ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
raamkalee mehlaa 5.
Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:
ਤੂ ਦਾਨਾ ਤੂ ਅਬਿਚਲੁ ਤੂਹੀ ਤੂ ਜਾਤਿ ਮੇਰੀ ਪਾਤੀ ॥
too daanaa too abichal toohee too jaat mayree paatee.
You are wise; You are eternal and unchanging. You are my social class and honor.
ਤੂ ਅਡੋਲੁ ਕਦੇ ਡੋਲਹਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਤਾ ਹਮ ਕੈਸੀ ਤਾਤੀ ॥੧॥
too adol kaday doleh naahee taa ham kaisee taatee. ||1||
You are unmoving - You never move at all. How can I be worried? ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are wise, and You last forever without changing. You are my caste, the group I belong to, and You are my honor.
You never waver, not even a little. How could I be worried?
If the One is your worth, no label the world gives you can shake you.
Too jaat mayree paatee — You are my caste and my honor. Dignity comes from the One, not from birth-rank or status. And because the One is adol — utterly unwavering — there is no ground left for worry.
A Question to Sit With
Where do you get your sense of being "enough" — from labels, or from something deeper?
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