batch.motif.sufi-hafiz-divan-bell-gutenberg-l1833-l1938
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-hafiz-divan-bell-gutenberg-l1833-l1938
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
1833-1938
start: '1833'
end: '1938'
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 contains lyric addresses to an absent beloved, meditations
that worldly things are nothing beside love, and a poem in which the speaker rejects
fanatic reproach of the drunkard, places hope in grace, invokes tavern imagery,
and imagines bringing the cup to judgment and rising from the tavern to Heaven’s
gate.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Sorrow is described as despoiling the speaker’s heart, and the speaker calls
for a lordly figure to return and free the land.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker says he holds a mirror to his eyes and sees only the beloved’s
reflection.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Night is described as being with child, and the speaker asks the stars about
the beloved’s absence.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The poem repeatedly states that worldly things, worldly strife, time, reputation,
and human powers are nothing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: obs:5
text: The heart and soul are said to seek only the Beloved’s presence, and love
is said to exist even when all else is nothing.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Fate is compared to an empty cup that each person must fill from life’s flood.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Paradise gate, Sidreh, Tuba, and sweet-fruited trees are mentioned as insufficient
or nothing to the addressed figure.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Life is described as brief, with the speaker lingering on the lip of Oblivion
and asking the Saki to fill the glass while the moment remains.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The rose is described as flowering, fading, and dying without complaint.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The speaker tells a fanatic not to blame the drunkard or record the faults
of others.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: The passage says every person will reap the harvest sown by his hands when
he reaches the goal.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Until a curtain is lifted, no one can tell whether a person’s face will appear
in Heaven or deepest Hell.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Love is said to dwell in both mosque and church and to have lodging everywhere.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: The speaker says he lies on the bricks of the tavern floor and that a brick
will serve as his argument.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:15
text: The speaker contrasts future treasures of Heaven’s garden with present earthly
treasures such as willow shade and a fruitful field.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:16
text: The Eternal Day will reveal the Creator’s sentence, while until then no one
can say what has been written by the Creator’s finger.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:17
text: The speaker tells Hafiz to bring the cup to the Judgment-seat and says he
will rise from the tavern to Heaven’s gate.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:18
text: The passage says that worshipping wine may still meet the reward attained
by the Faithful and need not be in vain.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hafiz / lyric speaker
description: The speaker addresses the beloved, reflects on love and nothingness,
defends tavern and wine imagery, and is directly named as Hafiz in the poems.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:13
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Beloved
description: The Beloved is the presence sought by the heart and soul, and the beloved’s
reflection fills the speaker’s mirror.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Lord of Rome
description: A lordly figure is called upon to return and free the land from a foe.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Saki
description: The cupbearer is asked to fill the glass while the moment remains.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Fanatic
description: A pure-souled figure is told not to lay reproach at the drunkard’s
door or enroll the faults of others.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Drunkard
description: The drunkard is the one whom the fanatic is told not to reproach.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Creator
description: The Creator is associated with a sentence revealed on the Eternal Day
and with writing by his finger.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: lover-speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker seeks the Beloved’s presence, asks the beloved to return, and
frames love as the only enduring reality.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: beloved object of devotion
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Beloved’s presence is sought by heart and soul, and the mirror contains
the beloved’s reflection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: liberating return figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Lord of Rome is asked to return, free the land, and break the foe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: tavern devotee
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hafiz is associated with the tavern, the cup, wine worship, and ascent to
Heaven’s gate from the tavern.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: role:5
label: cupbearer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Saki is asked to fill the glass.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: moral reprover
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The fanatic is addressed as one who reproaches the drunkard and judges others’
faults.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: reproached drinker
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The drunkard is the figure whose door should not receive reproach.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The Creator’s sentence is to be revealed on the Eternal Day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mirror of beloved reflection
literal_form: mirror held to the eyes, containing only the beloved’s reflection
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: pregnant night
literal_form: night described as being with child
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: stars consulted in absence
literal_form: stars asked about the absent beloved
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: cup, bowl, and glass
literal_form: bowl, empty cup, and glass to be filled
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:13
- id: sym:5
label: life’s flood
literal_form: Life’s mighty flood
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: Paradise trees
literal_form: sweet-fruited trees, Sidreh, and Tuba
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: lip and mouth of Oblivion
literal_form: lip of Oblivion and the Mouth where people pass
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: fading rose
literal_form: rose that breaks into flower, fades, and dies
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:9
label: fires of grief
literal_form: fires of grief in which the speaker has burnt
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: sym:10
label: curtain before final disclosure
literal_form: curtain that is lifted before Heaven or Hell is known
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:11
label: tavern floor and brick
literal_form: bricks of the tavern floor and a brick used as argument
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:12
label: mosque and church as dwellings of love
literal_form: mosque and church, with Love lodging everywhere
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:13
label: Judgment-seat and Heaven’s gate
literal_form: Judgment-seat and Heaven’s gate
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:14
label: Creator’s writing finger
literal_form: what the Creator’s finger has written
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Return of the beloved liberator
summary: The speaker describes sorrow as an invader of the heart and calls on a
lordly beloved to return and free the land, while the beloved’s reflection fills
the mirror.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Night awaiting birth
summary: The speaker personifies night as pregnant, asks the stars about the absent
beloved, and anticipates spring garden song when the beloved comes.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: All things are nothing beside love
summary: The speaker declares the world and its strife nothing, says the heart and
soul seek the Beloved’s presence, and uses cup, Paradise, time, rose, and reputation
imagery to stress transience.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:14
- id: scene:4
label: Rebuke of judgmental piety
summary: The speaker tells the fanatic not to reproach the drunkard, says each person
will reap his own harvest, and claims that love dwells in mosque, church, and
everywhere.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
- sym:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:5
label: Tavern, grace, and final judgment
summary: The speaker lies on the tavern floor, values present earthly treasure,
says the Creator’s sentence will be revealed on the Eternal Day, and tells Hafiz
to bring the cup to the Judgment-seat and rise from the tavern to Heaven’s gate.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:11
- sym:13
- sym:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Devotion to the divine beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The heart and soul seek only the Beloved’s presence, and the speaker sees
only the beloved’s reflection in the mirror.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage uses lyric beloved language; whether the beloved is read as
divine depends on Sufi lyric context and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:2
label: Worldly nothingness before love
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The poem repeatedly declares all things nothing while asserting that love
and the Beloved’s presence are what the heart and soul seek.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states nothingness and love, but does not explicitly narrate
union or technical annihilation.
- id: motif:3
label: Mystical quest through wine and tavern imagery
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The speaker asks the cupbearer to fill the glass, rejects reproach of the
drunkard, lies on the tavern floor, and imagines rising from the tavern to Heaven’s
gate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The quest pattern is thematic rather than a linear narrative journey.
- id: motif:4
label: Final divine judgment with hidden outcome
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage says that until the curtain is lifted no one knows Heaven or
Hell, and that the Eternal Day will reveal the Creator’s sentence; Hafiz is told
to bring the cup to the Judgment-seat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is presented in lyric and admonitory form, not as a full judgment
myth.
- id: motif:5
label: Moral wisdom against judging others
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The speaker tells the fanatic not to record others’ faults and says each
person will reap the harvest his hands have sown.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: This is ethical instruction within a lyric poem rather than a wisdom tale.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1833-1836
quote_or_summary: Sorrow despoils the kingdom of the speaker’s heart; the speaker
calls for the Lord of Rome to return, free the land, and defeat the foe.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 1837-1839
quote_or_summary: "“I hold a mirror to mine eyes, / And nought but thy reflection
therein lies”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation supplied.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1841-1847
quote_or_summary: Night is said to be with child; the speaker asks the stars during
the beloved’s absence and anticipates nightingales in the spring garden.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1851-1858
quote_or_summary: In poem XVI, the world and its strife are called nothing; the
bowl is to be filled; the heart and soul seek the Beloved’s presence, and love
is said to exist.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 1860-1863
quote_or_summary: "“Like an empty cup is the fate of each, / That each must fill
from Life’s mighty flood”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation supplied.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 1862-1867
quote_or_summary: Paradise gate, shade from sweet-fruited trees, Sidreh, and Tuba
are invoked and treated as nothing for the addressed figure.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 1869-1876
quote_or_summary: Life is five little days in a halting-place; time and the dial
are nothing; people linger on the lip of Oblivion; the Saki is asked to fill the
glass before all is nothing.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 1878-1885
quote_or_summary: The rose flowers, fades, and dies; worldly powers endure briefly;
crowns, recompense, and the path from monastery to wine-tavern are called nothing.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 1896-1902
quote_or_summary: The fanatic is told not to reproach the drunkard or enroll others’
faults; each person who reaches the goal will reap the harvest his hands have
sown.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 1904-1910
quote_or_summary: Until the curtain is lifted none can tell whether a face will
appear in Heaven or Hell; both drunk and strict yearn for the mistress, and Love
dwells in mosque, church, and everywhere.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 1912-1918
quote_or_summary: The speaker stands outside the house of devotion, refers to a
father who opened the door before, says Paradise slipped from his hand, and lies
on the bricks of the tavern floor.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 1920-1926
quote_or_summary: Heaven’s garden may yield future treasures, but the speaker urges
use of earth’s treasure; the Eternal Day will reveal the Creator’s sentence, and
no one can yet say what His finger has written.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 1928-1935
quote_or_summary: Hafiz is told to bring the cup to the Judgment-seat and rise from
the tavern to Heaven’s gate; if he worshipped wine, he will meet the reward of
the Faithful and need not fear his fate.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 1887-1894
quote_or_summary: The speaker has tasted tears, burnt in fires of grief, counsels
silent mourning, and says lovers of wine will make light of Hafiz’s fame.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is based directly on the supplied passage. Motif assignments
are cautious because the passage is lyric and symbolic rather than narrative myth.
No comparison claims were made because the passage itself does not explicitly
compare traditions or motif families.
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: |-
All observations, figures, roles, symbols, scenes, and motifs cite passage evidence. Taxonomy references are limited to supplied lists.
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