ਹਉ ਕਛੂ ਨ ਜਾਨਉ ਤੇਰੀ ਸਾਰ ॥
ha-o kachhoo na jaan-o tayree saar.
I do not understand anything of Your Worth.
ਤੂ ਕਰਿ ਗਤਿ ਮੇਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਦਇਆਰ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
too kar gat mayree parabh da-i-aar. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Save me, O my Merciful Lord God. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I don't understand anything of how great You are.
Lift me up and save me, O my merciful One.
You can trust something good even when you cannot fully understand it.
You cannot measure how great the One is, and you can still ask the merciful One to lift you.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. hau kachhoo na jaanau tayree saar — I know nothing of Your worth. too kar gatt mayree — You lift me; trust stands where understanding runs out.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you trust even though you do not fully understand how it works?
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