Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

beloved as hunter and speaker as prey

beloved_as_hunter_and_speaker_as_prey

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

  • Poems from the Divan of Hafiz FROM THE DIVAN OF HAFIZ / XVIII / XXIII / XXVII; lines 2305-2334 confidence: high

    The female figure is hunter and the speaker helpless prey; she draws toils around him, throws his heart into a sea of sorrow, binds camel loads, vanishes, and Good Fortune slips the rein like a timid foal.

    The female figure is called the hunter, the speaker helpless prey, and the speaker is surrounded by her toils.

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