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“Muchness” and a reading of Dhondup Gyal’s Waterfall of Youth

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Drugmo Lives

Continuing on with my theme to break through conservatism, here is my reading of Dhondup Gyal’s popular poem Waterfall of Youth. The poet’s message to Tibetan youth, his vision of the future and possibilities is inspiring. My other agenda in doing so is to promote poetry as an alternative for those who can’t sing if they life depended on it. Often when we gather as a community or as a group we sing Tibetan songs and perform dances but popular poetry/prose recitation doesn’t happen as much. This video is to plant that seed… perhaps at the next gathering you can opt to recite a stanza of Tibetan Poetry

Spoiler Alert and an Auditory Warning:

My central Tibetan accent may not capture Gyal’s Amdo aesthetics but it would be defeatist not to try. Wouldn’t it?

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Sikyong on June 2, 2013 at 10:24 am said:

awesome! I think your Lhasa dialect adds more elagance to Dhondup Gyal’s passion.

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- Tsering on July 3, 2013 at 11:48 am said:
  
  I have been saying water is universal nectar and this eloquent poem make it even more valuable water to the world environment. We cannot live without water and Tibetan water is very important to many parts of the world environments. Beautiful to listen and to get the meaningful message. Thank you and keep writing!
  
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Tibetan Blog Station on June 2, 2013 at 11:22 am said:

May I post this on Tibetan Blog Station?

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- Drugmo Lives... on June 2, 2013 at 2:40 pm said:
  
  Yes sure!
  
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tsering on June 2, 2013 at 1:27 pm said:

This is so amazing. It gives me goosebumps

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- Drugmo Lives... on June 3, 2013 at 11:40 am said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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Young on June 2, 2013 at 10:14 pm said:

Your lhasa dialect is an ornament to this beautiful piece, so profound, gracious, awakening, passionate, eloquent and the list goes on…….I could listen to this all day long and may so if come the night……..

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- Drugmo Lives... on June 3, 2013 at 11:39 am said:
  
  I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.
  
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- Tsering on July 3, 2013 at 11:30 am said:
  
  I agree totally, your lhasa dialect makes it even more beautiful, profound, eloquent peaceful to listen this Dhondup Gyal’s Waterfall of Youth.
  
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Tenchoe on June 11, 2013 at 4:23 am said:

Wow!!! this is so refreshing. You really got that zing in you. I am envy of not only your writing but your voice also.. Keep it up

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- Drugmo Lives... on June 12, 2013 at 5:15 pm said:
  
  Thank you Tenchoe!
  
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Le Thuy on July 15, 2013 at 2:20 am said:

Hi Drugmo Lives, thanks very much for the posts. Really interesting and thought provoking!
I’m wondering whether you would like to share with FNOTW (free news of the world) your experience as a Tibetan and your thoughts on the issues concerning Tibet, women rights and politics. FNOTW is a neutral site specialized on news about conflicts and one of most debated zones is China-Tibet. Please contact me via thuy.le@fnotw.org as I hope to hear your voice on our site.

I’m very sure I contact the right person 🙂 Hope to hear from you.

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- Drugmo Lives... on July 15, 2013 at 2:16 pm said:
  
  Thanks for visiting Le Thuy! I’ll be in touch.
  
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  - Le Thuy on July 18, 2013 at 1:50 am said:
    
    Thanks. Reading your blog is always my pleasure. Please feel free to contact me. I’m interested in what you have to say about writing with us.
  - Drugmo Lives... on July 20, 2013 at 9:50 am said:
    
    Will do. Thanks again.