Motif
Absent companion remembered by an empty vessel
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A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXXIV. / LXXV. / TAMAM SHUD. / NOTES.; lines 1577-1697 confidence: medium
The addressed figure will pass among star-scattered guests on the grass and is told: 'Where I made one--turn down an empty Glass!'
The quatrain presents a future feast-like gathering where the speaker's former place is marked by turning down an empty glass.
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