Motif
lamenting or questioning bird at an abandoned seat of power
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A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Natural Mourning. 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 PAGE 7. / PAGE 7. / IN THE NOTES. / XVIII.; lines 4435-4470 confidence: medium
The palace throws pillars to heaven; kings bow at its threshold; the speaker sees a solitary ringdove there crying “Coo.”
A solitary dove cries repeatedly from the battlements of a palace formerly honored by kings; one translation renders the cry as “Where.”
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