This poem from Chapter 27 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh articulates a deep sense of existential despair and the ultimate futility of human striving. The speaker expresses that their heart has never experienced the 'shadow of fortune,' encountering only knots of difficulty. The powerful imagery of sifting the dust of both worlds, only to find 'empty wind,' highlights the profound disappointment and emptiness found in seeking ultimate fulfillment or meaning through external or worldly endeavors.