In Chapter 24, Poem 26 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the theme of profound existential sorrow, characterizing worldly life as a 'prison of existence' (حبس وجود). The quatrain reflects a deep sense of lamentation over being born into a physical form that brings suffering and ultimately ends in death. This regret of birth highlights the Sufi perspective on the soul's painful entrapment within the material world and its yearning for spiritual liberation.