Motif
love pervades all speech of the lover
love_pervades_all_speech_of_the_lover
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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sufi
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The Mesnevi PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE. / VIII.; lines 11951-12058 confidence: medium
Whatever a lover says is said to show love; even law, blasphemy, doubt, harsh words, and strange utterances are transformed by the beloved relation.
The lover’s words, even on law, blasphemy, doubt, harshness, or strangeness, are said to reveal love.
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