I am astonished that the mirror dares to face the beloved, who is so full of pride that they draw away even from the radiant, full moon.
The poet expresses gentle wonder at the sheer audacity of a mirror daring to stand before the beloved. This is someone so extraordinarily proud of their dazzling beauty that even the radiant, full moon is treated with disdain and held at a distance. If celestial beauty itself is shunned by the beloved's pride, the poet wonders how a fragile piece of glass finds the courage to look them directly in the eye.
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