In Chapter 23, Poem 57 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet expresses the perpetual and unresolved nature of mystical longing. The quatrain highlights the exhaustion of a lifetime spent in spiritual pursuit (characterized here as 'speaking and listening') that ultimately concludes without reaching the 'remedy' or the 'beloved'. It underscores the central Sufi theme of enduring spiritual sorrow, illustrating that while human life and efforts are finite and transient, the 'tale of our pain' (the soul's yearning for divine union) remains unceasing and without a mortal conclusion.