Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without You, I cannot last even a moment. Like someone who cannot go without what they depend on, I cannot go on without You.
You are an ocean so deep I could never reach its bottom. You are farther and vaster than any measuring, and only You know how great You are.
Without the One, the heart cannot last even a moment.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line at the center of the shabad. har bin reh na saka-o ik raatee — without the One, I cannot last even a moment. The need is that strong.
Then the verse opens wide. tum har sarvar at agaah — You are an ocean too deep to measure. too parai parai aprampar — You are beyond, and beyond, with no end. Think of standing on a beach and looking out. You cannot see the other side. Here longing and vastness meet. The more we love, the bigger and more beyond measuring the Beloved seems.
What is something you love so much that the more you know it, the bigger it gets?
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