Aku Pema (Tibetan: ཨ་ཁུ་པདྨ་, Wylie: a khu pad ma; Amdo Tibetan [akʰɯ panma]) is a Tibetan song, written by the Tibetan singer Palgon (Wylie: dpal mgon, Amdo Tibetan [χʷalɡon]). It is mainly considered[by whom?] to be calling for the Dalai Lama to return, but this is indirect. At no point during the song do the lyrics mention the Dalai Lama. The reference to the Dalai Lama is through a nickname Aku Pema, Tibetan for Uncle Lotus, which is a name for the Dalai Lama in Amdo, Tibet. The song won the best lyrics award at the 2003 Tibetan Music Awards.[1]
- ^ "The first-ever Tibetan music awards 2003". Music Tibet. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-26.