Paniya bharan kaise jaun
Lyrics, meaning and notation.
About this composition
Complete lyrics, transliteration and meanings
| Section | Original script | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sthayi | पनीया भरन कैसे जाऊँ सखीरी | Paniyā bharan kaise jāū̃ sakhīrī | How can I go to fetch water, my friend? |
| Sthayi | लागत डर मोहे नंद कुंवरकी | Lāgat ḍar mohe Nand kũvar kī | I am afraid of Nand’s young son. |
| Antara | कांकरिया मारे चोरी चोरी | Kā̃kariyā māre chorī chorī | He secretly throws little stones. |
| Antara | मानत नाही घघरिया फोरी | Mānat nāhī ghaghariyā phorī | He will not listen and has broken my water pot. |
| Antara | भीग गई चुनरिया सब मोरी | Bhīg gaī chunariyā sab morī | My entire scarf has become wet. |
Word notes
Nand kunvar means Krishna, Nand’s young son. The speaker complains to her friend about the broken pitcher and wet scarf.
Complete beat-aligned score
This composition is in sixteen-beat Teental. Both sections enter at beat 9 and their closing half-cycles end at beat 8.
How to read this notation
Sa is the chosen reference pitch. Note signs used in this score:
P = Pa; D = shuddha Dha; M = shuddha Ma; G = shuddha Ga; R = shuddha Re; N = shuddha Ni; S = Sa; n = komal Ni.
↑ marks the upper octave and ↓ the lower octave; an unmarked note is in the middle octave.
Each separate beat position is one matra. Joined notes fall within that beat. — continues the previous sound; · is an unsung position. Padding before an entry or after a close does not add another cycle.
Within-beat durations are exact only where specified. Learn the execution of glides, graces and inflection by listening.
Within a grouped column, spaces separate beats; letters joined without spaces share a beat. The column heading states the beat numbers.
| Section / beat | 1–4 · sam | 5–8 · clap | 9–12 · wave | 13–16 · clap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sthayi pickup | · · · · |
· · · · |
P D M G |
R G N↓ S |
| Syllables | · · · · |
· · · · |
प नी या भ |
र न कै से |
| Sthayi cycle | R — M P |
RM Pn D P |
P — n S↑ |
R↑ S↑ n DP |
| Syllables | जा — ऊँ स |
खी— —— री — |
ला — ग त |
ड र मो हे— |
| Sthayi close | PD PD M G |
RG RG N↓ S |
· · · · |
· · · · |
| Syllables | नं— —— द कुं |
व— र— की — |
· · · · |
· · · · |
| Antara pickup | · · · · |
· · · · |
M — M M |
P — N N |
| Syllables | · · · · |
· · · · |
कां — क रि |
या — मा रे |
| Antara cycle 1 | S↑ — S↑ — |
R↑ N S↑ — |
N — S↑ R↑ |
S↑R↑ M G R |
| Syllables | चो — री — |
चो — री — |
मा — न त |
ना— — ही घ |
| Antara cycle 2 | N S↑ R↑ S↑ |
N D M P |
P R↑ S↑ R↑ |
N S↑ N D |
| Syllables | घ रि या — |
फो — री — |
भी ग ग ई |
चु — न री |
| Antara close | PD PD M G |
RG RG N↓ S |
· · · · |
· · · · |
| Syllables | या— —— स ब |
मो— —— री — |
· · · · |
· · · · |
Pickups, sam and return
Paniya begins on beat 9; jaun reaches sam. Nand begins the next sam and closes at beat 8. The antara pickup begins on beat 9 and chori reaches sam. The following sam falls within ghaghariya (gha after the preceding gha); the last sam carries ya of chunariya. The eight-beat final phrase returns directly to the beat-9 sthayi pickup.
Learning sequence
Speak the poem before its stretched syllables. Count the sixteen-beat cycle and add the half-beat pairs RM, Pn, DP, PD and RG. Contrast lower shuddha N↓ with middle komal n. Learn the upper-register antara, then join ghaghariya across sam.
Pitfalls
Count sixteen beats, not eight.