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The Agony of Separation and the Plea for a Divine Glance in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 32, Poem 14)

This poem from Chapter 32 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh articulates the profound sorrow of separation from the Divine. The speaker expresses a sense of being driven away 'door to door' and suffering a burning agony. The core of the poem is an urgent plea for a single divine glance or moment of attention before the speaker perishes completely. This highlights the Sufi theme of the lover's utter fragility and dependence on the Beloved's grace, emphasizing that without this divine acknowledgement, the lover's very existence will vanish without a trace.

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