Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Says Ravidas, my love for the One keeps growing and growing, and there is hardly anyone I can even tell.
The very longing that first turned me toward You is still with me, a sweet ache that keeps calling me home.
The closer Ravidas grows to the One, the deeper his longing becomes.
Kahi ravidaas bhagat ik baadhee — "says Ravidas, my love for the One keeps growing." Ab ih kaa si-o kahee-ai — "now who can I even tell?"
Jaa kaaran ham tum aaraaDhay — the very thing that first turned me toward You. So dukh ajhoo sahee-ai — I still feel that ache. The dukh, or pain, here is not a sadness that crushes. It is viraha, the sweet ache of missing someone you love.
Think of a phone call with a grandparent who lives far away. The longer you talk, the more you miss them, and the more you want to visit. The missing is part of the love. For Ravidas, growing love and growing longing move together. Both are signs of a heart that is fully alive.
Is there a kind of missing someone that actually feels good, because it means you love them?
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