Ravidas
Prabhuji Tum Chandan Ham Pani
A beloved Ravidas bhajan of intimate belonging.
Why return to it: Its images make devotion relational: sandalwood and water, lamp and wick, beloved and devotee.
Included here: Source-safe original/transliteration where appropriate and a poetic English rendering.
Original / source note
Prabhuji, tum chandan ham pānī
Jākī ang-ang bās samānī.
English transliteration
Prabhuji, tum chandan ham pānī
Jākī ang-ang bās samānī.
Poetic English rendering
Lord, you are sandalwood and I am water. Your fragrance enters every part of me until even my ordinary life begins to carry your scent.