Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Be gentle with me, and lift away the pull of feeling divided — the sense that I am cut off and on my own.
Loosen the knots that hold me tight, make me Your own, and I will never lose.
Feeling cut off from the One is where restlessness grows, and the One can lift that feeling away.
Dutee-aa bhaa-o — the love of two-ness, of feeling separate. It is the sense that I am cut off and on my own. That feeling is the root of restlessness.
The singer asks for it to be removed, and for the banDhan, the bonds, to be cut. It is like untying the knots in a tangled kite string, so the kite can fly again. To be untied is to be gathered back into oneness. There, kabhoo na aavah haar — losing is no longer possible.
When do you feel most connected to the people and world around you?
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