The tyrant has now stayed his hand even from cruelty and oppression; what greater cruelty could he possibly invent than this?

In this couplet, the poet touches on the bitter paradox of love, where even the beloved's torment is welcomed because it signals attention. By suddenly stopping all cruelty, the beloved inflicts the ultimate punishment: total indifference. To be completely ignored and forgotten hurts far worse than any wound, making this silence the cruelest invention of all.