O ruthless beloved, look upon my heart and do not break it; this is the house of God, so do not destroy its structure.

Here, the lover pleads with a cold-hearted beloved, playfully yet passionately addressing them as a ruthless 'infidel.' Drawing on the timeless mystical idea that the human heart is the sacred abode of the Divine, he warns against breaking it. To shatter someone's heart, the poet reminds us, is as sacrilegious and tragic as tearing down a holy shrine.