batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l983-l1029
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l983-l1029
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: A CRY TO THE BELOVED / REMEMBER GOD AND FORGET SELF / MORTALITY AND IMMORTALITY
/ THE BELOVED THE DIVINE CONSOLER; lines 983-1029
start: '983'
end: '1029'
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 contrasts decaying bodily life with spiritual freshness, addresses
a beloved divine comforter, prefers that beloved's love over worldly kingdoms,
describes eternal life as union, and speaks of returning to heaven, the soul's
country.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A Bride is said to be in the soul, and the reflection of her face freshens
and colors the world.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage contrasts a corrupting fleshy cheek and dark body with a spiritual
cheek and Eternal Spring.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker addresses a figure as comfort of the soul in sorrow and treasure
of the spirit in dearth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker says grace keeps an amorous gaze fixed on Eternity, unless perishing
pomps lead the speaker astray.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker says kingdoms and all that is would be rejected in favor of the
love of such a one.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Eternal Life is identified with the time of Union, and Life is compared to
vessels containing the clear draught of Union.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The speaker says that by grace the speaker has become safe, and that the unseen
King says, "Thou art the soul of the world."
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The voice of Love is described as coming every moment from left and right.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The speaker says they are bound for heaven, have been in heaven, have been
friends of the angels, and should return there as their country.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: speaker
description: The first-person voice addressing the beloved, speaking of sorrow,
desire, grace, safety, and return to heaven.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Bride in the soul
description: A bridal feminine figure located in the soul, whose reflected face
freshens and colors the world.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Beloved / Thou / King / unseen King
description: The addressed figure who comforts the soul, sends grace, is associated
with Eternity and Union, and speaks to the speaker as the unseen King.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: bringer of glad tidings
description: A figure whose favor, because it brings glad tidings of the beloved,
is sweeter to the speaker than songs.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: angels
description: Beings described as former friends of the speakers in heaven.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: devotional speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The first-person voice worships, desires, bends down the soul, and seeks
return to heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: inner bridal presence
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Bride is explicitly said to be in the soul and to affect the world through
the reflection of her face.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: divine beloved and consoler
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The addressed Thou is named in the section title as beloved and divine consoler
and is described as soul's comfort and spirit's treasure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: unseen king
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage says the unseen King speaks to the speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: messenger of glad tidings
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The figure brings glad tidings of the beloved to the speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: heavenly companions
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The speaker says they have been friends of the angels in heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Bride in the soul
literal_form: Bride
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: spiritual face contrasted with decaying flesh
literal_form: fleshy cheek and spiritual cheek
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: dark body, raven, winter, and Eternal Spring
literal_form: dark body, raven, body's world as winter, Eternal Spring
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: vessels and clear draught
literal_form: Life as vessels; Union as clear draught in them
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: dust-humbling gesture
literal_form: bending down the soul and laying the face in the dust
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: heaven as country of return
literal_form: heaven described as the place to which the speakers return and as
their country
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: voice of Love
literal_form: voice of Love coming from left and right
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Mortality and immortality contrasted
summary: The passage presents an inner Bride and contrasts decaying bodily existence
with spiritual sweetness and Eternal Spring.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Address to the divine consoler
summary: The speaker addresses the beloved as comfort, treasure, and source of grace,
and turns toward the beloved in worship.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Renunciation of offered kingdoms
summary: The speaker says even kingdoms and all that is would be less desirable
than the beloved's love, responding with abasement in dust.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Union and the unseen King's declaration
summary: The speaker describes Eternal Life as Union, compares life to vessels filled
by Union, and reports the unseen King's declaration that the speaker is the soul
of the world.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Voice of Love and return to heaven
summary: The voice of Love calls continually; the speaker says they are bound for
heaven and should return there, because it is their country and they were friends
of angels.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine beloved as soul's consoler
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The addressed Thou is explicitly framed as beloved and divine consoler and
is described as the speaker's soul comfort and spirit treasure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is devotional lyric rather than narrative myth.
- id: motif:2
label: union with the divine as eternal life
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: Eternal Life is identified with the time of Union, and Union is presented
as the clear draught within the vessels of life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states union but does not explicitly narrate annihilation
of self in this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: return to heavenly origin
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: The speaker says they have been in heaven and should return there, calling
it their country.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not give a detailed journey route or afterlife map.
- id: motif:4
label: renunciation of worldly kingdoms for divine love
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The speaker rejects kingdoms and all that is as less valuable than the beloved's
love.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is expressed lyrically, not as a concrete ritual transaction.
- id: motif:5
label: spiritual life overcoming bodily decay
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: The passage contrasts corrupting flesh, dark body, and winter with the spiritual
cheek and Eternal Spring.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage suggests renewal imagery but does not narrate an actual death
and rebirth event.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 983-990
quote_or_summary: A Bride is in the soul; her reflected face freshens the world.
The fleshy cheek decays, while the spiritual cheek is invoked; the dark body and
winter are contrasted with Eternal Spring.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 991-1005
quote_or_summary: The speaker addresses Thou as soul's comfort in sorrow and spirit's
treasure, turns in worship toward Thee, fixes an amorous gaze on Eternity by grace,
and values one who brings glad tidings of Thee.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1006-1010
quote_or_summary: If never-ceasing bounty offered kingdoms or a hidden treasure
set forth all that is, the speaker would bend down the soul, lay the face in the
dust, and choose the love of such a one.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1011-1020
quote_or_summary: Eternal Life is said to be the time of Union; Life is vessels
and Union the clear draught in them. By grace the speaker becomes safe, and the
unseen King says the speaker is the soul of the world.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1021-1029
quote_or_summary: The voice of Love comes every moment from left and right. The
speakers are bound for heaven, have been in heaven and friends of angels, and
ask to return there as their country.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward from the English passage. Motif assignments
are limited to supplied taxonomy references and should be reviewed because the
passage is lyric and symbolic rather than a narrative myth episode. No comparison
claims were made beyond candidate motif classification.
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 external comparisons or unsupported taxonomy IDs added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg__l983-l1029
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