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The Imagery of Dust and the Mourning Rose in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 25, Poem 42)

In Chapter 25, Poem 42 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet juxtaposes the seasonal return of spring flowers—the jasmine and the torn-shirted rose—with the beloved's descent into the dust (خاک). The poem introduces a powerful metaphorical transformation where the mourner's heart's blood nourishes the beloved's dust, turning it into a new rose garden. This motif illustrates the deep connection between mortality, the cyclical renewal of nature, and the transformative power of profound grief in Persian mystical poetry.

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