batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l936-l949
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l936-l949
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: V. ANALYSIS OF THE RELIGION OF LOVE / I. LIFE / II. SHAMSI TABRIZ / A CRY
TO THE BELOVED; lines 936-949
start: '936'
end: '949'
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: Yestereve I delivered to a star tidings for thee
summary: The speaker sends tidings and service through a star to a moon-like or
sun-like Beloved, displays wounds, tends the heart as a crying child, asks for
milk for the heart, and laments the heart's exile from the City of Union.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker says he delivered tidings to a star for the addressee.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker asks that his service be presented to a moon-like form and borne
to the sun.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The sun is described as making hard rocks into gold by burning.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker bares his breast, shows wounds, and asks that news of him be given
to the Beloved.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The Beloved is described as one whose drink is blood.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker rocks to and fro so that his heart, described as a child, may
become still.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The speaker asks that the heart-babe be given milk and relieved from weeping.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The addressee is said to help many helpless persons every moment.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The heart's home is identified as the City of Union, and the heart is described
as forlorn and kept in exile.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: speaker
description: First-person voice who sends tidings, bows, shows wounds, rocks the
heart, and petitions the Beloved.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: star
description: A star to whom the speaker delivers tidings for the addressee.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Beloved / Thou
description: The addressed beloved figure, described through moon-like and sun imagery,
as recipient of service and news, helper of the helpless, and associated with
the City of Union.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: heart-babe
description: The speaker's heart personified as a child or babe that weeps, is rocked,
and is to be given milk.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: supplicant lover
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker sends service and news, displays wounds, and asks relief from
exile.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: celestial messenger-recipient
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The star receives tidings for the addressee.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: divine or exalted beloved addressee
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Beloved is addressed as moon-like, sun-like, helper of the helpless,
and source or location of union.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: personified needy heart
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The heart is called a child and babe, is rocked, weeps, and needs milk.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: star as bearer of tidings
literal_form: star
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: moon-like form
literal_form: moon-like form
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: sun that burns and makes gold
literal_form: sun, burning, hard rocks made gold
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: wounds and blood-drink
literal_form: breast wounds and blood
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: heart as child in cradle
literal_form: heart-child, cradle, rocking, weeping
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: milk for the heart-babe
literal_form: milk
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- milk
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: City of Union and exile
literal_form: City of Union; exile of the heart
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Message sent to the beloved through a star
summary: The speaker sends tidings and asks that service be carried to the moon-like
or sun-like beloved figure.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Wounded speaker asks the Beloved to receive news
summary: The speaker exposes wounds and asks that news of him be given to the Beloved
described as drinking blood.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Heart-babe soothed and fed
summary: The speaker rocks the heart as a child, asks for milk for it, and appeals
to the helper of the helpless.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Heart exiled from the City of Union
summary: The speaker states that the heart's home is the City of Union and asks
why it remains forlorn in exile.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: cry to the divine beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The passage is addressed to the Beloved or Thou, who receives service, news,
and petitions and is represented with exalted celestial imagery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is lyric and devotional; the text does not explicitly define
the Beloved's theological identity within these lines alone.
- id: motif:2
label: longing for union after exile
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The heart's true home is named the City of Union, while the speaker asks
why the forlorn heart is kept in exile.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: Union is explicit, but annihilation is not stated in this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: mystical quest expressed as petition and message
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The speaker sends tidings, offers service, reveals wounds, and asks release
from the heart's exile from union.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents an interior devotional appeal rather than a narrative
journey.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 936-938
quote_or_summary: "“Yestereve I delivered to a star tidings for thee”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 939-942
quote_or_summary: The speaker bows and asks that service be carried to the moon-like
form and to the sun, which makes hard rocks gold by burning.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 943-944
quote_or_summary: The speaker bares his breast, shows wounds, and asks that news
be given to the Beloved whose drink is blood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 945-946
quote_or_summary: The speaker rocks to and fro so that the child, identified as
the speaker's heart, may become still, as a child sleeps when a cradle is swayed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 947-948
quote_or_summary: The speaker asks for milk for the heart-babe and relief from its
weeping, addressing one who helps many helpless people every moment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 949-950
quote_or_summary: "“The heart's home, first to last, is Thy City of Union: / How
long wilt Thou keep in exile this heart forlorn?”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation used for extraction evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal imagery is clear. Motif assignment is cautious because the passage
is lyric and symbolic, and the supplied excerpt alone gives limited doctrinal
framing.
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 and metadata. No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly support a comparison beyond candidate motif classification.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg__l936-l949
passage_sha256=153400c239de9d7bb1af1197a47179ed965c7e6269b3148d394608e390f7182f