In Poem 17 of Chapter 26 of Mokhtar Nameh, Farid al-Din Attar employs hyperbole and the metaphor of weeping blood to depict the profound agony of the spiritual lover. The lover's tears are compared to the Jayhun river, and their state is described as a "thousand oceans of blood." This imagery emphasizes that the internal, spiritual suffering and martyrdom on the path of love are far more immense and encompassing than any physical shedding of blood.