Motif
Love figured as drowning, fire, wounding, and illness
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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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persian
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The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan XVIII / XXVII / CHAPTER IV / CHAPTER V; lines 2770-2877 confidence: high
A holy man is enamoured of a lovely person, clings to the beloved’s garment, calls the beloved his asylum and defence, and says the king of love leaves no room for chastity, comparing himself to one sunk in a quagmire up to the neck.
The passage compares passion to a quagmire, whirlpool, ocean, flame in the heart, wounds from weapons, and an appetite that resists the physician’s bitter medicine.
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