By Akshar Tekchandani
राम लखन सीता घर आए,
चौदह बरस बन में बिता के;
अवध में जन-जन हर्ष मनाएं,
हर पग घर दर दीप जलाके |
दसानन कौ घमंड हराके,
वानर संग सीते को बचाके |
समय चक्र फिर घूमा भाई,
अवध में नव उमंग लौट आई |
वक्त अवध जन की हसरत का,
लौट आया तारा दसरथ का |
आओ मनाएं सब त्यौहार दीपावली,
त्यौहार दीपावली, त्यौहार दीपावली ||
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Since I am a student of Kathak, the corresponding video with this entry is of me dancing and expressing this poem’s words to a rhythmic recitation of this poem in my voice only. I am sure that video will be explanatory, and I sincerely hope you will enjoy it.
Below is a JPG of the same kavitta. In it, if you notice, each line has four syllables underlined. Thereby indicating which syllable has emphasis / clap on it, while reciting the poem to a rhythmic loop of four claps. Towards the end in some places, the underline is not actually on a syllable, but a dot in between syllables, thus showing emphasis is mid-word in those places. This is a basic ‘Notation’
(लिपिबद्ध करना) in Music-Dance.
By Akshar Tekchandani
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