In Chapter 28, Poem 5 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet expresses a deep sense of spiritual inadequacy, acknowledging an inability to achieve anything through personal action on the divine path. Despite this profound helplessness, the speaker refuses to succumb to despair. Instead, they resort to bitter weeping and earnest supplication, comparing their hidden lament to the high-pitched wail of a harp's string. The poem highlights the paradox of spiritual wayfaring: when active human striving fails, the vulnerable and sincere act of lamentation becomes the sole remaining hope for drawing divine grace.