Motif
love as revivifying water
love_as_revivifying_water
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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The Persian Mystics: Jámí THE FREEING OF ZULAIKHA'S SOUL / BREAKING THE IDOL / ZULAIKHA'S YOUTH RETURNS / ZULAIKHA'S WISH; lines 1672-1683 confidence: high
She says the streams of the addressee's love will bestow new life on a dry thirsty field where the sweet waters flow.
The addressee's love is pictured as streams whose waters give new life to a dry thirsty field.
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