batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l1147-l1176
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l1147-l1176
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: XVIII. / XXII. / XXIII. / XXIV.; lines 1147-1176
start: '1147'
end: '1176'
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: Four quatrains say that the living occupy the room left by others, must
descend beneath the earth, should spend what remains before descending into dust,
hear a cry from a dark tower that reward is neither here nor there, and see saints
and sages who discussed the Two Worlds silenced and their words scattered.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speakers describe themselves as making merry in a room left by previous
occupants while summer renews the setting with bloom.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speakers say they must descend beneath the Couch of Earth and make a couch
there for an unspecified future occupant.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The passage urges making the most of what remains to spend before the speakers
descend into dust.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The dead are described as lying under dust without wine, song, singer, or
end.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries that both those focused on today
and those looking toward tomorrow have a reward neither here nor there.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Saints and sages are said to have discussed the Two Worlds learnedly.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The saints and sages are described as thrust forth like foolish prophets;
their words are scorned and scattered, and their mouths are stopped with dust.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: we / speakers
description: The living speakers who make merry and anticipate descending beneath
the earth into dust.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: previous occupants
description: Those who left the room now occupied by the speakers.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness
description: A crier from a dark tower who calls others fools and declares their
reward neither here nor there.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: those who prepare for today
description: A group contrasted with those who look toward tomorrow.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: those who stare after a tomorrow
description: A group contrasted with those who prepare for today.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Saints and Sages
description: Learned figures who discussed the Two Worlds and are later described
as silenced by dust.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: foolish Prophets
description: A comparison label applied to the saints and sages when they are thrust
forth.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: living mortals facing descent into earth
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speakers make merry now but say they must descend beneath the Couch of
Earth and into dust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: former occupants
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They left the room now occupied by the living speakers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: admonishing crier
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Muezzin cries a warning from the Tower of Darkness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: misdirected seekers of reward
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: Both those preparing for today and those staring after tomorrow are addressed
as fools and told their reward is neither here nor there.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: learned discussants of the Two Worlds
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The saints and sages are said to have discussed the Two Worlds learnedly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: discredited prophetic figures
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The passage says the saints and sages are thrust forth like foolish prophets,
with words scorned and mouths stopped with dust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Room left by others
literal_form: Room
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Summer in new bloom
literal_form: Summer dresses in new Bloom
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: Couch of Earth
literal_form: Couch beneath the Earth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: Dust
literal_form: Dust into Dust; under Dust; mouths stopped with Dust
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: Absent wine, song, and singer
literal_form: Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: Tower of Darkness
literal_form: Tower of Darkness
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: Two Worlds
literal_form: Two Worlds
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: The living in the room left by others
summary: The speakers make merry in a room vacated by earlier occupants while summer
blooms, but they state that they too must descend beneath the earth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Descent into dust without pleasures
summary: The speakers urge making the most of what remains before descending into
dust, where wine, song, singer, and end are absent.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Cry from the Tower of Darkness
summary: A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness declares that both present-focused
and future-focused people have no reward either here or there.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Saints and sages silenced by dust
summary: Saints and sages who discussed the Two Worlds are rejected like foolish
prophets; their words are scattered and their mouths stopped with dust.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Inevitable descent into earth and dust
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The speakers repeatedly say they must descend beneath the earth and into
dust, where the dead lie under dust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents mortality and burial imagery, not an explicit afterlife
journey or resurrection.
- id: motif:2
label: Carpe diem before death
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage urges making the most of what remains before descent into dust
and loss of wine, song, and singer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is framed through poetic exhortation rather than narrative action.
- id: motif:3
label: Denial or suspension of expected reward
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The Muezzin declares that the reward of both those focused on today and those
looking toward tomorrow is neither here nor there.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions reward but does not describe a judgment scene or
divine judge; the taxonomy link is therefore indirect.
- id: motif:4
label: Learned wisdom silenced by mortality
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Saints and sages who discussed the Two Worlds are depicted as having their
words scattered and their mouths stopped with dust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage emphasizes the failure or silencing of learned discourse rather
than the successful transmission of wisdom.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1147-1154; XXII
quote_or_summary: The speakers make merry in the room left by others; summer is
in new bloom; they say they must descend beneath the Couch of Earth and make a
couch there.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1155-1162; XXIII
quote_or_summary: The passage urges making the most of what remains before descending
into dust, where one lies under dust without wine, song, singer, or end.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1163-1170; XXIV
quote_or_summary: For those preparing for today and those staring after tomorrow,
a Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries that their reward is neither here nor
there.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1171-1176; XXV
quote_or_summary: Saints and sages who discussed the Two Worlds are thrust forth
like foolish prophets; their words are scorned and scattered, and their mouths
are stopped with dust.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif mapping is cautious because
available taxonomy contains only broad families and the passage is lyric-philosophical
rather than narrative.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not establish a comparison beyond its internal imagery and statements.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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