Motif
death as predatory bird overtaking the powerful
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A motif of the Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz GERTRUDE LOWTHIAN BELL / LONDON / WILLIAM HEINEMANN / INTRODUCTION; lines 351-413 confidence: medium
The passage says Hafiz may have witnessed Abu Ishac’s execution outside Persepolis; Hafiz laments fate, violence, lost grace, and the falcon of death’s talons.
Hafiz’s lament for Abu Ishac invokes fate and the clutching talons of the falcon of death.
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