Motif
Feasting before death
feasting_before_death
A motif of the Sacrifice and Offering family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 7624-7841 confidence: high
The speaker advises not to burden oneself with drudgery for silver and gold, but to feast with friends before death chills the breath and earthworms feast on the body.
The speaker urges friends to feast before death chills the breath and earthworms consume the body; elsewhere life is described as a loan to be repaid to Heaven.
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 7624-7841 confidence: high
The speaker advises feasting with friends before breath is chilled in death and earthworms feast on the body.
The speaker advises feasting with friends before breath is chilled in death and earthworms consume the body; Sense similarly urges present joys because humans do not renew like mowed grass.
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