Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Beloved’s hair as an ensnaring trap

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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 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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