Motif
repentance and pardon between lovers
repentance_and_pardon_between_lovers
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Reunion, Messengers, and Tokens. 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 10932-11012 confidence: high
The woman says she has sinned, professes faith, asks pardon, renounces contention, and begs that the word of separation be recalled; she imagines falling at her lord's feet with sword and winding-sheet.
Both the wife and then the husband confess fault and seek pardon within a marital conflict.
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