Motif
night as pregnant with future events
night_as_pregnant_with_future_events
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Celestial and Cosmic Signs. 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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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz XXXVIII / XXXIX / XLIII / NOTES; lines 3221-3341 confidence: medium
“Night is with child”—a Persian proverb glossed as suggesting darkness full of possibilities under a clear Eastern sky.
A Persian proverb says night is with child, glossed as darkness full of possibilities.
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