Motif
beings return to dust and clay
beings_return_to_dust_and_clay
A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 12913-13101 confidence: high
Wine is requested from a ruby vessel into a crystal cup; all beings are described as dust that a two-day tempest makes disappear.
All beings are called dust that disappears in a brief tempest, and the clay under the potter's feet speaks as if it had once been like him.
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