Courage kill

He is a man I like

But people look at him in dislike;

For his domineering behavior

When trying to be a savior.

He saved our village from the Kyeshe contest

As his hostilities were unwontedly the greatest

The relation of two villages was made into the toughest

Bringing his personal image to the highest.

He was called by many names;

Teingyen Wugpa and Tiger were usually carried like flames,

Wugpa dropped school after some brawls

In which he made teachers crawl.

I can say he is the courageous man

Because of his courage, the family name now demeans;

When the police caught him in the jungle

For the theft, his life now bungles.

Going inside the Lhakhang one night

And the live-size Ku’s blinded the sight

To raid he wasn’t afraid

The old precious Kus for his life’s aid.

The police whipped him to death

The blood rolled on the earth

The effect he had none

As he only said, I was only the one.

Was the policeman lazy?

Or the policeman crazy?

For he was tied his both hands

And not allowed to have even the slightest bands.

The captain of the war, a bold man

Done the boldest, never before had a man,

Did, what ought not to do

A good man attempts to do.

Glossary

Kyeshe: fight catching waist. Like wrestling.

Lhakhang: Buddhist temple.

Teingyen Wugpa: deadly owl.

Ku: statue.

The poem is a true story of my man. Nobody dares to do bad things in a bold way like him. Inspired by his boldness…