In Chapter 23, Poem 11 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet expresses the profound spiritual and existential pain of existence. He describes his soul and body continuously burning like a candle due to the constant fear of mortality and 'departing' from this world. The poem reflects a deep wish to have never been subject to the cycle of 'coming and going' (birth and death), highlighting the agonizing awareness of life's transience.