Having given up his religion, the lover became useless even to infidelity; along with the rosary, he abandoned the sacred thread as well.
In this couplet, the poet playfully yet profoundly captures how true love dissolves all conventional identities. The lover abandons orthodox faith (symbolized by the prayer beads), but instead of turning to heresy or idolatry (the sacred thread), he casts that away too. In the sheer madness of devotion, he transcends the duality of belief and disbelief, belonging wholly and solely to love.
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