तुम चंदन हम इरंड बापुरे संगि तुमारे बासा ॥नीच रूख ते ऊच भए है गंध सुगंध निवासा ॥ १ ॥*tuma caṁdana hama iraṁḍa bāpurē saṁgi tumārē bāsā ॥**nīca rūkha tē ūca bhaē hai gaṁdha sugaṁdha nivāsā ॥ 1 ॥*माधउ सतसंगति सरनि तुम्हारी ॥हम अउगन तुम्ह उपकारी ॥ १ ॥रहाउ ॥*mādhau satasaṁgati sarani tumhārī ॥**hama augana tumha upakārī ॥ 1 ॥rahāu ॥*तुम मखतूल सुपेद सपीअल हम बपुरे जस कीरा ॥सतसंगति मिलि रहीऐ माधउ जैसे मधुप मखीरा ॥ २ ॥*tuma makhatūla supēda sapīala hama bapurē jasa kīrā ॥**satasaṁgati mili rahīai mādhau jaisē madhupa makhīrā ॥ 2 ॥*जाती ओछा पाती ओछा ओछा जनमु हमारा ॥राजा राम की सेव न कीनी कहि रविदास चमारा ॥ ३ ॥ ३ ॥*jātī ōchā pātī ōchā ōchā janamu hamārā ॥**rājā rāma kī sēva na kīnī kahi ravidāsa camārā ॥ 3 ॥ 3 ॥*
In plain words
You are sandalwood; I am the poor castor plant that lives beside you. From a low tree I have been raised high, and the scent, the sweet scent, has come to live in me. Mādhau, your satsaṅgat is the shelter I have come to. I am nothing but faults; you are the one who does good. *(refrain)* You are silk thread, white and yellow; I am a poor worm. Let me stay joined to the satsaṅgat, Mādhau, the way the bee stays with the comb. Low in caste, low in family, low is the birth that is mine. I have not done the service of King Rām, says Ravidās the cobbler.