In Chapter 15, Poem 8 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the paradoxical nature of mystical love, where the seeker actively pursues the spiritual anguish that torments them. The poem introduces the concept of the 'burned one' (سوخته)—a metaphor for a soul consumed by the fire of divine love. Attar emphasizes that the profound pain of this spiritual longing is strictly incommunicable to the uninitiated; its true meaning can only be understood by another seeker who has endured the exact same experiential suffering and inner burning.