“Qambarxan” is a Uighur song about finding beauty in even the least beautiful places. Our version is based upon the traditional Western Chinese folksong “The Girl from Davanching,” which is based upon a poem likely composed by a Uighur soldier who was posted in a land far from his own. Davanching is a rather rough and arid land. The soldier misses his love, Ambarhan, who lives there, and writes a poem of longing: “The soil of the Davanching is hard but the watermelon is sweet. My darling is in the Davanching. Ambarhan is so sweet.”
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