batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l3126-l3140

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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l3126-l3140
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
  label: XXXVI. / XXXVII. / XLII. / XLIII.; lines 3126-3140
  start: '3126'
  end: '3140'
  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: So when that Angel of the darker Drink / At last shall find you by the river-brink
  summary: A quatrain addresses the hearer about an angel associated with a dark drink
    who will eventually find the hearer at a river-bank, offer a cup, and invite the
    soul to drink without shrinking. An editorial note says the quatrain derives from
    C. 256, where all must drink from a cup in due time and should not lament when
    their turn comes.
  language: English
  quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: An angel associated with a darker drink is said to find the addressed person
    by a river-brink.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The angel offers a cup and invites the addressed person's soul forth to the
    lips to drink.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: The addressed person is told not to shrink from the offered drink.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: A related cited quatrain describes a cup in the invisible depths of the firmament
    that all will be caused to drink in due time.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:5
  text: The related cited quatrain tells the hearer not to lament when their turn
    comes, but to drink wine gaily.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:6
  text: An editorial note states that quatrain XLIII owes its origin to C. 256.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Angel of the darker Drink
  description: An angel who finds the hearer by the river-brink and offers a cup.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: addressed person
  description: The person addressed as “you” or “thy,” whose turn to drink will come.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Soul of the addressed person
  description: The soul is invited forth to the lips to drink from the cup.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: unnamed agents in C. 256
  description: Unspecified agents who will cause all to drink from the cup in due
    time.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: cup-offering angel
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The angel offers a cup and invites the soul to drink.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:2
  label: addressed drinker
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The addressed person is found by the river-brink and instructed not to shrink
    or lament when the turn to drink comes.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
- id: role:3
  label: invited soul
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: The soul is invited forth to the lips to drink.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:4
  label: unnamed cup-administering agents
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: The cited quatrain says they will cause all to drink from a cup in due time.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: cup
  literal_form: Cup / cup
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: sym:2
  label: darker drink
  literal_form: darker Drink
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: sym:3
  label: river-brink
  literal_form: river-brink
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:4
  label: wine
  literal_form: wine
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:5
  label: circle of the firmament
  literal_form: circle of the firmament, whose depths are invisible
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Angel offers the cup at the river-brink
  summary: The angel of the darker drink finds the addressed person by the river-bank,
    offers a cup, and invites the soul to drink; the hearer is told not to shrink.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: scene:2
  label: Universal cup in the firmament
  summary: The cited quatrain describes a cup in the invisible depths of the firmament
    from which all will be made to drink in due time; the hearer should not lament
    when their turn comes.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:2
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:4
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: appointed cup that all must drink
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Both the main quatrain and the cited C. 256 passage present an offered or
    administered cup that must be drunk when one's turn arrives.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage does not explicitly name the drink as death, though the language
    of soul, angel, and appointed turn strongly frames the scene as a final threshold.
- id: motif:2
  label: death-threshold encounter by water
  taxonomy_refs:
  - afterlife_journey_map
  basis: The angel finds the addressee at a river-brink and summons the soul to drink,
    creating a threshold scene connected with the soul's departure.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage does not explicitly describe an afterlife journey beyond the
    river-brink; the taxonomy reference is provisional.
- id: motif:3
  label: acceptance of the appointed turn
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  basis: The hearer is instructed not to shrink or lament when the cup is offered
    or when their turn comes, but to drink willingly.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The wisdom classification is thematic and should be reviewed against the
    broader anthology context.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The passage explicitly links quatrain XLIII to C. 256, and both present the
    pattern of an appointed cup that must be drunk when the individual's turn comes.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: C. 256 as cited in the passage
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: high
  limitations: The comparison is limited to the excerpted translation and editorial
    note supplied in the passage; it does not establish broader historical transmission
    beyond the stated origin note.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: quote
  locator: lines 3126-3129
  quote_or_summary: "“that Angel of the darker Drink / At last shall find you by the
    river-brink”"
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
  type: quote
  locator: lines 3129-3131
  quote_or_summary: "“offering his Cup, invite your Soul / Forth to your Lips to quaff--you
    shall not shrink.”"
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 3135-3137
  quote_or_summary: The cited C. 256 passage describes a cup in the invisible depths
    of the firmament that all will be caused to drink in due time.
  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 3138-3139
  quote_or_summary: The cited C. 256 passage says that when the hearer's turn comes,
    they should not lament but should drink wine gaily.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
  type: quote
  locator: line 3133
  quote_or_summary: "“This quatrain owes its origin to C. 256.”"
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: high
  notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif classification is more interpretive
    because the passage uses symbolic language rather than directly naming death or
    an afterlife journey.
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 the supplied passage text and metadata. No external taxonomy IDs or unsupported comparisons were added.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg__l3126-l3140
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