In Chapter 44, Poem 7 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet contrasts formal religious piety with the boundless state of mystical love. The speaker recounts a profound transition from being the 'head and foundation of the cloister of faith'—representing asceticism and orthodox religious status—to entering the 'tavern' (a common Sufi metaphor for the realm of divine love and spiritual intoxication) where they are 'utterly lost and boundless.' This shift is marked by the acceptance of both a 'new pain' and an 'ancient pain,' indicating that true spiritual realization involves renouncing superficial piety for a deeper, transformative suffering on the path of love.