The lover says: "I experience the parched desert of separation as an ocean of water, for I have grown so much in love that I quench my thirst by thirst itself!"
Hafiz says:
You yourself are the veil between yourself and God.
Remove your self and you will realize God.
This is as difficult as sleeping soundly and yet remaining fully conscious. This impossibility becomes a possibility by my nazar [grace].
On the slightest indication or hint from his Beloved, the lover gives all that he possesses in this world and in the next. The only thing he considers his own is his love for his Beloved.
At this point, Harry Kenmore was asked to recite the Master's and Repentance prayers. Baba then went to the side room and discussed certain matters with the mandali for a short time. Later, he continued the explanation of the ghazal that Adi sang:
The true lover has no interest in places or things of this world. For him, each breath that he draws reveals a new world to him. Only those eyes which have intense longing for the sight of the Beloved can have some idea of the secret of that "intoxication" which the Beloved's eyes impart.
One who is not advanced on the path and gives tall talks on Wine and the Wine jug cannot fathom the knowledge of the Master, who knows from the beginningless beginning the secrets of the Wine and the jug of Wine! Those who are raw in love do not know of the pain they give to the Beloved. That love which gives the slightest bit of burden to the Beloved is not love.
Baba then went to his room, while the mandali had lunch. He returned at 12:40 P.M. to be with the mandali and a few of the close ones again. More devotees from Andhra had recently arrived, including the K. Venkateswarlu family. Each embraced Baba. Their large number made the room so crowded that Baba had to shift to the main hall. Adi and Lata sang the same ghazals they had sung in the morning, and Mohan-Saigal also sang.