ਜਉ ਹਉ ਬਉਰਾ ਤਉ ਰਾਮ ਤੋਰਾ ॥
ja-o ha-o ba-uraa ta-o raam toraa.
If I am insane, then I am Yours, O Lord.
ਲੋਗੁ ਮਰਮੁ ਕਹ ਜਾਨੈ ਮੋਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
log maram kah jaanai moraa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
How can people know my secret? ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If I am mad, then I am Yours, O One.
How could people know my secret?
Let them call it crazy — a true heart carries a secret the crowd can't see.
Even if the world calls you mad, you can belong wholly to the One.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Ja-o ha-o ba-uraa ta-o raam toraa: if I'm mad, then I'm Yours. Ba-uraa is the crowd's word for someone in love with the One. Log maram kah jaanai moraa: how would people know my maram, my secret? Kabir wears the crowd's mockery as a badge. The inner life cannot be seen from outside, and what looks like foolishness may be the deepest belonging.
A Question to Sit With
Have you ever loved or cared about something so much that others didn't get it? Was it worth it anyway?
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