"O log! My brother! Should I attend to you or to myself? Please tell me if you bear any news of my beloved? Your course is towards a ford whereas I am bound for my beloved."
Note: In the two verses No.18 and 19 we find that while swimming towards Mehar, Suhni crossed a wooden log dancing on the waves and drifting down stream in the river. In her loneliness she wanted to be social to it and said to it: "If you can keep me company for some time, I may confide in you my story. The fact is that I cannot keep fit without my beloved and therefore I am on my way to him. But am I correct to think that you seem to be in a hurry? Can you not stay with me even for a moment? However, our destinations are different. Yours is some landing place on the river bank, whereas my goal is the beloved. So, we cannot remain together for long. By the way since you seem to have been in the river for quite sometime, please tell me if you bear any news about my beloved". The log made no reply. It was tossed here and there by the current as it was in its sway and soon it passed out of Suhni's sight.
According to me the log of wood symbolizes a physically dead person - a mere corpse, which is helplessly drifting towards some resting place - either in Paradise or in Hell. Suhni symbolizes the person who is dead in the Divine love but physically alive. She energetically pursues her course towards Allah. She is not helplessly drifting, though in her journey she has to pass through the main current. But she can stand it using her love as a sure float.

O brother log, should I worry for you or myself?
Have you brought any new s of the beloved to this landing?
You flow unto deep waters, I unto the beloved.