batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1798-l1829
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1798-l1829
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: 'THE LOVE OF THE SOUL AND THE LOVE OF THE BODY / DESTROY NOT EARTHLY BEAUTY:
IT BEAUTIFIES THE SOUL / THE DEVIL MAKES USE OF THE BEAUTY OF WOMEN / SELF-AGGRANDISEMENT
AND VAINGLORY NO PART OF LOVE; lines 1798-1829'
start: '1798'
end: '1829'
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: '"I am thine, and thou art Mine!"'
summary: A lover admitted to his mistress reads sonnets about her and his love instead
of embracing her. She rebukes him for loving his own emotional expressions rather
than her. The passage then states that eternal life comes through abandoning one's
own life, and that when God appears to the ardent lover the lover is absorbed
in Him, like shadows vanishing in the sun.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A lover is admitted to the presence of his mistress.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Instead of embracing the mistress, the lover takes out a paper of sonnets
and reads them to her.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The mistress says the lover's sighs and invocations are a waste of time while
he is in her presence.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The mistress says the lover appears to love his own effusions and ecstatic
raptures rather than her.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The mistress uses the image of longed-for water being present yet withheld.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The mistress contrasts being in Bulgaria with the object of love being in
Cathay.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The mistress says a truly loved one is the single object of the lover's desires,
named as the Alpha and Omega of those desires.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The passage states that eternal life is gained by utter abandonment of one's
own life.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The passage states that when God appears to His ardent lover, the lover is
absorbed in Him and no part of the lover remains.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: True lovers are compared to shadows that vanish when the sun shines in glory.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: God speaks to the true lover with the words, "I am thine, and thou art Mine!"
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: lover
description: A lover admitted to his mistress's presence who reads sonnets instead
of embracing her.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: mistress
description: The beloved woman who rebukes the lover for loving his own emotional
expressions rather than her.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God
description: The divine figure who appears to His ardent lover and speaks to the
true lover.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: ardent lover / true lover to God
description: The lover who is absorbed in God and to whom God says, "I am thine,
and thou art Mine!"
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: self-focused lover
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He reads his own sonnets and is accused of loving his own effusions and raptures
rather than the mistress.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: admonishing beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: She explains that the lover's behavior wastes the opportunity of her presence
and reveals misplaced affection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: divine beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God appears to the ardent lover, absorbs the lover in Himself, and declares
mutual belonging.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: absorbed lover
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The true lover abandons self-life and is absorbed in God so completely that
nothing of the lover remains.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: paper of sonnets
literal_form: paper of sonnets read by the lover
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: longed-for water
literal_form: water desired but withheld despite being present
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: distant places
literal_form: Bulgaria and Cathay used as distant locations in the mistress's speech
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: Alpha and Omega
literal_form: the beginning and end of the lover's desires
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: sun and vanishing shadows
literal_form: true lovers as shadows that vanish when the sun shines in glory
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: lover reads sonnets in the mistress's presence
summary: A lover is admitted to his mistress but reads a paper of sonnets describing
her and his own love instead of embracing her.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: mistress rebukes misplaced love
summary: The mistress tells the lover that his devotional performances waste time
and show that he loves his own raptures rather than her; she uses images of withheld
water, distant places, and a single beloved as Alpha and Omega.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: absorbed lover of God
summary: The passage states that eternal life comes through abandoning one's own
life; when God appears, the ardent lover is absorbed in Him, like a shadow vanishing
in sunlight, and God declares mutual belonging.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: self-abandonment leading to divine absorption
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The passage says eternal life is gained by abandoning one's own life and
that the ardent lover is absorbed in God until nothing remains of the lover.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is devotional and metaphorical; the extraction does not specify
a technical doctrinal term beyond the supplied motif family.
- id: motif:2
label: God as beloved who claims mutual belonging
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The lover-mistress parable is followed by a statement about the true lover
to God, to whom God says, "I am thine, and thou art Mine!"
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The human mistress scene functions as an analogy within the passage, but
the exact relation between parable and theology should be reviewed.
- id: motif:3
label: false love of one's own devotional display
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The mistress accuses the lover of loving his own effusions and ecstatic raptures
instead of the beloved present before him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this ethical or devotional
pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1798-1803
quote_or_summary: A lover is admitted to his mistress but, instead of embracing
her, pulls out a paper of sonnets and reads descriptions of her charms and his
love.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1804-1811
quote_or_summary: The mistress says that sighs and invocations are a waste of time
in her presence and that he seems to love his own effusions and ecstatic raptures
rather than her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1812-1815
quote_or_summary: The mistress says she sees longed-for water before her but it
is withheld, and compares herself being in Bulgaria while the object of the lover's
love is in Cathay.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1816-1821
quote_or_summary: The mistress says the truly loved one is the single object of
the lover, the Alpha and Omega of his desires, unlike one wrapped up in his own
amorous raptures.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1823-1827
quote_or_summary: Eternal life is gained by abandonment of one's own life; when
God appears to His ardent lover, the lover is absorbed in Him and not even a hair
of the lover remains.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 1827-1829
quote_or_summary: True lovers are compared to shadows vanishing in the sun; God
says to the true lover, "I am thine, and thou art Mine!"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation from public domain text.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward from the supplied passage. Motif labels
use only supplied taxonomy references where directly supported. No cross-text
comparison claims are made.
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.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg__l1798-l1829
passage_sha256=d80e21e975a1e9d8bb291d9b683cf241b84ad9dd67207f26ca3f356fc6fc5f38