O heart, who could bear to see the beloved restless in love? Therefore, do not make those laments that carry the power to affect them.
Here, the lover shares a tender paradox with their own aching heart: do not utter sighs so powerful that they actually move the beloved. If those laments work, the beloved too will be swept into the torment and restlessness of love, a sight the lover's protective heart could never bear to witness. It is love at its most selfless, choosing silent, unreturned grief simply to preserve the beloved's peace.
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