The beloved must be saying, upon seeing the crowd of lovers in the gathering, that today an entire register or office of madmen has opened here in an extraordinary way.

Picture a gathering packed with people who have all lost their hearts to the very same person, with the beloved looking on with a wry, amused smile. The poet playfully imagines the beloved remarking that an entire registry of the mad has been flung open today, as if every lover’s madness is on full display. It is a wonderfully witty scene that captures both the magnetic pull of beauty and the tragicomic camaraderie of those ruined by love.