Motif
wounds figured as flowers
wounds_figured_as_flowers
A motif of the Beauty Paired with Pain and Paradox family, within the sub-family Floral Images of Wounding, Endurance, and Loss. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
sufi
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The Mesnevi XIII. / XVII. / THE END. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 15639-15771 confidence: medium
“All Muslim poets speak of wounds as ‘flowers.’”
The translator states that Muslim poets speak of wounds as flowers.
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