In Chapter 42, Poem 18 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the sudden, transformative power of divine love. When love 'settles in the head,' it uproots the heart's previous worldly sorrows, shifting the seeker's internal state entirely. The poem employs the recurring Sufi motif of the 'bird of the heart' (مر�� دل), which, having flown away in the face of this overwhelming new love, is portrayed as permanently departed and irrecoverable. This imagery highlights the absolute surrender and irreversible spiritual transformation experienced by the lover, where the old self and its familiar attachments are left behind forever.