In Chapter 43, Poem 10 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the theme of spiritual entrapment and profound emotional suffering. Despite strenuous efforts to elevate the soul ('drive the steed of my soul'), the speaker finds himself continually bound in the 'prison' of the material world or his own limitations. The second couplet emphasizes the intense, agonizing sorrow of a 'wounded heart,' suggesting that the sheer force of his sighing might cause his soul to leave his body. This reflects the mystic's struggle for liberation and the intense pain experienced in the state of separation or unfulfilled yearning.