In Poem 25 of Chapter 24 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the immense suffering of the heart and the transient nature of existence. Using the metaphors of a flower that ultimately sheds its petals and a once-green branch that turns yellow and withers away, the quatrain highlights the inevitable decay and sorrow associated with worldly affairs. It rhetorically questions the purpose of temporary flourishing (the greenness of the branch) if its ultimate destiny is to perish so miserably.