The eye of the mirror has learned a restless and bewildered gaze, because it used to look so much toward the beloved's disheveled tresses.
The poet playfully personifies the mirror as an admirer whose normally calm and steady gaze has caught the infection of restlessness. By gazing endlessly at the beloved's wild, disheveled curls, the mirror’s own vision has become scattered and unsettled. It is a lovely reflection on how deeply beauty affects us—whatever we fix our gaze upon with love ultimately reshapes the way we see the world.
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