Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Come, my dear sisters — let us gather together. Whoever tells me about the one I love, I would give myself away to them, that is how grateful I am. And it happened: in the company of awakened hearts, I finally found the One, my truest friend. To the teacher who brought me there, I give everything I have.
This Rahao is spoken in the warmest of the bridal voices — aavhu bhainay, "come, dear sisters." The seeker calls her companions together not in sorrow but in shared joy and search. This is the sakhee register of Raag Maajh: the soul among her sister-souls, all longing for the same Beloved, helping one another toward him.
The verse pivots on the word vaareeaa / ghumaaeeaa — "I am a sacrifice, I am devoted, I would give myself away." This phrase recurs like a refrain through the whole shabad. To say "I am a sacrifice to you" is the language of total love: the small self offered up out of gratitude. And to whom is it offered? To whoever tells her of her Beloved — and above all to the Satgur, the true Guru, who made the meeting possible.
The good news arrives plainly: mil satsangat ladhaa har sajan — "joining the Sat Sangat, I found the One, my best friend." Where earlier shabads in this section ached and searched, this one announces the finding. The Beloved who seemed unreachable has been found — and found, as always, in the Sat Sangat, the company that raises you. The whole shabad will now unfold what that finding reveals: that the One is everywhere, in everything.
Who first pointed you toward something you now love deeply? How do you feel about that person?
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