Motif
Jealous lover and indifferent beloved
jealous_lover_and_indifferent_beloved
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Jealousy and Rivalry. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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persian
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The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan XVIII / XXVII / CHAPTER IV / CHAPTER V; lines 2879-2969 confidence: high
The speaker says the mistress's arrival with companions or rivals is hostile and provokes jealousy; she replies that she is the torch of the assembly and the moth may consume itself.
The speaker is nearly slain by jealousy when the mistress is associated with a rival, while she compares herself to a torch and the lover to a moth consuming itself.
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