Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Nanak says: I have gone crazy for my King, carried away by love.
I know no one but the One.
Being lost in love for the One is a happy kind of crazy.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the song. Bha-i-aa divaanaa saah kaa Nanak ba-uraanaa means Nanak has gone crazy for his King.
Divaanaa and ba-uraanaa both mean crazy, or carried away. In Gurbani, the Guru's words, they are happy words. They mean being wrapped up completely in love for God. Think of a fan who can only talk about their favorite team. There is no shame in it. It is the joyful heart of loving devotion.
Ha-o har bin avar na jaanaa: I know no one but the One. Being lost in love like this is the surest way of being found.
What do you love so much that you happily lose yourself in it?
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