In this quatrain from Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, two central mystical themes are explored: the requirement of total spiritual annihilation (fana) and the absolute ungraspability of the Divine essence.

The first couplet asserts that any soul unwilling to sacrifice itself completely is unworthy and ashamed even to gaze upon the Beloved's face, making absolute surrender a prerequisite for Divine proximity.

The second couplet employs the classic Sufi metaphor of the Beloved's tresses (attributes) and hair (essence). Attar highlights the limitation of human cognition and effort: while a seeker might converse about Divine attributes intellectually or poetically, actually 'laying a finger' on a single hair—meaning truly grasping or attaining the ultimate reality of the Divine essence—remains entirely impossible.