If the garden, without blossoms, remains, all this would be ruined. Otherwise, it would emerge like a thorn.

This couplet captures the essence of desperate, all-consuming love. The poet suggests that if he were to live without the presence of the beloved—the 'guld' (flower)—his entire existence would fall apart. The emotional agony is so profound that he fears leaving the beloved's orbit; otherwise, he might emerge like a painful, unwanted thorn. It is a powerful declaration of dependency, where separation feels more dangerous than remaining captive to the love.