wisdom, knowledge,
and high things, while the body’s love is directed to property and food.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Supplication to Love
summary: The speaker addresses Love as a resurrection-day figure, asks Love to hear
his prayers, and describes the beloved’s attention as a caress to his misguided
soul.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: reciprocal union of lover and beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The passage states that the beloved also seeks union with the lover and extends
this reciprocity to God’s love for the one who loves God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage uses both human lover-beloved language and explicit divine
love; the precise relation between these registers should be reviewed.
- id: motif:2
label: soul-body duality in the objects of love
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
- wisdom
basis: The soul loves Life, the Living One, wisdom, knowledge, and high things,
while the body loves property and food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: This is a doctrinal contrast rather than a narrative episode.
- id: motif:3
label: love as resurrection and life-giving presence
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Love is addressed as the Israfil of the resurrection-day of Love, and the
beloved’s smiles are described as life-giving.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The resurrection language is metaphorical within a lyric supplication,
not a literal resurrection narrative in this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: mystical longing for sight and hearing of the beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The speaker’s reason repeatedly takes flight in desire to see the beloved,
hear the beloved, and listen to the beloved’s words.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents longing and prayer, not a fully developed journey
narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 1697-1702
quote_or_summary: "“No lover ever seeks union with his beloved, / But his beloved
is also seeking union with him”; the lover’s love makes his body lean, while the
Beloved’s love makes her fair and lusty."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 1703-1706
quote_or_summary: A lightning spark of love arising in one heart shows reciprocal
love in another; when the Love of God arises in the heart, God also feels love
for that person.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise quotation/summary used for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1709-1716
quote_or_summary: The soul’s love is for Life, the Living One, wisdom, knowledge,
and things exalted on high; the body’s love is for houses, gardens, vineyards,
goods, and food.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 1717-1720
quote_or_summary: "“The Love, too, of Him on high is directed to the soul”; the
passage adds, “He loves them that love Him,” and states that the soul of the sought
inclines to the seeker."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1723-1728
quote_or_summary: The speaker addresses Love as the Israfil of the resurrection-day
of Love and asks that Love’s first boon be to lend an ear to his prayers and speech.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 1729-1736
quote_or_summary: The speaker says his reason has taken flight many times in desire
to see and hear the beloved, to listen to the beloved’s words, and to behold life-giving
smiles; the beloved’s attention to supplication is compared to a caress to the
speaker’s misguided soul.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is lyric and doctrinal rather than narrative; motifs are identified
cautiously from explicit imagery and contrasts. No comparison claims are made
beyond available motif-family tagging.
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 text and metadata; taxonomy references limited to supplied motif families.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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