In Chapter 11, Poem 38 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker articulates a profound sense of helplessness and escalating distress on the spiritual path. Using the physical metaphors of feet sinking into mud and smoke rising from a burning heart, the poem illustrates the paralyzing and consuming nature of the mystic's journey. It concludes by recognizing that this spiritual ordeal becomes increasingly difficult and is fundamentally unsolvable by human effort, highlighting the lover's absolute vulnerability and dependence on the Divine's awareness.