Despite going through the harsh and painful phases of separation, I am astonished at how you have still remained so beautiful.
Separation usually takes a harsh toll, dulling a person's radiance with grief and sleepless nights. Here, the lover looks upon the beloved with a mix of awe and tender disbelief—wondering how their grace and beauty survived such a brutal storm untouched. It is at once a breathless compliment to an ageless beauty and a quiet, aching question about whether the parting hurt the beloved at all.
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