"I came, I came to Your shelter — keep me as You will."
The Arc
A shabad of arrival framed by turbulence. The rahaao (P0) is pure showing-up: I came, I came, in trust, seeking kindness, set here by the teaching. The middle verses name what makes the world feel unsteady — a buffeting wind (P1), the sobering weight of living rightly (P2), moments when the world feels dark (P3) — and P4 resolves it all: grasping steady support, remembering the One, and finding wholeness.
Key Vocabulary
aa-i-aa — "I have come" (repeated, the rahaao's heartbeat).
bharosai — trust; leaning one's weight, not mere belief.
dutar maa-i-aa — the world's pull, hard to cross.
ot / saDhaa-i-aa — the support of the holy.
pooraa paa-i-aa — "I have found the Perfect / the whole."
Themes and Cross-Connections
The structure is classic: the difficulty of the world is not dwelt on for its own sake but named as the very pressure that drives one to refuge. The resolution is arrival and wholeness, not escape.
Translation Notes
Two lines are handled with the project's wellbeing care. P2's Dharamraaj (the stern judge of deeds) is set aside in favor of the sobering weight of taking one's life seriously. P3's anDh koopaa-i-aa / paavak (a blind well, enveloping fire) is rendered as the honest feeling that the world can sometimes feel dark and hard — the frightening imagery dropped, the teaching and its hopeful turn kept.
For Raag Soohee
Soohee holds both ache and homecoming; here the buffeting middle gives way to the settled "now I have found it," the raag's movement from longing to belonging.
"I came, I came to Your shelter — keep me as You will."
The Arc
A shabad of arrival framed by turbulence. The rahaao (P0) is pure showing-up: I came, I came, in trust, seeking kindness, set here by the teaching. The middle verses name what makes the world feel unsteady — a buffeting wind (P1), the sobering weight of living rightly (P2), moments when the world feels dark (P3) — and P4 resolves it all: grasping steady support, remembering the One, and finding wholeness.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The structure is classic: the difficulty of the world is not dwelt on for its own sake but named as the very pressure that drives one to refuge. The resolution is arrival and wholeness, not escape.
Translation Notes
Two lines are handled with the project's wellbeing care. P2's Dharamraaj (the stern judge of deeds) is set aside in favor of the sobering weight of taking one's life seriously. P3's anDh koopaa-i-aa / paavak (a blind well, enveloping fire) is rendered as the honest feeling that the world can sometimes feel dark and hard — the frightening imagery dropped, the teaching and its hopeful turn kept.
For Raag Soohee
Soohee holds both ache and homecoming; here the buffeting middle gives way to the settled "now I have found it," the raag's movement from longing to belonging.