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The Metaphor of Tears as a Rose-Colored Steed in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 26, Poem 34)

In Chapter 26, Poem 34 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet introduces the striking metaphor of blood-tinged tears as a 'rose-colored steed' (گلگون - Golgoon). Overwhelmed by grief, the heart feels confined in the 'narrow house' of the body and longs for the vastness of the desert. To make its escape, the heart mounts the flowing tears, riding them as if they were a swift, reddish horse. This imagery emphasizes the intensity of the speaker's sorrow, where tears of blood become the vehicle for the heart's desperate flight.

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