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Author: Theurang

Theurang is a Tibetan poet, imprisoned for four years in 2010 for his literary activities.
Poetry, Translation

Theurang’s Prison Poems

November 27, 2018November 30, 2018 Theurang

A Tibetan voice, unchained – translated by Palden Gyal

 

Liberty

The vast land is stifled in suffocation

The rocks splintered by the rays of the sun

Slumber in the desert of time.

Darkness, like a child wont to fabrication

Runs in your vicinity whispering secrets.

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