Pain Without Trace

Gepey, a young Tibetan musician from Ngaba, Amdo in northeastern Tibet, was arrested on 24 May 2014 by the Chinese security personnel from Barkham soon after a concert organized by a group of Tibetans in the area.

Here is my rather rough translation of one of the ten songs from his album released in 2012.

Pain Without Trace

On top of the Potala Palace

Five-starred red flag is hoisted

The heart of my faraway brother

Is drowned in tears of sorrow,

Trishor Gyalmo, the sacred lake

Is frozen in the three winter months

Swans of the lake's north side

Have flown away into the realm of peace,

The greedy and scheming enemy

Has taken over the Tibetan land

Causing fresh wounds in the

Hearts of all our people,

The shameless robbers have

Stolen our fathers' inheritance

Turning the hearts of a powerless people

Colder than waters of the great rivers ...

Like most of the arrested Tibetan artistes, Gepey is accused having political contents in his music. His whereabouts is unknown.