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The Beloved's Coquetry and the Lover's Unceasing Burning in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 33, Poem 32)

In Poem 32 of Chapter 33 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet juxtaposes the continuous suffering of the lover with the Beloved's enduring coquetry (Naz). The lover burns helplessly from 'a hundred afflictions', recognizing that this agonizing state is fitting as long as life remains in the body. This quatrain highlights a fundamental Sufi dynamic: the Beloved's nature is to continually display coquetry and self-sufficiency, while the lover's destined lot is to burn in perpetual devotion and spiritual pain.

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