Translation by Bhuchung D. Sonam
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Black Hat*
By Lhundrub Drakpa
Translation by Bhuchung D. Sonam
Posted by High Peaks Pure Earth

On the heads of a sincere and truthful people
A black hat has been forcefully put on
For years and months under this black hat
They’ve suffered as if hell is on earth

A language that is more precious than jewels
Is hemmed in by a thousand insidious means
For years and months in this state
The voice of the six million Tibetans is gagged

For years and months the sun is clouded
For days and nights the moon is blackened
In this realm of strangled darkness
Lies the sorrow of the people of the Snowland

Note: ཞྭ་མོ་ནག་པོ། or ཞྭ་མོ་ནག་པོ་གཡོགས་པ། lit. ‘a black hat’ or ‘to put on a black hat’ is a well known Tibetan phrase that means a false/groundless/unfounded accusation or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue. A very popular aphorism goes མི་དཀར་པོ་ལ་ཞྭ་མོ་ནག་པོ་མ་གཡོགས། i.e. ‘don’t put a black hat on an innocent person’.

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