Motif
Cosmic cycles outlasting human life
cosmic_cycles_outlasting_human_life
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle 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 11937-12126 confidence: high
"The light of the moon has cut the black robe of night"; drink, because the same moon will shine over the earth long after "our day."
The moon shines after the present generation, passes through phases after the speaker and addressee, and is paired with images of slipping life, night, and buried beauty.
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