Overview

In Chapter 35, Poem 74 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Attar of Nishapur explores the themes of absolute self-sacrifice, the un-remedied pain of love, and the divine beloved's ultimate disregard for the lover's suffering. The poem centers on the lover's heart, which is consumed by the fire of love and seeks salvation through the beloved's tresses, only to be cast down in rejection.

Key Themes

• Consuming Pain without Remedy: The lover's heart has completely abandoned any self-preservation or concern for its own soul (غم جانش نیست), burning in an agonizing pain (در درد بسوخت) for which no earthly cure exists (هیچ درمانش نیست).
• The Tresses as a Means of Salvation: The lover hopes that the beloved's tresses—often symbolizing the manifestation of the divine or the labyrinth of creation—might rescue or take the hand of the failing heart (سر زلف تو دستش گیرد).
• Divine Indifference and Rejection: Instead of offering solace, the beloved casts the heart to th...