Pehle agan birha ki, pachhe prem ki pyas

Kahe Kabir tab janiye, naam milan ki aas

पहले अगन विरहा की, पाछे प्रेम की प्यास |

कह कबीर तब जानिये, नाम मिलन की आस ||

First the pangs of separation, next grows the thirst for Love

Says Kabir then only hope, the union to materialize

MEANING

First the pain of separation, then love. Only from the pain of separation do we feel the pangs of love. There is then hope of union. This is the story of life - the lovers meeting, separating, the pangs of love and the urge for union and the eventual union.