Concept

On the path of love, the bent-backed old man of Section 65 cannot lay his body straight upon the ground nor fix a level gaze upon the rooftop beloved; his curved posture and sidelong glance (کجروی، کج‌نظری) cause him to fall from the sight of the straight-seeing (راست‌بین) beloved.

The tale works as a Sufi allegory: union with the divine Beloved demands inner and outer uprightness (راستی). Crookedness of intention or attention—however sincere the longing and however abundant the tears—keeps the seeker from being truly seen. Jami sharpens the point by contrasting the youth's upright, moon-like beauty with the old man's crescent-bent frame, dramatizing that only the straight are met by the Beloved's regard.

This reading connects the concrete narrative to the broader doctrine of sincerity and single, undivided devotion that recurs across the neighboring tales of lovers and beloveds.