ਅਬ ਮੋਹਿ ਖੂਬ ਵਤਨ ਗਹ ਪਾਈ ॥
ab mohi khoob vatan gah paa-ee.
Now, I have found this most excellent city.
ਊਹਾਂ ਖੈਰਿ ਸਦਾ ਮੇਰੇ ਭਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
oohaaN khair sadaa mayray bhaa-ee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
There is lasting peace and safety there, O Siblings of Destiny. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Now I have found this wonderful homeland.
There, dear ones, there is lasting peace and safety — always.
The homeland of lasting peace is real, and it's open to everyone.
The rahao is Ravidas's joyful announcement: I have found it. Begampura is not just a wish — he says he has actually arrived there. Where? In the presence of the One, in the settled peace of a heart at rest. "Lasting peace and safety" (khair) is what he found — the deep security of belonging to the Beloved, which no worldly hardship can take away. He calls his listeners bhaai — siblings — inviting everyone to this same homeland. It belongs to all.
A Question to Sit With
Where or when do you feel that kind of deep, lasting safety?
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