In Chapter 40, Poem 14 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the lover expresses a desire for a long life solely to gaze upon the beloved ('the candle of Taraz') before death. However, this longing is met with the beloved's hostility, represented by a 'drawn sword'. Instead of fleeing, the lover repeatedly approaches the beloved 'with life in hand' (ready to be sacrificed). This illustrates the Sufi concept of absolute surrender and the willingness to accept destruction at the hands of the Divine Beloved.