Tibetan poetry

This sentence comes from the 23rd love song of Cangyang Gyatso, the 6th Dalai Lama. It means: only death can separate us, and we will not leave each other alive. Cangyang Jiacuo's Love Song is more expressive, straightforward and natural, and easy to understand, which opens up a new poetic style for Tibetan poetry creation. It enjoys a high reputation not only in the history of Tibetan literature, but also in the field of poetry.

Original text:

Because of my devotion, I asked if I could stay with you.

Answer that you will never be apart unless you die.

Because I have deep feelings for you, I asked if you can be together, and replied: Only death can separate us, and we will not leave each other alive.

Extended data

Cangyang Gyatso (1683— 1706) is the sixth Dalai Lama, a Memba, and a famous figure in Tibetan history. 1683 (Tibetan Water Pig Year, 22nd year of Kangxi) was born in a serf family in Wujianlin Village, Xiayusong District, Nala Mountain, southern Tibet. His father is Tashi Tenzin and his mother is Tsewang Ram. This family has believed in Ma Ning Buddhism for generations.

Since childhood, he has been sensitive to qualifications. He once worshipped the Fifth Panchen Lama as a teacher and was ordained. His legal name is Lausanne Renqing Cangyang Jiacuo. Under the direct training of the famous scholar Sanjay Garco, he studied astronomy, calendar, medicine and literature, and made great achievements in poetry.

Later, he was welcomed to the Potala Palace. 1697, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the Fifth Dalai Lama by the then Regent of Tibet, Bharti Sanjay Gyatso. In the same year, under the auspices of Sanjay Gyatso, he held a ceremony of sitting on the bed in Potala Palace. 1705, 20-year-old Cangyang Gyatso was deposed as a victim of the upper ruling class's struggle for power and profit, and began his own wandering life.

I have traveled all over Qinghai, Gansu, Mongolia, Sichuan, Tibet, India, Nepal and other places. I once worked as a beggar and delivered corpses, and my life was extremely difficult. Because of my contact with the broad masses of the people and rich life practice, I wrote a beautiful and touching love song of Cangyang Jiacuo. 1706 died during the escort.

Another way of saying this is that Cangyang Jiacuo was injured on the way to Beijing, and his works were written before he was 25 years old. Cangyang Gyatso has a prominent position and is the king of Tibet, but he has a heart that does not shy away from the secular world and yearns for human freedom, love and happiness. At the same time, he is also a talented and literary folk poet, who has created many delicate and sincere love songs.

In the world of Buddhism, he is an "alien" who dares to break through the secular world. In the human world, he is called "the most beautiful lover in the world" and dares to pursue true love. In the world of art, he is a wonderful flower, writing many poems and love songs that have been handed down to this day.

The most classic Tibetan woodcut in Lhasa, Love Song of Cangyang Gyatso, is beautifully written, simple and vivid. It has collected more than 60 love poems of Cangyang Gyatso, and now it has been translated into more than 20 languages, almost all over the world. His poetry transcends nationality, time and space and national boundaries, and becomes a valuable cultural heritage.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Cangyang Jiacuo Love Song