In Poem 43 of Chapter 46 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker describes an unbearably long night characterized by lamentation and sleeplessness, depicted through the act of 'counting the stars.' The darkness is so persistent that the speaker wonders if the day itself has sunk into the night. This hyperbolic portrayal of an endless night serves as a metaphor for the deep sorrow, anxiety, and agonizing duration of separation from the beloved.