Motif
false death report causing the lover’s death
false_death_report_causing_the_lover_s_death
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family United in Death. 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 XLIII / NOTES / XVIII / XXIII; lines 3646-3675 confidence: high
Ferhad begins the task and nearly completes it when Khusro sends false news of Shirin’s death.
Khusro sends Ferhad false news of Shirin’s death; after hearing it, Ferhad throws himself from the top of the rock and dies.
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