In Chapter 40, Poem 4 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the lover responds to the Beloved's threat of being humbled into 'dust' by requesting to be transformed into 'wind'. This poetic conceit turns the threat of destruction into a means of eternal proximity, allowing the lover to constantly hover around the Beloved's tresses. The poem highlights the Sufi theme of embracing annihilation to achieve continuous union, subverting separation into perpetual closeness.