The soul, separated from the Lord, is represented here as a bride longing to meet her husband. Day and night she is engaged in spinning a fine and delicate yarn to prepare her wedding dress — without which the wedding cannot take place and she cannot meet her groom.

The practice of contemplation on the Lord and the repetition of the Name is the process of spinning; love is the yarn, the outcome of this practice. The wedding will take place in one of the inner spiritual regions within the body, a region described by Kabir as the "palace of light" for its resplendent beauty. The soul will meet the Lord on the throne of realization, which is decorated with the jewels of Knowledge. The wedding dress is woven out of the yarn of longing, for longing leads to the fulfilment of love — union with God. Identifying himself with the yearning bride, Kabir says that the only offering his soul has for the Beloved is tears of love and longing.

The longing soul,
The separated bride,
Sits at the spinning wheel,
Spinning the yarn of love,
Day and night.

In the gorgeous city
Of the human body
Stands a palace of light;
There in the resplendent sky
The yearning soul
Will wed her Beloved
Seated on a throne
Bejeweled with knowledge.

The longing soul spins
The yam of love,
Day and night.

With longing the bride spins
Yarn subtle and fine
To prepare the wedding dress
Of love and devotion.

The separated bride
Sits at the spinning wheel
Spinning the yarn of love.

Says Kabir: Listen, O friends,
I weave the garland of day and night;
When my Beloved comes,
When He takes his first step
Into my palace within,
To his lotus feet I'll bring
My tears as an offering.

Kabir, p. 287:92
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