In Chapter 35, Poem 16 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Attar explores the lover's singular, lifelong yearning for even a microscopic fraction ('a hair's breadth') of union with the Divine. The quatrain relies on a profound wordplay surrounding the Persian word 'روی' (face). The lover weeps upon their own face due to the absence of the Beloved's face, hoping that these tears will ultimately grant them 'آب روی' (ab-e ruy), a Persian idiom meaning honor, dignity, or literal 'water of the face' before the Divine.