batch.motif.sufi-hafiz-divan-bell-gutenberg-l2760-l2889
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-hafiz-divan-bell-gutenberg-l2760-l2889
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
passage_locator:
label: XXXVI / XXXVII / XXXVIII / XXXIX; lines 2760-2889
start: '2760'
end: '2889'
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 scenes of spring, wine, beloved beauty, moral
warning, royal address, convivial riverside pleasure, a springtime appeal to one
in the grave, and a lament that love, friendship, song, wine, and cosmic harmony
have vanished.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Spring is personified as a bride of the meadows, and the speaker asks the
Saki to fill the cup with wine.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker says his song travels beyond limits of space and time, over plains
and mountain-tops.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A female figure’s eyes are described as magical, and her passage through meadows
makes dew gather on jasmine.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker warns against swerving from righteousness and depicts the world
as a plundering wrinkled crone.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Moses is said to bring wealth from Sinai, while the addressee is warned not
to bow before the golden calf like Samir.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: A spring wind blows from the Shah’s garden, and the tulip holds a dewy chalice
described as wine of heaven’s ministering.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The speaker imagines a stream margin, willow shade, song, a mistress, a cup-bearer,
and a heart-bound friend as conditions of sweetness.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Those burdened by desire for a fair face are told to throw branches of wild
rue upon fire.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: In spring, rose, tulip, and eglantine have risen from dust, while an addressed
figure lies beneath the dust; the speaker’s tears are to fall on the grave until
the figure rises.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The speaker asks what has happened to love, friends, Khizr, the waters of
life, spring wind, nightingale, Zohra’s lute, the wine bowl, the city of kings,
sun, and wheels of Time.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hafiz / lyric speaker
description: The named poet-speaker sings, gives counsel, addresses figures, and
laments vanished love and cosmic disorder.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Saki / Cup-bearer
description: A cup-bearer is asked to provide wine; later the Saki’s radiant eyes
are compared to a brimming wine-cup.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Spring
description: Spring is personified as a bride of the meadows and appears through
flowers, wind, clouds, and renewal from dust.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Beloved / mistress / fair female figure
description: A beautiful female figure has magical eyes, walks through flowery meadows,
and is associated with desire and sweetness.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Moses
description: Moses is associated with Sinai and with bringing wealth to the addressee.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Samir
description: Samir is named as one associated with following wickedness and the
golden calf.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Ghiyasuddin, the Sultan / King
description: A royal figure whom Hafiz wants his longing and lament to reach.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Dead or buried addressee
description: An addressed figure lies beneath dust and is imagined as rising from
the earth after tears fall on the grave.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Khizr
description: Khizr is named in a question about why his feet are lingering, near
mention of unclear waters of life.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Zohra
description: Zohra is named in a question asking whether she has broken her lute
after heaven’s music is hushed.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: The world
description: The world is personified as a wrinkled crone who lures and plunders
those who pause.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: poet-speaker and admonisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker commands, counsels, sings, and asks repeated questions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:12
- id: role:2
label: wine giver
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Saki or Cup-bearer is connected with filling the cup and with wine imagery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: seasonal renewer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Spring rises as a bride and is linked with flowers, rain-cloud tears, and
beings rising from dust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: desired beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The figure’s eyes, face, and presence in meadows produce desire and admiration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: Sinai bearer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Moses is described as bringing wealth from Sinai.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: negative idolatrous example
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Samir is associated with wickedness and bowing before the golden calf.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: royal recipient of lament
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The breezes are to carry Hafiz’s lament to the King.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: hoped-for returner from grave
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The speaker says tears will fall on the grave until the addressee thrusts
a head from the earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: lingering life-water figure
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Khizr is named beside the question about waters of life no longer being clear.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: silenced celestial musician
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Zohra is linked with a broken lute when heaven’s music is hushed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:11
label: deceptive tempter
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The world lures and plunders those who pause before it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: wine cup and chalice
literal_form: Saki’s wine cup; tulip’s lifted chalice; wine-cup brimming with wine;
foaming bowl
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: sym:2
label: spring flowers
literal_form: cypress, tulip, eglantine, rose, jasmine, meadow flowers
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: sym:3
label: mountain and Sinai
literal_form: mountain-tops and Sinai
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: path of righteousness
literal_form: a path from which the addressee is told not to swerve
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: golden calf
literal_form: calf of gold
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: stream, riverbanks, and waters of life
literal_form: stream margin, grass-grown river-banks, waters of life
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: willow shade
literal_form: the willow’s shade
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: wild rue on fire
literal_form: branches of wild rue thrown upon fire
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: grave and dust
literal_form: dust, grave, and earth from which a head may rise
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:10
label: lute and heavenly music
literal_form: Zohra’s lute and hushed heaven’s music
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:11
label: wheels of Time
literal_form: wheels of Time
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Spring song with cup and beloved beauty
summary: The speaker frames a song about spring flowers, wine, and a beautiful figure
whose eyes and movement through meadows affect the natural scene.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Song crossing distance
summary: The speaker describes his song as made in one night and traveling over
plains and mountain-tops beyond space and time.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Warning against worldly lure and idolatry
summary: The speaker warns against leaving righteousness, depicts the world as deceptive,
and invokes Moses, Sinai, Samir, and the golden calf.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Royal spring lament
summary: Spring wind from the Shah’s garden and tulip wine imagery lead into Hafiz’s
wish that breezes carry his longing to Ghiyasuddin the Sultan.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Riverside pleasure and tavern instruction
summary: A sweet life is imagined at a stream under willow shade with song, mistress,
cup-bearer, friend, moonlit riverbanks, and eventual movement toward the tavern.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Desire rite with rue and fire
summary: People burdened by desire for a fair face are instructed to throw wild
rue branches on fire.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Springtime appeal at the grave
summary: Since spring flowers have risen from dust, the speaker vows to scatter
tears on the grave of the buried addressee until the addressee rises from the
earth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:9
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: Lament for vanished love and cosmic music
summary: The speaker repeatedly asks what has happened to lovers, friends, Khizr,
life waters, nightingale, Zohra’s lute, the wine bowl, the city of kings, the
sun, and the wheels of Time.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
- sym:10
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: spring renewal and return from dust
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
- resurrection
- death_rebirth
basis: The passage links spring flowers rising from dust with the hope that a buried
addressee will also rise from the earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is lyric and may be figurative; it does not narrate a completed
resurrection.
- id: motif:2
label: wine-bearing guide and beloved as focus of longing
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
- mystical_quest
basis: The Saki, mistress, fair face, and longing for a face are repeatedly connected
with wine, sweetness, and movement toward the tavern.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage itself does not explicitly define the beloved as divine; the
taxonomy fit is based on lyric Sufi-coded imagery in the supplied source context.
- id: motif:3
label: ethical path against deceptive world
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The speaker instructs the addressee not to swerve from righteousness and
contrasts Moses’ Sinai wealth with bowing to the golden calf.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a moral admonition within a lyric passage rather than a full wisdom
narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: water of life withheld or clouded
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The speaker asks why Khizr lingers and says the waters of life are no longer
clear.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage only alludes to Khizr and life waters; it does not narrate
a quest episode.
- id: motif:5
label: unknowable divine task and time’s wheel
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The speaker states that no one knows the secret of God’s dread task and closes
with a question about the wheels of Time.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The motif is stated as reflective questioning, not as a developed mythic
episode.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage invokes the Mosaic Sinai and golden calf episode as a warning
against idolatrous or worldly deviation.
claim_level: same_function
target: Mosaic Sinai / golden calf tradition
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage uses brief allusion only and does not retell the episode
or give full narrative context.
- id: claim:2
claim: The mention of Khizr beside the waters of life aligns the lament with the
Khizr life-water motif known in Islamic and Sufi literary settings.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Khizr and waters of life motif
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage only asks about Khizr and unclear life waters; it does
not narrate Khizr’s discovery or guidance.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: XXXIX stanza 1; lines 2760-2889 passage segment
quote_or_summary: The speaker names cypress, tulip, and eglantine, asks the Saki
for wine, and presents Spring as a bride rising in beauty.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: XXXIX stanza 2; lines 2760-2889 passage segment
quote_or_summary: The song is said to cross India, Bengal, plains, and mountain-tops,
defying space and time though made in one night.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: XXXIX stanza 3; lines 2760-2889 passage segment
quote_or_summary: The beloved’s eyes are magical; when she walks through meadows,
dew gathers on jasmine from shame at her beauty.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: XXXIX stanza 4; lines 2760-2889 passage segment
quote_or_summary: The addressee is told not to leave righteousness despite the world’s
lure; Moses brings wealth from Sinai, and the addressee must not bow to the golden
calf like Samir.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: XXXIX stanza 5; lines 2760-2889 passage segment
quote_or_summary: Spring wind blows from the Shah’s garden; the tulip bears a dewy
heavenly wine, and Hafiz asks that his longing reach Ghiyasuddin the Sultan.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: XL stanza 1; lines 2760-2889 passage segment
quote_or_summary: A stream margin, willow shade, song-inclined mind, sweet mistress,
cup-bearer, and trusted friend are presented as happy conditions.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: XL stanza 2; lines 2760-2889 passage segment
quote_or_summary: Anyone burdened by desire for a fair face is told to throw branches
of wild rue upon fire; the speaker compares his soul to a bride.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: XL stanzas 3-4; lines 2760-2889 passage segment
quote_or_summary: The passage praises good company, moonlit riverbanks, the Saki’s
wine-cup-like eyes, and turning toward the tavern where fair robbers teach sweetness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: XLI; lines 2760-2889 passage segment
quote_or_summary: Spring flowers have risen from dust; the speaker asks why the
addressee lies beneath dust and promises tears on the grave until the addressee
rises.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: XLII stanza 1; lines 2760-2889 passage segment
quote_or_summary: The speaker says true love has vanished, asks why Khizr lingers,
says the waters of life are no longer clear, and asks what has happened to spring
wind.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: XLII stanzas 2-3; lines 2760-2889 passage segment
quote_or_summary: Friendship and love are absent; God’s favour appears as a ball
in a game no one renews; the nightingale is silent, heaven’s music is hushed,
Zohra’s lute may be broken, and the wine bowl is unattended.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: XLII stanzas 4-5; lines 2760-2889 passage segment
quote_or_summary: The city of kings is laid waste, friendship once sprang from dust,
wind and rain labour in vain, and no one knows the secret of God’s dread task
or what has happened to the wheels of Time.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/poems-from-divan-of-hafiz-bell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage is explicit, but motif assignments
are cautious because the poems are 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: |-
Used only supplied passage text and metadata. Taxonomy references are limited to the supplied available taxonomy lists.
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