In Poem 23 of Chapter 47 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Farid al-Din Attar employs the candle metaphor to depict the agony of separation from the beloved:

• The Shattered Heart: The poet describes the impact of separation as shattering the heart into a hundred pieces, which further fragment into thousands, symbolizing extreme emotional disintegration.
• The Candle Analogy: The lover is likened to a candle that burns through the night of separation and dies by day. This self-consuming burning represents the painful process of spiritual and emotional purification through longing.