The pain of separation from the Lord is too intense to be expressed in words. Only the devotee who suffers this pain knows its intensity; others are unable either to understand his suffering or share it with him. Kabir prays to the Lord to come and meet him and thus put an end to the anguish he is undergoing in separation from Him.

One who has suffered the misery
Of separation from Thee, O Lord,
Alone will know the ache of my heart.
The uninjured can never know the pain
The wounded have to endure.

To him who has no eyes,
Morning is the same as evening;
A barren woman cannot know
The throes of childbirth.
Only the one parted from Thee, O Lord,
Will know the pain of my heart.

I feel the agony,
Although the wound
Somewhere deep within
I cannot see.
Beloved Lord, pray come,
Be my healer, make me whole.
Only the one parted from Thee, O Lord,
Will know the pain of my heart.

With whom shall I speak of my anguish?
Who can share it with me, O Kabir?
I hold my tears within my heart,
In silence I bear my agony,
For the one parted from Thee
Alone knows the pain of my heart.

K.G., p. 138:285
Jā tan bedan jānaigā jan soi