In Chapter 41, Poem 40 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet plays on the dual imagery of a 'ring' (حلقه). He compares his captive state to being caught in the ring of the beloved's tresses, while pleading not to be excluded and left outside like a door ring. The poem juxtaposes this with the stark motif of a murderer destined for the gallows, warning the beloved that shedding the lover's blood will ultimately incriminate them.