In Chapter 24, Poem 23 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the soul is metaphorically depicted as a nightingale that briefly settles upon the rosebush of the physical body. The poem emphasizes the fleeting nature of this worldly attachment and questions the purpose of the soul taking residence in the body, given that its inevitable departure brings sorrow and distress.

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## Original content
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<p>دل کز سر عمر سرنگون بر میخاست<br />
از هر مویش چشمه خون بر میخاست</p>
<p>این بلبل روح بر سر گلبن جسم<br />
از بهر چه مینشست چون بر میخاست</p>

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## English translation
The heart that arose overthrown from the span of life,
From every hair of it, a spring of blood arose.
This nightingale of the soul upon the rosebush of the body,
Why did it settle, since it was going to arise?

شمارهٔ ۲۳ / Number 23

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