In Chapter 35, Poem 30 of Attar's *Mokhtar Nameh*, the poet uses the metaphor of the 'moon' to represent the beloved. The poem explores the paradox of the beloved's concealed face, which contains 'a hundred pristine meanings' (صد معنی بکر) yet remains hidden from the seeker, highlighting the mystical theme of divine inaccessibility and the lover's longing for revelation.

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<p>ماهی که ز رخ یک سر مویم ننمود<br />
راهم زد و راه سر کویم ننمود</p>
<p>صد معنی بکر در صفات رویش،<br />
چون روی نماید، ز چه رویم ننمود</p>

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## English translation
A moon who did not show me a single hair of her face,
Waylaid me and did not show me the path to her street.
A hundred pristine meanings are in the attributes of her face;
When she reveals her face, why did she not reveal it to me?

شمارهٔ ۳۰ / Number 30

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