Motif
Love as an affliction cured only by the beloved
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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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1 traditions
persian
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Persian Literature, Volume 1 LXXXVI / LXXXVII / LXXXVIII / CXXIX; lines 16463-16489 confidence: high
The closing address to Hfiz states that the medicine for his woe must be sipped and is none other than the beloved’s sweet lip.
The speaker frames his suffering as needing ‘medicine’ and identifies the cure as the beloved’s sweet lips.
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