In Chapter 44 of Attar's *Mokhtar Nameh*, several quatrains (including Poem 43 and its adjacent verses) share a pronounced Khayyamesque motif. They repeatedly pair the imagery of moonlight (مهتاب) and wine with the inevitability of death. The poems urge the reader to seize the present moment, reflecting that the moon will continue to shine abundantly long after we have returned to dust (خاک).

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<p>مهتاب به نور دامن شب بشکافت<br />
میخور که دمی خوشتر ازین نتوان یافت</p>
<p>خوش باش و بیندیش که مهتاب بسی<br />
خوش بر سر خاک یک به یک خواهد تافت</p>

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## English translation
The moonlight tore the skirt of night with its light;
Drink wine, for a moment more pleasant than this cannot be found.
Be happy and reflect that the moonlight, abundantly,
Will happily shine upon the dust of every one of us.

شمارهٔ ۴۳ / Number 43

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<p>چون عهده نمیکند کسی فردا را<br />
یک امشب خوش کن دل پر سودا را</p>
<p>مینوش به نور ماه ای ماه که ماه<br />
بسیار بتابد که نیابد ما را</p>

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## English translation
Since no one can guarantee tomorrow,
Make this melancholy heart happy just for tonight.
Drink wine by the moonlight, O moon, for the moon
Will shine many times and will not find us.

شمارهٔ ۴۴ / Number 44

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