batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4192-l4209
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4192-l4209
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: LXXXVIII. / LXXXIX. / XCII. / XCIII.; lines 4192-4209
start: '4192'
end: '4209'
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: A speaker says that long-loved idols have damaged his worldly credit, drowned
his glory in a shallow cup, and sold his reputation for a song. An editorial note
connects the quatrain to another verse in which prayer, fasting, ablutions, and
a fast are undone by pleasures and wine.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker refers to idols he has loved for a long time.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker says the idols have harmed his credit in the world.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker says his glory has been drowned in a shallow cup.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker says his reputation has been sold for a song.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: An editorial note states that the inspiration for the quatrain comes from
C. 170.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: In the cited source verse, the speaker says his mood inclined to prayer and
fasting and that he believed salvation was attained.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: In the cited source verse, ablutions are destroyed by pleasures and a fast
is annulled by half a draught of wine.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: speaker
description: First-person speaker who loved idols, speaks of worldly credit, glory,
reputation, prayer, fasting, salvation, ablutions, pleasures, and wine.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: idols loved so long
description: Idols described as long loved by the speaker and as causing harm to
credit, glory, and reputation.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: first-person complainant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage is voiced in the first person and describes losses to the speaker's
credit, glory, and reputation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: religious practitioner whose discipline is undone
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The source verse speaks of prayer, fasting, salvation, ablutions, and a fast
annulled by wine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: beloved harmful objects
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The idols are described as loved and as having harmed the speaker's worldly
credit and reputation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: idols
literal_form: Idols loved by the speaker
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: shallow cup
literal_form: A shallow cup in which the speaker's glory is said to be drowned
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: song
literal_form: A song for which the speaker's reputation is said to be sold
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: ablutions
literal_form: Ablutions said to be destroyed by pleasures
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: wine
literal_form: Half a draught of wine that annuls the speaker's fast
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: ruin of credit, glory, and reputation
summary: The speaker attributes damage to worldly credit, glory, and reputation
to the idols he has loved.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: ascetic practices undone by pleasure and wine
summary: The cited source verse presents prayer, fasting, ablutions, and a fast
as being undone by pleasures and a half draught of wine.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: worldly reputation lost through beloved idols and drink imagery
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The quatrain links loved idols with damaged credit, drowned glory in a cup,
and reputation sold for a song.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage uses figurative language, but the extraction records only
the explicit images and actions.
- id: motif:2
label: ascetic discipline undone by pleasure and wine
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The cited source verse states that prayer, fasting, ablutions, and a fast
are negated by pleasures and wine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif is drawn from the editorially quoted source verse, not from
the main quatrain alone.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4192-4196
quote_or_summary: In quatrain XCIII, the speaker says long-loved idols have damaged
his worldly credit, drowned his glory in a shallow cup, and sold his reputation
for a song.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: line 4198
quote_or_summary: The editor states that the inspiration for the quatrain comes
from C. 170.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 4200-4204
quote_or_summary: The cited C. 170 verse says that when the speaker inclined to
prayer and fasting he thought salvation had been attained, but ablutions were
destroyed by pleasures and the fast annulled by half a draught of wine.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:4
type: citation
locator: lines 4206-4209
quote_or_summary: Reference list for C. 170 and note that the last line is suggested
by O. 22.
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: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward from the supplied passage. Motif labels
are descriptive and not mapped to a specific supplied motif family, except for
the water-related ablution symbol.
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 support a specific cross-text comparison beyond the editorial source relationship.
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