Motif
flower as model of endurance through loss
flower_as_model_of_endurance_through_loss
A motif of the Beauty Paired with Pain and Paradox family, within the sub-family Floral Images of Wounding, Endurance, and Loss. 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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The Persian Mystics: Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí SEPARATION / A MOTHER WHOSE CHILDREN WERE IN THE BELOVED'S KEEPING / THE OPTIMISTIC ROSE / THE TRUE MOSQUE; lines 2235-2267 confidence: high
"Do thou smile like the rose at loss and gain"; the rose smiles though its petals are torn apart.
The rose remains smiling and uncast down though its petals are torn apart.
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