Motif
celestial wheel as constraint
celestial_wheel_as_constraint
A motif of the Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny 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 QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 13486-13678 confidence: high
The speaker addresses the Wheel of Heaven, rejects its circular course, asks deliverance from its chain, and comments on wisdom and intelligence.
The Wheel of Heaven is described as a circular course and chain from which the speaker seeks deliverance, and its motion later saddens him.
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