Although it was the eyes that trapped me in the snare of trouble, in love it was the heart that got the name.
Here, the poet playfully points out love's sweet injustice—it was the wandering eyes that first caught sight of beauty and walked straight into trouble, yet it is the poor heart that bears the weight and gets all the renown. The metaphor of the 'snare of calamity' paints attraction as an effortless trap, where a single glance sets the soul on fire. In the end, sight may commit the crime, but the heart quietly endures the suffering and enters the legends of romance.
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