The 15th c. CE mystic and poet Ravidas was a contemporary of Kabirdas. For a little more about him, see this post. In the first verse, the mountain represents the Beloved and the peacock the lover, for the mountain attracts clouds and rain, and rain causes the peacock to dance like an ecstatic devotee. The second image gives a similar symbol, for the partridge is believed to gaze without ceasing at the moon, and even to live on moonbeams alone. In the second verse, ‘Madho’ is the one filled with honey, the loving and compassionate Krishna/Vishnu. ‘Yama’, in the final verse, is the god of death.

If You are a mountain,
then I am a peacock.
If You are the moon,
then I am a partridge.

O Madho, if You break from me,
then I shall break with You.
And if I break from You,
to whom shall I then go?

If You are the lamp,
then I am the wick.
If You are the shrine,
then I am the pilgrim.

My love for You
is true and real.
When I fell in love with You,
I gave up my love for others.

Wherever I go,
there I seek to serve You.
No other god
can be a Master like You.

By praising You,
I cut Yama’s noose.
Yearning for love
Ravi Dass loudly sings.

Translation Nirmal Dass