batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l1339-l1360
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l1339-l1360
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: XLIV. / XLVI. / XLVII. / XLVIII.; lines 1339-1360
start: '1339'
end: '1360'
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: Three quatrains describe existence as a magic shadow-show lit by the sun;
address the listener about wine, lips, and the nothingness in which all things
end; and urge drinking ruby vintage with old Khayyam while the rose blooms by
the river, accepting the angel's darker draught when it arrives.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The world is described spatially as in and out, above, about, and below.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage describes reality as a magic shadow-show played in a box.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The sun is described as the candle for the box in which the show is played.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Phantom figures are said to come and go around the sun.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: The addressed person is told that wine and a pressed lip may end in the same
nothing in which all things end.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: 'The addressed person is told to imagine that while existing, they are what
they will be: nothing.'
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: A rose is described as blooming along the river brink.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The addressed person is told to drink ruby vintage with old Khayyam.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: An angel with a darker draught is described as drawing up to the addressed
person.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:10
text: The addressed person is told to take the darker draught and not shrink.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Phantom Figures
description: Figures who come and go around the sun in the magic shadow-show.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Thou
description: The addressed person who drinks wine, presses a lip, is told they will
become nothing, and is instructed to accept the darker draught.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: old Khayyam
description: Named companion with whom the addressed person is told to drink ruby
vintage.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Angel
description: A figure carrying or associated with a darker draught that draws up
to the addressed person.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: transient figures
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: They are called phantom figures and are said to come and go.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: addressed recipient of instruction
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage directly addresses 'Thou' with imperatives and reflections about
what the addressee is and shall be.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: drinking companion
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The addressee is told to drink ruby vintage with old Khayyam.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: bearer of darker draught
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The angel is described as having a darker draught and drawing up to the addressee.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Magic Shadow-show
literal_form: A magic shadow-show played in a box.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Box
literal_form: The box in which the magic shadow-show is played.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: Candle-Sun
literal_form: The sun described as the candle of the box.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: Wine
literal_form: Wine drunk by the addressed person.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: Lip
literal_form: A lip pressed by the addressed person.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: Nothing
literal_form: The nothing in which all things are said to end, and what the addressee
is said to become.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:7
label: Rose
literal_form: A rose blooming along the river brink.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:8
label: River Brink
literal_form: The brink of a river beside which the rose blooms.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:9
label: Ruby Vintage
literal_form: Ruby-colored vintage that the addressee is told to drink with old
Khayyam.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:10
label: Darker Draught
literal_form: A darker draught associated with the angel and offered or brought
to the addressee.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Existence as shadow-show
summary: The passage frames all directions of existence as a magic shadow-show in
a box lit by the sun, around which phantom figures come and go.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Wine, lip, and nothingness
summary: The addressed person is told that wine and a pressed lip end in the nothing
in which all things end, and that the addressee will not be less when they become
nothing.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Rose, vintage, and darker draught
summary: While a rose blooms by the river, the addressed person is told to drink
ruby vintage with old Khayyam and to accept the angel's darker draught when it
draws near.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: world as illusion or shadow-play
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage explicitly calls the surrounding world a magic shadow-show and
its inhabitants phantom figures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly names illusion or theater imagery.
- id: motif:2
label: annihilation into nothingness
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The passage says all things end in nothing and tells the addressee that they
shall be nothing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage supports annihilation imagery, but it does not explicitly
state union.
- id: motif:3
label: acceptance of the final draught
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The addressed person is instructed to accept the angel's darker draught and
not shrink when it arrives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The darker draught may imply a final or death-related cup, but the passage
does not explicitly define it.
- id: motif:4
label: enjoyment of wine amid transience
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage combines awareness of nothingness with imperatives to drink wine
or ruby vintage while the rose blooms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The wisdom classification is broad; the passage gives poetic instruction
rather than a formal teaching.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: XLVI; lines 1339-1344
quote_or_summary: "'Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow-show, / Play'd in a Box whose
Candle is the Sun, / Round which we Phantom Figures come and go."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: XLVII; lines 1346-1351
quote_or_summary: Wine and a pressed lip are said to 'End in the Nothing all Things
end in,' and the addressee is told, 'Thou shalt be--Nothing.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: XLVIII; lines 1353-1360
quote_or_summary: While the rose blooms by the river brink, the addressee is told
to drink ruby vintage with old Khayyam and to accept the angel's darker draught
when it draws near.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence from public domain text.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal figures, objects, and scenes are explicit. Motif labels involving
annihilation and the darker draught require interpretive caution. No passage-supported
comparison claims were extracted.
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: |-
Only the provided passage and metadata were used. The passage locator label includes XLIV, but the supplied passage text contains XLVI-XLVIII.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg__l1339-l1360
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