The whole self longs to see the One — and singing the Name is the road that carries you there.
The Arc
Think about waiting at the window for someone who has been away a long time. Every car that turns the corner makes your heart jump. That is the longing here. What you think, what you say and what you do all lean one way: toward seeing the One. The One is endless, far bigger than you can measure. You still get to love the One. Love can go straight through your heart like an arrow, and you keep it safe inside. A baby loves its mother without understanding her whole life. Old holy books and holy people all sing the same Naam. Singing it carries you across. At the centre, the Rahao: the One's people long for the Naam, in thought, word and deed, and for the sight of the One.
Key Vocabulary
kaankhee — yearning, longing.
darshan — the Vision, seeing the One.
charan kamal preet — love pierced by the Lotus Feet.
nistaree-ai — carried across.
dutee-aa — duality, the sense of being two.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Opens the run's ache of longing that Saarang carries; the inclusive gathering of scriptures rhymes with the raag's later insistence that inward love outshines every outward form.
For Raag Saarang
Saarang is the raag of longing, and this shabad names the longing plainly — to see the One with your own eyes.
Translation Notes
dutee-aa birthee (teachings of duality are useless): whatever keeps a person feeling split from the One comes to nothing. The same verse gathers the Vedas and Puraanas as voices singing the one Name.
Hukumnama
Subject: The whole self longs to see the One Preview: a face at the window, an arrow of love through the heart, a baby and its mother, a choir of old books.
Today: Think about waiting at the window for someone who has been away a long time. Every car that turns the corner makes your heart jump. That is the longing here. What you think, what you say and what you do all lean one way: toward seeing the One. The One is endless, far bigger than you can measure. You still get to love the One. Love can go straight through your heart like an arrow, and you keep it safe inside. A baby loves its mother without understanding her whole life. Old holy books and holy people all sing the same Naam. Singing it carries you across.
Longing for the One is love reaching out.
For today: Tell the One, in your own words, one thing you are looking forward to.
The whole self longs to see the One — and singing the Name is the road that carries you there.
The Arc
Think about waiting at the window for someone who has been away a long time. Every car that turns the corner makes your heart jump. That is the longing here. What you think, what you say and what you do all lean one way: toward seeing the One. The One is endless, far bigger than you can measure. You still get to love the One. Love can go straight through your heart like an arrow, and you keep it safe inside. A baby loves its mother without understanding her whole life. Old holy books and holy people all sing the same Naam. Singing it carries you across. At the centre, the Rahao: the One's people long for the Naam, in thought, word and deed, and for the sight of the One.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Opens the run's ache of longing that Saarang carries; the inclusive gathering of scriptures rhymes with the raag's later insistence that inward love outshines every outward form.
For Raag Saarang
Saarang is the raag of longing, and this shabad names the longing plainly — to see the One with your own eyes.
Translation Notes
dutee-aa birthee (teachings of duality are useless): whatever keeps a person feeling split from the One comes to nothing. The same verse gathers the Vedas and Puraanas as voices singing the one Name.
Hukumnama
Subject: The whole self longs to see the One Preview: a face at the window, an arrow of love through the heart, a baby and its mother, a choir of old books.
Today: Think about waiting at the window for someone who has been away a long time. Every car that turns the corner makes your heart jump. That is the longing here. What you think, what you say and what you do all lean one way: toward seeing the One. The One is endless, far bigger than you can measure. You still get to love the One. Love can go straight through your heart like an arrow, and you keep it safe inside. A baby loves its mother without understanding her whole life. Old holy books and holy people all sing the same Naam. Singing it carries you across.
Longing for the One is love reaching out.
For today: Tell the One, in your own words, one thing you are looking forward to.