In Section 48 of Jami's Haft Awrang, the story of Sultan Mahmud cutting his beloved Ayaz's locks serves as a poetic allegory of courtly consolation and spiritual refinement. Overwhelmed by grief and regret after shearing Ayaz's beautiful tresses, Mahmud's heart is 'untied' by the court poet Unsuri's clever couplet. Unsuri compares the cutting of the hair to the pruning of a cypress tree (sarv), asserting that pruning only enhances its ultimate beauty and stature. This witty analogy transitions Mahmud's despair into joy. In Persian literary symbolism, the cypress represents the beloved's perfect form, and Unsuri's argument suggests that apparent loss or refinement (pruning) is necessary to reveal and elevate true aesthetic and spiritual perfection.