Toshae Gampa Lamo-སྟོད་གཞས་གམ་པ་ལ་མོ།

Traditional; translated by Sara L. McClintock and Tsepak Rigzin
 
This traditional song from Lhasa, which is sung in the Töshae style, praises the central protector deity of the people and land of Tibet, the goddess Palden Lhamo.

Oh my, oh my!
If only I could see Lhasa
From the Gampa Pass,

Ah, well.
If only I could see the Goddess 
Palden Lhamo from the pass!
 
By Gampa Pass, best of mountains,
I am reminded of the mountain ranges.
By my kind mother and father, best of relations,
I am reminded of my ancestral lineage
p.s.
In the live performance Techung sang a different verse for the Truk Shae or the fast part but it should be sung

གམ་པ་ལ་མོའ་གཙོ་བྱས། རི་ལས་རི་རྒྱུད་དྲན་བྱུང་།
gam pa la moe tso che, ri le ri gu ten chung
དྲིན་ཅན་ཕ་མའི་གཙོ་བྱས། གཉན་ལས་གཉན་རྒྱུད་དྲན་བྱུང་།
din chen pha mai tso che, nyen le nyen gu den chung

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