batch.motif.sufi-hafiz-divan-bell-gutenberg-l2465-l2492
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-hafiz-divan-bell-gutenberg-l2465-l2492
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
passage_locator:
label: XVIII / XXIII / XXVII / XXVIII; lines 2465-2492
start: '2465'
end: '2492'
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 says grief and parting will pass, contrasts mosque and tavern,
urges present enjoyment before Ramazan and before the rose fades, and ends with
Hafiz rising from darkness through melody before returning to darkness with a
farewell song.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage states that grief will pass and parting will end in meeting.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A sad bird’s lament is said to reach a rose in a red-curtained tent.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker calls for leaving the mosque because the tavern calls.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The preacher’s homily is described as long, while life is described as soon
spent.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker addresses the Heart and asks whether Tomorrow can guarantee what
is abandoned Today.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Grief is personified as troops that disband in Sha’aban.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: The hours are to be crowned with wine’s red coronet before Ramazan comes near.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:8
text: The rose is described as sweet and presently blooming, arriving by the path
of Spring and departing by the path of Autumn.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: The minstrel is asked to tune a lay while the present is passing away.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:10
text: Hafiz is said to rise from darkness when summoned by melody, and his path
leads back to darkness.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: The final instruction is to sing clearly and cry farewell.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: speaker
description: A first-person voice who urges leaving the mosque, going toward the
tavern, enjoying the present, and hearing the minstrel’s song.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: sad bird
description: A bird that laments “Alas, alas!” and whose song reaches the rose.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: rose
description: A rose in a red-curtained tent, later described as sweet, blushing,
blooming, arriving in Spring and departing in Autumn.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: preacher
description: A preacher whose homily is described as long.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Heart
description: The Heart is directly addressed as foolish and questioned about abandoning
today’s pleasures.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: troops of Grief
description: Grief is personified as troops that disband in Sha’aban.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Minstrel
description: A minstrel addressed and asked to tune a lay.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Hafiz
description: Hafiz rises out of darkness near the addressee’s lips when summoned
by melody, then returns toward darkness.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: exhorting speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The voice commands departure from the mosque, urges present enjoyment, and
requests song.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: lamenting bird
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The bird is described as sad and singing a lament.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: beloved blooming rose
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The rose receives the bird’s lament and is praised for present sweetness
and blooming petals.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: religious admonisher
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The preacher is associated with a homily that could hinder the speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: addressed inner self
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The Heart is directly addressed and questioned about present pleasures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: personified affliction
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Grief is represented as troops that can disband.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: musical performer
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The minstrel is asked to tune a lay.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: summoned poet
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Hafiz rises when summoned by melody and returns to darkness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mosque
literal_form: mosque
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: tavern
literal_form: tavern
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: rose
literal_form: rose with purple petals and a red-curtained tent
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: wine’s red coronet
literal_form: wine’s red coronet crowning the hours
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: Ramazan
literal_form: Ramazan described as close at hand
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: paths of Spring and Autumn
literal_form: path of Spring by which the rose comes and path of Autumn by which
she goes
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: darkness
literal_form: darkness from which Hafiz rises and to which his pathway returns
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:8
label: melody
literal_form: melody that summons Hafiz
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: grief passes and tavern calls
summary: The speaker says grief and parting will end, a bird’s lament will reach
the rose, and the tavern calls the speaker away from the mosque and preacher.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: present pleasure before Ramazan
summary: The speaker addresses the Heart, urges not abandoning today’s pleasures,
describes Grief’s troops disbanding in Sha’aban, and calls for wine before Ramazan.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: rose of spring and autumn
summary: The rose’s present bloom is praised, her coming by Spring and going by
Autumn are named, and the minstrel is asked to sing because the present passes
away.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Hafiz summoned from darkness
summary: Hafiz rises from darkness through melody, has a pathway back to darkness,
and the song ends with farewell.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: parting transformed into meeting
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage explicitly says parting will end in meeting and grief will pass.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the pattern lyrically rather than narrating a full
mythic reunion.
- id: motif:2
label: tavern preferred over formal religious instruction
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The speaker commands departure from the mosque because the tavern calls and
contrasts this with the preacher’s long homily.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The extract supports only the local opposition of mosque, preacher, and
tavern; broader Sufi symbolism should not be assumed without additional context.
- id: motif:3
label: seize the passing present
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The speaker warns that life is soon spent, questions whether Tomorrow can
guarantee the loss of Today, and says the Present steals away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The wisdom classification is based on explicit counsel about time and
action, not on a named doctrine in the passage.
- id: motif:4
label: seasonal blooming and fading of the rose
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
basis: The rose comes by the path of Spring, will go by the path of Autumn, and
is to be praised while her petals still bloom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage uses seasonal movement in lyric imagery rather than a complete
seasonal myth.
- id: motif:5
label: summoning by song from darkness and return to darkness
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Hafiz rises from darkness when summoned by melody and then has a path back
to darkness, followed by farewell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The departure taxonomy reference is tentative because the passage gives
an image of emergence and return, not a developed journey narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 2465-2471
quote_or_summary: Grief and parting will pass into meeting; a sad bird’s lament
reaches the rose; the speaker says to leave the mosque for the tavern and notes
the preacher’s long homily and life’s brevity.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 2472-2478
quote_or_summary: The Heart is asked whether Tomorrow can guarantee pleasures abandoned
Today; in Sha’aban the troops of Grief disband, wine crowns the hours, and Ramazan
approaches.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 2479-2485
quote_or_summary: The rose is praised while blooming; she came by the path of Spring
and will go by the path of Autumn; the minstrel is told to sing as the Present
steals away and the Future is unknown.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 2486-2492
quote_or_summary: Hafiz rises from darkness, summoned by melody near the addressee’s
lips; his pathway leads back to darkness, and the final command is to sing farewell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward from the supplied English passage.
Motif labels are local and cautious; taxonomy mapping is limited to available
references and should be reviewed.
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 supplied passage does not itself support a specific cross-textual comparison.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-hafiz-divan-bell-gutenberg__l2465-l2492
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