batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1934-l1948
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1934-l1948
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: HUMANITY THE REFLECTION OF THE BELOVED / THE WINE EVERLASTING / BE LOST IN
THE BEAUTY OF THE BELOVED / THE LOVER'S CRY TO THE BELOVED; lines 1934-1948
start: '1934'
end: '1948'
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: O take my life, Thou art the Source of Life!
summary: A lover addresses the Beloved, saying that inner conflict has broken him,
asking for the Beloved's merciful hand and protective shadow, describing sleepless
longing, and offering his life because the Beloved is the source of life.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker says his back is broken by the conflict of his thoughts.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker asks the Beloved One to come and stroke his head in mercy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker says the palm of the Beloved's hand on his head gives him rest
and is a sign of bounteous providence.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker asks that the Beloved's shadow not be removed from his head.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker says he is afflicted and that sleep has deserted his eyes through
longing for the Beloved.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker asks the Beloved to take his life and calls the Beloved the Source
of Life.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The speaker says that apart from the Beloved he is wearied of his life.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The speaker identifies himself as a lover versed in lovers' madness and says
he is weary of learning and sense.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: speaker-lover
description: First-person speaker who suffers inner conflict, longing, sleeplessness,
and lover's madness while addressing the Beloved.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Beloved One
description: The addressed Beloved, whose hand gives rest, whose shadow protects,
and who is called the Source of Life.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: afflicted lover-supplicant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker asks for mercy, describes affliction and longing, and calls himself
a lover versed in lovers' madness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: merciful divine Beloved and source of life
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressed Beloved is asked to give merciful touch and is directly called
the Source of Life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: hand on the head
literal_form: the palm of the Beloved's hand on the speaker's head
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: protective shadow
literal_form: the Beloved's shadow over the speaker's head
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: sleepless eyes
literal_form: sleep deserting the speaker's eyes
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: Source of Life
literal_form: the Beloved addressed as the Source of Life
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: lover's plea for merciful touch
summary: The speaker describes inner conflict and asks the Beloved to stroke his
head in mercy, saying the Beloved's hand gives rest.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: longing under the Beloved's shadow
summary: The speaker asks not to lose the Beloved's shadow and describes affliction
and sleepless longing.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: offering life to the Source of Life
summary: The speaker asks the Beloved to take his life, declares the Beloved the
Source of Life, and rejects life apart from the Beloved, learning, and sense.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: lover's longing for the divine beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The passage is framed as a lover's cry to the Beloved and repeatedly addresses
the Beloved as the object of longing and source of relief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage itself uses devotional love language but does not explicitly
define the Beloved beyond the address and attributes in these lines.
- id: motif:2
label: self-loss before the life-giving beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The speaker asks the Beloved to take his life and says life apart from the
Beloved is wearisome, suggesting self-surrender to the life-giving Beloved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage expresses surrender and weariness of separate life, but does
not explicitly state completed union or doctrinal annihilation.
- id: motif:3
label: mystical longing beyond learning and sense
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The speaker presents longing, lover's madness, and weariness of learning
and sense in relation to the Beloved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is a lyric cry rather than a narrative quest; the motif assignment
is based on affective and devotional orientation.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 1936-1939
quote_or_summary: '"O Beloved One, come and stroke my head in mercy!"; the speaker
says the Beloved''s hand on his head gives rest and signifies providence.'
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: summary
locator: lines 1940-1944
quote_or_summary: The speaker asks that the Beloved's shadow not be removed, declares
himself afflicted, and says sleep has left his eyes because of longing for the
Beloved.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 1946-1948
quote_or_summary: '"O take my life, Thou art the Source of Life!"; the speaker says
he is weary of life apart from the Beloved and weary of learning and sense.'
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 straightforward. Motif assignments are limited to available
taxonomy and remain interpretive; 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: |-
No available symbol taxonomy refs match the passage's hand, shadow, sleepless eyes, or Source of Life imagery.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg__l1934-l1948
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