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It is definitely DOMS, and the current theory is that it's not actually damage still healing that hurts. That process is already taken care of well before it starts to hurt. Rather, it's the repair process that, afterwards, causes swelling inside the muscles, in turn causing the pain.
So, it's safe, and actually beneficial, to do light work with your sore muscles.
Until next time, learn to start out at very low weights, doing plenty of sets instead of jumping right into the heavy rack...