Motif
grief as futile tears of blood
grief_as_futile_tears_of_blood
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Tears, Transformation, and Memorialization. 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 LXXVII. / LXXXVI. / XCIX. / CVII.; lines 4636-4664 confidence: high
The cited quatrain states that what the Pen has written never changes, that grief results in affliction, and that even a lifetime of bloody tears does not increase a single drop beyond what it is.
The cited quatrain says that even weeping tears of blood through life does not increase one drop beyond what it is.
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