Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Cup or wine associated with loss

cup_or_wine_associated_with_loss

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.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


sufi

  • The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXXXVIII. / LXXXIX. / XCII. / XCIII.; lines 4192-4209 confidence: medium

    "Indeed the Idols I have loved so long / Have done my credit in this World much wrong; / Have drown'd my Glory in a shallow Cup, / And sold my Reputation for a Song."

    The quatrain says glory is drowned in a shallow cup, while the cited C.170 passage says a fast is annulled by half a draught of wine.

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