The bond has been tied and cannot be left; my tongue is burning like a beak. In the sweet things, there are embers; the Chakor bird chews on them.

When Kabir speaks of the bond that cannot be left, he is describing an intense attachment—be it love or devotion—that is inescapable. The burning tongue symbolizes the painful intensity of this feeling, a passion that causes constant ache. The Shayar teaches us that even the sweetest experiences of life conceal embers of pain, and the heart, like the Chakor bird, remains drawn to chewing on that painful sweetness.