When Shri Nathji was young, he had composed the following verse, which would cause many people to exclaim with ecstasy.
Kirm ke, parvaanaa ke, par vaa naa hon to kyaa kare
Shauke shamaa men hee jaltaa jaaye aur par-vaa-naa ho!
If the wings of a moth be not free, what must it do?
Burn it must, in the flame of Love, and be without a care!
Shri Nathji had played with the word parvaana, which meant a moth. He broke it into three pieces par vaa naa, which meant: wings not free. And later he used it as par-vaa-naa, meaning, without-a-care.
If the lover cannot reach his beloved, then he must burn in isolation, in the fire of love itself. The beloved of the moth is the flame. But if the wings of the moth be tied, and it cannot reach the flame, then it must burn in the fire–the flame–of its own Love.