Motif
tears as precious or inexhaustible waters
tears_as_precious_or_inexhaustible_waters
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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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz XXVII / XXVIII / XXXII / XXXIII; lines 2527-2559 confidence: high
Loyalty remains among lovers, and faithful eyes still scatter pearl-like tears on the ground.
Lovers’ tears are likened to pearls and later to a deep fountain still full of tears.
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