batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l2518-l2533
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l2518-l2533
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: EXPLANATION OF THE REFERENCES IN THE FOLLOWING PARALLELS / ANALYSIS OF EDWARD
FITZGERALD'S QUATRAINS / XIII. / XVII.; lines 2518-2533
start: '2518'
end: '2533'
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: "“This worn caravanserai which is called the world”"
summary: The passage presents Fitzgerald's quatrain XVII and a parallel attributed
to C. 95. Both depict the world as a worn caravanserai or temporary lodging marked
by night and day, where rulers stay only for a destined time before departing.
The editorial note states that Fitzgerald's quatrain owes its origin to C. 95
and lists references.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Fitzgerald's quatrain addresses the reader with the instruction to think about
a battered caravanserai whose portals are alternating night and day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: In Fitzgerald's quatrain, successive sultans dwell with their pomp until a
destined hour and then go their way.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The editorial prose states that the quatrain owes its origin to C. 95.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The C. 95 parallel calls the world a worn caravanserai.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The C. 95 parallel describes the caravanserai-world as the resting-place of
the piebald horse of night and day.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The C. 95 parallel describes the world as a pavilion abandoned by a hundred
Jamshyds and a palace that is the resting-place of a hundred Bahrams.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The passage supplies a list of textual references for the quatrain and its
parallels.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sultan after Sultan
description: Successive rulers who stay with pomp until a destined hour and then
depart.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Jamshyds
description: A hundred Jamshyds are named as having abandoned the pavilion.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Bahrams
description: A hundred Bahrams are named in relation to a palace that serves as
their resting-place.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: former or temporary royal occupants
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: The passage presents sultans, Jamshyds, and Bahrams as rulers associated
with temporary residence, abandonment, or resting in the world figured as a lodging
or palace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: world as caravanserai
literal_form: battered or worn caravanserai called the world
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: alternating night and day
literal_form: portals of night and day; piebald horse of night and day
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: destined hour
literal_form: the appointed time until which a sultan abides before leaving
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: abandoned pavilion and palace
literal_form: pavilion abandoned by a hundred Jamshyds; palace as resting-place
of a hundred Bahrams
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rulers pass through the caravanserai-world
summary: The world is imagined as a worn lodging whose openings are night and day;
rulers stay there only until their allotted time and then depart.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Parallel image from C. 95
summary: The world is called a worn caravanserai, a resting-place of night and day,
and a pavilion or palace associated with former royal figures Jamshyd and Bahram.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: world as temporary lodging
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Both the quatrain and the cited parallel depict the world as a caravanserai
or lodging where occupants rest temporarily.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No exact supplied taxonomy reference matches this image.
- id: motif:2
label: impermanence of worldly power
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage names successive sultans, Jamshyds, and Bahrams in relation to
temporary dwelling, abandonment, or departure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The motif label is interpretive but directly grounded in the rulers' temporary
presence and departure.
- id: motif:3
label: wisdom reflection on transience
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The quatrain opens with an instruction to think on the image of the world
as a transient lodging and on rulers passing away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy link to wisdom is broad; the passage does not explicitly
name wisdom.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly relates Fitzgerald's quatrain XVII to C. 95, and the
two texts share the image of the world as a worn caravanserai marked by night
and day and by the passage of rulers.
claim_level: same_motif
target: C. 95 parallel cited in the passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage provides an editorial origin statement and quoted parallel
but does not supply historical details beyond the listed references.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 2518-2523
quote_or_summary: 'Fitzgerald''s quatrain: “Think, in this batter''d Caravanserai
/ Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day,” where sultans dwell until a destined
hour and depart.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: line 2525
quote_or_summary: "“This quatrain owes its origin to C. 95.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 2527-2531
quote_or_summary: 'C. 95: the “worn caravanserai” is called the world; it is the
resting-place of the piebald horse of night and day, a pavilion abandoned by a
hundred Jamshyds, and a palace associated with a hundred Bahrams.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation and summary used for evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: citation
locator: lines 2533-2533
quote_or_summary: 'Reference list: C. 95, L. 203, B. 200, S.P. 67, P. 120, B. ii.
42, T. 79 and 357; W. 70, N. 67, V. 199.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; citation summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif labeling is partly interpretive
because the supplied taxonomy does not include an exact category for impermanence
or the world-as-inn image.
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 figures, objects, taxonomy IDs, or external comparisons were added beyond the supplied passage and available taxonomy references.
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