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Kasinath the new young singer fills the hall with sound	A
The seven notes dance in his throat like seven tame birds	B
His voice is a sharp sword slicing and thrusting everywhere	C
It darts like lightening no knowing where it will go when	D
He sets deadly traps for himself then cuts them away	E
The courtiers listen in amazement give frequent gasps of praise	F
Only the old king Pratap Ray sits like wood unmoved	G
Haraj Lal is the only singer he likes all others leave him cold	H
From childhood he has spent so long listening to him sing	I
Rag Kafi during holi cloud songs during the rains	J
Songs for Durga at dawn in autumn songs to bid her farewell	K
His heart swelled when he heard them and his eyes swam with tears	L
And on days when friends gathered and filled the hall	M
There were cowherds' songs of Krsna in raags Bhupali and Multan	D
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So many nights of wedding festivity have passed in that royal house	N
Servants dressed in red hundreds of lamps alight	O
The bridegroom sitting shyly in his finery and jewels	P
Young friends teasing him and whispering in his ear	Q
Before him singing raag Sahana sits Baraj Lal	R
The king's heart is full of all those days and songs	S
When he hears some other singer he feels no chord inside	T
No sudden magical awakening of memories of the past	U
When Pratap Ray watches Kasinath he just sees his wagging head	V
Tune after tune after tune bu none with any echo in the heart	W
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Kasinath asks for a rest and the singing stops for a space	X
Pratap Ray smilingly turns his eyes to Baraj Lal	R
He puts his mouth to his ear and says 'Dear ustad	W
Give us a song as songs ought to be this is no song at all	M
It's all tricks and games like a cat hunting a bird	W
We used to hear songs in the old days today they have no idea '	-
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Old Baraj Lal white haired white turban on his head	W
Bows to the assembled courtiers and slowly takes his seat	W
He takes the tanpura in his wasted heavily veined hand	W
And with lowered head and closed eyes begins raag Yaman kalyap	Y
His quavering voice is swallowed by the enormous hall	M
Is like a tiny bird in a storm unable to fly for all it tries	Z
Pratap Ray sitting to the left encourages him again and again	D
'Superb bravo ' he says in his ear 'sing out loud '	-
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The courtiers are inattentive some whisper amongst themselves	A2
Some of them yawn some doze some go off to their rooms	B2
Some of them call to servants 'Bring the bookah bring some pan '	-
Some fan themselves furiously and complain of the heat	W
They cannot keep still for a minute they shuffle or walk about	W
The hall was quiet before but every sort of noise has grown	D
The old man's singing is swamped like a frail boat in a typhoon	D
Only his shaky fingering of the tanpura shows it is there	C
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Music that should rise on its own joy from the depths of the heart	W
Is crushed by heedless clamour like a fountain under a stone	D
The song and Baraj Lal's feelings go separate ways	F
But he sings for all he is worth to keep up the honour of his king	I
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One of the verses of the song has somehow slipped from his mind	W
He quickly goes back tries to get it right this time	C2
Again he forgets it is lost he shakes his head at the shame	D2
He starts the song at the beginning again he has to stop	Y
His hand trembles doubly as he prays to his teachers name	D2
His voice quakes with distress like a lamp guttering in a breeze	E2
He abandons the words of the song and tries to salvage the tune	D
But suddenly his wide mouthed singing breaks into loud cries	Z
The intricate melody goes to the winds the rhythm is swept away	E
Tears snap the thread of the song cascade like pearls	F2
In shame he rests his head on the old tanpura in his lap	Y
He has failed to remember a song he weeps as he did as a child	W
With brimming eyes king Pratap Ray tenderly touches his friend	W
'Come let us go from here ' he says with kindness and love	G2
They leave that festive hall with its hundreds of blinding lights	H2
The two old friends go outside holding each other's hands	I2
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Baraj says with hands clasped 'Master our days are gone	D
New men have come now new styles and customs in the world	W
The court we kept is deserted only the two of us are left	W
Don't ask anyone to listen to me now I beg you at your feet my lord	W
The singer along does not make a song there has to be someone who hears	J2
One man opens his throat to sing the other sings in his mind	W
Only when waves fall on the shore do they make a harmonious sound	W
Only when breezes shake the woods do we hear a rustling in the leaves	K2
Only from a marriage of two forces does music arise in the world	W
Where there is no love where listeners are dumb there never can be song '	-

Rabindranath Tagore

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