Motif
Drowning in tears and dangerous waters
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A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Lovesickness and Longing. 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 LONDON / WILLIAM HEINEMANN / INTRODUCTION / FROM THE DIVAN OF HAFIZ; lines 1276-1415 confidence: high
The speaker asks the Cup-bearer to bring the bowl, says love has become difficult, seeks fragrance from the beloved’s musk-scented hair, and weeps tears of heart’s blood.
The speaker’s tears, blood-like tears, stormy waves, whirlpools, drowning voice, sea of tears, and well of tears recur as images of suffering.
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