ਮਾਧਵੇ ਤੁਮ ਨ ਤੋਰਹੁ ਤਉ ਹਮ ਨਹੀ ਤੋਰਹਿ ॥
maaDhvay tum na torahu ta-o ham nahee toreh.
O Lord, if You will not break with me, then I will not break with You.
ਤੁਮ ਸਿਉ ਤੋਰਿ ਕਵਨ ਸਿਉ ਜੋਰਹਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
tum si-o tor kavan si-o joreh. ||1|| rahaa-o.
For, if I were to break with You, with whom would I then join? ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O Beloved, if You will never break away from me, then I will never break away from You.
For if I let go of You, tell me, who else in all the world could I ever hold onto?
Some bonds are worth holding onto with your whole heart.
The Rahao is the heart of the shabad: a vow of unbreakable belonging. Ravidas cannot imagine any other anchor, kavan siau jorahi (with whom would I join?). It is love's total commitment, spoken with a child's directness.
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