batch.motif.persian-persian-literature-volume-1-gutenberg-l15309-l15336
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record_id: batch.motif.persian-persian-literature-volume-1-gutenberg-l15309-l15336
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/persian-literature-volume-1.md
passage_locator:
label: THE RUBIYT OF OMAR KHAYYM / THE RUBIYT / THE DIVAN / BY HFIZ; lines 15309-15336
start: '15309'
end: '15336'
translation: Persian Literature, Volume 1
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-27-corpus; human
review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Two stanzas address the cyclical rising of the moon and imagine a future
time when the moon will look for the speakers in the same garden, but one will
be absent. The speaker addresses a cupbearer and asks that, when passing among
guests, the cupbearer reach the spot where the speaker once made someone/something
and turn down an empty glass. An editorial note explains that many odes (ghazals)
appear disunified; each couplet is likened to a pearl, and the whole ode to a
string of pearls, with rhyme linking couplets more than sense, allowing couplets
to be rearranged in manuscripts.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The moon is described as rising again and again and waxing and waning repeatedly
in the future.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The moon is said to rise and look for the speakers through the same garden,
and to look for one person in vain.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A figure addressed as "Sáki" (cupbearer) is imagined passing among guests
described as 'star-scattered on the grass'.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker instructs the Sáki to reach a particular spot 'where I made One'
and to turn down an empty glass.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: An editorial note states that many odes have an apparent lack of unity; each
couplet is compared to a single pearl and the ghazal to a string of pearls.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The note states that rhyme, not necessarily sense, links couplets; couplets
may be reordered without harming effect, and manuscripts vary in number and order
of odes/couplets.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Speaker ("I")
description: A first-person speaker who reflects on future absence and gives an
instruction about an empty glass at a particular spot.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: 'Addressee: Sáki (cupbearer)'
description: Addressed directly and asked to carry out a 'joyous errand' and turn
down an empty glass at a certain spot.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: The Moon
description: A rising moon that repeatedly waxes and wanes and is imagined to look
for the speakers again in the garden.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Guests
description: Guests among whom the Sáki passes; they are described in relation to
being 'star-scatter'd on the grass'.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Orientals (as referenced in note)
description: Referenced as making a comparison between couplets and pearls, and
the ghazal and a string of pearls.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: speaker/poetic voice
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: First-person statements and instructions are given by "I".
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: cupbearer/addressee
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The speaker addresses "Sáki" and instructs him to act with an empty glass.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: celestial marker of recurring time
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The moon is described as repeatedly waxing/waning and rising again to look
for the speakers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: gathering participants (guests)
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Guests are present in the imagined scene through which the Sáki passes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: commentators on poetic form
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They are said to compare couplets to pearls and ghazals to strings of pearls.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Waxing and waning moon
literal_form: Rising moon; waxing and waning
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Garden (revisited place)
literal_form: '"this same Garden"'
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: Empty glass
literal_form: An empty glass that is turned down
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: Pearls and string (ghazal structure)
literal_form: Each couplet as a pearl; the whole ghazal as a string of pearls
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Moon’s return and future absence in the garden
summary: The rising moon is imagined to return repeatedly, waxing and waning, and
to look for the speakers again in the same garden, but to seek one in vain.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Instruction to the cupbearer to invert an empty glass at a spot
summary: The speaker addresses the Sáki, imagines him moving among guests, and asks
him to reach a particular spot associated with the speaker and to turn down an
empty glass.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Editorial explanation of ghazal cohesion via rhyme (pearls on a string)
summary: A note explains that ghazals may appear disunified; couplets are likened
to pearls on a string, connected by rhyme more than sense, and manuscript ordering
varies.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Cyclical celestial time contrasted with human absence
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
basis: The moon’s repeated waxing/waning and rising is set against a future moment
when it looks for someone 'in vain' in the same garden.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage uses the moon’s cycle explicitly, but does not explicitly
frame the human absence as death; interpretation should be reviewed.
- id: motif:2
label: Departure/absence anticipated in a familiar place
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The moon is imagined to look for the speakers again in the same garden and
to seek one in vain, implying a forthcoming absence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: low
cautions: The text suggests absence but does not narrate an actual departure event
or cause.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 15309-15313
quote_or_summary: The moon is addressed as rising again; it will wax and wane often
in the future and rise to look for the speakers through the same garden, looking
for one in vain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/persian-literature-volume-1.md
rights_note: Public domain text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 15314-15318
quote_or_summary: 'The speaker addresses the Sáki (cupbearer): when he passes among
guests ''star-scattered on the grass'' and reaches the spot ''where I made One,''
he should turn down an empty glass.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/persian-literature-volume-1.md
rights_note: Public domain text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 15325-15336
quote_or_summary: 'Editorial note: many odes lack apparent unity; each couplet is
like a pearl and the ghazal a string of pearls; rhyme rather than sense links
couplets, so order can vary across manuscripts.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/persian-literature-volume-1.md
rights_note: Public domain text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal elements are clear; motif mapping is tentative because the passage
is lyrical and elliptical.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.2
extracted_at: '2026-04-27'
notes: |-
The passage includes both verse and an editorial note; both were treated as separate scenes with distinct symbols.
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