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The Metaphor of the Restless Rose in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 45, Poem 41)

In Chapter 45, Poem 41 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the rose is portrayed as an intoxicated beauty that blooms magnificently but can find no lasting place to settle in the world. Driven by this existential restlessness, it is continually passed from hand to hand ('دست به دست'). This metaphor highlights the ephemeral nature of earthly beauty and the inevitability of decay, echoing a recurring theme in Attar's quatrains where the rose's brief glory symbolizes the transient nature of worldly existence.

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