In Chapter 38, Poem 7 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the mystical paradox of dying repeatedly to attain eternal life. The beloved's 'ruby lips' (لعل) symbolize a divine source that grants the 'Water of Life' (آب زندگانی) and eternal triumph. The lover willingly undergoes continuous spiritual death ('died a hundred times each day') as the necessary price for this eternal, life-giving sustenance, highlighting the transformative power of divine love and the concept of self-annihilation (Fana) in pursuit of divine union.