I Have an Aim and a Target
by Tsoltim N. Shakabpa

I have an aim
That some day
Our children will stand atop the plateau of a free Tibet
And wash away the ravages the Chinese left behind

I have a target
That one day
The Tibetan spirit will be exalted
And the Chinese power muffled

I have an aim
That some day
The children of the Chinese who raped Tibet
And the children of the Tibetans who suffered under Chinese rule
Will sit down together at the table of friendship

I have a target
To once more make the rivers of Tibet flow clean
And to see the yaks and antelopes of my country
Roam freely once again in the wild

I have an aim
Now until our kingdom come
To make the Chinese leave Tibet
And to return the Dalai Lama to his rightful throne
 
I have an aim and a target
Not a dream

Copyright: Tsoltim N. Shakabpa - 2011

Remember
by Jigme Dorjee DAGYAP

Foreign engraved our generation,
But do work for our country’s restoration.
Do not forget China’s excavation,
On our land and people inside our nation.

Exploiting all our ancestor’s creation,
Our race is on the verge of deterioration.
Hold one another’s hand for unification.
Unity will be the strength for our destination.

Charter remains charter, unless we make it constitution.
China in Tibet has massacred 1000 years tradition,
And we in exile lost in modern addiction.
Now, I’m stuck with a puzzling question,

“Are we China’s partisan, in their hideous action?”

Red with yellow stars, waving since China’s invasion,
Led to thousands’ evacuation.
Martyrs from the great revolution,
Sacrificed their lives for our future evolution.

Five decades of martyrdom in Tibetan nation,
We rose from obscurity to universal recognition.
Men and women, young and old, it’s time for an independent nation.
Let’s fly like free birds from colonization.

Gangtok: DAGYAP Jime Dorjee on Tuesday, 16 August 2011