ਜਉ ਤੁਮ ਗਿਰਿਵਰ ਤਉ ਹਮ ਮੋਰਾ ॥
ja-o tum girivar ta-o ham moraa.
If You are the mountain, Lord, then I am the peacock.
ਜਉ ਤੁਮ ਚੰਦ ਤਉ ਹਮ ਭਏ ਹੈ ਚਕੋਰਾ ॥੧॥
ja-o tum chand ta-o ham bha-ay hai chakoraa. ||1||
If You are the moon, then I am the partridge in love with it. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If You are the great mountain, then I am the peacock dancing on its slopes.
If You are the bright moon, then I am the little partridge who gazes up all night, in love with Your light.
Who you are shines most beautifully in relationship with the One you love.
Ravidas begins a garland of loving pairs: mountain and peacock, moon and chakor (the bird said to gaze forever at the moon). Each pair says the same thing, I am who I am because of You. Belonging, not distance, is the whole song.
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Who or what brings out the best, most alive version of you?
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