Motif
carpe diem drinking before absence and death
carpe_diem_drinking_before_absence_and_death
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 8524-8747 confidence: high
Dawn breaks and rends night's canopy; the speaker urges a morning drink because many dawns will break when the speakers are no longer there.
The speaker urges a morning draught before future dawns come without the speakers and urges sharing wine before Death rends the robe of flesh.
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