In Chapter 38, Poem 24 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet employs classic Persian literary metaphors to describe the beloved's features. The 'moon' (مه) represents the radiant face, while the 'ants of black musk' (مور از مشک سیه) symbolize the newly sprouting facial hair or down (khatt). Additionally, the 'pistachio' (پسته) represents the small, sweet mouth of the beloved. The poem cleverly juxtaposes the 'sweetness' (شیرینی) of the down and sugar with the 'tumult' or 'saltiness' (شور - which can mean both salty and tumult) that this beautiful mouth brings to the lover's infatuated heart.