Motif
beloved perceived truly only through the lover's vision
beloved_perceived_truly_only_through_the_lover_s_vision
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.
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persian
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The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan XXVII / CHAPTER IV / CHAPTER V / XVIII.; lines 3204-3269 confidence: high
The king has Laila found and brought before him; he sees her as tawny and feeble and thinks even the lowest menial in his harem surpasses her beauty and elegance.
The king judges Laila unimpressive, but Mujnun says the king must look through a Mujnun’s eye to perceive the spectacle.
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