In Chapter 40, Poem 6 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet reflects on the enduring sorrow and unfulfilled promises characteristic of the path of love. The verse expresses the realization that love brings only affliction and grief, while the joy of union remains perpetually out of reach. By lamenting that a lifetime has passed without the beloved's promises materializing, the poem captures the profound despair and the agonizing nature of spiritual or romantic longing, where lifelong devotion is met with continuous suffering rather than fulfillment.