The arrow, after all, is the substitute or response of the cruel beloved, so at last, today we resort to prayer.

Here, the poet paints a deeply touching portrait of vulnerability and surrender in love. After endlessly enduring the sharp arrows of the beloved's cold cruelty, the lover finally runs out of earthly patience and turns to prayer. It beautifully captures that tender breaking point where heartaches become too heavy to bear, leaving quiet faith as the only true shelter left.