Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I give myself to you — a sacrifice, a sacrifice, all to you.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line. It is the center of the shabad, the line the singer keeps coming back to.
Ha-o vaaree-aa har vaaree-aa — I give myself to You, I give myself to You. That is the whole line. It is the shortest way to say "I am all Yours."
The first verse said the One cannot be found by searching. The One can only be received as a gift. So what is left for the heart to do? Not a plan. Not more effort. Only this: to give itself. If you cannot catch the One, you can still hand the One everything you are.
The words come twice, like a child who hugs a parent and says "I love you, I love you." Love likes to say itself again. Once is not enough.
And because this is the pause line, the whole shabad keeps returning here. The fear of the road, the longing to see, the rescue from the pit, the joy at the end — after each one, the heart comes back to this same note. I am Yours. I give myself to You. It is the natural answer of someone who has understood that the boundless One cannot be captured, only loved.
When you can't 'get' something you love by effort, can you feel the difference between grasping at it and simply giving yourself to it?
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