In Chapter 23 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, which focuses on the description and states of death, Poem 71 addresses the tragic irony of human existence. Attar emphasizes that the true understanding of how to live is often attained only when death is imminent and inescapable. This discrepancy between late-acquired existential wisdom and the inevitability of mortality causes profound grief and a heart filled with weeping regret (hasrat). The poem serves as a contemplative warning to seekers to cultivate spiritual awareness early, highlighting the futility of gaining wisdom only at the threshold of death.