Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

beloved as healing sweetness

beloved_as_healing_sweetness

A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


sufi

  • The Persian Mystics: Jámí THE FREEING OF ZULAIKHA'S SOUL / BREAKING THE IDOL / ZULAIKHA'S YOUTH RETURNS / ZULAIKHA'S WISH; lines 1672-1683 confidence: medium

    The speaker imagines lying in cypress shade and receiving sweetness from the addressee's ruby-colored lip.

    The speaker describes sweetness from the beloved's lip and calls the desired nearness balm for her wounded heart.

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