Motif
Beloved’s hair as an ensnaring trap
beloved_s_hair_as_an_ensnaring_trap
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
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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz XVIII / XXIII / XXVIII / XXXIII; lines 3766-3778 confidence: high
The note says Persian poetry often describes the beloved’s hair as entangling and entrapping the unfortunate lover.
The passage explicitly says that the beloved’s hair entangles and entraps the lover, with curls catching and tearing his heart.
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