In Chapter 41, Poem 28 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet employs striking metaphors to convey the profound helplessness and agonizing grief experienced in the path of mystical love. The lover is compared to a ball (گوی) thrown into the street, a common Persian poetic motif symbolizing a complete lack of agency and absolute submission to the Beloved's will. Furthermore, the hyperbolic imagery of blood dripping from the root of every hair illustrates an all-consuming, agonizing sorrow that permeates both the physical body and the spiritual essence of the lover.