ਤੁਧਨੋ ਛੋਡਿ ਜਾਈਐ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੈਂ ਧਰਿ ॥
tuDhno chhod jaa-ee-ai parabh kaiN Dhar.
If I were to renounce You, God, unto whom could I turn?
ਆਨ ਨ ਬੀਆ ਤੇਰੀ ਸਮਸਰਿ ॥
aan na bee-aa tayree samsar.
There is no other, comparable to You.
ਤੇਰੇ ਸੇਵਕ ਕਉ ਕਿਸ ਕੀ ਕਾਣਿ ॥
tayray sayvak ka-o kis kee kaan.
Who else is Your servant to serve?
ਸਾਕਤੁ ਭੂਲਾ ਫਿਰੈ ਬੇਬਾਣਿ ॥੩॥
saakat bhoolaa firai baybaan. ||3||
The faithless cynics are deluded; they wander around in the wilderness. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If I let go of You, God, who else could I turn to?
There is no one to compare with You; who else is even worth serving?
Those who turn away wander lost in the wilderness.
There is nowhere else to turn — every other door opens back onto the One.
The rhetorical question of total devotion: "if I were to renounce You, unto whom could I turn?" There simply is no alternative — every other door opens back onto the One, and those who look elsewhere "wander in the wilderness" (cf. Shabad 26's "why look elsewhere?"). Loyalty here is not blind; it is the recognition that there is nowhere else to go.
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