᫄᪱ᨕᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕᨎ Blue Lake (Kokonor/Qinghai)

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᩶᪍᫞ᨋ᩶ᨕ᪄ᨋᨼ᪠ᨋᩂ᫞ᨎ      Dongrup Gyal (Makley translation)

 

᫳ᨓᨋ᪱ᨎ ᫄᪱ᨕᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕᨎ  Ai ma, mtsho sngon bo

Ai ma, Blue Lake,

᪱ᨑᨋ᫙ᨑᨵ᫥ᨋ᨜ᨑᨋ᫞ᨋᩂᨎ  mi rigs kyi la rgya

Honour of the people[1],

᪱ᨓ᫥ᨋᩂ᫞ᨋᨹᨑᨋᨵ᫐ᨑᨋ᪠ᩞᨑ᩶ᨎ  mes rgyal gyi gzi brjid

Pride of the ancestral[2] land,

᫜᪠᫥ᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕᨋ᫕᩶ᨑᨋ᪄᫥ᨋ᫕᪝᫙ᨋ᩹᫥ᨋ᪣ᨋᩏᩏᨋ᪠᫕ᨑᨋ᫥ᨓ᪱᫥ᨋ᪍ᨋ᩶ᨵ᫕ᨋ᫥ᨕᩏᨋᨎ rlabs sngon po 'di nas 'phyur dus bya ngang ba'i sems pa dga' song

When blue waves surge, the geese[3] are joyous.

᫄᪱ᨕᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕ᫙ᨋ᫕ᨻ᪱ᨋ᩶᫙ᨋᩚᨵ᫥ᨋ᩹᫥ᨋ᪣ᨋᩏᩏᨋ᪠᫕ᨑᨋ᫥ᨓ᪱᫥ᨋ᪍ᨋᨪᨕᨋ᫥ᨕᩏᨋᨎ mtsho sngon por 'gram dar chags dus bya ngang ba'i sems pa skyo song

When the Blue Lake freezes, the geese are saddened.

᫄᪱ᨕᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕᨎ  ᨱᨓ᩶ᨋ᪄ᨑᨋ᫞ᨕᩃ᫥ᨋ᨜ᨑᨋ᩶᪍ᩏᨋ᪠ᨕᨋ᩶ᩏᨋᨎ mtsho sngon po/ khyed ni lo rgyus dpang po dang

Blue Lake, you bear witness to history.

᫄᪱ᨕᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕᨎ  ᪱ᨑᨋ᫙ᨑᨵ᫥ᨋ᨜ᨑᨋ᫙ᨓᨋ᪠ᨋ᫙ᨓ᩶ᨎ mtsho sngon po/ mi rigs kyi red ba red

Blue Lake, you are the hope of the people.

᫄᪱ᨕᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕᨎ  ᨱᨓ᩶ᨋ᪄ᨑᨋ᪠᩶ᨓᨋᨪᨑ᩶ᨋ᫙ᨓᨋ᪠ᨋ᩶ᩏᨋ᪱ᨋ᫕ᨕᩏ᫥ᨋ᪠᫕ᨑᨋ᫕᫄ᨕᨋབ་᫙ᨓ᩶ᨎ mtsho sngon po/ khyed ni bde skyid re ba dang ma 'ongs pa'i 'tsho ba red

Blue Lake, you are our hope for happiness and our future life.

᫳ᨓᨋ᪱ᨎ ᫄᪱ᨕᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕᨎ ai ma/ mtsho sngon po

Ai ma, Blue Lake,

᪱ᨓ᫥ᨋᩂ᫞ᨋᨹᨑᨋ᪠᩶ᨓᨋᨪᨑ᩶ᨎ mes rgyal gyi bde skyid

Happiness of the ancestral land,

᪱ᨑᨋ᫙ᨑᨵ᫥ᨋ᨜ᨑᨋ᪱ᨵᨕ᪄ᨋᨪ᪠᫥ᨎ mi rigs kyi mgon skyabs

Protector[4] of the people,

᫄᪱ᨕᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕᨋ᫕ᨱᨵ᫥ᨋ᪍᫥ᨋ᪠᪂᪱᫥ᨋ᩹᫥ᨋᩡᨋᨵ᫥ᨓ᫙ᨋ᪱ᨑᨵᨋ᫄᪱ᨕᨋ᫞ᨋᩲᨑ᪱᫥ᨋ᫥ᨕᩏᨋᨎ mtsho sngon po 'khyags pa bsdams dus nya gser mig mtsho la thims song

When Blue Lake freezes, the golden fish go deep underwater.

᫄᪱ᨕᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕ᫕ᨑᨋ᫕ᨻ᪱ᨋ᩶᫙ᨋ᫲ᩏᨋ᩹᫥ᨋƯᨵᨋᨵ᫗ᩏᨋ᩶ᨙ᫙ᨋ᫥ᨓ᪱᫥ᨋ᪍ᨋ᩶ᨵ᫕ᨋ᫥ᨕᩏᨋᨎ mtsho sngon po'i 'gram dar lhung dus lug g'yang dkar sems pa dga' song

When Blue Lake melts again, the sheep are joyous.

᫄᪱ᨕᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕᨎ ᨱᨓ᩶ᨋ᪄ᨑᨋ᩶ᨋᩮ᫕ᨑᨋ᪠᩶ᨓᨋᨪᨑ᩶ᨋ᩶ᩏᨋᨎ mtsho sngon po/ khyed ni da lta'i bde skyid dang

Blue Lake, you are the happiness of the present.

᫄᪱ᨕᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕᨎ  ᪱ᨑᨋ᫙ᨑᨵ᫥ᨋ᨜ᨑᨋ᫙ᨓᨋ᪠ᨋ᫙ᨓ᩶ᨎ  mtsho sngon po/ mi rigs kyi re ba red

Blue Lake, you are the hope of the people.

᫄᪱ᨕᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕᨎ ᨱᨓ᩶ᨋ᪄ᨑᨋ᫕ᩜᨑᨵᨋᩬᨓ᪄ᨋᨹᨑᨋ᪠᩶ᨵᨋ᪍ᨕᨋ᩶ᩏᨋ᪱ᨋ᫕ᨕᩏ᫥ᨋ᪠᫕ᨑᨋ᫕᫄ᨕᨋབ་᫙ᨓ᩶ᨎ mtsho sngon po/ khyed ni 'jig rten gyi bdag po dang ma 'ongs ba'i 'tsho ba red

Blue Lake, you are the owner[5] of the world and our future life.

᫄᪱ᨕᨋᩔᨕ᪄ᨋ᪍ᨕᨎ  mtsho sngon po

Blue Lake


TrueType font files for Tibetan scripts available here: buddism.ru

[1] Tibetan mi rigs is a neologism, the official translation of the Chinese minzu, literally meaning "people-clan/race/lineage" and often translated from the Chinese as "nationality". In China, the modifier minzu attached to things often implicitly means "minority".

[2] Tibetan mes rgyal is the official translation for the Chinese zuguo, literally meaning "(patrilineal) ancestral land," but translated from the Chinese as "motherland". DG chose to use it and not the more Tibetan phrase phayul, literally "fatherland".

[3] In one exiled Tibetan's online lyrics for this song, he added in smaller print after "geese", the Dalai Lama.

[4] Tibetan mgon skyabs, "protector," is a phrase usually used to refer to the compassionate protection and refuge provided by a Buddhist lama.

[5] Tibetan bdag po was used in Chinese socialist rhetoric of class analysis to refer to owners of property.