In Poem 26 of Chapter 45 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the physical process of extracting rosewater serves as a poignant metaphor for inescapable suffering. The rose personifies an afflicted soul, complaining that its 'foot is upon the fire'—a direct reference to the boiling heat used in distillation. The 'thorn of the rosewater-maker' (خار گلابگر) symbolizes the agonizing, irreversible nature of this trial, which no external charm or remedy can cure. This imagery highlights the theme of inevitable spiritual or existential hardship, where the soul is 'drowning in blood' to be purified or consumed by its circumstances.