In Chapter 31, Poem 39 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker expresses profound spiritual bewilderment and exhaustion resulting from an endless, consuming search for the Divine. The imagery of melting like a candle and rushing like quicksilver illustrates the intense, transformative nature of this quest and the gradual dissolution of the seeker's self. Despite seeking the Beloved 'atom by atom' for a lifetime, the speaker remains unable to find Him, culminating in a repeated cry of helplessness ('What should I do?'). This poem encapsulates the prominent Sufi theme that the Divine is ultimately ungraspable through ordinary effort, leaving the lover in a perpetual state of longing, self-effacement, and profound bewilderment.