In Chapter 47, Poem 64 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the metaphor of the candle represents the spiritual lover's journey of self-sacrifice. To truly love, one must endure constant weeping and burning, eventually facing 'beheading' (the burning down or cutting of the candle's wick) as the ultimate surrender to the beloved ('the heart-illuminator'). This painful but necessary process of nocturnal burning is what enables the lover to persevere and 'bring the night to day,' transcending darkness through complete annihilation.