Motif
cyclical moon witnesses human absence
cyclical_moon_witnesses_human_absence
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam XCIII. / XCIV. / XCVI. / XCIX.; lines 4308-4368 confidence: high
The rising moon will continue to wax and wane, look for the speaker's group through the same garden, and seek one person in vain.
The moon will wax and wane and look for the speaker's group, or seek them long, but will not find them.
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