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The Arduous Search and Intimate Dialogue with the Divine in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 33, Poem 33)

In Poem 33 of Chapter 33 in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker describes the spiritual journey as an arduous and continuous struggle ('falling and rising,' 'wash our faces with blood'). The seekers are driven to pursue the unattainable ('that which no one has found'), emphasizing the infinite and incomprehensible nature of the Divine truth. The quatrain concludes with an intimate, self-referential communion, where the seeker speaks to the Divine about the Divine ('And to You, about You, we recount a tale'), reflecting the mystical realization that the seeker, the path, and the sought are ultimately interconnected.

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