batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4710-l4767
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4710-l4767
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: VARIATIONS / OMAR KHAYYAM / STANZA / STANZA; lines 4710-4767
start: '4710'
end: '4767'
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 list of variant readings from several stanzas, including images of bread
beneath a bough, wine, verse, an addressed Thou, cash versus promise, living green
herb, vintage and time, two worlds, entering and exiting by the same door, cultivating
growth, Heaven giving the vine, knots on a road, a veil obscuring sight, signs
in heaven, an inner THEE behind the veil of the universe, a lamp sought for darkness,
blind understanding, and a secret Well of Life.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage presents variant stanza readings rather than a continuous narrative.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: One variant places bread beneath a bough, a flask of wine, a book of verse,
and an addressed Thou together in a scene.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: One variant contrasts taking cash with letting a promise go and ignoring a
distant drum.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage refers to a delightful herb with living green color.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The passage refers to vintage pressed by rolling Time.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The passage refers to the Two Worlds.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: A speaker says he came out by the same door by which he entered.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: A speaker says he used his own hand to make something grow.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Heaven is said to have endowed humans with the Vine.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The Vine is said to drug the memory of an insolence.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: The passage refers to many knots unraveled by the road.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: A veil blocks sight.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:13
text: Heaven is mentioned with eternal signs revealed.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:14
text: The speaker addresses or names the THEE IN ME as working behind the Veil of
Universe.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:15
text: The speaker cries out to find a lamp to guide him through darkness.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:16
text: Something answers with the phrase “An Understanding blind.”
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:17
text: The speaker leans in order to learn the secret Well of Life.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: speaker / I
description: First-person speaker present in variants that say “I went,” “my own
hand,” “I cried,” and “I lean'd.”
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Thou
description: Addressed figure named as “Thou” in the scene with bread, wine, and
verse.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Heav'n
description: Heaven appears as an agent that endowed humans with the Vine and as
the setting or source of revealed eternal signs.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: THEE IN ME
description: A figure or presence described as working behind the Veil of Universe.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Something
description: An unnamed voice or presence that says “An Understanding blind.”
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Time
description: Time is described as rolling and pressing vintage.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: first-person seeker or speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker reports entering and exiting, making something grow, crying out
for a guiding lamp, and leaning to learn the Well of Life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: role:2
label: addressed companion
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The figure is directly addressed as “Thou” in a scene of bread, wine, and
verse.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: heavenly giver or revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Heav'n is said to endow humans with the Vine and to have eternal signs revealed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: role:4
label: inner hidden presence
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The phrase “THEE IN ME” is said to work behind the Veil of Universe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:5
label: answering voice
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Something replies to the speaker’s cry with the phrase “An Understanding
blind.”
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:6
label: personified temporal force
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Time is described as rolling and pressing vintage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: bread beneath the bough
literal_form: little Bread beneath the Bough
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: flask of wine
literal_form: Flask of Wine
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: book of verse
literal_form: Book of Verse
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: cash and promise
literal_form: Cash; Promise
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: distant drum
literal_form: music of a distant Drum
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: living green herb
literal_form: delightful Herb whose living Green
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: vintage pressed by time
literal_form: Vintage rolling Time has prest
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: two worlds
literal_form: Two Worlds
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:9
label: same door
literal_form: same door
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:10
label: vine
literal_form: Vine
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:11
label: knots by the road
literal_form: many Knots unravel'd by the Road
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:12
label: veil
literal_form: Veil; Veil of Universe
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: sym:13
label: eternal signs
literal_form: eternal Signs
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:14
label: guiding lamp
literal_form: Lamp to guide me through the darkness
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:15
label: darkness
literal_form: darkness
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:16
label: blind understanding
literal_form: An Understanding blind
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:17
label: secret Well of Life
literal_form: secret Well of Life
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Bread, bough, wine, verse, and Thou
summary: A variant stanza arranges bread beneath a bough, a flask of wine, a book
of verse, and an addressed Thou.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Cash preferred over promise
summary: A variant urges taking cash, letting a promise go, and not heeding the
music of a distant drum.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Growth, vintage, and vine
summary: Several variants mention a living green herb, vintage pressed by Time,
growth made by the speaker’s own hand, and Heaven’s gift of the Vine.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:4
label: Door, road, and knots
summary: Variants mention coming out by the same door as the speaker entered and
many knots unraveled by the road.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: scene:5
label: Veil, inner presence, lamp, and darkness
summary: Variants mention an obscuring veil, eternal signs, the THEE IN ME behind
the Veil of Universe, a requested lamp to guide through darkness, and an answer
naming blind understanding.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:12
- sym:13
- sym:14
- sym:15
- sym:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: scene:6
label: Secret Well of Life
summary: The speaker leans in order to learn the secret Well of Life.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: mystical quest for hidden knowledge or guidance
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The speaker seeks the inner presence behind the Veil of Universe, asks for
a lamp to guide through darkness, and tries to learn the secret Well of Life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: The passage consists of variant excerpts, not a complete quest narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: wisdom limited or paradoxically blind
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The request for a guiding lamp is answered by “An Understanding blind,” and
the speaker seeks to learn the secret Well of Life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: medium
cautions: The phrase is fragmentary and its doctrinal meaning is not explained in
the passage.
- id: motif:3
label: inner divine or beloved presence
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The passage includes an addressed Thou and a “THEE IN ME” working behind
the Veil of Universe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The identity of Thou and THEE IN ME is not explicitly defined in the excerpt.
- id: motif:4
label: two worlds and dual orientation
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The passage explicitly refers to the Two Worlds and also contrasts visible
obstruction with a hidden presence behind the veil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:11
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not elaborate the cosmology of the Two Worlds.
- id: motif:5
label: veil concealing reality
taxonomy_refs:
- forbidden_knowledge
basis: The speaker cannot see through the veil and speaks of the THEE IN ME working
behind the Veil of Universe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
confidence: low
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate; the passage emphasizes obstruction
and hiddenness rather than an explicit prohibition.
- id: motif:6
label: wine or vine as heavenly gift and forgetfulness
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Heaven is said to endow humans with the Vine, which drugs the memory of an
insolence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: low
cautions: The passage states a gift from Heaven but does not describe an exchange
in detail.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4710-4767
quote_or_summary: The passage is headed “STANZA” and lists variant readings for
numbered stanzas in different editions.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: Stanza XII, lines 4710-4716
quote_or_summary: "“Here with a little Bread beneath the Bough, / A Flask of Wine,
a Book of Verse--and Thou”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: Stanza XIII, lines 4717-4721
quote_or_summary: "“Ah, take the Cash, and let the Promise go, / Nor heed the music
of a distant Drum!”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: Stanza XX, lines 4722-4725
quote_or_summary: "“And this delightful Herb whose living Green.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: Stanza XXII, lines 4726-4729
quote_or_summary: "“That from his Vintage rolling Time has prest.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: Stanza XXVI, lines 4730-4733
quote_or_summary: "“Of the Two Worlds so learnedly, are thrust.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: Stanza XXVII, lines 4734-4737
quote_or_summary: "“Came out by the same door as in I went.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: Stanza XXVIII, lines 4738-4741
quote_or_summary: "“And with my own hand wrought to make it grow.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: Stanza XXX, lines 4742-4746
quote_or_summary: "“Ah, contrite Heav'n endowed us with the Vine / To drug the memory
of that insolence!”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: Stanza XXXI, lines 4746-4749
quote_or_summary: "“And many Knots unravel'd by the Road.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:11
type: quote
locator: Stanza XXXII, lines 4750-4753
quote_or_summary: "“There was the Veil through which I could not see.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:12
type: quote
locator: Stanza XXXIII, lines 4754-4757
quote_or_summary: "“Nor Heav'n, with those eternal Signs reveal'd.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:13
type: quote
locator: Stanza XXXIV, lines 4758-4765
quote_or_summary: "“Then of the THEE IN ME who works behind / The Veil of Universe
I cried to find / A Lamp to guide me through the darkness; and / Something then
said--«An Understanding blind.»”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:14
type: quote
locator: Stanza XXXV, lines 4766-4767
quote_or_summary: "“I lean'd, the secret Well of Life to learn.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is limited by the fragmentary nature of the passage, which lists
variant lines rather than a continuous stanza sequence.
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 explicitly compare these images to another corpus or tradition.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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