Dear God, I long to behold the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

"Dearer than my soul, dearer than life itself" — the superlative of love. When something becomes dearer than life, the fear of losing life loosens, because you have found something you value more than your own survival. This is quietly one of the raag's answers to the fear of death: not to deny death but to fall in love with something that outweighs it. The "beautiful meditation" cherished "day and night" is the continuous remembrance the raag keeps commending — not a chore but something cherished, held the way you hold the thought of someone you love when they're away.