batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4820-l4867
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4820-l4867
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: STANZA / STANZA / STANZA / STANZA; lines 4820-4867
start: '4820'
end: '4867'
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: Editorial notes and variant readings for stanzas XLIII-XLVIII describe
an Angel offering a dark drink to the Soul by a river-bank, a person abiding in
a clay suburb, a tent as a resting place, Existence closing an account, the ocean
or seven seas unaffected by a pebble-cast, and a momentary movement through Annihilation's
Waste toward the Well of Life and the Dawn of Nothing as stars set and a caravan
departs.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: An Angel associated with a drink of Darkness finds the addressed person by
a river-brink, offers a cup, and invites the Soul to come to the lips and drink.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage instructs the addressed person not to shrink from drinking the
offered cup.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: An editorial note records changes from “proffering” to “offering” and from
“the Angel” to “that Angel.”
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: A stanza variant asks whether it is a shame for a male figure to remain so
long in a “Clay suburb.”
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: A stanza variant refers to a tent in which someone may rest.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: A stanza variant says not to fear that Existence, when closing an account,
should lose or no longer know the type.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: A stanza variant compares an effect to the Ocean or the Seven Seas heeding
a pebble-cast.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: A stanza variant places one moment in Annihilation's Waste and one moment
tasting the Well of Life.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Stars are setting while a Caravan draws to the Dawn of Nothing, followed by
an instruction to make haste.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: A draft line variant says the starting Caravan had not yet reached its destination.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Angel of the drink of Darkness
description: An Angel who finds the addressed person by the river-brink and offers
a cup containing or associated with the drink of Darkness.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Addressed person and Soul
description: The addressed “you” whose Soul is invited to the lips to drink from
the Angel's cup.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Male figure in the Clay suburb
description: A male figure described as abiding for a long time in a Clay suburb.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Caravan
description: A Caravan described as drawing to the Dawn of Nothing; a draft line
calls it the starting Caravan.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: cup-offering angel
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Angel finds the addressee and offers a cup while inviting the Soul to
drink.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: addressed drinker
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressed person is told not to shrink as the Soul is invited to drink.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: one abiding in clay
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The stanza variant describes him as abiding in a Clay suburb.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: departing caravan
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Caravan draws to the Dawn of Nothing and is also called the starting
Caravan in a draft variant.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Cup of dark drink
literal_form: Cup offered by the Angel, associated with the drink of Darkness
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: River-brink
literal_form: river-brink
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: Clay suburb
literal_form: Clay suburb
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: Tent of rest
literal_form: Tent wherein may rest
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: Existence's account
literal_form: Existence closing an account
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: Ocean or Seven Seas
literal_form: Ocean; SEV'N SEAS
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: Pebble-cast
literal_form: pebble-cast
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: Annihilation's Waste
literal_form: Annihilation's Waste
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: Well of Life
literal_form: Well of Life
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:10
label: Setting stars
literal_form: Stars are setting
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:11
label: Dawn of Nothing
literal_form: Dawn of Nothing
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Angel offers the cup by the river
summary: The Angel of the drink of Darkness finds the addressed person at the river-brink,
offers a cup, and invites the Soul to drink, with the addressee told not to shrink.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Abiding in clay and temporary shelter
summary: Variant lines refer to a male figure remaining in a Clay suburb and to
a tent as a place of rest.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Existence closes an account
summary: A variant line reassures against fear that Existence, when closing an account,
will lose or no longer recognize the type.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Seas and pebble-cast
summary: Variant readings compare something to the Ocean or Seven Seas heeding a
pebble-cast.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Caravan toward the Dawn of Nothing
summary: A stanza variant describes moments in Annihilation's Waste and at the Well
of Life, while the stars set and the Caravan moves toward the Dawn of Nothing;
a draft variant refers to the starting Caravan.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
- sym:10
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Soul invited to drink a dark cup at a threshold
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The Angel finds the addressed person by the river-brink and invites the Soul
to the lips to drink from the offered cup.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is a variant note and does not explicitly name death or an
afterlife journey, though the Soul, Darkness, and river-brink form a threshold
scene.
- id: motif:2
label: Annihilation and nothingness as destination
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The stanza names Annihilation's Waste and the Dawn of Nothing, with a Caravan
moving toward that destination.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not explicitly describe union; the taxonomy link rests
on the literal use of annihilation and nothingness imagery.
- id: motif:3
label: Life-giving water amid annihilation
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The stanza juxtaposes a moment in Annihilation's Waste with a moment tasting
the Well of Life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives the images without explaining their doctrinal meaning.
- id: motif:4
label: Temporary embodied dwelling
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Variant readings refer to remaining in a Clay suburb and to a tent in which
one may rest.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The connection between the Clay suburb and the tent is inferred from proximity
in editorial variants, not explicitly developed in the passage.
- id: motif:5
label: Cosmic scale against a small cast object
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage compares the Ocean or Seven Seas with a pebble-cast.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The quoted variant is fragmentary, so the full comparative function is
not supplied.
- id: motif:6
label: Urgent departure with caravan
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The stars are setting, the Caravan draws to the Dawn of Nothing, and the
speaker says to make haste.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The destination is metaphorical and the draft note does not provide the
complete surrounding stanza context.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 4820-4827
quote_or_summary: "“the Angel of the drink / Of Darkness” finds “you by the river-brink,”
offers a cup, and invites the Soul to the lips to drink without shrinking."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 4828-4833
quote_or_summary: Editorial note records changes from “proffering” to “offering”
and from “the Angel” to “that Angel.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 4834-4839
quote_or_summary: 'Variant reads: “Is''t not a shame” for him “So long in this Clay
suburb to abide.”'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 4840-4843
quote_or_summary: 'Variant reads: “But that is but a Tent wherein may rest.”'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 4844-4848
quote_or_summary: Variant says not to fear that Existence, when closing an account,
will lose or no longer know the type.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 4849-4856
quote_or_summary: Variant readings compare the Ocean, or the Seven Seas, to heeding
a pebble-cast.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 4857-4863
quote_or_summary: Variant describes “Annihilation's Waste,” the “Well of Life,”
setting stars, and the Caravan drawing to the “Dawn of Nothing.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 4864-4867
quote_or_summary: Editorial note says the first draft of edition 3 originally had
a third line beginning before the starting Caravan had reached its destination.
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 extraction is straightforward from the supplied variant notes. Motif
candidates are cautious because the passage is editorial and fragmentary rather
than a continuous narrative. No comparison claims were added because the passage
itself does not make an explicit cross-textual comparison.
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. Available taxonomy references were applied only where directly supported by passage wording.
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