batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4417-l4432
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4417-l4432
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: APPENDIX. / PAGE 4. / PAGE 7. / PAGE 7.; lines 4417-4432
start: '4417'
end: '4432'
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: '"I have never said that One was Two."'
summary: A speaker admits imperfect good deeds, service, and cleansing from sin,
but asks that their refusal to confuse One with Two count toward atonement and
grounds hope in the addressee's mercy. A prose note identifies the quatrain as
FitzGerald's rendering of O. 1 and lists references.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker says their good deed has been loosely strung on a looser creed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: 'The speaker asks that one thing plead for their atonement: they never misread
One for Two.'
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The alternate rendering says the speaker has never threaded the pearl of the
addressee's service.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The alternate rendering says the speaker has never wiped the dust of sin from
their face.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker says they are nevertheless not hopeless of the addressee's mercy
because they never said One was Two.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The prose note states that the quatrain on page 7 is FitzGerald's rendering
of O. 1 and provides reference sigla.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: first-person speaker
description: The speaker refers to themself as "I" and describes imperfect service,
sin, hope, and refusal to say One was Two.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: addressed "thy"
description: An addressee whose service and mercy are mentioned in the alternate
rendering.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: self-accusing hopeful petitioner
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker acknowledges not threading the pearl of service and not wiping
away the dust of sin, yet says they are not hopeless of mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: source of service and mercy
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressee is associated with "thy service" and "thy mercy."
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: jewel or pearl threaded
literal_form: Jewel of Good deed; pearl of thy service
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: dust of sin on the face
literal_form: dust of sin from my face
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: One and Two
literal_form: One; Two
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: mercy
literal_form: thy mercy
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: appeal for atonement and mercy
summary: The speaker confesses deficient deeds, service, and cleansing from sin,
but appeals to their refusal to confuse One with Two as the reason for atonement
or hope in mercy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: editorial identification of the quatrain
summary: A prose note identifies the page 7 quatrain as FitzGerald's rendering of
O. 1 and lists reference sigla.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: atonement through affirmation of unity
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The speaker asks that their refusal to misread One as Two plead for atonement
and says hope in mercy rests on never saying One was Two.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states a contrast of One and Two but does not elaborate a
full doctrine; the taxonomy reference to duality is cautious because the quatrain
emphasizes rejection of Two.
- id: motif:2
label: hope for mercy despite confessed sin
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The speaker admits failure to wipe the dust of sin from their face, yet says
they are not hopeless of the addressee's mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: No specific available taxonomy family directly names mercy or penitence.
- id: motif:3
label: devotional service as threaded jewel or pearl
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Both renderings use an image of threading a jewel or pearl in connection
with good deed or service.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents this as poetic imagery rather than a developed narrative
motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 4417-4422
quote_or_summary: '"If I myself upon a looser Creed / Have loosely strung the Jewel
of Good deed, / Let this one thing for my Atonement plead. / That One for Two
I never did misread."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for extraction.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 4426-4431
quote_or_summary: '"If I have never threaded the pearl of thy service" and "I am
not hopeless of thy mercy" because "I have never said that One was Two."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for extraction.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 4424, 4432
quote_or_summary: A note says the page 7 quatrain is FitzGerald's rendering of O.
1 and lists reference sigla including O. 1, C. 274, L. 423, B. 419, P. 4, and
others.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; bibliographic detail summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif labels involving unity and duality
are cautious because the passage is brief and doctrinal context is not supplied
within the excerpt.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare traditions or motif families.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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