In Poem 17 of Chapter 46 in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the dawn (Sobh) is personified as an entity whose 'laughter' (خنده) symbolizes the breaking of daylight. The poet pleads with the morning to delay its arrival in order to preserve the nocturnal intimacy of moonlight and wine. This conflict is intensified by the imagery of the 'sword of the sun' (تیغ آفتاب), a powerful metaphor for the piercing rays of sunlight that cut through the darkness and abruptly sever the tranquility of the night.