The speaker addresses someone whose beauty seems to cause more pain than pleasure. At first the portrait is unsettling: this person recalls "loss, regret and scars" and even "looks like No." Beauty here is a warning sign, with "taboo" on the forehead but "desire" in the dimples, so attraction and danger arrive together.
The middle lines turn more wary. Asking whether the tongue "tastes like gold" suggests something tempting and valuable, yet the speaker says they aren't curious, only worried. The image of bodies turned to stone and hearts that were never meant to be stolen suggests people are struck dumb or damaged by this beauty, without any intent on the person's part.
By the end, the tone softens into sympathy. The speaker sees someone who would trade their looks for peace, whose insecurity gets read as arrogance. The mood is tender but uneasy, a mix of caution and compassion, and it suggests being admired can leave a person misunderstood and lonely.