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The Metaphor of Morning's Breath and Jesus in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 46, Poem 16)
In Chapter 46, Poem 16 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet equates the morning breeze with the healing, life-giving breath of Jesus (دم عیسی). The speaker pleads with the personified morning to 'smile' (dawn) and use its miraculous breath to revive their spiritually 'dead heart'. This metaphor emphasizes the transformative and restorative power of divine grace, symbolized by the dawn bringing life to the darkness.
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Updated 2026-07-06
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Persian Literature Prerequisite Course