batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4667-l4708
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4667-l4708
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: CVII. / VARIATIONS / OMAR KHAYYAM / STANZA; lines 4667-4708
start: '4667'
end: '4708'
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: The passage lists variant lines between the second, third, and fourth editions
of Fitzgerald's translation of Omar Khayyam. The variants include dawn imagery
in which the sun dispels stars and night, a drowsy worshipper, wine-vine imagery,
morning roses, and references to Rustum, Hatim Tai, and Zal.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is framed as a list of variations between editions of Fitzgerald's
translation of Omar Khayyam.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: In one variant, the Sun is behind an eastern height and has chased the stars
from Night.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The Sun ascends to the field of Heaven and strikes the Sultan's Turret with
a shaft of light.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: In another draft variant, the Sun flings a signal into Night that puts the
stars to flight.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: A variant line asks why a drowsy worshipper lags outside.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: A variant line says that a ruby still gushes from the vine.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: A variant line says that morning brings a thousand roses.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Variant lines mention Rustum crying to battle, Hatim Tai crying to supper,
and Zal and Rustum thundering.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sun
description: Celestial figure described as chasing stars, ascending, striking a
turret with light, and flinging a signal in variant dawn lines.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Stars
description: Celestial group described as chased from Night or put to flight by
the Sun's signal.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Drowsy Worshipper
description: A worshipper described as drowsy and lingering outside.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Rustum
description: Named figure associated with a cry to battle and, in another variant,
with thundering alongside Zal.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Hatim Tai
description: Named figure associated with a cry to supper.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Zal
description: Named figure who, with Rustum, is said to thunder in a third-edition
variant.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: dawn agent
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Sun drives away stars, ascends, strikes with light, and flings a signal
into Night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: dispersed celestial group
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The stars are chased from Night or put to flight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: lagging worshipper
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The line asks why the drowsy worshipper lags outside.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: martial or heroic caller
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Rustum is named as crying to battle and as thundering in a variant line.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: feast caller
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Hatim Tai is named as crying to supper.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: thundering named figure
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Zal is named with Rustum as thundering in a variant line.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Sun
literal_form: The Sun behind an eastern height and acting in Night.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: Eastern height
literal_form: The height behind which the Sun appears in the second-edition variant.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Stars and Night
literal_form: Stars in or from Night, chased or put to flight by the Sun.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: Field of Heaven
literal_form: The heavenly field to which the Sun ascends.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: Sultan's Turret
literal_form: A turret struck by the Sun with a shaft of light.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: Shaft of Light
literal_form: A shaft of light with which the Sun strikes the Sultan's Turret.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:7
label: Signal into Night
literal_form: A signal flung by the Sun into Night, putting the stars to flight.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:8
label: Ruby from the Vine
literal_form: A ruby that gushes from the vine.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:9
label: Thousand Roses of Morning
literal_form: A thousand roses brought by Morning.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:10
label: Battle and Supper Calls
literal_form: Calls to battle and supper associated with Rustum and Hatim Tai.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Second-edition dawn variant
summary: The Sun appears behind an eastern height, drives the stars from Night,
ascends to Heaven's field, and strikes a Sultan's Turret with a shaft of light.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Third-edition draft dawn variant
summary: The Sun flings a signal into Night, and the stars are put to flight.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Isolated later stanza variants
summary: The passage lists separate variant lines involving a drowsy worshipper,
a ruby from the vine, morning roses, and named figures calling or thundering.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Dawn ascent and dispersal of night
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: The Sun ascends to the field of Heaven while the stars are chased from Night;
another variant has the Sun's signal put the stars to flight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is a list of textual variants, not a continuous mythic narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: Awakening call at dawn
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The dawn stanza begins with a command to wake, followed by the Sun's actions
against Night and the stars.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The imperative is poetic and editorially excerpted; no extended awakening
episode is present.
- id: motif:3
label: Wine or vine as ruby-like outpouring
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A variant line says that a ruby gushes from the vine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: Only one isolated line is supplied, so the broader symbolic function is
uncertain.
- id: motif:4
label: Morning floral abundance
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A variant line says that Morning brings a thousand roses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The image is brief and isolated from its stanza context.
- id: motif:5
label: Disregarding calls of heroes or hosts
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The variant tells the addressee not to heed Rustum's call to battle or Hatim
Tai's call to supper; another variant mentions Zal and Rustum thundering.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage supplies only variant lines without the full stanzaic argument.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4667-4708
quote_or_summary: The passage is headed as variations between the second, third,
and fourth editions of Fitzgerald's translation of Omar Khayyam and lists variant
stanza lines.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: Stanza I, ed. 2; lines 4677-4681
quote_or_summary: "“Wake! For the Sun behind yon Eastern height / Has chased the
Session of the Stars from Night” and ascends to Heaven's field, striking the Sultan's
Turret with light."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: Stanza I, first draft of ed. 3; lines 4683-4686
quote_or_summary: "“Wake! For the Sun before him into Night / A Signal flung that
put the Stars to flight.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: Stanza II, ed. 2; lines 4688-4690
quote_or_summary: "“Why lags the drowsy Worshipper outside?”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: Stanza V, edd. 2 and 3; lines 4692-4694
quote_or_summary: "“But still a Ruby gushes from the Vine.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: Stanza IX, edd. 2 and 3; lines 4696-4698
quote_or_summary: "“Morning a thousand Roses brings, you say.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: Stanza X, ed. 2 and ed. 3; lines 4700-4708
quote_or_summary: The second-edition variant mentions Rustum crying to battle and
Hatim Tai crying to supper, while the third-edition variant says Zal and Rustum
may thunder as they will.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward from the supplied variant lines. Motif
labels are cautious because the passage is a list of edition variants rather than
a complete narrative unit. No comparison claims were made.
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: |-
Only supplied passage text and metadata were used. Taxonomy references were left empty except for the explicit upward movement of the Sun, mapped cautiously to ascent.
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