batch.motif.sufi-hafiz-divan-bell-gutenberg-l1554-l1689
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-hafiz-divan-bell-gutenberg-l1554-l1689
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
passage_locator:
label: LONDON / WILLIAM HEINEMANN / INTRODUCTION / FROM THE DIVAN OF HAFIZ; lines
1554-1689
start: '1554'
end: '1689'
translation: Poems from the Divan of Hafiz
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage presents lyric sections in which wine, banquet, tavern, cup-bearer,
beloved, music, spring, garden, mortality, divine reckoning, covenant, and hidden
heavenly knowledge are invoked. It contrasts worldly rank with common mortality,
treats affliction as a road toward mirth, recalls vanished royal powers, celebrates
Hafiz's circulating song, asks the cup-bearer and singer for wine and music, sends
messages by the wind to the beloved, and reflects that human beings cannot know
the secret behind the Curtain.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A banquet is described as spread alike for king and slave, drunk and sober,
low and mighty.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage says that at the feast's end and late night, the low and mighty
must bow beneath an archway of Life toward an unknown outside.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker states that a road through affliction must be passed before reaching
a halting-station of mirth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: God's treaty is voiced as a question of lordship, and Man is said to seal
it with a sighing assent.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The passage says that Assaf's pomp, wind-steeds, and speech of birds have
vanished, and that the former lord of them is dead.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Hafiz is addressed as a tongue speaking through a slender reed, whose verses
and song pass from lip to lip.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The cup-bearer is asked to set the glass afire with the light of wine, while
the minstrel is asked to sing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The speaker sees the glow of the Love's red cheek reflected within the goblet's
ring.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: A Day of Reckoning is named, and the speaker contrasts the Sheikh's lawful
cheer with the speaker's forbidden draught.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The wind is asked to carry a message to the speaker's dear master, asking
why the speaker's name has been forgotten.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Hafiz is told to scatter tears like grain to snare the Bird of Joy, while
Fortune is imagined as a song-bird whose wings may be pinioned.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: The heavens are imaged as a green sea with the crescent moon as a slender
bark within it.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: The singer and Saki are invoked for fresh song and red wine, and the vine
is said to be twined around life.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: Spring, mirth, a garden, cup-bearer, and flagon are presented as earthly goods,
while pleasant hours are to be counted as gain.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:15
text: Waters of Life and Irem's Paradise are mentioned, but the passage says people
sit beside a mighty stream, sing of wine, and go their way.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:16
text: The passage states that Heaven is mute about the Curtain's secret and rebukes
one who would dispute with the one who holds the Curtain.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hafiz / speaker
description: The lyric voice addressed as Hafiz and as a tongue whose songs circulate
from lip to lip.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Cup-bearer / Saki
description: The figure asked to fill or flush goblets with wine and associated
with radiant feet.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Minstrel / Singer
description: The figure asked to sing and strew fresh notes.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: God
description: The speaker names God in connection with a treaty asking whether God
is Lord of the earth.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Man
description: Man is said to have sealed God's treaty with a sighing assent.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Assaf and the former lord of his powers
description: Assaf's pomp, wind-steeds, and speech of birds are mentioned as vanished;
the lord of them is dead.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Love / beloved / dear master / fairy
description: The beloved appears through the Love's red cheek, as the heart's dear
master, and as a fairy to whom the wind is sent.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Sheikh
description: A religious figure whose lawful cheer is contrasted with the speaker's
forbidden draught at the Day of Reckoning.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Wind / dawn wind
description: The wind is addressed as a messenger to the beloved or fairy.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Bird of Joy / Song-bird Fortune
description: Joy and Fortune are figured as birds that may be snared or pinioned.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Kawameddin
description: Named as vizir and pilgrim and addressed in connection with bounty's
radiant noon.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: He who holds the Curtain
description: A figure referred to as holding the Curtain whose secret Heaven does
not disclose.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: lyric speaker-poet
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hafiz is addressed in relation to tears, song, and verses that pass from
lip to lip.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: lover or seeker of the beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker sends a message to the dear master and repeatedly speaks of Love
and wine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: wine server
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The cup-bearer or Saki is asked to set the glass afire and flush goblets
with wine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: musician or song-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The minstrel and singer are asked to sing and provide fresh notes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: divine lord named in covenant
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: God's treaty asks whether God is Lord of the earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: human respondent to covenant
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Man seals the treaty with an assent expressed as a sigh.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: vanished possessor of royal or marvelous powers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Pomp, wind-steeds, and speech of birds are said to have fled, and their lord
is dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: beloved or master of the heart
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The beloved's cheek appears in the goblet, and the wind is asked to carry
a message to the dear master.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: religious legalist contrasted with wine-drinker
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The Sheikh's lawful cheer is paired against the speaker's forbidden draught
at the Day of Reckoning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The wind is directly asked to carry or whisper the speaker's message.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: personified joy or fortune
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Joy and Fortune are imagined as birds that may enter a net or be pinioned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:12
label: honored patron figure
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Kawameddin is named with the titles vizir and pilgrim and praised for bounty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:13
label: keeper of hidden secret
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The figure is described as the one who holds the Curtain whose secret Heaven
does not reveal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: wine and goblet
literal_form: wine, glass, goblet, draught, flagon
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: sym:2
label: tavern gate and archway
literal_form: gate, second door of the tavern, archway of Life
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: road through affliction
literal_form: road through affliction and halting-station of mirth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: covenant or treaty
literal_form: God's treaty and Man's assent
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: fire-lit wine glass
literal_form: glass set afire with the light of wine
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: tree-like beloved imagery
literal_form: cypress, ruddy pine-tree, vine twined around life
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: Book of the World
literal_form: Book of the World in which constancy lives
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: Day of Reckoning
literal_form: Day of Reckoning
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:9
label: wind as message-bearer
literal_form: wind and dawn wind carrying or whispering a message
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:7
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: sym:10
label: tears as grain and net for joy
literal_form: tears scattered like grain, net, toils, pinioned wings
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:11
label: heavenly sea and moon-bark
literal_form: heavens' green sea and slender bark of the crescent moon
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:12
label: Waters of Life and mighty stream
literal_form: Waters of Life, Irem's Paradise, mighty stream
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:13
label: Curtain and hidden secret
literal_form: Curtain's secret and the one who holds the Curtain
associated_figures:
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Equal banquet before the unknown outside
summary: King and slave, drunk and sober, low and mighty are fed at the same feast
and then pass beneath the archway of Life toward an unspecified outside.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Affliction, covenant, and mortal ending
summary: The passage links the road through affliction with reaching mirth, names
God's treaty and Man's assent, and states that mortal perfection ends in the great
Is Not.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Vanished powers of Assaf
summary: Assaf's pomp, wind-steeds, and bird-speech have fled, and the one who ruled
them is dead, illustrating the loss of mastery.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Hafiz's song circulates
summary: Hafiz is praised as a reed-voiced tongue whose verses and song move from
mouth to mouth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Cup-bearer, wine, music, and beloved's reflection
summary: The cup-bearer is asked for wine and the minstrel for song; the speaker
sees the beloved's red cheek reflected in the goblet.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Reckoning of lawful and forbidden drink
summary: At the Day of Reckoning, the passage imagines little gain either for the
Sheikh's lawful cheer or for the speaker's forbidden wine.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Wind carries message to the beloved
summary: The wind is asked to pass near the beloved's garden or street and convey
the speaker's complaint of being forgotten.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: scene:8
label: Snaring Joy and Fortune
summary: Hafiz is told to scatter tears like grain to snare the Bird of Joy, and
Fortune is imagined as a song-bird to be caught.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:9
label: Heavenly sea and praised patron
summary: The heavens and crescent moon are imaged as a sea and bark, then lost in
Kawameddin's radiant bounty.
figure_refs:
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:10
label: Spring garden and fleeting hours
summary: Mirth, spring, garden, cup-bearer, and flagon are celebrated, and pleasant
hours are to be reckoned as gain.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:11
label: Waters of Life and hidden Curtain
summary: The passage mentions Waters of Life, Irem's Paradise, a mighty stream,
and then says Heaven is silent about the Curtain's secret.
figure_refs:
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:12
- sym:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine beloved sought through wine-song imagery
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The beloved or Love appears in the wine goblet and receives messages through
the wind, while wine and song frame the speaker's longing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly state that the beloved is divine; the
taxonomy link depends on Sufi lyric convention and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:2
label: Mystical quest through affliction toward joy
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The speaker says the road must pass through affliction before reaching the
halting-station of mirth, and later uses wine, beloved, and hidden knowledge imagery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The road is metaphorical in a lyric setting; no narrative quest sequence
is fully developed.
- id: motif:3
label: Primordial or sacred covenant of divine lordship
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: God's treaty is described through a question of lordship, and Man seals it
with an assent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives only a brief lyric allusion rather than a full covenant
narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: Judgment of lawful and forbidden acts
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: A Day of Reckoning is named, and the speaker contrasts the Sheikh's lawful
cheer with the speaker's forbidden draught.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage treats judgment ironically or paradoxically; final judgment
outcome is not described.
- id: motif:5
label: Mortality and vanishing worldly power
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Royal and marvelous powers are said to vanish, their lord is dead, and the
feast ends with all ranks passing toward an unknown outside.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy ref is broad; the passage is reflective rather than a formal
wisdom teaching.
- id: motif:6
label: Hidden heavenly secret beyond human dispute
taxonomy_refs:
- forbidden_knowledge
- wisdom
basis: The passage says no one knows the Curtain's secret, Heaven is mute, and rebukes
disputing with the holder of the Curtain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage emphasizes unknowability rather than an explicit prohibition
against knowledge.
- id: motif:7
label: Waters of Life and paradise as fleeting worldly image
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: Waters of Life and Irem's Paradise are invoked beside a mighty stream, but
the passage says people sing of wine and go their way.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: low
cautions: No actual journey through afterlife realms is narrated; the reference
is allusive.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 1554-1561
quote_or_summary: A feast or banquet gives wine and food alike to king and slave,
drunk and sober, low and mighty; afterward all must bow beneath the archway of
Life toward an unknown outside.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: 1562-1568
quote_or_summary: "“Except thy road through affliction pass” and “God’s treaty:
Am I not Lord of the earth? / Man sealed with a sigh.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 1569-1575
quote_or_summary: Assaf's pomp, wind-steeds, and speech of birds are said to have
fled; the lord of them all is dead and mastery leaves nothing behind.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 1576-1580
quote_or_summary: Hafiz is addressed as a tongue speaking through a slender reed,
and his verses and song pass from lip to lip.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 1583-1596
quote_or_summary: The cup-bearer is asked to set the glass afire with wine and the
minstrel to sing; the beloved's red cheek is reflected in the goblet, and Love
is compared with cypress and pine-tree imagery.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 1597-1603
quote_or_summary: At the Day of Reckoning, the Sheikh's lawful cheer and the speaker's
forbidden draught are contrasted, while drunken comrades shine and the speaker
reaches for wine.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 1604-1610
quote_or_summary: The wind is asked to pass the garden of the speaker's dear master
and carry a message asking why the speaker's name has been forgotten.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 1611-1617
quote_or_summary: Hafiz is told to scatter tears like grain to snare the Bird of
Joy; Fortune is imagined as a song-bird whose bright wings may be caught.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 1618-1621
quote_or_summary: The heavens are called a green sea, the crescent moon a slender
bark, and Kawameddin is named as vizir and pilgrim.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 1624-1647
quote_or_summary: Singer and Saki are invoked for fresh notes and wine; life is
said to have the vine twined around it, and the dawn wind is sent to the street
of the speaker's fairy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 1650-1656
quote_or_summary: Mirth, spring, a fair garden, cup-bearer, and flagon are named
as earthly goods; fleeting pleasant hours are to be counted as gain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 1657-1663
quote_or_summary: The passage names Waters of Life and Irem's Paradise, then says
people sit beside a mighty stream, sing of wine, and go their way.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:13
type: quote
locator: 1664-1689
quote_or_summary: "“Who knows the Curtain’s secret?... Heaven is mute!” and the
passage rebukes disputing with Him who holds the Curtain."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied English passage. Several motif assignments
are cautious because the passage is lyric and allusive rather than narrative.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare these images to another named corpus or tradition.
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