Give me eyes to see you, ears to hear you, hands to serve you — for you are nearer than the nearest thing.
The Arc
A single prayer across three verses, each asking for more capacity to meet a nearness already total: eyes and a thousand tongues to behold and praise (P0); a million ears to listen, clearing the mind (P1); a million hands to serve, the boat that carries one across (P2); and the recognition that this — a heart at the One's feet — is the only wealth worth wanting (P3).
Key Vocabulary
laakh jihvaa / kot karan / karorh hasat — a hundred thousand tongues, millions of ears, millions of hands.
nayr hoo tay nayraa — nearer than the near.
bhav saagar naav har sayvaa — service as the boat across the sea of fear.
mohi nirgun — I am without merit; rendered as honest empty-handedness.
ayho var ayhaa vadi-aa-ee — redefining true wealth as nearness to the One.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The triad see-hear-serve gathers the whole devotional life into one prayer: darshan (seeing), suniai (deep listening), and sayvaa (loving service). Service as a boat recurs across Soohee as the doing that carries love into action.
For Raag Soohee
Love overflowing the body's limits — wanting more eyes, ears, and hands than one person holds, simply to meet the Beloved.
Translation Notes
The noose-of-death image in P1 is rendered as fear losing its grip. mohi nirgun (I am worthless) is rendered as honest empty-handedness before the One's fullness, not self-contempt.
Give me eyes to see you, ears to hear you, hands to serve you — for you are nearer than the nearest thing.
The Arc
A single prayer across three verses, each asking for more capacity to meet a nearness already total: eyes and a thousand tongues to behold and praise (P0); a million ears to listen, clearing the mind (P1); a million hands to serve, the boat that carries one across (P2); and the recognition that this — a heart at the One's feet — is the only wealth worth wanting (P3).
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The triad see-hear-serve gathers the whole devotional life into one prayer: darshan (seeing), suniai (deep listening), and sayvaa (loving service). Service as a boat recurs across Soohee as the doing that carries love into action.
For Raag Soohee
Love overflowing the body's limits — wanting more eyes, ears, and hands than one person holds, simply to meet the Beloved.
Translation Notes
The noose-of-death image in P1 is rendered as fear losing its grip. mohi nirgun (I am worthless) is rendered as honest empty-handedness before the One's fullness, not self-contempt.