Motif
Love as bodily waning and musical brokenness
love_as_bodily_waning_and_musical_brokenness
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
sufi
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The Persian Mystics: Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí I. LIFE / II. SHAMSI TABRIZ / A CRY TO THE BELOVED / REMEMBER GOD AND FORGET SELF; lines 952-980 confidence: medium
“My body is like the moon which is melting for Love,” and the heart is like “Zuhra’s lute” with broken strings.
The speaker’s body is compared to a moon melting for Love and the heart to a lute with broken strings, followed by an emphasis on the sweetness of affection.
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