batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l968-l1032
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l968-l1032
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: OMAR KHAYYAM / ASTRONOMER-POET OF PERSIA / EDWARD FITZGERALD. / THE FITZGERALD
FIRST EDITION; lines 968-1032
start: '968'
end: '1032'
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: "“Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night”"
summary: The first seven quatrains of the Fitzgerald First Edition present dawn
as an awakening force, a tavern voice and crowd urging the filling of the cup
before life ends, New Year and spring renewal with allusions to Moses, Jesus,
Iram, Jamshyd, David, the nightingale and rose, and the brief flight of the Bird
of Time.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Morning is personified as casting a stone that makes the stars flee, while
a Hunter of the East catches a turret in light.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A voice inside the tavern tells “Little ones” to awake and fill the cup before
life’s liquor is dry.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: At cockcrow, people standing before the tavern demand that the door be opened.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The tavern crowd says their stay is short and that, once departed, they may
return no more.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The New Year revives old desires, and the thoughtful soul retires to solitude.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The passage places the White Hand of Moses on a bough and describes Jesus
as sighing from the ground.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Iram is described as gone with its rose, and Jamshyd’s seven-ringed cup is
said to be lost or unknown.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Despite the loss of Iram and Jamshyd’s cup, the vine still yields ruby-colored
produce and a garden still grows by water.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: David’s lips are locked, while the nightingale cries “Wine” to the rose.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The speaker urges filling the cup and casting the winter garment of repentance
into the fire of spring.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The Bird of Time is said to have only a little way to fly and is already on
the wing.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Morning / Hunter of the East
description: A personified dawn figure associated with driving away stars and catching
the Sultan’s turret in light.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Voice within the Tavern
description: An unnamed voice that calls for awakening and filling the cup.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Those before the Tavern
description: A group at the tavern door who shout for it to be opened.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Thoughtful Soul
description: A soul that retires to solitude when the New Year revives old desires.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Moses
description: Named through the image of the White Hand of Moses on a bough.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Jesus
description: Named as sighing from the ground in the New Year scene.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Jamshyd
description: A named figure associated with a seven-ringed cup whose whereabouts
are unknown.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: David
description: A named figure whose lips are described as locked.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Nightingale
description: A bird that cries “Wine” to the rose in high piping Pehlevi.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Rose
description: A flower addressed by the nightingale and described with a yellow cheek.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Bird of Time
description: A bird image representing time, described as already on the wing with
little distance left to fly.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: personified dawn force
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Morning/Hunter acts on the stars and a turret through images of pursuit and
capture by light.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: awakening caller
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: The tavern voice and the people outside the tavern both call for waking,
filling, or opening.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: retreating contemplative
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The thoughtful soul withdraws to solitude at New Year.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: prophetic or sacred allusion
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
basis: Moses, Jesus, and David are named in compact allusive images rather than
narrated episodes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: legendary royal allusion
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Jamshyd is named with a lost seven-ringed cup.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: singing or crying bird
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The nightingale cries “Wine” to the rose.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: addressed floral recipient
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The rose is the recipient of the nightingale’s cry and is described with
a cheek.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: time’s moving emblem
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The Bird of Time is used to state that time has little distance left and
is already moving.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: dawn light
literal_form: Morning, stars put to flight, noose of light
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: tavern cup
literal_form: Cup filled before life’s liquor is dry
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: door of the tavern
literal_form: Tavern door to be opened at cockcrow
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: bough
literal_form: Bough bearing the White Hand of Moses
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: ground with Jesus
literal_form: Ground from which Jesus sighs
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: lost seven-ringed cup
literal_form: Jamshyd’s seven-ringed cup
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: watered garden
literal_form: Garden by the water
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: vine and ruby yield
literal_form: Vine yielding ancient ruby
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:9
label: nightingale and rose
literal_form: Nightingale crying to the rose
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:10
label: fire of spring
literal_form: Fire of Spring receiving the winter garment of repentance
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:11
label: Bird of Time
literal_form: Bird with little way to fly, already on the wing
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Dawn drives away night
summary: Morning appears in the bowl of night, drives away the stars, and covers
the Sultan’s turret in light.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Tavern summons before departure
summary: A tavern voice and then a crowd at the tavern door urge awakening, drinking,
and opening the door because life is short and departure may be final.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: New Year solitude and sacred allusions
summary: New Year revives desire; the thoughtful soul withdraws, and images of Moses
and Jesus are placed on a bough and in the ground.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Vanished splendor and enduring garden
summary: Iram and Jamshyd’s cup are gone, but the vine continues to yield and a
garden still grows by water.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Nightingale cries wine to rose
summary: David is silent, while the nightingale calls for wine to the rose.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Spring fire and the Bird of Time
summary: The speaker urges filling the cup, casting off repentance as a winter garment
into spring’s fire, and notes that the Bird of Time has little flight left.
figure_refs:
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:10
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: dawn awakening and summons
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The passage repeatedly uses awakening language at dawn and at the tavern,
with a demand to open the door.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives a summons and possible threshold image, but not a full
journey narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: cup of life and irreversible departure
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The tavern voice urges filling the cup before life’s liquor is dry, and the
crowd says that after departure return may be impossible.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: This is an aphoristic mortality motif rather than a developed afterlife
journey map.
- id: motif:3
label: seasonal renewal of desire and life
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
- death_rebirth
basis: New Year revives old desires, spring is fiery, and winter is treated as a
garment to be cast off.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The death-rebirth reference is metaphorical; the explicit pattern is seasonal
renewal.
- id: motif:4
label: sacred figures embedded in spring imagery
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- seasonal_cycle
basis: Moses’ White Hand is placed on a bough and Jesus is described as sighing
from the ground in the New Year stanza.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The allusions are condensed and do not recount the source narratives.
- id: motif:5
label: lost legendary splendor contrasted with enduring nature
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- seasonal_cycle
basis: Iram and Jamshyd’s cup are gone or lost, while the vine and watered garden
continue.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage names legendary objects and places but does not narrate their
myths.
- id: motif:6
label: brief flight of time
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Bird of Time is described as having only a short way to fly and already
being on the wing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The bird image is explicit, but its wider symbolic range is not developed
in the passage.
- id: motif:7
label: nightingale, rose, and wine song
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The nightingale cries “Wine” to the rose while David’s lips are locked.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage supports the literal bird-flower-wine pattern, but not a specific
theological reading without external context.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage juxtaposes Abrahamic prophetic names and Persian legendary names
as allusive material within the same meditation on spring, wine, loss, and song.
claim_level: same_function
target: Abrahamic prophetic and Persian legendary allusion traditions
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage does not narrate the external traditions or establish historical
contact; it only names and alludes to them.
- id: claim:2
claim: The repeated awakening calls and tavern threshold function like a call-to-departure
or awakening pattern, though the passage does not develop a complete quest or
journey.
claim_level: same_function
target: departure / awakening motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The evidence is limited to imperative awakening, door-opening, and
mortality language; no extended itinerary follows.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 977-982, stanza I
quote_or_summary: Morning in the bowl of night flings a stone that puts stars to
flight; the Hunter of the East catches the Sultan’s turret in a noose of light.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 984-989, stanza II
quote_or_summary: 'A tavern voice cries: “Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup
/ Before Life’s Liquor in its Cup be dry.”'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 991-996, stanza III
quote_or_summary: At cockcrow, those before the tavern shout to open the door, saying
they have little time to stay and, once departed, may return no more.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 998-1003, stanza IV
quote_or_summary: New Year revives old desires; the thoughtful soul retires to solitude;
the White Hand of Moses appears on the bough and Jesus sighs from the ground.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1005-1010, stanza V
quote_or_summary: Iram is gone with its rose, Jamshyd’s seven-ringed cup is lost,
but the vine still yields ruby and a garden still grows by water.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 1012-1017, stanza VI
quote_or_summary: David’s lips are locked; the nightingale cries “Wine! Wine! Wine!
Red Wine!” to the rose.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 1019-1024, stanza VII
quote_or_summary: The speaker urges filling the cup, casting the winter garment
of repentance into the fire of spring, and notes that the Bird of Time is already
on the wing.
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: medium
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif assignments are cautious because
the quatrains are highly allusive and compressed, and external Sufi or Persian
interpretive traditions were not used.
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 the provided passage and metadata were used. Taxonomy references were limited to supplied motif families and symbols.
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