In Chapter 25, Poem 31 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker expresses profound shock and existential despair following the death of the beloved. The poem explores the sudden, jarring reality of mortality, contrasting the beloved's radiant, moon-like beauty with their new home in the 'dust' and 'shroud.' A central theme is the agonizing paradox of grief: the speaker always knew life without the beloved was impossible, yet is now condemned to endure exactly that reality without knowing how to actually survive without seeing their face.