With countless coquettish pretenses, the beloved stepped just two paces outside the house; what does she care if, in the meantime, some restless lover breathes his last?

This couplet paints a vivid picture of the beloved's teasing indifference and coquettish charm. After countless playful excuses and hesitations, she steps just two paces outside her door, treating the moment with effortless casualness. Yet, for the restless lover who has been pining for a single glimpse, this agonizing wait and sudden sighting is so overwhelming that it could cost him his very life. It captures the bittersweet contrast of romance, where a lover's life-and-death ordeal is nothing more than a passing whim to the beloved.