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Existential Bewilderment and the Beloved's Detachment in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 30, Poem 13)
In Chapter 30, Poem 13 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the agonizing disparity between the lover's restless suffering and the Beloved's absolute detachment. The speaker describes a state of continuous, existential bewilderment ('I am bewildered day and night') and deep spiritual anguish ('my soul is on my lips'). This torment is directly juxtaposed with the Beloved's self-sufficiency and freedom from the lover's plight. The poem vividly illustrates the classic Sufi theme of the finite human soul's desperate, unreciprocated yearning for the transcendent Divine.
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Updated 2026-07-05
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