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APPENDIX C
LADAKHI (WESTERN TIBET SONGS, EDITED IN CO-
OPERATION WITH REV. S. RIBBACH AND DR.
E. SHAWE, BY H. FRANCKE, LEH, 1899
The King's Garden, Leh.
I. Through perfect good fortune
The happiness containing garden karbzo
Not being built, was completed by itself.
It is the house of the gods and the sun.
Having in the zenith of the clear sky
Sun and moon like umbrellas, so it arose.
It is a wonderfully pleasing sight.
It is like a fine room with pairs of pillars.
Within on the lion's throne 1o. Sits a famous and strong family.
II. That is Chosrgyal Thsedpal with mother and son.
May their lotus-like feet stand too kalpas!
On this magnificent high nut tree
Boys and girls sing melodious songs like birds.
Underneath the youths gather
And sing a song of happiness and welfare.
2 Karbzo means, " risen by itself."
9 The lion's throne points to the King's castle, which was built in the middle of the garden.
I I The King's name means " religious king, glory of the time."
12 Kalpa, a fabulous period of time, at least ioo,000 years. Skr.
13 The royal family is compared with this high walnut tree, under whose shelter happiness dwells; walnut trees do not grow in Leh.
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