Motif
wine as consolation and contested sacred pleasure
wine_as_consolation_and_contested_sacred_pleasure
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Wine, Consolation, and Mortality. 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 QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 12128-12323 confidence: high
Existence must be effaced from the book of life; the speaker asks the cupbearer for wine because earth must return to earth.
Wine is requested in the face of death, held as a remaining possession, promised in Paradise, and defended against earthly prohibition.
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