batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4399-l4414
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4399-l4414
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: XCIX. / APPENDIX. / PAGE 4. / PAGE 7.; lines 4399-4414
start: '4399'
end: '4414'
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: How long wilt thou keep saying, «Have mercy upon Omar!» / Wilt _thou_ be
a teacher of mercy to _God_?
summary: The passage gives FitzGerald's quatrain and a literal rendering in which
an addressed burnt one, destined to burn, is associated with the fires of Hell
and is challenged for asking God to have mercy on Omar, as though teaching mercy
to God.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: An addressed figure is described as burning or burnt and destined to burn
in turn.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:2
text: Hell is described as having fires, and the addressed figure is associated
with feeding or causing those fires.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The addressed figure repeatedly asks God for mercy on others or on Omar.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The quatrain closes with a rhetorical challenge asking whether the addressed
figure can teach mercy to God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The passage identifies the quatrain as FitzGerald's rendering of C. I. and
supplies reference sigla.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: addressed burnt one
description: The second-person figure addressed as one who burns or is burnt and
is destined to burn.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: God
description: The deity to whom mercy is requested and whom the addressed figure
is rhetorically accused of trying to teach mercy.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Omar
description: Named in the literal rendering as the person for whom mercy is requested.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: admonished mercy-pleader
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The figure says or is imagined as saying a plea for mercy and is challenged
for presuming to teach God mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: divine recipient of mercy plea
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: God is addressed in the mercy plea and named in the rhetorical question about
teaching mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: named beneficiary of mercy plea
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The literal rendering has the addressed figure saying, 'Have mercy upon Omar.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: hell fire
literal_form: fires of Hell; burning
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: Hell
literal_form: Hell as the place or condition whose fires burn
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: mercy plea
literal_form: repeated request for God to have mercy
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: rebuke of the mercy-pleader before God
summary: A burnt or burning figure associated with Hell's fires is represented as
repeatedly asking God for mercy and is rhetorically rebuked for presuming to teach
mercy to God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine mercy and judgment in relation to Hell
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage links Hell's fires with a plea for divine mercy and a challenge
about whether a human-like speaker can instruct God in mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is a short quatrain and does not narrate a formal judgment
scene; the motif assignment rests on the explicit Hell and mercy language.
- id: motif:2
label: rhetorical wisdom rebuke
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The quatrain uses a rhetorical question to challenge the speaker's presumption
about teaching mercy to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: low
cautions: This is a broad thematic fit rather than a specific narrative motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4399-4404
quote_or_summary: FitzGerald's rendering addresses one who burns for those in Hell
and asks how long the figure will cry for God's mercy on them, ending with a question
about teaching God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 4408-4412
quote_or_summary: '"O, burnt one (born) of the burnt! destined in turn to burn";
"Have mercy upon Omar!"; "Wilt _thou_ be a teacher of mercy to _God_?"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 4406, 4414
quote_or_summary: The note states that the quatrain on page 7 is FitzGerald's rendering
of C. I. and lists reference sigla.
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 elements are explicit in the passage. Motif labels are cautious because
the passage is aphoristic rather than a developed mythic narrative, and no comparison
claims are made beyond the supplied text.
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 and metadata; no external comparisons added.
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