batch.motif.sufi-hafiz-divan-bell-gutenberg-l2672-l2709
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-hafiz-divan-bell-gutenberg-l2672-l2709
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
passage_locator:
label: XXXIII / XXXIV / XXXVI / XXXVII; lines 2672-2709
start: '2672'
end: '2709'
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: A lyric speaker urges drinking from a golden goblet before death, reflects
on the passing nature of earthly riches, asks a cypress to shade his dust, calls
for tears to purify him on the road between Earth and Heaven, contrasts pure vision
with zealotry, describes the Lady whose grace can only be reflected by an unsullied
heart, and portrays the beloved as both wounding with snake-like locks and healing
with red lips. At the scent of her perfume, Hafiz is told to tear his robe and
place his rags beneath her feet.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker commands that a golden goblet be filled until wine overflows.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A grimmer cup-bearer is imagined throwing dust into the pale empty cup of
the skull before the speaker goes to the Vale of Silence.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The passage says the riches of the field do not abide and calls for the goblet's
fire to consume Earth's fleeting harvest.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker addresses a cypress-tree and asks it to cast its shadow over his
dust after he has passed into dust.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker asks bitter tears to flow and wash him clean.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Those on the road between Earth and Heaven state that one must be pure before
lifting one's eyes to the pure.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The Zealot is described as seeing only himself and therefore seeing only sin.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: No tainted eye may gaze on the Lady's face, and only an unsullied heart is
allowed to reflect her grace.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The Lady's curling locks are compared to snakes that start from herbage and
have wounded the speaker.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The Lady's red lips are said to hold the power of the bezoar and to heal the
speaker.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: When sweet perfume blows from the Lady, Hafiz is told to tear his robe like
a rose and cast his rags beneath her feet.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hafiz / lyric speaker
description: The speaking voice who anticipates death, seeks purification, is wounded
and healed by the beloved, and is instructed to tear his robe and cast rags beneath
her feet.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Grimmer Cup-bearer
description: A death-associated cup-bearer who will throw dust into the skull's
empty cup.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Cypress-tree
description: A tree addressed as the green home of Love's sweet choir and asked
to cast its shadow over the speaker's dust.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those on the road between Earth and Heaven
description: Figures whose feet are set upon the road between Earth and Heaven and
who say purity is required before looking upon the pure.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: The Zealot
description: A figure who, seeing only himself, sees only sin.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Lady / mistress
description: The beloved whose face cannot be gazed upon by a tainted eye, whose
grace is reflected by an unsullied heart, whose locks wound, whose lips heal,
and whose perfume moves Hafiz to cast rags beneath her feet.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: devotional lyric speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker speaks in first person, seeks cleansing, anticipates death, and
responds to the beloved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: death-associated cup-bearer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: This cup-bearer is linked to dust being thrown into the skull's cup and to
going to the Vale of Silence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: addressed shade-giving tree
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The cypress is directly addressed and asked to cast its shadow over the speaker's
dust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: purity instructors on a liminal road
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They are on the road between Earth and Heaven and speak a requirement of
purity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: self-regarding zealot
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The passage says the Zealot sees only himself and only sin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: beloved figure of pure grace
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The Lady's face and grace require an unsullied heart; her features wound
and heal the speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: golden goblet of overflowing wine
literal_form: Golden goblet filled with wine until it overflows
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: skull cup and dust
literal_form: The skull's pale empty cup into which dust is thrown
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: Vale of Silence
literal_form: A destination to which all must come
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: goblet's fire
literal_form: Fire associated with the goblet consuming Earth's fleeting harvest
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: cypress-tree
literal_form: Cypress-tree, green home of Love's sweet choir
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: bitter tears washing clean
literal_form: Bitter tears that flow and wash the speaker clean
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: road between Earth and Heaven
literal_form: Road that lies between Earth and Heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:8
label: unsullied heart as glass
literal_form: Heart compared to a glass that reflects the Lady's grace
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:9
label: snake-like curling locks
literal_form: Curling locks compared to snakes starting from herbage
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:10
label: bezoar-like red lips
literal_form: Red lips holding the power of the bezoar to heal
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:11
label: torn robe and rags beneath the beloved's feet
literal_form: Robe torn in two like a rose and rags cast beneath the mistress's
flying feet
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Drinking before the Vale of Silence
summary: The speaker urges filling a golden goblet before a grimmer cup-bearer brings
dust and before the journey to the Vale of Silence.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Fleeting earthly harvest and cypress shade
summary: Earthly riches are described as non-abiding, and the speaker asks the cypress
to shadow his dust after death.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Purification on the road between Earth and Heaven
summary: The speaker asks tears to cleanse him, while road-walkers state that purity
is needed before looking upon the pure; the Zealot is contrasted as self-seeing
and sin-seeing.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Pure vision, wound, and healing
summary: The Lady's face and grace require an unsullied heart; her snake-like locks
wound the speaker, and her red lips can heal him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Perfume and robe-offering beneath the beloved's feet
summary: At the scent of the Lady's perfume, Hafiz is told to tear his robe and
place his rags beneath the path of her feet.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Revelry before death's departure
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The speaker urges filling the wine cup before the grimmer cup-bearer brings
dust and before all go to the Vale of Silence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames death poetically rather than narrating a developed
journey or departure episode.
- id: motif:2
label: Purifying mystical road between Earth and Heaven
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: Tears wash the speaker clean, and figures on the road between Earth and Heaven
say purity is required before looking upon the pure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The quest is expressed as lyric instruction and image rather than as an
extended narrative itinerary.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine beloved requiring pure vision
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The Lady's face cannot be viewed by a tainted eye, and only an unsullied
heart may reflect her perfect grace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage names the Lady and mistress but does not explicitly define
her ontology.
- id: motif:4
label: Beloved as wounder and healer
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The beloved's snake-like locks wound the speaker, while her red lips possess
bezoar-like healing power.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied motif-family taxonomy directly matches this lyric pattern.
- id: motif:5
label: Devotional abasement before the beloved's passing
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hafiz is told to tear his robe and cast his rags beneath the mistress's feet
when her perfume arrives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The action is symbolic and lyric; it is not presented as a ritual rule
or narrative sacrifice.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 2672-2679
quote_or_summary: '"fill a golden goblet up" before "A grimmer Cup-bearer" throws
dust into the skull''s cup; all must come to the "Vale of Silence."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 2680-2686
quote_or_summary: Earth's riches are said not to abide; the goblet's fire is invoked
to consume the fleeting harvest, and the cypress-tree is asked to cast shadow
over the speaker's dust.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 2687-2695
quote_or_summary: The speaker asks bitter tears to wash him clean; those on the
road "'Twixt Earth and Heaven" say one must be pure before lifting eyes to the
pure; the Zealot sees only himself and sin.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 2696-2703
quote_or_summary: No tainted eye may gaze on the Lady's face; an unsullied heart
reflects her grace; her locks are like snakes that wound, and her red lips hold
bezoar-like healing power.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 2704-2709
quote_or_summary: When perfume blows from the Lady, Hafiz is told to tear his robe
like a rose and cast his rags beneath her passing feet.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif candidates
are cautious because the text is lyric and symbolic rather than narrative. No
external comparison claims were made.
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, metadata, and available taxonomy references.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-hafiz-divan-bell-gutenberg__l2672-l2709
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