In Chapter 42, Poem 12 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the profound helplessness experienced by the lover in the face of divine love. The verse illustrates how such love completely strips the lover of self-command, replacing it with an incurable, existential pain. Furthermore, it highlights a central paradox of Sufism: true deliverance and union with the Beloved demand the ultimate, highly difficult sacrifice of giving up one's own soul or ego.