You joined heart to heart in such a way that you left me no heart of my own; now let us see what decree is issued regarding the gaze.
The poet captures that enchanting surrender of love where the beloved connects so completely that one's heart is lost forever to their possession. Having already conquered the heart, the focus now shifts to the eyes, which wait in tender anticipation. The lover wonderingly asks what decree that sovereign gaze will pass next—will it grant the sweet permission to look, or will it demand that the eyes be cast down in quiet obedience?
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