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Tibet Needs You
Before your people are totally wiped out,
Before the land is completely destroyed.
Before your culture is irreversibly lost,
Your country needs you-now.
To regain Freedom from Chinese oppression,
To give every Tibetan a sense of dignity,
To restore Tibet to its former glory,
Your country needs you-now.
Not when you feel like-that may never come,
Not Yesterday-for that is already gone,
Not Tomorrow-that may well be too late,
Tibet Needs You-NOW!
By- Lhasang Tsering
* Lhasang Tsering is a Tibetan poet, writer, and activist. He was President of the Tibetan Youth Congress and a founding director of Amnye Machen Institute in Dharamshala, India. He is a vociferous and ardent advocate of Tibet’s independence and a passionate lover of literature.
How wonderful it must be, To have one’s own Country, A Country that one belongs to, A Country that belongs to you.
How wonderful it must be, No longer to be Stateless, To belong to nap Nation, A Nation that belongs to you.
How wonderful it must be, To regain lost Freedom, To hold one’s head high, In liberty and in Freedom!
How wonderful it truly is, Even to dream of a Country, A Country that belongs to you, A Country that will belong to you.
Tibet-the only Country I wish to belong to. Tibet-the only Country that belongs to me. A reality that is wonderful to dream about. A dream that will be a wonderful reality.
By- Lhasang Tsering
* Lhasang Tsering is a Tibetan poet, writer, and activist. He was President of the Tibetan Youth Congress and a founding director of Amnye Machen Institute in Dharamshala, India. He is a vociferous and ardent advocate of Tibet’s independence and a passionate lover of literature
All that I long for-
Is to return to my home,
Is this too much to ask for?
Is this too much to long for?
All that I ask for-
Is to return to my Homeland,
Is this too much to ask for?
Is this too much to long for?
All that I have always wanted-
Is freedom for my country,
Is this too much to ask for?
Is this too much to long for?
I know I have a house-
But this is not my home,
I know I have a place to stay-
But this is not where I belong.
Though I enjoy many freedoms-
I know I am not free,
Though I live in freedom-
Still I long to be Free!
By Lhasang Tsering
Waiting to know if she’ll see her son again, Waiting to know if her man will ever return, Waiting to know if she will go back home, Waiting is what a refugee woman must do.
Waiting to know if it is now her turn, Waiting to know when her daughter must go, Waiting to know what the final price will be, Waiting is what a refugee woman must do.
Waiting to know what more she must do, Waiting to know if the world will help, Waiting to know if her country will ever be free, Waiting is what a refugee woman must do.
Waiting is, therefore, what she will do, Waiting despite the pain and loneliness, waiting till the end of her dreary days- For waiting is what a refugee woman must do.
It is in Freedom-
And only in Freedom,
That a singer may sing-
May sing in Joy.
It is in Freedom-
And only in Freedom,
That a dancer may dance-
May dance in Ecstasy.
It is in Freedom-
And only in Freedom,
That an athlete may Excel-
May excel with Pride.
It is in Freedom-
And only in Freedom,
That an artist may Flower-
May flower to Fruition.
It is in Freedom-
And only in Freedom,
That each may find their self-
And each their sense of Dignity.
By-Lhasang Tsering
Lhasang Tsering is a writer and a poet, an outspoken advocate of Tibetan Independence.
