Motif
empty cup marking absence or remembrance
empty_cup_marking_absence_or_remembrance
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family, within the sub-family Memorial and Destinal Cups. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXXIV. / LXXV. / TAMAM SHUD. / NOTES.; lines 1577-1697 confidence: medium
The addressed figure passes among star-scattered guests on the grass and is asked to turn down an empty glass at the spot where the speaker 'made one.'
The speaker asks the addressed figure to turn down an empty glass at the spot where he formerly joined the guests.
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