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गीत

Geet (lyric song)

Poems meant to be sung.

मौन के विरुद्ध एक स्वर।

A geet has a refrain that comes back after every verse, so you can almost hear the tune on the page. Some are devotional, some are about longing or the seasons, and many were written for voices before they were written for paper.

Poems
585
Poets
44
Typical read
0.8 min
Common mood
Shringara

Anatomy of a geet (lyric song)

Mukhda: the refrain that opens the song and returns after each verse.

Antara: the verses between the returns, each a little different.

Featured verse

दूर पपीहा बोला रात आधी रह गई मेरी तुम्हारी मुलाक़ात बाक़ी रह गई

Damayanti and the Swan

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मुक्त छंद

No fixed meter, no fixed rhyme.

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पद

The devotional lyric of the bhakti poets.