Overview

In Chapter 47, Poem 47 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Attar utilizes the metaphor of a candle burning within its shirt to depict the self-consuming and intense nature of mystical love and separation.

Key Themes

• The Pain of Separation (Firaq): The lover's physical body and soul are depicted as constantly burning in the agonizing absence of the Beloved.
• The Candle within a Shirt (Shama' Miyan-e Pirahan): This unique classical image represents a candle's flame surrounded by its own wax shroud, symbolizing how the lover's intense passion is contained internally, silently devouring them from within.
• Naive Desire (Kham-Tama'): The lover acknowledges their raw, unrefined expectation or hope, yet surrenders completely to the self-destructive fire of divine love with countless lamentations.