batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l1107-l1144
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l1107-l1144
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: VIII. / XIII. / XVII. / XVIII.; lines 1107-1144
start: '1107'
end: '1144'
translation: The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage contrasts former royal glory with ruins occupied by animals,
imagines flowers and herbs springing from dead human bodies, urges the beloved
to fill the cup in the present before tomorrow joins the ancient past, and recalls
loved ones who have already drunk their cup and gone silently to rest.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A lion and a lizard are said to keep the courts where Jamshyd once gloried
and drank deeply.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Bahram is described as a great hunter lying fast asleep while a wild ass stamps
over his head.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker imagines that a red rose may grow where a buried Caesar bled.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker imagines every hyacinth in the garden as having dropped from a
once lovely head.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A tender green herb grows on the river's lip, and the speaker warns the hearer
to lean on it lightly.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker addresses a beloved and asks that the cup be filled to clear today
of past regrets and future fears.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The speaker says that tomorrow he may be with yesterday's seven thousand years.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: People loved by the speaker drank their cup earlier and one by one crept silently
to rest.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Lion
description: Animal said to keep the former courts of Jamshyd.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Lizard
description: Animal said to keep the former courts of Jamshyd.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Jamshyd
description: Former glorious figure associated with courts and deep drinking.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Bahram
description: Named as a great hunter who lies fast asleep beneath the stamping wild
ass.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Wild Ass
description: Animal that stamps over Bahram's head.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Buried Caesar
description: A dead ruler-like figure whose spilled blood is imagined as connected
with the red rose.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Once lovely person
description: Anonymous dead or absent person represented through a once lovely head
or lip from which hyacinth or herb may spring.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Beloved
description: The addressee whom the speaker asks to fill the cup.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Speaker
description: First-person voice reflecting on mortality, time, and the cup.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Loved ones
description: Those loved by the speaker, described as the loveliest and best, who
have already drunk their cup and gone to rest.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Animal occupants of former royal space
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: The lion and lizard are said to keep the courts where Jamshyd once gloried.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: Former glorious ruler or royal figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Jamshyd is associated with courts, glory, and drinking in the past.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: Fallen hunter
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Bahram is named a great hunter but is now lying fast asleep.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: Trampling animal
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The wild ass stamps over Bahram's head.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: Dead source of living growth
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: Blood, a head, and a lip of former persons are imagined as sources or places
of rose, hyacinth, and herb growth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: Beloved addressee
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The speaker directly addresses the beloved and asks for the cup to be filled.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: Mortal speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The first-person speaker says tomorrow he may join yesterday's seven thousand
years.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: Departed loved companions
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The loved ones have already drunk their cup and crept silently to rest.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Ruined courts
literal_form: Courts where Jamshyd gloried, now kept by lion and lizard
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Rose from blood
literal_form: Red rose imagined as blooming where a buried Caesar bled
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Hyacinth from head
literal_form: Hyacinth imagined as dropped from a once lovely head
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: Tender green herb
literal_form: Herb growing on the river's lip, possibly from a once lovely lip
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: River
literal_form: River's lip beside the herb
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: Cup
literal_form: Cup to be filled for the beloved and already drunk by departed loved
ones
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: Seven thousand years
literal_form: Yesterday's seven thousand years
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Former glory occupied by animals
summary: The courts of Jamshyd are now kept by a lion and lizard, and Bahram lies
asleep while the wild ass stamps over his head.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Garden growth from the dead
summary: The speaker imagines rose, hyacinth, and herb as arising from the blood
or body parts of once living or lovely persons.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Present cup before tomorrow
summary: The speaker asks the beloved to fill the cup so that today is cleared of
regrets and fears, because tomorrow the speaker may belong to the ancient past.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Loved ones go to rest
summary: The speaker recalls loved ones who drank their cup earlier and silently
went one by one to rest.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Fallen royal glory and animal-occupied ruins
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Former courts and named royal or heroic figures are shown as displaced by
animals and sleep-like death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents this as poetic reflection rather than a narrative
episode.
- id: motif:2
label: Living plants arising from the dead
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: The rose, hyacinth, and herb are imagined as growing from blood, a head,
or a lip of former persons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The wording is speculative and metaphorical, introduced by the speaker's
thought and questions.
- id: motif:3
label: Cup of the present before death
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The beloved is urged to fill the cup because today should be cleared of past
regrets and future fears, and tomorrow the speaker may join the ancient past.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly define the cup doctrinally; interpretation
should remain tied to the immediate poetic context.
- id: motif:4
label: Death as drinking and silent rest
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Loved ones are described as having drunk their cup before and then crept
silently to rest.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage uses euphemistic and symbolic language for death or departure.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The imagery of flowers and herbs arising from buried or dead human bodies
fits a broad death-and-renewal pattern at the motif-family level.
claim_level: same_motif
target: death_rebirth motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage is lyric and speculative, not a full resurrection or rebirth
narrative; no historical-contact claim is supported.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1107-1114; quatrain XVII
quote_or_summary: Lion and lizard keep Jamshyd's courts; Bahram the great hunter
lies asleep while the wild ass stamps over his head.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1115-1122; quatrain XVIII
quote_or_summary: The speaker thinks the rose is reddest where a buried Caesar bled
and that hyacinths may come from a once lovely head.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1123-1130; quatrain XIX
quote_or_summary: A tender green herb grows at the river's lip; the speaker warns
to lean lightly because it may spring from a once lovely lip.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1131-1138; quatrain XX
quote_or_summary: The speaker asks the beloved to fill the cup to clear today of
past regrets and future fears, noting that tomorrow he may join yesterday's seven
thousand years.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1139-1144; quatrain XXI
quote_or_summary: Loved ones, the loveliest and best, have drunk their cup before
and one by one crept silently to rest.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal figures and images are clear; motif assignment is more interpretive
because the passage is lyric and metaphorical.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
Used only supplied passage text and metadata; no historical-contact claims added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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