Motif
wounded heart of the lover
wounded_heart_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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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz XXXIV / XXXVI / XXXVII / XXXVIII; lines 2712-2757 confidence: high
Each curl of the Beloved’s hair becomes a barbed hook that catches the speaker’s heart, leaving it wounded with red drops.
The Beloved’s curls are barbed hooks that catch and wound the speaker’s heart, causing red drops to start.
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