Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is an ache of love in me with no single spot to point to — so where would I even place the balm? I have searched all through myself, and I cannot find the one place it lives, because it lives everywhere in me at once.
Kabir is so in love with the One that the ache of it fills him everywhere at once.
Kat nahee tha-ur mool kat laava-o — there is no one spot where it hurts, so where should I put the ointment? Khojat tan meh tha-ur na paava-o — I searched all through my body, and I could not find the place.
Kabir is talking about the "wound" of loving the One. The ache is not in one place, because it fills the whole person. The picture is tender, not scary. It is the sweet, whole-hearted longing of someone in love. Think of missing someone you love very much. You can't point to where it hurts. You just feel it everywhere. There is no spot for a bandage, because the love is everywhere.
Have you ever felt something so fully that it seemed to fill all of you at once?
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