Saturday, November 7, 2009

Pathian Miit'na Leh Sahkho Miit'na

Gelhtu - Khamkhokam Guite

Nipi Ni in Biak inn na kai a, Biak inn sungah –

Siangthou na’ng hun zang in,
Na Toupa hou in;
Amah ah om inla,
A thu’n kivak in;
……………..
Jesu kia khawl inla,
Lungsung mun-guk ah;


cih la nasa a. Hiai la hoih nasa a, na lungsim leng vut mahmah hi. Hiai la thu leh na hinna na meekmat a, na la deih zawng tak bang leng hi mai thei hi. Ahihleh, ataktak in hiai la leh na hin daan akituak hia? Tukal paita sung a na nnasepna mun, na neekzonna mun a na om dan, na thugen leh ciin dan toh hiai la aki tuak hia? Biak inn kong hiam, Biak inn sung hiam a na muhlouh leh, mu-ngei ding a leng na kikoihlouhte toh na sepkhomna ah, ahih kei leh, na sepna mun a na panpih kiphamoh a hong dawrtute’n “ Singthou na’ng hun zang” sek ding in hon gingta ding uam?

Ahihkeileh, ‘Tulai khovel a zaw Pathian miit’ taktak hitheilou hi ve aw’ na ci hia? Pathian miit’na nei dingin nidang a singtang a, inn ngaak omlouh ciang a, kong khak singkhuah khat a dou maimai ahoih huntawk lai din mun a kiiknon ngai hi in na thei hia le? Pathian miit’na nei ding in singtanga meilah hiam, khawnvaak vaak hiam a Bible sim a, acang ciang a na khuttal a na khuuk tum keuhkeuh kawm a Evan T. Goihpum toh “ Ka buaina simlei khimjing a man ciang’/ Tung thangvaan mite heina munnuam…….” Ci a la sak keuhkeuh zel hunlai a kik non kul hi in na thei hia?

Ahihleh Pathian miit’na kici bang ahi ding?

Tulai in kuaman Pathian Miit’na bang hi hiam cih I kidong ngei kei ua, I lungsim ua ngaihtuah vengveng in hiai anuaia dotnate dawn tum sin himhim le hang. Hiai dotna te dawnna I ngaihtuah ciang in, mahni hihlouhna lampang pawngpo mohsakna, theicianloupi a mahni tellouhna lam mohpaih pahlou ding in, lungsimkihong tak in leh pilvaang tak in ngaihtuahna zangle hang.

• Ahihleh huai Bazar a Pawlzu hou hiam, Zawngsa hou hiam ahihkei leh, Tuibuuk zuakte’n Pathian Miit’na anei thei ding uam?
• Huai Car suak thak a om ciang a, a car khek gige pa hiam nu hiam in PathianMiit’na anei thei dia? Gold zungbuh bun in hiam, gold khi ok in hiam ahihkei leh, suangmantam akibawl zungbuh leh khi nei lemlom kawm in Pathian Miit’na a neih theih diam?
• Pathian Miit’na nei dingin ciamnui ngeilou a, ni khat a tamvei pipi khuk din a thum gige a, TV leng et ngeilouh ngai ding in na gingta hia?
• Pathian Miiit’na neileh, sumsinna hiam, laizilna hiam, ahihkeileh, mahni nnasepna lam hiam ah tupguhna, tup sangtak neih toh akituak lem diam?
• Pathian Miit’na nei dingin loubuuk hiam, gam lak a giak a mahni kia a Sam laibu sim keuhkeuh khel ngai dingin na koih uh hi?
• A Greek pau in huai, a Latin pau in hiai cih gentaaklouh, a Bible mahmah leng sim siam khollou, a simtheih sun bang leng, bang gen hiam cih thei taktak khollou in Pathian Miit’na a neih theih diam?

1 Sam 16: 7 ah Pathian in “ Mihingte’n zaw pawlam lat dana en uh a, Tangtawn Toupa’n zaw lungtang en ahi, a chi hi” acih mah bangin Pathian Miit’na zaw polam a I mel-leh-puam hiam, I ci-i-nam hiam, ahihkei leh, I neih-leh-lam toh kisai hilou in, Pathian toh kisai a I lungsim putdan ah kinga zaw hi. Sam gelhtu in acih mah bangin Pathian Miit’na neite hinna zaw Pathian hing duh in, Pathian hing ngaina in naak hawkhawk uh hi.

Sakhital luita tui duha nak hawphawp banga,
Pathian aw, ka hinna nangmah ngai nak hawphawp hi.
Pathian ngaia, Pathian hing ngaia ka hihna dangtak hi.
Chik chianga pai a, amah tuak ding ka hi hiam?
Phatnalate 42:1,2

Hiai ahi Pathian Miit’na tuh!
Mi hingte I melpuak a tuam mai thei, I neih-leh-lam akikim kei ahi mai thei, ci-leh-nam thu ah atuamtuam I hi mai thei, I neekzonna uh kibanglou pipi leng ahi ding. Ahihziakin, Pathian Miit’na ah ahihleh hiai atunga Phatnalate gelhtu gen bang in, kibang vek a, huai tuh lungsim sungnungpen a Pathian deihna taktak neih, Pathian lung-gulh tuntunna ah kinga hi. Pathian Miit’na neite zaw a polam kilat dan un bang peuh hitaleh, Pathian etna lungtang ah Pathian alianpen in koih ua, Pathian toh a niteng hinkhua uah tonkhawm in, Pathian ngaikhawk uh hi.

Sahkho Mi’ Lah Pathian Mi’ Silou

Korinth thonkhat bung 10 sung I et ciang in mi hon khat Pathian Mi’ law mahmah dia kilawm, lah, Pathian Mi’ thei mahmahlou loi khat I mu hi. Aigupta apan in lamdang tak a pikhiak in om uh a. Huai kia lel leng Pathian Miit’na ngoihngoih tham cing hi. En mah dih Pathian in a duat dan:

Unaute aw, hiai khawng na theihlouh uh ka deih kei
Hucia I pipute tengteng mei nuaia a om vek ua,
A vek ua tuipi leng a kan ua
A vek ua meia leh tuipi-a Mosi-a baptis luta a om vek ua,
A vek ua khalam an kibang leng a nek chiat ua.
A vek ua khalam dawn ding kibang leng a dawn chiat uh.
Amaute jui, khalam suangpi-a dawn chiat ngal ua; huai Suangpi tuh Kris ahi.
(1Korinth 10: 1-4)

Hoihtak in na en thakmah dih. A vek ua atan khom uh thilte:
• Pathian thilhih theihna in – sun a meipi zaan a meikuang in pii uh hi.
• Pathian thilhih lamdangtak ziak in Aigupta sepaihte apan a bit theih na’ng un Tuipisan alai ah kikhen sak hi.
• Pathian in heutu ding in A mah toh ‘direct’ a kihouthei gige Mosi pia hi.
• Lamdang takin Pathian in vaan a kipan Manna in vaak a, tui a duh ciang un a tuipaailou penpen suangpi akipan tui pot sak hi.

Hici lawmlawm a Pathian in duat taka enkol ahih ciangin, hiai mi honte’n Pathian ngaina in, A lungtuah tum tinten ciat ding un gintaak huai hi. A ban I simsuk non ciang in “ Himahleh” cih in kipan hi. Chang ngana ah sim suk mah dih. “Himahleh, a lak ua mi tamjaw tungah Pathian a lunghita kei a, gamdai ah puklumin a om uhi” ci mai mah hi.

Bangziak a hici bang om thei ahi ding? Pathian in hici tuk a kem a, enkol a, a poimoh teng uh pia a, koimun a hihkhelh khak om ahi ding? Hiai a, Israelte paikhelhna ahihleh, Pathian ngaipoimoh nonlouhna ahi ici thei hi. Pathian’ thil lamdang hihte niteng a thiltungte lak a khat maimai bang a ngaihna alak ua ‘tamjaw’ in nei ua. Nidang a Jehovah thil lamdang hihte lamdangsa a, kam ka heuhou a ente’n Jehovah thil lamdang hih amuh non ciang un, a ihmut uh suak in haam pualpual uh hi ding hi. Pathian ngaipoimmoh nonlou ua, A thupiak zui ut nonlou ua, Pathian niing uh hi ding hi. Huai ziak a gamdai a atamjaw puklum uh hi ding hi.

Cang gukna apan I sim suk non ciang in, athil hih giloute uh eite kivau kholhna ding in hong kigelh suk non a(1 Korinth 9: 6-11). A thutuun hici bang in phou khe le hang:
• Thil gilou a lung-ngulh bang un, lung-ngulh kei un.
• Milim bemi ahih bang un, milim bemi hi sam kei un.
• Numei leh pasal kaal a athangtat bang un, thangtat kei un.
• Pathian a ze-et bang un, Pathian ze-et kei un.
• A lak ua khen khatte’ phun hat leh a selam a thil ngaihtuah mi ahih bang un, huci bang hi kei un.

Hiai a tung a paikhelhnate hih’ Isrelte, niteng phial a Pathian thil lamdang hih mu gigete khelhna hi. Ahihleh, tuni in hici bang, Israelte hihkhelh bang atunglai hia leh, ci in kidong tale hang, I dawnna ding ahihleh, hici bang khelhna tung lailai ahi cih hiding hi. Aziak ahihleh, Israelte hunlai a Pathian thil lamdang hih amuh gige theih mah bang un, tuni in leng Pathian thu, I zuih ding lampi hon kok muhtu ding, Bible inn cih in i nei hi. Huci hinapi a I paikhelh lailaia, I hinna in Pathian a lung-gulh kei lailai leh taanglai Israelte mohsa thei ding dinmun ah I om kei cihna hi. A mau mahbang in, ei leng I khelhna ah I puk lum ding uh hi.

I mimal hinna ah, innkuan sung ah, Saptuam ah hita leh, Pathian thu ‘ngeina sehna’, ngaihkhok nonlouhna piang thei hi. Saptuam heutu – Pastorte, Upate leh Saptuam a hihna nei tuamtuamte bang ziak a minse sek uh ahi ding? Aziak ahihleh, Sahkho miit’na nei a, Saptuam sung a hihna leh pawlpi in ahon piaktheih dinmun ngaina a, ahihziak a, Saptuam laimu, Saptuam neitupa ‘ngeina sehna’, ngaihpoimoh nonlouhna mi’n ahon neih ciang un khelhna leh minsiatna in zui zel hi.

Bang cileh Sahkho mi’ mai hilou in, Pathian miit’na I keem’ bit thei ding uh? Hici bang zaw kei tung ah tung ken teh, na ci ahi kha mai thei, Paula in 1Korin 10: 12 na ah “dinga kingaihtuah tuh pilvang hen, hicilou in zaw a puk kha ding”, na ci hi. A dingte mah ahi puk ding lauh huai dinmun a omte. Pathian ngeina seha I puklouhna’ng in Paula enton ni hang. Paula in Pathian Miit’na apan apuklouh na’ng a apan laakdan hici bang ahi:

Kitaitehte tuh a vek un a tai ua, himahleh khat kian kipahman
A mu jel chih na thei kei ua hia?
…………….
Hiciin, tuamah bangin ka taia, a jiak bei hi louin,
Huihkhua leltak noh louin, ka pang hi:
Ka pumpi ka hihsidup a; sikha in ka bawl zo jel hi;
Hucilou injaw midangte kianga ka tangkoupih nungin leng
Bang cic hiamin keimah tak kipahman mutakloua koihin ka
Om khakha ding.
1 Korin 9:24-27.

Hici bang in Paula in ‘huih khua lel nohlou in’, a lim ciing maimai lou hi. A taksa leh a mi hinna kikai puuk saklou in, a pumpi thuzoh in hih sidup zaw hi.

Ni Khat La Phuah Siam, Pu V. Khoikhandai Toh-I

By- Khamkhokam Guite

Ka neulai in ka U Gin(L) in “Lawm Ngaih La” leh “Gam Ngaih La” kigawm Labu khat, khut a kigelh sahpi nei a. Ei pau simthei tung ka hihziak in, huai Labu a late sathei khol kei mah leng laibu sim ding dang a awmlouh ziak in ka sim sek hi. Huai Labu sim in Pu Khoikhandai, Pu Nokzathang, Pu Gouzagin(L) leh mi dangdangte lungsim suangtuahna khovel ah ka teeng sek hi. Nitaak khua hong mial ciang in, kholak a Guiter toh la sate’n huai mi thupite ngaihtuahna khovel ah kei kia a tenglou in, huai khovel ah innsak inn khang ding nei ka hi cih hon theisak zel uh hi. Huai Labu a la phuaktute mel leh puma om ding dante ka lungsim mitkhaa in kana suangtuah sek a; ahihziak in, amaute laka khat beek toh kicibai a, lim kila khawm a, singpi dawn khawm ding in kana kikoih ngei kei hi.

Huci bang thou in, June, 2009 in ka unau ua naupangpen pasal nei khaakna Lamka ah ka nei ua. Huai a mipi lak ka et leh, Thu leh La lam a ka mi ngaihsang mahmah, khalam leh salam a honvaak gige khat ka mu a. Skul ka kailai in a Laibu bawlte “ Lungsim Hatna”, “ Thukhunlui Tangthu” leh “ Niteng Hatna” cihte ka sim sek a. A mahleng a gaal apan in ka mu zeuhzeuh hi. Khatvei houh, amun ka thei non kei a, ka laizil lai in ka mu kha a, ka houpih leh hoih tak a hon dawng mawk hi! Huci banga a gaal apan kana ngaih sang gige Pa Rev. G. Khamkam kou inn sung ua - ka Laibu kawm ua amin tuang mai hilou a, sa-leh-sisan a ahong kilaak mawk ciang in, La phuaktu in “ Ka tankhom a kipahna thupipen” ana cih ka phok khia hi. “ Pa Kam, mou man hong pe dek ua hong tel ve” ci a kava cial leh, “ Kei taakna nei leng hilou ka hih ciah, hiai ah mipi lakah kana tu mai ding” ci in hon dawng a. “Thumna hong neihsak le cin ci ka hi” ka cih leh, ka cialna hon pom sak hi. Lung a kim ngei e!

Aizawl ah Pu Khoikhandai a om cih ka zakna a sawtta a. Ahihziak in, ateng den hilou a, hongzin maimai hi ding in kana koih sek a. December kha a, Lamka lam ka pai ciang in va kimuleh cih ka ngaihtuahlai in ama na phuahsa’ Siamsinpawlpi Lapi tungtang a houlimna SSPPNet a akineih leh, khenkhatte’n Aizawl a khosa ahi cih hon gen ua. Huanah, houlimna paitou zelah amah mimal ngei a muh utna hong lian deuhdeuh hi. La phuak siamte lakah Pu Dai min dai ngeilou a. Aziak ahihleh, a La phuahte, bang La peuh hita leh, gil in, La pau diktak zang a. Huanah, khenkhatte’n La phuak siamthou mahle uh, Aksi meikhutung bang a hong lang zual in a omna lam kithei nonlou in mang vengveng zel uh hi. Pu Khoikhandai ahihleh huci hilou in a hun toh kituak in, tuni tan in la phuak thei zel hi. Huanah, a La phuahte a hoih baan uah, a tate V.L Muani leh a nau V.L Rovi te La siam hi uh hi. A tapa T.G.Lian Valte in leng La phuak siam in music leh music video toh kisai in Lamka zangah Zomite lakah mun poimohtak luah hi. Huai kia hilou in, La siam minthang Nu Lianlunching leng amau innkuan sung mi mah hi.

Pu Daia zon’ khiak ding dan tuan theilou ka hih ciang in, Zenhang Lamka apan hong kipan hi a ka theih teng ka baan dot leh, Zenhang Lamka a na tengsek tua Aizawl Dinthar Veng a khosa Munga(!) in Pu Daia tanute Aizawl Venglai a teng uh ahi cih honhilha. “Ken leng a inn uh omna ciah thei keng, lei ke-niam kianga Bem Bem Work khong ah dong le cin a thei kha om un teh” ci in hon hilh a. Aizawl Venglai icih, ka tangval lai a ka lawmte khat Routluang te veng ahih ziakin, a gen ka zaak apan in, amun ding akilawm ka mitkha in a mu thei ngal mai hi. Office kai tawp ciang in Bazar Bungkawn ah kituak khesuk henla, Chhinga Veng ah kibaat kai phei in, huai a pan in Electric veng ah kikumsuk henla, Electric veng apanin VL Muani te omna Aizawl Venglai kici biik veng ah kilut suk leh, cih ka ngaihtuah a. Muani te kiangah apa, Pu Daia omna leh phone Number khong va kidong henla; huai khit ciang in Ramhlun ah kipaisuak henla, Ramhlun Industry Mual apan a kahtou in, asak a lamlianpi kimat-tou leh cih ka hisap ngal hi.

Office kai tawp in Aizawl Venglai lam manoh in ka tai ngal a. Bem Bem Workshop ah kuamah na om nonlou uh ahih ciang in, tua Worshop kelkong kiang a Dawr neu khat om ah VL Muani te inn omna ka kan a. Dawr ngaktupa’ theih Muani leh kei zon Muani kituak lem theilou hi. A sak deuh a mi inn khat ah va dong ning ci a ka kuan dek leh, nungak khat BYF OB hideuh gige dia kilom khat hong pai in “ Zon nei na bang ve” hon ci a. Muani te inn zong ka hihlam ka hilh leh, “ Manipur lamte maw?” ci in hon donga. Ka dawnna apan in, “huai a inn sawng tung nung pen a om uh ahi” cih hon hilh kawmin asak deuh a inn sawng tung akhut in kok hi. Kipahthu genkawm a kholak kalbi a katai touh ngal leh, tua nungak in “ Huai pen hilou hong kikthak in” ci in hon gaalsap a. “ Tua kalbi pen a na’ pai leh, a inn umna uh a polam a kimvel ding na hi. Hiai pen ah pai in” ci in lamdik leh lamtang hon kok muh a. A hon kokmuh lampi, e aw kalbi zui in, kong kociik hetlou khat ah kava lut a, VL Muani te tutphah nip tungah, a leenglate uh tutna pindan a atate uh ‘Homework’ bawl subuailou thei pen dia ka gintakna mun ah kava ki ‘park’ hi.

Nisim 24-10-2009, Kiginni suun dak 12:00 a Pu Daia in Apostolic Indian Mission toh kisai a Khatla Veng a meeting aneih ziak in, huai ni mah zinglam dak 9:30 a kimu dingin ka kithukim uh hi. Pu Daia tenna Ramhlun Veng, Sport Complex saka B. Thangkhuma te inn manoh a ka kipat khiak dek leh, SSPP Lapi internet apan laak khiak a, agelh a tawi hoih kasa thak thepthup a. Huai a ka thil tuah apan in thuguuk khat kon hilh siausiau ding hi: huai tuh, bang cituk in deih kin in, hihzoh pah ut tawk mah le cin, Inkjet Printer a thil na print ding ciang in, na deih kin lam kilangsak het kei le cin. Huci ahihkei leh, na deihkin tata ciang in, na laipuan peuh ‘jam’ dia, a Printer signal light phe laplap in, lah, print nuam hetlou citciat ding hi. A print sunsun ciang in leng adiklou deuh a khatvei beek print sese ding hi.

Pu Daia a tenna inn zong dingin a omna veng lam manoh in ka tai ngal a, innsawng kong khat a ka tai lai in ka khuak kawm a hon huau siausiau sek in, ‘a inn uh hiai ahi’ cih hon hilh a. A hihziakin, Gari tukverh a pan ka et ciang in, inn neitu min mu theilou ka hih ciang in, khollou in ka taisuak a, a pam deuh a lamka-thuam ah ka ding a, ka kiang a omte kiang a Pu Daia inn luahna ka dot leh, “Huai a innsawng tung a luah uh’ ci in, hidia ka gintaak na inn ciah a kok uh hi. Huai inn ah ka vakiik a, a kelkong a ka lut leh, inn neitupa’ min, B.Thangkhuma cih kigelhna kongkhak kihong in a liah ziaka a mutheilou ka hi cih kava mu khia hi. Inntung lam kahtouhna kalbi saulou ka kahtouh nung in kongkhak tung a “K.K.Daia” cih kigelh ka mu a. Huai kongkhak khuta ka kiuh leh nungak khat in kong hong hon hi. A nunga ahon hilh danin, huai nungak kong hong hontu hi’ Pu Daia tanu, a tate lak a nautumpen ahi cih ka thei khia hi. Huai kong khak a lut in, Pu Khoikhandai, tutna tung a tu kava mu hi.

Pu Khoikhandai in Mizoram a Paite khopi Mimbung khua ah kum 1933 in khovak na mu pan a. Kum li mi ahih in a nu-leh-pa’n Manipur a, Tipaimukh bial sunga om Patpimun khua ah pempih uh hi. Patpimun a bang tan hiam a om nung un, 1946 kum in Lamka Nuai, tulai a Zenhang Lamka kicihna mun ah pem non leuleu uh hi. Lamka a Rengkai Road ah inn nei a, ahihziak in UBI kianga a inn uah ahun tam zaw zang hi. Kum 1997 a pan a Lamka leh a sehvel a huih nung toh, a innteeknu uh leh amah dam theihna kituaklou in, 1998 kum in Lamka khopi, kum hiai zahta’ ana teenna leh, La hiai zah-a-tam-a-ana-awihna khua kha se tak in pot khiak san in, huai kum apan in Aizawl khopi ah azaan puan phel hi.

Phung tawmin lah kei chi sam e
Tang khat in zawng ei mah hiang chi.
Seh bang hawma chinglou ei teng lii liai
Chikchiang mawngbang kikawi ding I hiam aw.

Pianna dang lou heina mualkhat
Tuan simthu khaubang suut dang lou
Kua ta’ doh-ai siamin khim hiam aw
Leidou patbang kisai ding lung I gel
, ci in na sa hi.


Tangval nou ahihlai in, huai hunlai a valnou dangte mah bang in sepaihpan ut mahmah tei a. Ahihziak in, pian daan a mi thapan mi ahihziak in agikna(weight) lam ah cing thei mahmahlou a. Ut lua ahih ciang in, huai hunlai a sepaihlui leh thunei deuh ding a atheih teng genpih ding in cial a. A tawp atawp in, gikdan buuksiam tak khat tuak kha khong ua, huai in buuk cing thei ham hi! Kum 17 ahih kum in sepaih ah lut a, sepaihpan a ut luatna lam in, a deih deuhna uh ahih khaak leh ci in, kum 19 in kigelh lut hi. Laizilna lamah pawlguk tan na zil hi.

Sepaih hong lut a, Shillong a training a ahong om ciang in, nidang in sepaih trainingte gilkial dan kihah gen a. A nu’n huai thei ahihciang in lai khak a ‘Bawi aw, na gil khong a kial thei lua hiam?” ci hi ngei dia, Pu Khoikhandai in siamtak in “ Nu aw, ka gilkial zaw phamoh sa keng, nang mahmah hon ngai ka hi, ka mel mulou in, ka omlouh kal in honna sihsan mahmah ken aw” cih La khovel zaak dingin siamtak leh lungkuai tak in hon sa khia hi.

1. Vaimang siamsil dalnema tuunnu’ tongkhak,
Gelgel ing e lungzuan thelbang thou sak.

2. Gel gel ing e lungzuan thelbang thousak,
Laisung gil kial a naa hiam von aw chi.

3. Laisung gil kial siallou hi’ng ka tuunnu aw,
Saulim liap leh ka ngaihsial hi’ng.

4. Ka sau damdil dial sunga ka tuun lung zuang,
Tung Pathian aw Na baanzaal’n Na huai ve aw.

5. Tung Pathian aw Na banzal’n Na huai ve aw,
Von mel mulou pham dingin Na phallou aw.



(Sutzop ding)

Sunday, October 25, 2009

DAM SUNG LAMSAK LAMTOU

Gelhtu: - Khamkhokam Guite

Ka tutna muna pana ka ngaihtuah ciangin, hun sawtpi paita hileh kilawm teituai a. Ahihziak in, hong kipatna tak ahihleh, tuzing dak guk vel a SMS ka muh apan ahi hi. Huai SMS ka sima panin midangte tung kia a thil tung thei dinga kana koih sekte, kei tung ah leng tung phut thei hi, cih ka lutang sung a hon huautu in hon hilh thak zihzeh hi. Mihing hinna kici hi’ huih nung lak a Notkuang tang khat kiatkuang, kuang khop liakliak, bang ngellou a mit non mai thei dinmun a ding gige bang ahi cih hon thei khe sak thak nawn a. Huci bang a mihing hinna deldeep tak ka ngaihtuah lai in, ka lungsim suangtuahna in hunpaisate hici bangin hon fan pih hi:

Lawmte khenkhat in khanvual laka a hu-phulh huailou pen, a mah dinmun couthei vuallou ding omsun ka hihziak bangin gensek mah le uh; kei ngaihdan in ahihleh, khanvual laka mi gin-ompen, kingakna taakpen ka hih ziaka kei hon zawn sek a, hon ngaina tuam se hi dingin ka ngaihtuah a. A ziak bangpeuh hita leh, kei tellou in bel amaute gel kaal ah kawlphia in, vaanpi ginglou peuhmah ding hi.

Huai hunlai in nungaakte’n leenglate omlai in laizial zialzial mai ua, kuama’n thil kilomlou leh thil zumhuai bangin ngailou uh hi. A hun toh kituak ciindaan in, huai hunlai in tangval leenglate lak ah na nungak hel in laizial ahawm ciangin - kingaihnatna leh kideihsakna ensak a; na lungsim mitkha ah Cancer ziaka atuap muat gawp a, akhuh leh hahthiai ciang a atuap muat them naakvang apan hong leengkhia, cih lamlam langlou hi. Na nungak helin leenglate a ding a, laizial mei a patsa akhut zungte kaalciat a siat seuhsauh a, a baan a baan a a hon hawm ciang in, na lungsim ah Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Cancer aat-khiak leh ‘a naa thuak nopna in zou nonlou a, naasa lua a kipekpek’ cih lamlam kuaman ngaihtuahlou hi. Huaite sanga tangvalte ngaihpawimoh zawk ahihleh, nungak in a veilam in laizial hon pia hia ahihkeileh a taklam in, cih khong hi! Ahihkei leh, nungak in laizial a piak kawm in, leenglate lakah kimelh pih seih anei hiam, cih khong in’ tangvalte lungkuai zaw tham hi!

Apa ahihleh District tuam a sem officer khat ahihziak in kava hoh teng un inn ah om ngeilou a, anu toh kia solkal nnasemte omna ding a khopi sung a inn kilam khatah teng uh hi. A nu mel leh piandan suun in ngou a, a kum tamci nailou a, ka et khaak ciang in zumtheih citakin nui ciiciai a, paulou phunlou in zahkai takin lawhpi sunga za-nah omte laizial dingin zialzial mai hi. A nu ahihleh, a cetzia leh khohei dan in, innkuan hoih apan khang khia hihtuak a. Huanah, amel puak dan ah zawng, a melhoih leh hoihlouh lam genlouh in leng, mi vantang tung a mi ahi cih kithei mai hi. A pasal officer khat ahih dungzui in, kou lawmta – singtanglam tangval, kha tamlou paita apat ‘marksheet attested’ bawlthei pante a saidaan siam in, ka mizia uh man mahmah hi. Huaiziakin, gending teng anu’n gen a, leenglate dawn ding leh neek dingteng anu’n sai vek hi. A tanu bel kou kiangah tu ngiitngeet hi.

Hun in khovel ah suklamdang zohlouh neilou a. Hinna nei a, damsung hun ding bikhiak neite kia hilou in, tang leh mual, lui-guamte tan pha - hun in hih lamdang thei vek hi. Nidanga gam-mang leh nonglak hi a lungsim mitkha a na muh gigete leng; anung kum bangzah hiam a nava muh nawn ciangin, huai munah khua na kisaat in, mawltual peuh na om in, naupangte na kimawl souhsouh theizel uh hi. Huci mah bangin, na lungsim mitkha a khosung hi a, ciklai hiam a, cik hun hiam cianga tangvalte Guiter toh a la sakna mun uh hi a na theihte zawng - hun hong pai zela, a nunga nava muh non ciang in, gamnuai –sehalte kualna mun nasuak mai mah thei zel uh hi.

Lamdang thei mihingte lak ah, a lamdang theitungtuan khovel ah om a. Huai a lamdang thei tungtuante lak ah hiai ka lawmpa leng tel thei ding in um ing. A nunga thilpaidaante ka ngaihtuah ciang in, khat vei solkal nna ka sep tung lai ua ka kimuh ua hon hilh “ Supplier te’n India Dangka Teng 300/- hon pia ua ka laakleh, liing gop dektak ing a” acihte tuni in zaw Sialtal khat Thoukang leengin phupai kha ahi cih gen toh kibang hi.

Ka nungaak hel sek uh toh hun bangtan hiam pai nungin hong kiteng uh hi. Hiai ka tenna gam ua thilhihthei innkuan bangzah hiam, sung’ta-putu a kila tuah a, a gam pakzu kitawp huan a, ki-angkhaak a, deihzah ngah khit cianga aval omsun teng khe a palbaw zaw mah laite lakah, a puzon/sung’te zar in ka lawmpa valut kha hi. Huci bangin, neih-leh-lam lampang ah, hun tomcik sungin, ka lawmpa’n, a nu-leh-pa apan a a innsung khosak dan dinmun ngeina uh lehbulh hiil’heel a. Ahihziak in, neih-leh-lam a kiniingciin guihna in hon tonpih ‘a gau’ bangzah hiam bel na om hi.

Hunte hongpai zel in, ka nih un, ka sepna lam ciat uah ka mohpuaknate uh liantou zel in, kimuh khak mengmeng hong haksa a. Ka lawmpa ahihleh, a puzawnte/sung’te ziak in teeltuam tamloute lak ah tel kha a, khopi apan kisuan khelou in om den thei a. Kei ka hihleh, Ni kimvel a leitung akipei volvol mah bang in, singtang lamah khopi kimvel in ka kisuan kualkual hi. Pathian leh heutute deihsakna in awl awl a kaisangtou zel in, a tawp a tawp a singtaang a ka om theih na’ng a om nonlouh takin, khopi ah ka lut khong khong hi. Hun paizelte’n lungsim sunga I na vom tinten thu tampi leh, I thiltuah tampite ‘Hun Niin Bawm’(Dust Bin of Time) sungah hon paih mangsak a, hunthak leh ni thak in a hontonpih thilthakte lah, lawmluite toh kizang khawm kha nonlou in, kimuh sun’ ciangin leng genkhawm ding tawm hiaihiai hi. Huanah, neih-leh-lam lampang a ki khiak luatna in zawng lungsim kituahlouhna, lunglutna leh ngaihpoimohte kibatlouhna piangsak thei hi.

Mi hingte’n van gik lua I puak ciangin, tunglam ki-en theilou a. Kha-vaak leh aksi phe leplepte na muh theih na ding in, na seng gik puak kisang khe phot a, van-gik lua puak ziak a taang mengmeng theilou na ngawng guhte hei puak leklek phot a, awl a tunglam leh na kim na vel na et ngai hi. Tunglam a aksi khen gam mu ding in, I puak gik tuamtuamte apan kisuk awngthawl zawng ngai sek hi. I puak gik tam zawte; mahni leh mahni a kaan-a-vaal a kingaihtuahna(self-pity) puakgik, huaihamna puakgik, duh-amna puakgik, kideek theihlouhna puakgik leh vual-elna diklou puakgikte’n zaw Siamtu leh aksi khen gam toh hon khen thei uh hi.

Hiai ka lawmpa leng Siamtu leh aksi khen gam toh kimelma sak thei puakgik pua ahi ngei dia, ami zia hong lamdang in, ni danga hoih a saklouh a, adem mahmahte kiaklutna buan nawi ah ke lut hi. Nasep toh kisai a Delhi leh khopi tuamtuam a ka muhkhak ciang in, officerte tun na’ng a solkal bawl tun-inn te ah tunglou in, anuai a sem leh semkhollou leng ‘a lawm’ numei khenkhat toh Hotel ah tung sek uh hi. Henry Kissinger in “ Pathian in A kiang a I nget peuh hon piak in hon hamsiat thei hi” na ci a. Ka lawmpa zong a neih leh lamte – a vual zawlna dawn zouzaite gik lua a, tunglam en theilou in ‘kawngtan’ leh ‘khaalkaal’ tan kia mu thei hihtuak hi! Amah a hucih ziak ahi ngei dia, a lawinu leng naupangte’ school kaina cih suanlam in, Nainital, Masoorie , Almora leh Ranikhet leh mun tuamtuam ah ahun tamzaw zang den hi.

A tancin uh a gaal apanin kana za zel a. Ahihziakin, ahoihlam bel tamlou hial hi. Numeite leng nidang numeite bang nonlou ua, ahoih leh hoihlouh bel thutuam in koihta le hang, ‘mit sik a mit, ha sik a ha’ ci thei samta uh hi. Kipasal sak mahmahte leng amau khosakna bangbang a thuka a awm ciang un, a theihlouh kaal un khanvual lakah maizumna leh lungphong thei thil lamdangtak tuak thei thou uh hi. Ka lawmpa zong huci bang maizumna in buak kha hi. Bang tan hiam kikhen mahle uh, ta bang nei a, hiai tan nupa banga na tengkhomtate adingin kikhen mai thil haksapi hita a. Huanah, mihingte’n I thilneihte, zi hi in pasal hita leh, mansuah ding dinmun a I din ciang in, a manphat dan kithei khia hi. Ka lawmpa te nupa zong huci bang ahi ngei ding ua, kikhen theilou, lah, kigawm thei boksilou a bangtan hiam a om nung un, kingaidam tuah in, kigawm kik nawn uh hi. A mau nupa- kinupatna ah ahunpaisa ua thiltungte’n khekhap leh sulnung hoihlou a nawse diam cihbel amaute geellou ngal in theilou ding hi.

Israelte kiang a Pathian in Zawlnei Isai zang a , “ Israel aw, na hong kipatna kokhuk mang ngilh het ken aw” na ci a. Israel hat in, loupi in hoih huntawk kisa mahleh, Pathian in theihna neilou a mawl top’ Suangtum, leinuai apan tohkhiak toh Israel tehkaak hi. Lei kawm apan suangtum na toh khiak tuungin, amah in kilawmna, hoihna leh phattuamna neilou hi. Himahleh, huai suangtum melse tak, sik-khu leh sek a cei a a hong om ciang in, suang kilom tak leh phattuamna nei hong suak hi. Huci mahbang in, mimal mal leh minamte zong Pathian in honzat utna aneih ziak a hon ceite I hi ua, talent hiam siamna hiam ahihkeileh, melhoihna hon piakte, mahni sepsuah sa a, I na kisaktheih pih zenzen leh, hon sek a hon boltu Pathian deih dan kalh I na hi kha ding hi. Huaiziakin, Pathian in Israel kiang a “ Nong kipatna – kingaihniam huai ngoihngoih mang-ngilh kenla, phok khe zel in aw” acih mah bang in, eite’n leng vual zawlna I don tamloute ziak a I hong kipatna I mang-ngilh khaak ding kiveng ni hang.

Alehlam ah, dinmun leh neih-leh-lam a khanvualte leh, na kim na kiang a te phazoulou a na kitheih a, lungkia leh khasia a na om ciangin na hong kipatna innsung niamcik ngaihtuah mah dih. Masawnlou na hikhol a hia? Vualzawlna donglou leng na hi khol a hia, vui-leh-vaai ding na hi a hia, maw? Na hong kipatna innsung ngaihtuah kiik mah dih!

Gamlak gua leh maute hong khangtou ua, sang huntawk hong tun ciang un, hong kui kiknon ua, a kipatna lam hong nga kiknon leuleu uh hi. Huci mah bangin, mihingte leng, bangtan hiam I tunciang in, ahihkei leh, I tung a thil tung khenkhatte’n hon khanglou sak in, I phung leh laizomte leh lawmte kiangah ki-kiknon thei hi. Ka lawmpa toh kum hiai zahta ka kihoulouh nung un, nikum kumbul lam a office thil a Delhi ka hohna uah Lenna ah ka tuang khawm kha ua, ka college kailai ua, a mau hostel leh kou hostelte football ka kidemlai ua Referee pa thukhen dan, lawmta kisel in ka kiselloh uh hi.

Hunpaisate huci bang a ngaih tuah a ka omlai in suunma dak 11:30 vel hong hita ahi dia, ka lawmpa khaak khiakna dia hun sehtuam zat hunta a, phatuam ngai pawlte’n ahih ding bangbang uh hon sem panta uh hi.

Nidang a, a nungaklaia a inn ua ka lawmpa toh ka hoh ciang un, ka lawmpa muh ding in leh a lungkimna ding in akilom theipen in na kicei a, agim zawng namtui vengveng a, ahoih theipen a kilat natum sek hi. Himahleh tuni in zaw Tuivai Lei nuai ah tui tampi luangta a. Hiai khopi nungak leh hiai singtang tawng a hong kipan, singtang tangval diktak in, kum hoih leh kum sia hiai zahta’ na zang khomta ua, dam sung lamsuk lamtou hiai tan na pal gaalkaaita uh hi. Huai mihingte hin khua lampi ah a cang in Saron pallun lakah na kiton ua, a khen ciang in buaina tuipi’ ah na kizuita ua, amau gel - beh leh phung thu ah zawng bangmah kinaina nanei ngeilou, pi-leh-pu apan a leng ankhing tuibuk na ki siimtuah baanloute’n, khovel a cikmah a om ngei nailou innkuan thak khat hon pan khia ua, amaute gel kigawmna kaalah tanu-tapa, nungak-tangval bangzah hiam hong om uh hi.

Tuni in zaw, a dakkal teng a siatlam manoh hulhul, a tate ‘pa’ kianga a om ciang in, polam kilaatdaan a kilomnate bang mah hi nonlou uh hi. Polam kilomnate tellou in, himahleh, huaite sang a lungkhoih zaw, mittui-naptui kai niuniau kawm in, bil-a-za thei nonlou leh ngeingaih thei nonlou a tate ‘Pa’ kiang ah, kah pau delh delh kawm in, “ Nang non paisan in I tate kei kia a bang ci etkol ding ka hia awi?” ci hi.


[Hiai tangthu hi’ a gelhtupa lungsim ngaihtuahna kia a om, a mihing leh hici bang thiltung, a taktak a om ngeilou hi]

(September 21, 2009 Tezpur)

Zokhual Hilhcian Bu

Gelhtu – Khamkhokam Guite

Leitung a vak’ koikoi a, a suk a tung a ka vak’na ah, a mun leh mual leh, a dotna dongtu tuam zel mahleh –koimun peuh ah dotna kibang deuh vek dot in ka om sek a. ‘ A dotna mun ding diktak ah dong kha uh teh’, cih in ka dawng zel hi! Hi tham e, dot dia kilawm tak dot, ahun diktak leh, a dotna mun ding diktak a dot khaak kici pen khen khatte’n ‘vangphatna’ acih uh, akhen leuleu in ‘pilna’ ana cih sek uh ahi a. Pil a vangpha boksi, mi bangzah hiam bel na omlai mah uh hi!

Huai dotna minthang ahihleh “ Zokhual kici mi bang ci mi hi hiam?” cih ahi a. Hun leh kum hiai zah mawngmawng Zokhual ka meltheih hang in, “ Zokhual kici mi bang ci mi hi peuh mah hiam?” cih dotna bel dawn haksa sa peuh mah ing. Zokhual kici pen taksa bung khat leh taksa lom khat ahita zong in, thil tuamtuam ah ngaihdan tuamtuam nei thei a. Dawnna khat, thil teng toh kituak lem cih omlou ahih ciang in, hiai anuai a bang in, thil tuamtuam a Zokhual ngaihdan/hihna leh a dinna mun, kei muhna pan in ka hon phou khia hi:

1. Zokhual leh Kingaihniamna: Zokhual hi singtang a sum-naaknei tapa ahihziakin, khakhat a khat vei beek mehkan’ mehthei innkuan apan in khang khia a. Huaiziak takin, amah a ding in kingaihniam kici thil haksapi mahmah hi. Himahleh, mi dangte ngaihdan thu tuam in koihta le hang, amahleh amah mi’ kingainiam mahmah hi in kingaih tuah a. Huaiziakin, a kim leh kiang a omte a kingaihniamna ling in sun zeuhzeuh in, kaap fekfek in, khen bekbek den hi. “ Kei kaan a mi kingainiam khovel ah kuamah om ken teh, nou khong bang maimai hi keng” cih, a kam in gen khe keimahleh, na ngong in leng a zaak theih ding khop a ngaih in a awm dan, a khohei leh midangte a bawl dan in’ khovel zak dingin tangkou pih hi. Mi’n a kingaihniam ziak a pakta a, manglukhu khusak ding ua a kigintaak lai a, a kingaihniam daan amah zaak a mite’n agen ngeilouh uh pen theih siam haksa sa mahmah a. A mah a phaak zohlouh man uh, a lungsim neu ziak uh ahi, cih kiptak in pom a, a awmna peuh ah gen den hi. Mi’n a ma ngaihdan toh kituaklou deuh hiam, ahihkei leh, a ma ngaihdan kalh zawng a thugen kha hiam aom ciang un ‘ tangteel sihtan’ mah bang pahpah a. A ziak ahihleh, amah bang a mi kingainiamte’ ngaih dan toh kituaklou ngaih dan nei ‘ngam phiang sante’ hi, mi thulimlou, mi kisathei leh misual ahi uh, cih, a kho hausapa uh suutpi sang a leng kip zaw ngaihdan aneih ziak hi.

2. Zokhual leh Sahkhuana: Zokhual in “ Mipi aw tuh Pathian aw ahi” cih apomtheih zawngtak hi a. Huaiziakin, Pathian vaantung pek a om sangin a kim leh kiang a mihing omte muh leh ngaihdan Pathian ngaihdan sang in ngaipoimoh zaw hi. Thumna a neih ciang in ana zatu, akim leh kiang a omte hoihsak ding, siam asak ding kia uh ngaihtuah a, siam leng siam mahmah a. Thumna aneih ciang in ‘Pathian’ cih baanah, ‘ bangkim hih theih, ka belh uh leh biak uh……’ cih adjective 16 sanga tawmzawlou gen veu hi. Ahih ziakin, Pathian kiang a thumna nei ahihlam bel amah a thumtu in mang-hilh sek hi. Sabiak lam a piangthak a a kineih ciang in, Pastor, Upate leh Saptuam makaite manna bei suah a. Saptuam mipite ‘setan’ ci hi. Saptuam a kiteelna a awm dek ciang in kikhop nidang teng sang in taima a, kuan baih a, sep leh bolding zawng muthei mahmah a, a innkuan kikhop ging uh leng veng sung pumpi ah kiza thei ding khop in a gin ngaih hi. Thum khawmna a a thum ging ngaih a, tutphah tung leh dohkaan tung tum ging domdom a, a thum khin nanungpen a apan ciang in, Saptuam a kiteelna om dek hi cihna hi.

3. Zokhual leh Midangte Phatna: “ Vaan ah A mah phatna dailou ding” cih ahih dungzui in, vaan ah phatna la sa den ding in kingaihtuah a, huaiziak in khovel ah kuamah phat tumlou himhim hi. Phatna himhim vaan a hih ding a siit vek tum hileh kilawm hi. Mi a phat khak zenzen ciang in leng a phatdaan apan in – a phat ma ngaih huai tuntun thei hi. Mi hoihna a gen khak sunsun ciang in zawng ‘ hileh leng’ cihin a ban sun zawm a, atak hiam aw, ama phuahtawm cih zawng theihlouh in mi khat peuhpeuh hoihlouhna lampang gen ding theitei gun hi. Mi hoihlouhna a gen ciang in amah hoih huut-huut bang in kingaih tuah a, mi gensiat himhim hi nna hoih tak sep suahna bang in ngai hi. Huai ziakin, khanvual aphakna om sun – migensiat lam ah pan leng la a, a rank sang in a ‘rank kibat pih’ leng mi tam hetlou hi. Mi phat leh mi pahtaak lam bel “ ka tem paina lam hi kei” ci bilbel in, hih tum vetlou hi.

4. Zokhual leh Mi Gensiat: Zokhual in ‘mi gensiat’ acih ahihleh, khotang thil hiam, nam-leh-gam thil hiam ahihkei leh, Pawlpi leh Saptuam thil khawng a, ahoih zaw ding deihman a kigente ‘ mi gensiatna / mi thil hihsa gensiatsak’ ci thei zel hi. Huaiziak in, a hoih ding deihna a – bawl hoih tupna toh kithuah soiselnate hi, Pathian thu oilouhna dan in ngai a, a mah bang a ‘mi gin-om, Pathian lau’ leh mi hoihte hih ding hilou in koih hi. Bawl hoih tupna toh kithuah thil peuh mah, heutute tung a helna leh thukhel man hi in ngai a. Huaiziakin, thil omsa leh pai daan ngeina a paitouh zel a, puan-ak leh khekol a hoih zaw a khek sang a, silh ngei- teen ngei mah, taw dawk in khuuk dawkta leh, a ngei mah setdet nuapnuap mah ‘Pathian thu-oina’ sa den hi. Mi gensiat nuamsa in, cilphuan kai zen in gensek mahleh, a hoih ding deihna a thugen leh hih ding a om ciang in – naupang peuh kisa a, zumthei mahmah deendaan thei zel hi. Huanah, bawl hoih tupna toh kithuah thugen hiam thil hih hiam peuhmahte, ama mohpuakna, ama tavuan ahihlam a mang in leng man kha ngei mongmonglou a, thei pha baan mahmahlou hi.

5. Zokhual leh Politics: ‘Huai kum a Memorandum ki submit” acih ciang in minam thil gen hi in kingai a. Minam politics hi ‘Memorandum submit’ in kipan a, ‘Memorandum submit’ in top ding bang in ngaihtuah a, minam politics laimu hi ‘Memorandum submit’ ding sasim gige hi. “Singh khat in huai a cih leh, Singh dang khat in huai ci a” cih akhut leh khe zanga a gen ciang in politics gen lua daan in ki nei a, amah khom in politics ah leng luut thuuk kisa mahmah hi. Nam-leh-gam it a kicih ciang in huatna leh khaatna in pum dim a, mi huphulhna leh thiikthu sia: nam-leh-gam itna sa sim gige hi. Ama mohpuaknate sem khe ding in a khut-tal khat zawng taangsak peihlou a, ahihziak in, minam bang a a lohsapna teng uh amah cihlouh siah, a biiktakin, ‘namdang’ acihte ngoh den hi. A innsak inn khangte uh toh kalah State hiam, UT hiam gamgi kikhung in, a mahteenna veng in a tuam a ‘politics dinmun’ nei thei ding bang kisa sim gige a, politics lamah Charlie Chaplin duhthusam bang deuh(film ah), a om muang ciang in duhthusam saam sek hi. Duhthusam khovel hilou a, atak gamah bel ganhing bang a tup leh ngiim neilou in; suun khovaak ciang in ne in dawn a - a kheemtheihte kheem a, a guuk theihte guu a; zaanciang in azi kawi a, lungkim mahmah hi.

6. Zokhual leh ‘Sappau’: Sappau vual khat leng adik in gelh thei kei mahleh, a pianpih pau a thu a geen leh gelh teng in Sappau telsak balbal a. A pianpih pau a Sappau a telsak tam ciang in a din mun sang hut-hut ding bang in ngaihtuah hi. Sappau tellou a thugen theilou hih bang hi’ - cangkaanna, masonna hi in ngaihsun a, a pianpih pau sim moh hi’ - ‘thupina mang lukhu’ bang in ngai hi. A pianpih pau ah Sappau hel tam leh, cikni ciang hiam a Sapte mah bang a a vun hong ngou bekbuak in, a lutang aktuam cia hong pha in Sapte suak mai ding in kigingta a. Tuni tan in a gintaak bang in Sapte suak nai kei mahleh, a lungke dek suailou hi. ‘Hahpan semsem ding hi mai’ cih azi kiang ah gen sek hi! A koilam peuh siam neilou in “Liimciinna khovel” ah, Sappau siam liimciing den hi.

7. Zokhual leh Pianpih Pau: Awl awl a amah lungsim a zungkai a hong khang khia ahihziak in, huci ahihlam thei kei mahleh, Zokhual lungsim ah ‘suak leh sal’ lungsim cii kituh hong khang dawngtou hi. Huai ‘suak leh sal’ lungsim in mahni pian pih pau leh mahni ciin daan, tawn daan zumpihna cii hon suang khia hi. Huaiziakin, minam sung a mi dot taak leh, nam-leh-gam it ding a lam- et himahleh, belam vun silh ngia mah bang in, hiai a pianpih pau ci-gam, inn-gam na’ng a vanzat mah bangin nnasem hi. ‘ Sangnaupangpawlpi’ te thuhilhtu leh etton dinga – damsung adia teel khiakte lak a khat himahleh, naupangte mai khong ah ‘bang hang a pianpih pau sin lailai ding’ cihleh, pianpih pau sin a kullouhna sante, cih khong gensek hi. Huaiziak in, “Neek ding a lah su, paih ding a lah sa” acih bang deuh un, ‘nam mangthang’ himai ding a lah kisathei tham, khosuak a mi zahtaak tham cing ding alah cin’ boksilou in, awngvang–a-tangciak-uital mah bang in ciauciau uh hi. Thomas Hardy in “England thupina hi a lavui hoih taktakte ziak ahi”, na ci a. Alehlam ah, Zokhual pianpih pau leh minam a manthat hun ciang in, a haan suang ah hiai bangin kiciamteh ding hi – “ Mahni pau sin ding leh phungvuh ding ahihlam theilou hiai ah akivui”.

8. Zokhual leh Beh Kuanglui: Zokhual in nuam a sak penpen ahihleh ‘Beh Kuanglui’ ahi a. ‘Beh Kuanglui’ I cih hang in a beh tengteng leng amah a dingin lian lotel a, a lungsim in huai cia cia uapzou mahmahlou a. Huaiziak in, amau beh sung ah leng ‘huai bawng’, huai suante’ cih in khen neenlai a. Huai leng amah adingin lianlaw lai a, ‘huai-beh-a-huai-bawng-a-huai-suante-lak-a, huai-kho-suak- teng’ cih in a neenteng khen neu non sawnlai hi. Mi tate’n a gam leh nam uh ading a sem leh bol in a Secretariat khong uah khuak sa zen in ngaihtuah ua, a Assembly House uah gam sung etkol ding daan tungtang ah kinial mah le uh, Zokhual leh a behte’n zaw huaite sang in, ‘Behkuang’ sa meh ne kham, Huandai umna maukeu, ha-holhna dia a bolte zanga a ha kaal a sate holh heuhheuh a, akiang a ‘kawm kuva’ ha-holh zoh cia neek mai theih ding a om ciang in, huai kaan lung-gulh dang nei nonlou ua, a mit un khua mu nawn mahmahlou uh hi. Kiteel ciang in leng amau behte hiam, makpa hiam, tupa hiam lou vote piak theih ahihlam thei ngeilou ua. A “hoih, a siam leh cin” cih zawng a vote piak hi – angkawmna, zehphiitna leh pusa taihsanna danin ngai uh hi.

Hiai a tung a kigelhte hi Zokhual dinmun tom kim, kei muhna pan a ka hon taak khiak ahi a. A kimlou leh deih bang a gen uang zohlouh bang a om khaak zenzen leh, mahni lungkimna tan a uang a ‘comment’ a behlap theih ahi.

PS:- Amah Zokhual hi, guulhik-cil-get thei ding khop in pilvekvuk kei mahlah, mi thuhilhna la thei vanglak khat ahi a. Huai ziakin, Zokhual leh acipihte kibawlphat na’ng om a I theihte, ZOL tung tawn in ‘Thuhilhna Hoih’ khak seseuh le hang maw.
(Sept 12, 2009)

Friday, August 14, 2009

PATHIAN THILTHAWN PIAK

Hatna ka ngen a,
Pathian in haksakna hon pia a.

Hauhsakna ka ngen a,
Pathian in septheihna leh ngaihtuahna hon pia a.

Pilna ka ngen a,
Pathian in ka bawl hoih ngai thil tampi hon pia a.

Haangsan’na ka ngen a,
Pathian in mun lauhuai ah hon koih a.

Itna ka ngen a,
Pathian in ka it kiphamoh ding hon pia a.

Panpihna ka ngen a,
Pathian in ka panpih ngai ngoihngoih mi hon pia a.

Ka deih leh lung-gulh khat leng hon pelou in,
Ka kiphatmoh ngen in hon vuk hi.

Hici bang in ka thumna dawnin om a,
Hiai ahi Pathian thilthawn piak.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

LETTER TO HEAVEN

By- Khamkhokam Guite

Zingkal a innsung a tutphak ging lumlum leh mi kihou ging in khanglou sak a. Hun paisa, ni bangzah hiam paita a thil tungte a ngaihtuah ciang in a manglam bang a. A inn uh zong nidanga a inn uh bang nonlou in thei hi . Innsung pindante tua a lupna pindan uh cihlouh siah kiphel khe vek a. A lupna apan in YPA tutphah ahep ging uh za hi. “ Hiai tutphahte hiai zahzah ngai non ken teh maw, khen khat pe kikta le himai” cia aki hou uh za hi.

A lupna tung ah, anu’n Pathian ni zing a ‘cleansing milk’ patzam a la a, a mai leh a bilte a nul siang sak a, a sam a hiat sak laite a lu neu bilbel sung ah ngaihtuah khia a. Skul kai hong tun ciang a, a skul bag anung a pua a, akhut lang khat a tuibawm khai a, gate a pan a ‘a nu’ ci a naakpi a asap laite phok khia a. Skul a kai non ciang in kuan ana muak mah diam aw, cihte ngaih tuah hi.

A lupna tung ah tutou a, a birth day nia anu lei sak Barbie akhut in kawi tiktek hi.
“Nini, ka nu ka ngai e” ci hi. A ni in “ Na fel lua, na mai phiat ni aw” cih toh lupna apan in pom khia a. Gen ding pen atheihlouh man in “ Na nu maw, vaan ah Pathian kiang a awm a maw, nang hon thumpih gige a, nang hon mu gige ei voi” ci hi. Pathian kiang a pailou a, amah kiang a awm ding in, a nu deih zaw tham hi.

A pu phei tung ah vatu tou a. A kiang ah, “ Pupu, ka nu laithon khak ni “ ci a. A mit hak kilkel a a pu a et touh ciang in, a pu in ‘aw’ cilou theilou hi. A pu in laipuan leh dakbawm hon la khia a, “ Bawi, bang ci’n I gelh dia?’, ci in dong a.

Ka nu,

Vaan a Pathian kiang a awm,

Nu, kawn ngai thei lua.
Ka ihmut cia ka mang a hon mu gige ing a.
Zaan a ka lup dek cia,
Pathian kianga “ Ka nu omna vaan ah honpi in”,
Ci a thum gige ing a.
Pathian in hon dawng pah ding in ka gingta.

Na duat luat,

Bawi.


Huai laithon a gelh khit in a pu in dakbawm sung ah thun a, gum in belh hi.

A nu laithon ding tawi kawm in, lamlian lehlam pang a Post Box a khe ding in, a kim leh paam zawng en manlou liang a kin in tai a. Alehlam apan hat tak a hong tai Car khat toh kituak kha ua. Tua laithon, a nu apan a laksawn sisan in kawt ningniang hi. A khut neu ciuciau a a hum tinten laithon la khia a, Dak Hawmpa’n a et sak leh, tua laithon tung ah “Ka Nu, Vaan a awm” cih kigelh a.

A nu kianga a laithon khak dek atun ma in, amah zaw a nu kiang ah tungtou man hi.

LETTER TO HEAVEN
- Dolly Parton

An old man was sitting at his table one day
Writing a letter to pass time away
His little granddaughter climbed up on his knee
Saying won’t you please write a letter for me
Oh what must I say in this letter I pray
Tell mommy I miss her since she went away
I coming to see her real soon I hope
He choked back a big jump that rose in his throat.

Tell mammy I love her the little girl say
And I pray every evening before I go to bed
That God up in heaven will answer my pray,
And take me to live with my mammy up there.

He sealed it and wrote on that big envelope
To God up in heaven you’ll get it I hope
He stamped it and handed it to her to mail
Her big eyes were shining her little face pale.

She was crossing the street to the box o’er the way
And when she stepped out never looked either away
A big auto hit her and speed away fast
The little girl’s prayers had been answered at last.

The postman was passing and picked up the note
Addressed to the Master and these words he spoke
Straight up into heaven this letter did go
She’s happy up there with her mommy I know.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

BOOK REVIEW:

“SIAMSIL THAIKAWI”
(Paite Rapid Reader)
Paite MIL, BSE Manipur
Gelhtu: Dr. H.Kamkhenthang
Suahtu : Paite Literature Society, Lamka
Aman: Rs 60/-
By- Khamkhokam Guite

Board of Secondary Education, Manipur nuai a Paite MIL a om kipat 1984 hi in kana thei a. Huanah, a laibu leng 1988 vel in ka na simkha zek ngeita hi. Ahihziakin, tunai a “Siamsil Thaikawi”(Paite Rapid Reader) kici kasim leh, First Edition 1997 hi in a Bu ah kigelh a. Lamdang sa a, lawmte ka phone kual leh, hiai Paite MIL ‘Siamsil Thaikawi’ kici hi tamveipi a sung a thute na kikhekta hi in hon hilh ua. Huan ah, Paite MIL tungtang ah thusia tampi na piang in, Law Court a kitun ding a kivauna leh Board of Secondary Education, Manipur te kiang a kiheek a, Board mai a aktui guuk case nei hileh kilom a thubuai genna bang leng omta ahi, cih ka thei khia a.

Hici bang a thusia-lasia Paite MIL tungtang a apian ziak in, hiai Sinlai Bu bolna ah Boardte ginkailou in, PLS ten a zalenna uh mansuah ua, a Bu sung a sinlaite thutuun bang hi hiam cih Boardten atheihna ding ua, English a letkhia a, Board memberte ‘theihlouh pasian’ biak a biak ngai hi, ci uh hi. Huanah, Board Chairman in ‘nang huai gelh inla, nang huai lampang gelh aw’ ci peuh in amuh peuh ban kawk hi, zawng kici hi.

Paite MIL in a tup pen ahihleh, Paite pau kepbit a, Paite pau phungvuh a khang dawng sak leh, pau dik leh gelhdan dik khangthakte kisin sakna ahi pen a. Huanah, pau dik leh gelh dan dik I kizil kawm in, naupangte’n Zogam a ‘zuung khaa’ a, mi hoih leh kingakna taak mihing ahong suahna ding ua a thutuun bol lem leng ahilou theilou in ken ka ngai hi. Hiai Manipur a Paite MIL hi, khovel a Paite pau zilna om sun ahi a. Huaiziak in, a manphatna thei kawm a, leh, a tup leh ngiimte mualsuah ding a lungsim taktak seng a bol ding hi. Aziak ahihleh, skul Text Book in mimal leh minam bol hoih thei a, alehlam ah, mimal leh minam phuk se thei bok hi.

Hiai Siamsil Thaikawi kici laibu abul penpen ah Dr H. Kamkhenthang in Feb 1, 1997 ni in “Introduction” bol a. Huai “Introduction” abolna apan I muhtheih dan in Prof. L.Damodar Singh, Chairman, Sub-Committee on Languages, BSE, Manipur in hiai Paite MIL a sinlai ding in “Manipuri Short Stories” Paite pau a lehkhiak a telsak ding teel khia hi, cih I muthei a. Huanah, Dr. S. Ngual Zadal ( Dr. S.Ngul Zadal acihna hi ding in um ing) leh heutupa Dr. H. Kamkhenthang lawinu Thonzaniang in tua “Manipuri Short Stories” te hiai Text Book a telsak ding in Manipuri apan Paite pau in letkhia uhi, cih I mu thei bok hi. Heutupa John K. Ngaihte Secretary, PLS in “Publisher’s Note” bol a; huai ah, C leh CH zat tungtang hici bang in gelh hi, “siamsin naupangte in amau zatsiam dandan bang in C leh CH a deih zawkzawk uh a zangthei ding uh hi. Zatkhelhman ( zat-helhman acihna hi ding in ka gingta) a mark piakna lam ah gawtna omlou ding hi.” Heutupa Dr.H. Kamkhenthang in nihvei suahna a ‘A Note On The Second Edition” a bolna ah “the knowledge so experienced should be assimilated and accommodated” ci a. Huaiziakin, hiai Sinlai Bu a kigelh thute naupangte’n a lungsim ua paai-a-vawm kinken ding uh ahi, cih ciang hi.

Hiai Sinlai Bu ah Para kikhenlou a, pekmai khat dim metmot a kigelh tam mahmah a. Sinlai Bu ahihciang in naupangte theih siam olsam ding leh, mit hiip thei ding a bol hileh, sum-leh-pai senbelh ding omlou a, editing leh prof reading a hun tam deuh leh tha tam deuh bel seen ngai ding hi. A Bu I sim ciangin proof reading bollouh ahi cih kithei mai hi. “Nohkhia” kici sinlai ah a thupi/heading pek 79na ah om a, athu bel a pek lehlam ah om hi. Punctuation diklou leng mun bangzah hiam ah om hi.

Paite MIL om tung 1984 vel in ahihleh, Sinlai Bu sung a tuang ding ei sung a kigelh khia tamlou mai thei a. Huaiziakin, Talvawm gelh bang, Ngawngkang gelh leh Talpakte gelh tanpha naupangte sinlai ding a bol khiak kiphamoh leng hi mai thei a. Ahihziakin, mi khat in kum 25 bang ahihnung in a naupan’lai puan-akte silh lailai taleh, mite nuihzabuk suak ding a, aki etcian deuh ngai ding hi.

Hiai “Siamsil Thaikawi” laibu sung a “Manipuri Short Stories” kicite, a Manipuri a kigelh/ a original mukei mahle hang, a Manipuri a a manphatna hi ding a I limsiam theih ahihleh, tangthu tomte a ngaihnop huai kia hilou in, literary language – siamthil(art) dan a a kigelh ziak a hoih a, manpha zawng hi thei hi. Ahihziak in, hiai Sinlai Bu a a ki lehkhiak daan quality ahihleh, Middle School exam na a “Na pau in let in” cih dotna naupangte dawnna hileh bel, skulpu senior deuhte’n ahihleh, ‘ a gen khiak a siam kei na a, a lungsim a zo thei ahi’ ci a mark tampi pe maithei ding uh hi.

Naupang in et-ton ding, role model kiphamoh ua. Huaiziakin, role model ding I got zawng picingte mohpuakna khat hi. Huai dingin, I minam sung ua mi et-ton taak deuhte laigelhte ahi bangbang a naupang Text Book a koih(adopt) mai theih a om kei leh zawng, bol lem a koih theih(adapt) ding zongpeih le hang om ding in um ing. Etsak na ding in, Pu H.Jelshyam lai gelh hiam (leh) a la phuah hiam bang Sinlai Bu ah guangta le hang, sinsaktu in a sinlai uh gelhtupa tancin hon gen dia, naupangte’n a sinlai uh kisaktheihpih ding ua, a lak ua khen khat bek tupguhna pe ding in gintaak huai hi. Huanah, a sinlai uh gelhtute tancin tomkim a sinlai topna uah gelh hileh hoih ding in gintak huai hi.

Hiai Sinlai Bu a sinlai tengteng en manlou ding I hihman in, bang cibang Sinlai Bu hi a, bang cibang sinlai - naupangte kiang a lui khia hiam cih, a quality leh standard i theihna ding in, Sinlaite lak a khat “KAWLLAK KENSE SILPAK” kici, namdangte tangthu tom Nu Thonzaniang in a leh khiak, ‘random’ a telkhia in, I enkhawm ding uh hi.

Hiai laibu, naupangte skul Text Book ahi cih lungsim a theikawm in, I etkhawm ciang a I lungsima tehna ciang/tehphung ding a I zat ding ahihleh hiai anuai a bang ahi –

1. A gelhtu in gelh khelh a neihlouh ding hi. Huanah, khawl a sutna ah zawng sut khelh cih a omlouh ding hi. School Text Book ah hihkhial kha cih ngaihdam theih hilou himhim hi.
2. A Paite pau zat, pau dik ahih ding hi. Pau dik kia hunlou in, pau hoih(literary language) ahih ding a, I sim ciang a aluan khiak dan zawng a hoih ding hi.. Naupangte Sinlai Bu ahihziak in a thugelh theihsiam olsam in ngaihnop huai ahih ding hi a, a thu zawng a cian kekkok ding hi.
3. Pau Leh Lai Gelhdan bu toh paikhawm/zil khom ahih dungzui in, leh, PLS te’n abu a suahkhiak uh ahih ziak in, a laigelh zawng PLS te’n lai gelh ding dan, gelhdan dik acih uh vuui zen a azuih ngeingei ding hi.

Alettu Nu Thonzaniang hi Paite kampau sunga Thu leh La a mi suanhuai tak khat ahi ngei ding a, literature lam a a siamna naupang sinlaite’n a phattuam pihtheihna ding un hiai Sinlai Bu sung a sinlai gelhtu/lettu ding in PLS te’n hiai nna poimahtak leh mohpuakna liantak a piak uh hi ding in leng ka um a. Anuai ah, a Sinlai Bu a kigelh daan leh keina muh daan tamlou kon taklang hi.

KAWLLAK KENSE SILPAK
Sl. No. A Sinlai bu a kigelhdaan Sinlai bu sunga a omna mun Hiai Review bawlpa muhdaan leh ngaihdaan
1 2 3 4
1. KAWLLAK KENSE SILPAK Sinlai thupi(Heading) Kawllak hi kensia a, kensia ah zong kawl om ut mahmah hi. Huaiziakin, hiai sinlai heading hi ‘Kawllak Silpak’ or ‘Kawllak A Silpak’ bang ci lehang dik zaw ding in uphuai hi. Ahihkei leh, ‘Kenselak Silpak’ or ‘Kenselak A Silpak’ zawng cihtheih ding hi. ‘Kawlse Lak A Silpak’ zong cih theih ding hi.
2 Ka nesep khawlsan panlel ka hi. Sinlai a thuvual masa ‘Nesep’ ci a kigelh hi ‘Nasep’ cihna hi ding in ka zeldim thu bol a. Huanah, a pauzat dan Paite pau zatdan tangpi toh kibanglou a; Paite pau siamtaktakloute, English a tense mitdel sialkhau lette Paite pau zat dan toh kibang hi.
3. Migloupa Para masa a thuvual 7na a, thumal masa. Hiai a ‘Migloupa’ kici hi ‘Migiloupa’ cihna hi ding in um ing.
4. “Nou numei leh pasal na kihongkhe lo zawzen ua…. Para nihna a thuvual 1na leh 2na. Hiai thuvual in bang ahia a gen ut cih ka thei khezou kei a, hiai bang zil a naupangte Paite pau asiam theih ding daan uh leng kei mi mawl in ka thei khezou kei hi.
5. ..bangtan a sawt ding hiam, kei thukin ka hi, kindeuh in gen in…” Para 2, thuvual 3. Hiai thu gentu amah a mihing ‘thukin’, ‘urgent message’ hi sak mok hi.


6. Amah koisan hiam a na khawl a, koisan hiam a kei ana om a, bang hita hiam aw ka kikhiatna uh? Para 2, thuvual 9 & 10 A tangthu paidan toh et in, bang gen ut hiam cih theih haksa a. A original article ah bel - literary language laitak, rhetorical question hi ding in uphuai hi.
7. Nakpi in kata a cina a.. Para 3, thuvual 4. A ta cina lua ahi, cih gen nuam hihtuak hi.
8. Huai huntak bang ngaihtuah ahi diam ah, Pek 76, para 1, thuvual 1 & 2 A gen ut bel kithei sam.
9. Koi ah kei pasal heh ke’n teh cih gen kawn in mitsi daudau hi. Pek 76, para 2, thuvual 1. ‘Kawn’ cih pen ‘Kawm’ cihna hihtuak a. A pau pai dan pau kilom leh hoih hi theilou hi.
10. Ama’n, “Heh lou e, kuanta ni” ci kawm in a siik a vantun a sekkhum pum nih pia in “Hiai ne un” ci in pia hi. Pek 76, para 5 Kua in hiai thu kua kianga gen a or kua in sekkhum pum nih kua kiang a pia cih cianglou hi.
11. Mipa’n, “na hong dia kilawm zaw hi kei mahle leng, na pasal zuih a hong zui na hi ci a ngai in hong pai lacin leng hithei thou inteh”. Pek 76, para 7(?) ‘Na pasal zuih a hong zui..’ cih sang in “na pasal hong zui na hi mai kei ding maw..” cileh Paite pau zat dan tangpi toh kituak zaw ding hi. ‘Lacin’ cih leng ‘Le cin’ cihna hi zaw ding hi.
12. …..baihlamtak in hicin hon dawng hi. “ Kholai pawtkawm in nang…” Pek 76, para topna Hiai thuvual nih kal a fullstop hilou in coma koih hileh dik zaw ding hi. Hici bang mun bangzah hiam ah om hi. Huanah, ‘Hicin’ cih zawng ‘Hici’n’ cih hileh dik zaw ding hi.
13. ..motor a pan in mi a kumkhe souhsouh uh hi. Pek 77, para 2, thuvual 1 & 2. Hiai a motor a tuang mi thum hi ua, hiai thugentu nu, a pasal leh a pasal naupa hi uh hi. Huai ziakin, a pasal leh a pasal naupa motor apan a kumkhiak ziak ua ‘souhsouh’ cih adverb zat dik zoulou ding hi.
14. A kumlou ding bang, bang ding a hong pai na himhim a awi? Pek 77, para 2, thuvual 4. Hiai Text book Paite pau sinna ding a kibol hia. A pau zat hoihlouh ban ah hiai sinlai bu boltu in, ‘hoh’, ‘pai’ leh ‘zui’ cihte zang khial sek hi.
15. …a tung (inn) teng guizam in a zamdimkhum khat ka mu hi. Pek 77, para 2, thuvual 7. ‘Guizam in a zamdimkhum’ tuh guizam in a ‘khuh’ hi ding in limsiam theih hi. ‘Zamdimkhum’ I cih tuailai – namdanglak, Paite pau kizatlouhna mun a khangkhiate Paite pau ding mah bang hi.


16. Tua in tengte zaw khosak haksa sa mahmah khat hihtuak hi. Pek 77, para 2, thuvual 8 & 9 ‘Tengte’ ahihleh bel a thuvual topna zawng plural ‘uh hi’ cih a top ding hihtuak hi.
17. Bikha nuailam a kipan in numei khat hong suakkhia hi. Pek 77, para 2, thuvual 10 & 11. Bikha nuailam apan a hong suak khia numei tuh sikha hiam, dawite hiam hi mai thei hi. Ahihziakin, a tangthu pai dan apan in mihing hihtuak hi.
18. “ Boinu” ci in tanu kawiphei hi. Pek 77, para 2, thuvual 17 ‘a’ tanu kawiphei hihtuak a. Hici bang a bukimlou muntampi ah om hi.
19. Acina loute na khoi ngei a hia? Pek 77, para 2, thuvual topna Hiai ah Doctor tungtang ahihziakin, Doctor in cinate enkol a; cinate ‘khoi’ lou hi.
20. A pa’n, “ Kei na in na kituah pih geih ding ka thei kei ahi?” Pek 77, para topna, thuvual 5 & 6 A tanu leh hiai Sinlai Bu sintu naupangte’n a gen tup theilou a adeek uh khuat ding un um ing.
21 Hun saupi a thute ngaihtuahkhe lou hileng hiai mi in a ta bangcituk a it hiam cih kithei hi. Pek 78, para 1, thuvual 3&4 Hici bang Paite pau zil in sinlaite’n pau hoih leh kilom a zil khiak uh na gingta hia? Ken tuh gingtak haksa sa ka hi.
22. Hiai nau doctor kivel sakleh ci ka ka hia… Pek 78, para 1, thuvual topna. Hiai literature language, lai pau ahi thei diam?
22. Doctorpa mai ah na zahlak zaw kha dei aw. Pek 78, para 2, thuvual 2na. ‘Kha dei aw’! A dikna mun leng om kha thei. Ahihziak in, Paite MIL ah khelkhel zaw ‘dei aw’ cih kammal diktheilou ding hi.
23. Heh kisa cia, heh kawm a gamtang zaw hi ding hi a, na mu uh maw, U? Pek 78, para 2, thuvual 5&6 ‘Heh kisa cia’, bang gen nuam hiam cih theih haksa hi.

24. Tuni in leng note omlou hile uchin a nu’n a ta vo lai ding ei ve” ci in gen hi. Pek 78, para 2, thuvual 6&7. C leh CH tungtang ah PLS in ut dandan a zat helhtheih ding ci ua. Ahihziak in, O pen ut hunhun ah OU gin a ginsak theih ding cilou un ken ka thei a. Huai ziakin, hiai a NOTE cih in PLS dan kalh hi.
25. Huaitak in ka thu theihnop teng a hong kiphongkhia phengphung hi. Pek 78, para 2, thuvual 10&11. Thu theihnopte ‘hong kiphongkhe phengphung’ thei ahihlam hiai Paite MIL ka sim ma in ken tuh ka thei kha ngei het kei hi.


Hici bang a hi Paite MIL quality leh standard! A tunglam a, Paite MIL in a tup leh ngiim I taaklatte, hici bang sinlai in khua mualsuah in, a subucing zou diam?

Hiai bang sinlai 1984 apan hiam, ahihkei leh, 1997 apan in Manipur a Paite naupangte’n na zilta /na thuakta uh hi. Huanah, hiai Sinlai Bu hi Secretary, PLS in Pulaakna a bu sung ngei ah bawl ahihciang in, leh, a bu suahkhia uh ahih ciang in, PLS te’n hiai Sinlai Bu hoih hun mahmah a ngai uh ahi cih kilang hi. Huaiziakin, a content, editing, proof reading, pau zatdan, gelhdan leh a thil bangkim ah PLS te’n leng mohpo tel uh hi. PLS te’n pau hoih leh gelhdaan dik ah ‘moral authority’ a nei lai/ anei ngei ding uam, cih ngaihtuah ding in hoih hi.

Hici bang Sinlai Bu zil a Paite pau siam haksa ding in gintaak huai a, a siamsate leng hici bang Paite pau asin un tuh, Paite pau siamlouh phah maithei lai uh hi. Hiai tungtang ah Dr. H. Kamkhenthang kia hiam, PLS te kia hiam a moh kei ua, khophawklou a hiai tan om leh, ngeingaih pih ding ahihlam theilou Paite nam pumpi I moh uh hi. Thil om dan I et kimvel ciang in, I lungsim tak uah Paite pau ‘gam bawl’ houh I hi ding uam, cih ngaih dan piangthei hi.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

BOOK REVIEW: Pau Leh Lai Gelhdan

“Pau Leh Lai Gelhdan”,
Paite MIL, BSE Manipur,
Gelhtu: Dr. H. Kamkhenthang
Suahkhetu: Paite Literature Society, Lamka.

By- Khamkhokam Guite

1988 kum vel hi’n ka thei a, U Dr Ngul Zadal in Manipur a pawl kua leh sawmte Sinlai Bu “ Zou Lai Gelhdan” kici bu khat hon pia a. Huai hunlai in abul saulou ka sim a, bang ziak hiam in abaan ka sunzom non kei a. Huai nungsang, sim sunzom non kei mahleng, tamlou kasim na a ka sim khak khenkhat ten tuni tan in ka lungsim vut den ua. Sim non ding kacih ciangin, sepna ziak a ka kisuan vialvialna lam ah, a bu ka koihna ka theikhe zou non kei a.

Tutung June, 2009 a Lamka lam ka zinin, Convention Book Room apanin “ Pau Leh Lai Gelhdan” leh “Siamsil Thaikawi”(Paite Rapid Reader) Manipur a Class IX & X te sinlai bu dia kibawl leh “ Graduate Level’ a sinlai bu dia kibawl “ Paite Late Leh Thute” ( An Anthology of Paite Prose and Poetry) cih ka lei a. Huanah, CBA Book Room apanin “ Zomite Khanglui Tangthu” cih leh “The New English Zomi Dictionary”, Dr. Dal Lian Haokip bawl khiak leng ka lei bok hi.

Hiai Manipur a Pawl kua leh pawlsawm sinlai dia kibawl “Pau Leh Lai Gelhdan” bu ka muh leh; 1983 vel a, Engineering College a Final Exam zou ka pai a, Imphal a lawmte kua kua hiam toh, Dr H. Kamkhenthang a office a kava muh ua, ka houlimna uh hon phok khe sak hi. Huai tunga Pa Kamkhenthang kiang a a Magazine bol “ Vaphual” kici a copy ka nget leh “ Ei lak a huci bang Magazine a leitu ding om nailou a, sun zom zou nonlou ka hi uh” ci in hon dawng hi.

Huai tungin, Manipur a Paite MIL a om dek tunglai ahi a, huai thu leng ka gen khom kha ua. Huai a ka houlim na uah bang toh kizom a ka gen hiam cih ka thei non kei a “ Skul a zil laibu in naupang lungsim ah saupi nna sem a…” cih ka gen leh Pa Thang hon dawnna “ Himah tham e, Germante’n khovel galpi nihna a Judate nuai 60 mahmah athah cimihna uh leng, a hong kipatna tak ahihleh, a skul text book uh ahi” ci a hon dawnna tuni tan in ka thei lai hi.

Pa Kamkhenthang gen mah bang in naupang pawl kua, pawl sawm vel ahong hih ciang un, Sapte’n ‘impressionable age’ acih uh - tangvalnou leh nungaknou hong hita ua, asinlai bu un a ngaihtuahna uh - a khovel muhdan uh leh, tunung ciang a mi bangci bang hong hi ding uh hiam cih ah, naakpi tak in atung uah vaihawm thei a. Hiai a ‘Etkikna’ I neih ding leng huci bang a, Paite pau zangte leh pianpih pau a Paite pau zang ta seselou leng hiai Sinlai Bu pawl kua leh pawlsawm MIL dia zil peuhmahte’ hinkhua leh a mizia uah bang cibang khe khap nose ding hiam cih et I ut hi. Mi mal mizia leh minam zia I cihte inn sung, khotang leh zilna mun a kisinsak dan in thu pua a. Huanah, Americate hausakna leh minam bang a athupina uh, biak inn pulpit ua akithuhilhna un gen tampi nei hi, ci uhi.

Pa Kamkhenthang hi amel ka theihma tham apan ka mi ngaihsang mahmah ahi a, skul ka kailai a, skul sinlai bu dia a bawl “Telsuina’ cih ka muh apan ka ngaihsang ahi a. Telsuina/ Science lampang ah vual polzou kei mah leng, naupan’ cil apan na ngaisang mahmah tei ka hi a. Huci bang sinlai bu abawl khiak ciangin, amah na ngai sangin; tunung cianga amah bat, ka neulai in kana tum sek a. Tuni a kahihna leng - amah phazou kei mahleng, amah ka ettawn ziak ahi ka ci ngam hi. Huai kia hilou a, Paite/Tedim pau phungvuhna toh kisai a, Pa Kamkhenthang sepkhiak leh thohkhiak zah - semkhia a, thohkhia zou India uk sungah om nailou ding hi. Huaiziakin, Pa Kamkhenthang hi Paite/Tedim pau zangte a ding a Pathian vualzolna ahi kacilou thei kei hi.

Hiai laibu, first edition 1984 apan 7th revised edition 2007 tan in bu 12,000 kisunta a. Mi’ laibu zatlui zang’ bang zah hiam om ding in ngaihsun tale hang, hiai laibu skul a sin a, hiai laibu in a hinna uh asuk khak naupang 20,000 lamlam om theita ding in sut theih hi. Hiai laibu a bul lama “ Thu Laizeh” kici hi, bang hiam ziak a hiai laibu sung a koih ngai ahihtak leh leng, a bu tawpna lam a koih hoih ding in ka gingta a. Naupangte skul sinlai bu ahi cih mang-ngilh kei le hang hoih ding hi.

Pek 1na, Para tawpna hiai bang in kipan hi, “ Lushei leh Hmar in Paite/Tedim pau a sang in laigelhna ding syllable kipatna laimal tam nei zaw uh hi. Paite/Tedim pau a omlou Hmar, Lushei leh Pawi khawng in a neih tungtuan uh Hl, Hm, Hn, Tl, Thl, At, R, F, Chh ahi. Thumal tawpna laimal zong Paite/Tedim neih sang in hau zaw uh hi”. Hiai Etkikna I neih laibu hi, skul sinlai bu ahi a, pau tuamtuam suutna, pau tuamtuam tehkakna bu hilou hi. Pau tuamtuamten’ amau a lamdan’na nei ciat ua, hiai a kilamdan’ ziak un khat genneu a adang khat gen tungnun’ na’ng a I zat leh hihkhelhna suak thei ding hi. Paite pau I zilna ziak ahihleh, kuate pau hiam a bat ziak hiam, a batlouh ziak hiam hilou in, Paite pau hi ziltaak, kepbit taak pau khat ahih ziak hi zaw hi. Paite MIL neih theih na ding in mipite, heutute leh pawl tuamtuam in naaktak a pan a laak uh hi ding in ka um a. Huaiziakin, Paite MIL a Paite/Tedim pau tuantualna naupangte sinsak a, pau dang khenkhat Paite / Tedim pau sanga a tungnunna uh hi dia I limsiamte zil sak daih na ding a I zat leh vangtah huai mahmah ding hi.

I theihciat mah bang un, khovel a pau tual lengpen English pau in laimal 26 nei a, ahihziakin, ‘aw gin’/’aw phoi’ 44 nei uh hi. Huaiziakin, vowel khenkhat I, E, O, Y cihten a omna uh thumal a zil in ‘ginkhiak dan/ lamkhiak dan’ tuam nei thei uhi. Huanah, a spelling kibang ciatciat zawng a gen, a lehna a tuam dung zui in a lamkhiak dan, simkhiak dan tuam thei hi. English a kammal khat “Set” cih in lehna / gen tuamtuam 146 nei hi citel uhi. Huaiziakin, Pa Kamkhenthang in Pek nihna Para masa a “ Kammal kipatna laimal I pau a a tawmluat man in Lushei leh Hmar pau sang in Paite pau I gelh ciang in laimal kibang a gelh ding tam lua hi. Etsakna : T + A + N+ G ci a gelhtheih I pau ah tampi omsak hi. Tua ahihman in simkhelh theih tampi om hi” acih zawng, thu vaal ahih baan ah, Paite pau Khothang pau leh Lushei pau sang a a niam zawk ziak hi lou a, Paite pau I cih napnul maimai theih hilou a, sin taktak ngai khovel a pau te lak a khat ahi, cihna hi zaw hi.

Tua I gen Para sung mah a, “ America Red Indian pau mawl penpen a a suikhiak uh, basic sound 20 nei a cih uh sang in I Paite / Tedim Pau mawl zaw suak hi” cih ka sim khak leh ka kiguih a. Koisan hiam a conference hiam, ahih keileh, khawmpi lian khat ah na hoh a. Huai khawmpina ah nam mawl penpen Tuikukte hiam, Bawmte hiam puan tokaihte toh a ning khat ah “ Nou loi huai ah vatu khawm un” hon cita le uh bang ngaih dan na nei ding? I sinlai naupangte’n Red Indian te tuma leh tulai dinmun thei law mahmah uh ahi cih thei kawm in, “Red Indian te kuate hiam?” cih en le hang.

Europe gam a Mikangte America gambuppi a alut tung un, huai America gamah ana teng masate ‘Red Indiante na om uh hi. Tua Mikang hongpen lut thakte’n tua na om masa Red Indian kicite thatcimit dek phial ua, a gam uh laksak ua, khovel a nam vangtah penpen te dinmun in ding sak uh hi. Cinema, tangthu leh novel te hi a vualzou lam gelh ahi ua. Huaite ah Red Indian te ase thei pen a lah leh phoukhiak in omsek mah le uh, atung ua Mikangte tatsiatna amau Mikangte lak mahmah a tampite’n zong dipkuat huai sa uh hi. Tuni in Red Indian te manmawl hi ua, gamsa bang in a mau gam sung ngei ah ‘Sanctuary/ Reserved’ sung a khawi in om uh hi. Hiai I laibu uh “ Pau Leh Lai Gelhdan” in, khovel khangthu a namvual-lel leh nam mawl Red Indian te toh Paite pau zangte Ak-bawm khat ah hon khum khawm hi. I tuailai, hiai Paite MIL sinlai bu a zangte lungsim ngaihtuahna leh a minam uh, a pianpih pau uh amuh dan uh bang cituk in a khoih diam cih ngaihtuah tham cing ding in um ing.

Hiai skul Text Book sung ah Paite pau a simmoh huai zawng a ‘lel/ hilel phot hi’ cih a genna om zeuhzeuh a. ‘Zeuhzeuh’ I cih a tam lo lam hi. Huci bang kampau a om hetlouh ding hi. Paite pau sintaak leh ziltaak ahihziak a Paite MIL om hi. Huan ah, Seminar paper hiam hileh kilawm a, a gelhtu in ‘ka muhdan’, ‘ ka hon gelh khia’ cihte zawng om a. Text Book gelhtu scientist minthang, thilmuh suah neite’n zawng a text book gelh ua a thil muhsuah uh a ‘quote’ ciang un, ‘ka’, ‘kei’ cih - a ‘ footnote’ ahlou zang khollou uhi. Huaiziakin, hiai laibu hi acil in Pa Kamkhenthang research paper hiam, ahihkeileh, a seminar paper ahong kipan zong hi mai thei a. Ahihziakin, School Text Book a I zat ciang in phiatsiang a bawl lem ngai om hi in kilang hi.

H.Harimohan Singh kici hi Paite pau siam mahmah a, thazoh mahmah; Paite pau’ a huumsam a man a, ngeibet fokfok thei ding khop a thazoh ahi ngei dia, Paite MIL Text Book ah mun poimoh tak piak in a om a. Bangteng hileh kipah huai ve ve! Hiai Pu Singh gelh bangbang ahih keileh, a hoih zaw deuh tanpha gelh siam, Paite kam pau sung ah om ding in um ing.

Part I a ‘ Zoulai Gelhdan’ kici hi Englishte grammer zang a, Paite pau grammer bolna ahi I ci thei a. English grammer a ‘Parts of Speech’ te zawng kizang tam mahmah hi. Part II Chapter I a H.Harimohan Singh gelh “ Parts of Speech’ in hiai Paite MIL a sunglai tang ding ahih sapsap in tuh, a bul a koih hileh, a kizawm dan dik zaw ding in gintaak huai hi. Aziak ahihleh, ‘Parts of Speech’ naupangte’n atheih cian ciang un, tua Part I – Zoulai Gelhdan zil le uh theih olsam sa zaw ding uhi.

Hiai “Pau Leh Lai Gelhdan” sung ah Part I ‘ Zoulai Gelhdan’ kici, Paite/Tedim pau gelh dik na ding in poimawh mahmah a. Huai ziak in, tulai a pau zilna toh kisai a laibu a bawlte uh toh kibang in, a Etsakna pe tam in, a thu a genthoh hoihthou mahleh, Example leh Exercise lam pang tua sang in uang bawl zaw leh, tua sang in lai gelhdan dik ah hon makaih thei zaw lai ding hi. Tua ‘Zoulai Gelhdan’ leh Dr Tualchin Neihsial bawl “Lai Gelhdan Tangpi’ kici gom khawm le hang, hiai laibu azang tute’n phattuampih in, Paite pau gelh I siam tuan mahmah ding un ka gingta.

Hiai “Pau Leh Lai Gelhdan” cih Text Book toh kisai a bawlphat ngai leh ngaihtuah tham cing a ka theihte anuai a bang ahi uh:
1. Khangthakte’n Paite Pau, Paite Nam akisak theih pih ua: zuun a phungvuh tham, gentheihpih tham, sihpih tham pau leh minam ahi cih a theih cian ding uh hi. Huai ding in hiai lai bu a ‘inferiority complex’ piangsak thei thumal te , self- confidence, self – esteem piang sak thei thu zeek a kheek khiak vek ding hi. Huci ahih kei leh, Paite MIL in ‘ciikpi’ bang a mite bemkawm a tai khualkhual minam hon suak sak ding hi.
2. Paite MIL Text Book tungtang a seminar leh workshop neih zelzel a, et thak gige ding hi. Nidanglai a Greek philosopher Socrates in “ Dotna dawng’ ngeilou minam a dam khosuak kei ding” ci hi. Tuni in eite a ding in leng dik hi. Bible translation hoihloupi kum sawm li phial zang a, pawl kua leh sawm Paite MIL etkik louh a kum sawmthum phial I zat leh, “Tuikuk Pathian siam zohlouh” mah kibang ding hi.
3. Skul Text Book bawl ding in Skul a sem, skulpu a hunsawt tak na semta, naupangte mizia, naupangte lunglutna leh amau hoihna ding theite’ innteekna a bawl deih huai pen ding a, midang te’n ahihleh huci bang in skul text book bawl uh hi. Hiai Paite MIL sinsaktu skulpute leh azangtu sinlai naupangte kiang ah ‘feedback’, suggestion’ leh ‘comment’ laak gige ding hi.
4. Paite MIL kum 25 neita hang a, Paite pau gelh dik lam ah ma I sawn phah uh hia? Ngaihtuah tham cing hi. Ma I sawn tuan kei leh koilai a bawl phat ding om? Paite MIL zil in Paite pau pianpih pau a zanglou te’n, Paite pau a siam phah ding uam? Paite MIL bang ziak a deih I hi ding? Tua Paite MIL I neih un MIL I deihna san uh awng a huu zou hia?
5. Paite MIL, Thadou MIL, Vaiphei leh Zou MIL cihte a kuapeuh in I zil theih leh haksatnapi omlou a, a ut peuh in I laak theih ngen hi uh hi. Hiaiteng lakah, nu-leh-pa te’n Paite MIL mah picing pen, huai zilte mah laisiam pen uh ahi aci thei ding uam? Huai acih theih na ding un pan laak I tum hia? I tup ding uh hi. Tunai in pawlsawm a Paite MIL a ‘question set’ leh ‘answer paper check’ cih vel ah mipi ginkailou a, Zomi sung a MIL dangte ah sinlai naupangte pemkhe tam mahmah a gen hiauhiau om a. Paite MIL laak ngeingei ding ci a kivau a, a la loute ‘Juda Iskariot’ bang a gen ding hi zawlou in, Paite MIL hoihna, picinna leh a quality in sinlaite leh nu-leh-pa te a hiip a, a zoh ding hi. A quality etlah huai a bol silou a, Paite MIL laloute ‘Paite hi ngal a Paite MIL la lou’ kicih ding zawng hilou hi.
6. Paite MIL azat dan I siam leh minam a ding in vangphatna leh dam khosuahna hontun ding a. A poimohna leh ahihnatak man phalou minam I hih leh bel, Paite MIL I neih ‘vokpi mai a suangmanpha paih’ bang ding hi. Hiai I cih in sinlai naupangte gen hilou in picing, a hoih ding thei dia kilom, ahoih bang leng deih ding a I minam in I lam-et, lah, a khut sung uh atun cia suangmanpha zawng leivui suaksakte I gennopna hi.
7. Paite MIL apan bang I lam-en dia cih kidong tale hang, a tam zawte dawnna ding ahihleh, Paite/Tedim pau gelhdan dik ah honpi lut dia, pau hoih hon sinsak dia. Huan ah, a thu tuun hoihte’n naupangte mi hoih, gam leh nam adia mi suantaak ding in hon sek khe ding in I lam-en hi. Kilam-en sang lua I hi diam?
8. A print, layout leh presentation te tua a sang a hoih zaw in bol phat theih lai ding in gintak huai a, edition thak ah ahoih zaw sem muh kilam-en le hang.

Dr H. Kamkhenthang, Paite Literature Society leh I minam sung ua Thu leh La lam a mi suan huaite’n tua I neih sang ua hoih zaw, Paite MIL hon bol khe lai ding in, talent neilua mahmah uh ahi cih, ken tuh khutme cin vom cia in leng ka ginglel ngei himhim kei hi.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

ZOUZAM

Ka buuktual zouzam aw
Na pallai tom lua sang e.
Pak bang vul a siallei na tan ding,
Na pam lua hi e.
Sun ni tum ding hai bang ngak in
Ka siangah tut khol dih ve, khol lai dih.

Ka buultual zouzam aw,
Sun ni tum ding kawl ah eng singseng e
Sun ni lenkil kiak hai bangna ngak aw.
Lenkil kia a mui khua azin cian
Kei toh pheiphung suan in
Lungtuak sau lam zuan dih ve ni.

Ka buuktual zouzam aw,
Lenmual khum a sau lam na zot leh
Na nua ciang ah sol na bang aw.
Na nua ciang a khat tang saulam zuan
Zaitha pat bang nem na muh leh
Ngal liam kei hi’ng e.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

GIIT-TA INNKUAN KHAT TANGTHU

Taakzang zau lam lou a neih kum hi a. Gamgi lui leh Sumsuih lui kikal ah lou zau ki phah suaka; zauto lam in Vawmko mual sunsuk a, akhunglam in Dakmual phatou phial hi. Hiai zau ah Taaksing(fir) tam a, agam kiphah dan zong hoih in mun khenkhat ‘munzang/muntaam’ cin a gentheih ding zong om a. Huaiziakin, hiai louzau hi ‘Taakzang’ cih a theih in om hi.

Zomite paunak in “ Heima a tuk Taaksing ciim ut/ Taaksing zong heima a tuk teh ciim” kici a. Taaksing icih heipi a kitou phonte ciim ut diak ua, nidanglai in meisel leh innsung a khonvak ding in a ciim te kizang hi. Huci bang a, taaksing ciim khonvak dia ki zangte “Mei-lah” kici hi. Taak hawng pan a ( thin bark), huanah, taaknai leh akung himhim zong mei a kangbaih sing ci khat ahihziak in, gamkang thuaklou a sibaih hi. Taaknou suanhing ahaksat ziak in “ Taaknou suan hingzoute damsot” zong kici sese hi. Zogam a sing poute lak a a etlom penpen khat himahleh, etkol a humbit ngai singkhat hi. Khangluite’n khuadou ua, kumthak-kumlui a khen ciang un, a hunpaisate uh phok kik a lungzung in hici bang in la nasa uhi:

Kumkhen na dia lahmei ka vak,
Ka sang-gah lai hong lang e.
Ka sang-gahlai hong lang e,
Naubang kahlai hong lang.
(lahmei = meilah)

Buhtuh kipanta a, lou haal in akat siat siallung bulte sel nonta ua. Gamkang a sing leh loupa maivelvulte hong sel non panta uhi. A khosakna uh suksiat a om tungleng vasa tuamtuamten leng lam-etna thak toh buu honsep ua, tuui hon tha in, nithak hunthak adia lam-etna lianpi toh tua atuuite uh opkhum uhi. Tua Taaksingten zong tehthak hon suangin, nidang mah bang in huih in amut ciang in Taaknah ging sialsial non panta uhi.

Hucih hunlai in zaukhung lam leh Dakmual kikal a vatlouh gam kihoi phei ah, Giit-ta pii khat in bu nei in, huai ah anoute khoi hi. Giit-ta icih vasa neucik hi a, ahompi a lengin neek zong uhi.

Nikhat, nidanga ahih ngeina bang un huai Giit-ta te neek zong ding in kuan khia ua. Tua Giit-ta nupi, a noute enkollai zong peih ngelkei mahleh, a noute akhualna in, Giit-ta honpi neekzong dia kuankhiate lakah va tel tei hi. Anoute laka a ann niampen in a neekngeingei neek gige cimtakta a, ann a neek ginatlouhna Giit-ta hun sim dan in sot kuam hita hi. Huaiziakin, zaudang a neek va zong a, a noute adinga aci tuam deuh neek ding hon puak lung-gulh hi. Huai ziakin, ‘ka om nuam ngel kei veh’ ci komkom in zau dang a neek zong ding in kuan khia hi.

Huai Giit-ta te asang asing a sim pha ua, tunglam huih khua ah leeng dim motmot ua, singkung a boh ciang un singhiangte kui ngiuungiau ua, a giit-ta rong la in, vawm depdup zou hial hi. A honpi in leng uh a, khat vei leh tung lamah, khat vei leh nuailam ah leng uh a, aleenna nuai uah ni liah zou phial uhi.

Hucih hunlai in huai Giit-ta honpite – loukuan leh gamvakte kigaak-khomna, ‘Khawlmun’ kici tung ah hong leng kha uh a. Huai a leenna nuai ua ‘Khawlmun’ ah pasal naupang khat, gophel leh sailung bangzah hiam toh na om hi. Huai Giit-ta leng zuazuate, ngiimpen leh tup pen zong neituamlou in tua pasal naupang in a gophel in kaptou mok hi. Ni danga vasa kap kha thei ngeilou khat in tua Giit-ta lengte lak a khat kap khe zenzen hi. Huai a Giit-ta kap khiak khak - huai Giit-ta nupi anoute enkol a, khoitu tak na hi kha hi.

Huai Giit-ta asang asing a simte lak a hiai Giit-ta nupi – ata neucikcik enkol lai bangziak a huai sailung in kap kha khelkhel ahi ding? Hiai Giit-ta nupi in thil hihkhelh aneih ziak a athilhihkhelh gu thuak ahi diam? Ama khelhna hia ahih kei leh api leh pute khelhna gu? Hiai Giit-ta nupi akim leh kiang a om Giit-ta dangte sanga khial zaw ahi diam? Ahih keileh, khovel a thudik avai homna omlou a, khelh leh dik thu leng hilou a, a vangtah tungtungtu suk mai ahi diam? Dikna leh felna in tu leh tunung adingin phattuamna anei diam aw?

Hiai Giit-ta nupi a innveng Giit-tate sangin khial zo tuanlou a, huci banga thil hoihlou hih ding in zong hun neilou a, ahangsanna leh pilna in leng cinlou a, kisi khop tak a hing khe nimnem khat hi. Huai ziakin, gitlouh ziak leh khelh ziak a got ding hileh amah penpen bang mah ahoih lam hi’n aselam hileh kuamah phakzohna neilou pentak, got biik na’ng omlou a. Tuaci mah bangin, kipahman leng bang lam peuh ah phulou hial hi. Bang lampeuh ah enta le hang, hiai Giit-ta nupi in hin na’ng ding ziak nei a, anoute abu sung pan a kam vak ngailai uh a, amau a neek zong thei nailou uhi. Himahleh, huai sailung haileen khat ziakin ahinna laaksak in om hi.

Hiai Giit-ta nupi kiangnai a leeng, a khaveng uh kizap kha phial a leeng Giit-ta khat enta le hang. Amah sih ziak a tagah ding, meithai ding omlou a. Giit-ta khotang leh a innkuan pihte mahmah in zong aniinluat uh Giit-ta khat ahi a. Huai kia hilou in, amah leh amah leng hin kining tuntun a, khenkhatten ‘a thanopna in cin hileh ki-awklum khinta ding hi’ ci hial uhi. Ahihleh bangziak a huai Giit-ta nupi - anoute vaaklai si a, hiai Giit-ta hin kining ngoihngoih dam ahi ding? Huai Giit-ta nupi si a, huai Giit-ta thulimlou ahin ziak a bang phattuamna om ding ahi ding?

Hiai Giit-ta nupi in athil hihkhelhte ziak a sai-lung a got a om hi’n ngaihsun tale hang. Ahihleh, a noute- amah tung a ki-nga liauliau, zan zek apiangten lah khelhna anei ding uam? Nu te kamvak vasa nou in khelhna lianpi neithei ding in um khang e! Ahihziakin, amau vaktu a pii uh asihziak in athuaktu pen bel hiai Giit-ta noute, apii kam vak a awmte hilou theilou uhi. Huai Giit-ta nupi akhelhna ziak a got hita leh, amah got ziak a anou poikhoihlouten thuak ding ahi cih suut tellouh ahi diam? Anoute thuakna ding ngaihtuahlou a apii uh gottu hehpihna adim leh thudik - thutang a vaihom ici thei diam?

Nitaklam hong hi a, Giita-ta nou dangte piite tung diamdiam ua, himahleh amau pii zaw hongtung thei mahmah lou hi. Tua Giit-ta noute gilkial dangtakin abu sung uah a pii uh tun kal ngaaklah takin na ngaak ua. Amit uh zong hakzou nonlou a, singteh keteng a pii uh ann toh hong tung sa in a kam uh nana doh uhi.

A pii uh, amuk a ann hontuah veuvau a hongkik non ding a omlouh zaan a, bang cibang a damkhosuak uhiam cih gen dan tampi om a, “kei panpihziaka dam khosuak uh ahi” azaklouh kal ua aci thei zong huai Taakzang zau a Giit-ta te lak ah ahunkuam om ua. Ahita zongin, huai zaan a daitui a bangtel hiam thei khang maw, gilkial dangtak a bahgop a kamka sa a a ihmut kal ua, akam ua daitui taaklut in dawi-havang kalah damkhosuak sak hi.

A pii uh etkolna nuai a omlai hile uh, a bu sung ua kamvak ding himahle uh, gilkialna in alouhtheihlouh in bingphut a, a kha’ uh zaka huih khua thoh ding in lau pipi leh, a kha’ guhte uh hat nai kei mahleh, gilkialna in ahat hun ding ngakzou nonlou a, a bu sung ua pan hong tom khia in neek zong uhi. Mangkangte’n “ A louhtheihlouh a kiphatmohna hi sinsaktu hoih pen ahi” ci ua. “Ka naupang lolai, ka guh a taak nai kei” ci a suanlam bol amau adingin noptaalna – adinmun un a phakzohlouh noptaalna suak hi.

Alehlam ah, hiai Giit-ta unaute’n, athiltuah uh ziakin, hun manphat dan thei ua, mahni ngaihtuahna, tha-leh-zung zanga mahni khe a din ding ahih dan leh, mahni khe a din theih dan, din siam dan zil khia uhi. Gintaklouhpi a a pii un a sihsan phut ziakin - sihna in cikciang a atuang ua vaihom khum ding hiam, cih atheihlouh ahihziak un, sihnung hilou a damlai ngei a ki-it tuah ding ahih dan zong zil sak hi.

Huai ‘Taakzang zau’ a Giit-ta khosa thei polin hong khang khia uhi. Huai a pii uh hong tun theihlouh zan a tua Giit-ta unau te thawm za khate’n alungsim uah kisuanlahna nei velvul ua, tua Giit-ta uanute vangpha in koih thei mahmahlou uhi. Himahleh, huai zaan- a pii uh sihsan zaan theikhalou a tuni a adinmun uh kia mukhaten bel Giit-ta unaute vangpha ci uhi. Huai Taakzang zau a tanu nei Giit-ta innkuan, ‘kei ka hi’ kici deuhten, tua Giit-ta unaute, miimtang, taangtang khawl in zawl den uhi, zong kici hi!

Hiai Giit-ta unaute a pii un dampih den hileh a pii uh tunga kipum ngak in tua atunna tan uh tung zoulou ding uhi, aci pol om ua. Ahihziakin, tua atunna tan uh atun theih na’ng ua, a pii un lungphon huai leh, mulkim huai tak a anotsiat - tua adinmun uh atun na’ng ua a man apiak uh, man tamlua deuh hilou ding hia? Tua Giit-ta unaute vangsia uh ahi diam, ahihkei leh, vangpha???

Banteng hileh, hun a pai ngei in pai zel a, huai lou zau a lou neitute’n ‘buhtuh’, ‘buh-hamkhoh’, ‘a thual non’ leh ‘lou-phuai’ zouta ua, buh min hun ding ngak uhi. Lou lai a, tangmai guiten a dam hunsung ding ua Siamtu sehsa zangzouta ua, khovel mangpha khak kom in vuai ningniang geuh uhi. Tangmai muat gim in hunkhat beita hi, cih hon theisak a. Himahleh, huai tangmai muat-ten a muatna mun ua, a tang/ tangmai tang a notsiat te na muh ciangin, ‘hon nose denlou a, hun thak leh ni thak a asik-leh-tang ding hon not siat hi’, cih na lungsim ah hong lang a, lungmuanna leh kinepna thak hon guam hi.

Lengthe ten leng hiai hun ding ngak uh hileh kilom in, a kibukna mun ua pan hong pot in Zogam hon awi non panta ua. Phavang nitum kuan, tumlam kawlmong ah eng singseng hi. Nitak khua hong mial a, zan hong sot ciang in; electric vak in a polh/hel daa louh, Kha vak ciiktak leh taksa tak nuai ah, Guiter gui kimlou tumkom a, “Ngaih aw kei a kia na hi…’ ci a lasa zak ding leng om hi.

Lou a buhte hong vui panta ua, buh vui-te min nailou a a tuipum ciang un, huai buh tuipumte tawp dingin, Giit-ta te ahonpi in vanlaizol ah, ham zoizoi kom in leng noinoi ua. Lou neitute’n a lou ua buh tuipumte, Giit-ta in a tawp siat veklouh na’ng in, Giit-tate lauh ding in ‘kilong’ khai ua, kilong akaih ging uhleh, Giit-ta hawl a kikou thawm sun nitum in kiza den hi.

Tua Giit-ta honpi, hiai Giit-ta unaute’n makaih uhi, kici hi.

INVICTUS

Zanmial in palbang hon nang zong in,
Kei din khim khua zing zong leh,
Pasian lungzai tungah nuam zel ning
Simsing bang gil lungtang ka neih vang in..

Lung ngaih lum-mei nuai’h ka hei zong’n
Ka vui lou a, naubang ka kaplou e.
Ka kung tungah vaanpi acim zong in,
Ka lu sisan akai zong, lau in akunlou e.

Hih laakmei luankhi leh hehna khen ah
Vangsel in haibang hon ngak ahi zong in,
Lungzin tuan a sawt mazap ka hi zong,
Lungdong tongkhong in ka donlou e.

Ka nun tuanglam kocik’n zong leh,
Pampaihna in hon ngak ahi zongin,
Ka vang keimah thuthu hi e,
Ka nuntakna boltu kei mah hi ing.


(Pu Williams Earnest Henley kianga kisuanglah taka ngaihdam ngen kom in)

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

DOKDAWN

"Dokdawn, Dokdawn koi a hoh ding?”
“Gun gaal ah.”
“Na tung zou dia hia?”
“Kileh lai ding ci kei voi.”


Dokdawn kua hi hiam?:
Zogam a teng a, khua-leh-tui hihna neite lakah Dokdawn suan huai penlou a. A mel ngaihbaang in vouna tuam neilou a, a siamna leh ganhing dangte sanga tungnunna leng neilou hi. Khuangbai bang in lasak siamlou a, zolengthe banga khuansiam in Zomite lungzuan kaithou in, thu leh la lam ah zong zolenghe mun luahzou deksuailou hi. Tangtel bangin lei hoih bol in Zomite hinna khoih khalou a, vahui bangin itna leh kinuam tuamna genna in leng kizang ngeilou a, Dokdawn hinkhua paunaak leh thugiil in zong kizang ngeilou hi.

Dokdawn, dokdawn koi a hoh ding?:
A hun leh amun athei om nonlou ua. Ahihziakin, Zogam a ‘Gun gaal leh lam pang khat’ ahi cih bel ciang hi. Tupna nei a, manohna tumta neite a gaal apanin zong theihtheih a, akal suan, khohei dan leh a mitmei suan un zong gen nei hi. Huaiziak takin, akim leh pam a omte ngaihsak loh a, a theih phak un om hi. “Dokdawn koi a hoh dek hiam?” cih houlimna pen hia, huaiziak takin a hawkdaak deuhte’n “ Dokdawn, Dokdawn koi a hoh ding?” ci in dong mah uhi.

Gun gaal ah:
A omna pan in Gun gaal ngaih tuah a. A lungsim mitkha in gaal lehlam mui ciiiciai in mu hi. A tup leh giim teng Gul gaal atun ciang ahih ding bol dingin koiha. Huai a lam-et leh lung-gulh gige gam atun ciang in huai ah a duh leh deih teng bukim dingin ngaihtuah hi. Zo huih khi nung hiauhiauten Gun gaal a ngaihna zual sak ua.

“Khiaklah lungtup anglai pai bang pom ing
Anglai pai bang pom ing e, ka lungtup
Deih lungtupin duang tham gubang nong zen e,
Duangtham gubang nong zen a maw,
Vangsel thaitong bang kahloh ngawng ing.

Khiaklah lungtup aw na laukha paibang kop ing
Na laukha pai bang kop ing
Lunga ka deih lungtup aw
Na vanglian sialsial ing a maw
Na sakmel lomnou dawn cim lang e.

Khiaklah lungtup siktui dawn ing e
Lungtup siktui dawn ing a maw
Luai nau bang oi oi veng e
Luai naubang oi oi ing
Sian nun ka zil zawng in
Leimi nun pai bang kop ing e”,

ciin Dokdawn in atup gildan la in sa hi.

Bang ziak a Dokdawn tuni khelkhel a Gun gaal a khual zin dinga kisa khia a, bang vahih ding hiam cih theih zong kul penlou a. Amah ngaih a zinpoi moh hi ding hi, cih I theih leh hun hi.

Na tungzou dia hia?:
Gun gaal a zin ding a, a tha-leh-zung leh ahatna in mite muh in ciin penlou a. Mite’n Gun gaal atun zawh gingtalou ua, hun paisa a ahihna in atunung hun dinga a lohcin leh lohsap ding ah thupukna na bol mokmok uhi. Hun paisa poimoh a, ahihziakin hun paisa ah kuamah kileh kik theilou a. Huaimah bangin lamdangthei hinna neite kikhek lamdang in ahinkhua lamsuk lamtou a apaina uah ‘ Damaska kho kiang ah vakin sun pai in’ hun thak ni thak ah kilamdana lian tak nei thei uhi, cih Dokdawn in haihlou hial hi. Himahleh, mite’n um zoulou uhi. Huaiziaktakin, ginglelhna toh “Na tung zou takpi dia hia?” ci in dong heihai uhi.

Ahihziakin, aman’ tupna leh utna nei a, Gun gaal lung-gulh den hi. A tupna in a khohei thoveng sak a, a lungsim ah singbul mei a kang mit theilou - huih nung neukha in a seem khak ciang a khuu non a, mei aam muh thamlouh apan hong kuang suah zel mah bangin, a utna lungtup phelh vuallouh in suak khe zel hi. A tupna mun, Gun gaal tung dinga lampi a atuah ding hatsatna tampiten amah lungke sak tuanlou ua, huai atuah ding haksatnaten amah ah tup guhna pe zaw a. Amah lungsim ah ‘haksa’ cih thumal omlou a, ‘couna’ cih bel om hi. A mel-et banglou takin ‘couna’ apan a tai sia maimai ding Dokdawn in piang khalou hi.

Kileh lai ding ci kei voi :
Dokdawn in lamdanna tak khat nei a.Mite ngaihdan in pailou a, amah in ngaihdan mulmal tak nei a. Mi’n bang teng gen mahle uh, aman amah hihna kitheician a. Mi hingten mit a amuh uleh agintak thu un ngaihdan kibol tom ua, apoimohpen asunga om muphalou uhi. A gaal apan na en a, mahni ngaihdan diklou tak leh thupukna diklou na bolten atheihphaklouh uh, amah Dokdawn sung-gil ah om hi.

Mangkangte’n “Tupna a om leh lampi om” acih bang un, atupna in guntui tung ah lei doh dinga, amah leh amah akimuan ngamna in huai lei kidoh kal suan kiptak toh zui ding a, a lung-gulhna in huai lei kidoh ah letsan kiptak bol dinga, huai len in atup leh a gim gige lui gaal lehlam tung ngei ding hi, cih zong ginlelh huai lou hi.

Huai ziakin, Gun gaal tun zoh maimai in Dokdawn alungkimlou a, kileh kik vetvet tum zomah lai hi.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

ACE, HON ZONG DING KA HIH KHA AW!

It tak Michael,

Ace, Vaan gam anuam hia le? Na gintaak bang nasa hia? Mi’n zaw ahoih dan, a etlom dan gen sek uh ei ve. Ahihziakin, ahihna tak kuan athei tuan dia? Vaan gam bang ci banga om ding hiam cih ka theihlouh ziaka, sihna na lau sek ka hi cih, tun ka thei ta ve. Thil lamdangpi khat hong om a maw, non paisan nungsanga ka ngaihtuahna tengteng kikhek vek ei ve.

December ni 6, Kiginni akha maw ka nnasepna mun a om ing a, Vinny te inn a nang kongpi hun ding dak kal khat a asaplai a ka phone hong ging a. I sang gamnu uh, Laurent hon phone na hi a, “Shampoo lei di hon manghilh het ken aw” hon cidek ataget kei dia, ci a ngaih tuah ing a. Ahihziaka, ka gintaaklouh lam daih “Car in Mike a phu kha” cih hon hilh daih a.

Naak kiguih lua inga, hamhaih gop kei ve. St. John Hospital lam manoh a kong tailai banga leng ling den inga. Lampi a kongpai kawma na guh tam lua akitanlouh na’ng bang, na mai khong a liam a, akisiat gop louh na’ng banga ka thumna te tua le thei lai kei ve. Nang bang a pasal naupang (kum 11) fel leh hoih, si thei dia hon koihlou himhim inga. Nang banga naupang hat leh kuapeuh pahtaak in liam nasa lua tuakthei dia hon koih phal mahmahlou kei voi.

Ka thiltuah zaw mulkim huai lua a, ka mumang sepenpen sanga a zawng se zaw a. Damdoi inn ka hong tuna, Doctorte pindan, I innkuanpihte leh na lawmte om na muna hon kha phei ua. “ A Lam-et huai hia?”, “ Dam mai thei, ase pen le kituak thei”, “naupang khong zaw thuak hat ua, damzou mai thei ei ve” cih khong ana houlim supsup lai ua, akiang ua tutphah a tu suk nolh inga. Huai Ki-At na pindan sunga na awmlai a maw, nidang a kon thumpihna tengteng sang a nasa zaw a honna thumpih ing a . Na ki-at khit a, kei leh na nau nu Laurent leh Jeff toh ICU pindan a nang hong veh dia hong lut ung a.

Ka honglut uhleh nana om cin a maw. Na taksa mun tampi a hon tuam belbual ua, ‘drip’ khong hon khai ua, na liamna leh ahon tuamna uh kal a ka nau pasal - ka it luat mel hoih tak lang a maw. Na mel hoih ka sak dan agen le ka siam kei. Doctor in ‘khua a phok kei na a, na genteng uh zaw thei mai thei ei ve” cih hon hilh a. Himahleh, ka gawla hon hutu khat om banga, ka pau dek cia ka aw suak thei mahmahlou a. Ka lungsim a om gen khiak leng ka siam kei. Hithei hileh zaw, khovel pumpi hon piak ut hi ing a maw, tua lah na khut let mai louh ngal hihtheih dang neilou inga. Ka lungsim in “ Mike, hong halh ve, hong halh khe mahmah ve maw. Hong pang hamham in aw” ci ci mai kei ve.

Huai zaan a, Laurent leh Jeff toh ka thum ua, dak 11 a inn lama honna pai san unga. I nu leh pa’n damdoi inn a hon om pih ua. Inn ka tun ua maw, na la hoihsakte khong I inn uh thawn zuazua zena a ngaih a ‘play’ ung a, om le cin zaw nuam nasa mah di. Huai khit a ihmut tum inga, ahih ziak a, ihmut malak a, ka lungsim Vaan a khai mah bang a, gam teng mun teng ngaih tuah khop ing a. Becky te kitenni a nuamsa a nitum phial a na lam dan khong, Guiter tum kawm a na vial tomtom dan khong, Krismas drama a Braina na deihsak ziak a, aman nang munluah leh na cih ziak maimai a, na ki hihkhelh sak lemlem dan khong ngaih tuahtuah ing a maw, ihmu thei mahmahlou kei voi. Nang toh hin khom naak nop hi na mai zen e, cih thei khia ing a. Tua nang tellou a hin ding ka ngaih tuah cia, ngai ngam mahmahlou kei ve.

Nang a dia ka hihtheih tengteng uh hih ung a. I pa neu, Bob in ahihtheih dang a omlouh man a - laizial a hai hai mai zen toh - Pathian kiang a Mike dam sak inla laizial tep ka top di ci a, laizial na ngol a. Huai cia na lawmpa Matthew inlah, biakinn a va pai a, na dam na dia pulpit mai a mombati 21 ( na basket ball number zah) va de ri-ngot a. Damdoi inn apan na hong pot ciang in zaw nang min in Party a nuam anuam in I ‘throw’ ding uh aw. Frehley bang leng nang hong veh dia I nu leh pa’n damdoi inn a hon tonpih tum uh ei ve.

Lam-etna, duhthusam leh thumna toh azan masa pal galkai hamham unga maw. Na dam khiak lam-etna ziak a damdoi inn hoih zaw a agen uh, Columbia – Presbyterian Hospital a zingkal a hon suam phei ua. Naupang ICU ( Naupang cih nazadah kei le cin, kum 19 tan huai a koih uh ahi) a Doctor te’ leh nurse te’n kitatsatlou a, hun teng a hon enkol den ua. Kei le huai aom ing a maw, ka lungsim a honna hanthawn den ing a, “ Mike, pang aw pang aw. Tu kimawlna hilou, ataktak ahi aw, naak takin pang aw, pang aw” ka lungsim a na cici mai mah kei voi

Ace, na fel ngei mai, zan dangkhat pal galkai non nei voi maw. A zingciang zingkal baih tak a Damdoi inn a ka hong hoh uleh, CAT Scan na laak laitak hi a. Hiai hon hihzou le ung na muthei ding uh , honna ci ua. Ahihziak a, na lungphu hong buai a, Doctor ten theitop hon suah non ua.

Ka lungsim om thei mahmah lou a. “ Mike, si thei na hi kei himhim. Na hin na ding ziak tam lua ei ve. Guiter ka kizil ding na cih kha, kizil nailou nei ve. Matt leh Vinny toh Band ka bol ding uh na cih kha. Nang na om ken na Basketball Team uh bang cita ding. Khawl dih, khawl lai mahmah dih, Mike. Hong pang hamham lai ve maw, Mike. Nang omlou a kei bang cita ding? Hehpih takin panglai mahmah ve” .

Ahih leh aw mai in. Kawn thei siam lua, Ace, moh konsa kei. Theih top na suah ziak a hiai tan hon dampih na hi cih ka thei. Na liamna a nasa lo tel a ahi.

“A hon beisan ta” acih uh ka zak kankan a ka pian nunga thu zak nop huailou ka zak khak ka theingei kei. Ka lung vai a, ka omna pin dan kipei volvol in ka thei a, ka taksa apan ka Kha pawt khia hileh kilom hial in ka thei a. Nang toh si khom in, nang toh om le ka ut ngei mai. Nangtellou ahin ding zaw ka ngai ngam mahmah kei.

Na taksa a kithuah ‘tube’, khawl leh thil tuamtuam te alak khiak khit ua, Doctor in na sang-gampa na muthei di hon ci a. Ka kiangah na Kha om banga thei inga. Na liangkou hon soi a, hon phon halh ut lua ing a. Ahihziakin, hon tawp tonton kom a, na mai leh ka mai sutuaha, na mai tunga ka mai ka ngaa a; nong kik non na’ng a hih kul om tengteng hih ding in ka kipeih gige hi. Himahleh, kahih theih om sun zaw “ Mike, nang honna paisan ding maw” cih himai hi.

Mike, hon nawse denlou a, kei kianga om lailai nei ve maw. Dam sung ka khosak touh zel na ding a hon ompih a, hon panpih den in kon thei a. Nanga pan zil khiak hau lua kei ve. Mike, nang’ zaw, ka hun omlel te’ manphat dan non sinsak a, dam sung lam suk lamtou a ka thil tuahte pahtaak dan, kipaak a nuih dante, lungsim zangkhai tak pu a, ka mihinpihte ahihna bangbang ua pom siamna te non sinsak a. Kum 11 zaw bangci zawngteng inteh leeng le sawt kei mahleh, huai sungin thilman pha tampi non zil sak a, tuni tan a kipahna ka mansak theihlouh ding non pia a.

Na hon thil piak thupi penpen zaw sihlauhna apan na hon suahtaak sak ahi. Sih ka lau non kei. Nang bang a naupang pahtaak huaite adingin Pathian in thilhoih lua Vaan ah na koih ngei ngei ding in ka gingta a. Ka ginna a kip deuhdeuh , aziak ahihleh, Pathian leh Vaan gam omlou bang hitaleh, nang koi ah na om dia? Vaan gam bang leng nang om na hihcia, etlom a, nuam lo mahmah ngei ding mah ahi, cih ka thei cianta. Kei hun leng ahongtun sam ciang a, Vaan gam a hon zawng ngeingei ding ka hih kha aw. I kimuh pah na dingin hon na en deuh ve maw. Kon ngai thei tel mai, Ace. Ahihziaka, kei kianga omna hi cih thei gige kei ve, I kimu non ngei ding cih leng ka thei cian.


Nang hon it
Na sang-gam nu,

Jenn

Gelhtu: Jennifer Lohrfink
Lettu: Khamkhokam Guite

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Vaphual Tangsa Va-ak Tang: Nuih Hiau Ding


Mihingten mahni din mun ciat ah thil hihdik leh hihdiklouh ki nei nimnem geuh a. Kei ka hihleh, hihdik lam sang in, ‘thil hihkhelh’ lampang ka tempai na om sunte laka khat ahi a. Huaiziakin, Dawi ha-vang kala ka suahtaak sunsun cianga leng koilai hiam, a ha-vang dang khata, lutnon kha zel ka hia. Vualzohna di ngeingei banga leng, mahni ‘goal’ a peklut kha a, vuallelh hamham sek hi ka mizia ve ahi a. Huai ciah ahi, ka dam sung tangthu tom kim! Hihkhelh nuam kasak luat ziak leng hilou in, ka hih khelh ziak maimai ahi a. Huai ziak taka, hih khial kha sek ka hi! Na gintak kei leh anuai a sim le cin:

Khat vei nitaak khat, khual zin katun ni hiin ka thei a. Nitak dak 7 leh dak 8 kikal in Electric hong mit a. Ka tate khenkhat computer games kimawl bang, khen khat TV en bang, leh, khenkhat music ngai khia te ka kiangah hong kimu khawm ua. “ Pa, na khual zinna hon hilh in” hawng ci ua.

Ken leng Delhi khuapi a Meeting a ka tel khakna khat hilh ka tuma. “Delhi a ka Meeting na uah gam min abul patna laimal kibang teng hontu khawm sak ua. Ka kianga tu, Manipurte palai, a lal a lal melpu khat toh ka tu khawm kha ua’ ciin abul ka pan hi. “Huai Manipurte palai, a lal a lal ci kha ei-pau a pau thei ei ve’ cih ka gen pat leh ka taten lamdang asa mahmah ua, kam ka heuhou zen in ka thugen hon ngai khia ua. Khat in “ ei-pau koi a azil a?” ci in hon donga. A dotna dawng dinga ka kisak bemten laitak in, ka tate lak a nautum pen, khovel a thil tengteng thei a kingai penin “ huai bang a Gaal-zilna a azil hi in teh, mi’n le thil atheihlouhte uh a Gaal-zilna in a zil zel ve ua le’ cih, thudik tawp khawk gen bangin, bil nei teng zak khop dingin ahon puang khia a.

Hi e, ei-pau Gaal-zilna, a Mangpau a ‘correspondence course’ acih uh, a om leh omlouh theician ciah kei mah leng, ngaih dan hoihpi khat, lunglut huaipi, lung bang leng phawng lampang deuh hi in ka thei a. Tua mi lal in, ‘ei-pau’ a Gaal-a- zila, a zil ding dan ka lungsim in ka ngaihtuah a. Ka neulai a, ei-pau ka zil dan ua zil dingin ka ngaihtuah mawkmawk a. Ka mitkha a tua mi lal mu kawm in, ei-pau a zil ding dan, “ B + A = BA, CH + A = CHA, A paw ngaw ngaw, A baw haw haw” khawng ci dingin ka ngaihsun a. Tua mi lal in, “ Bungsing a dawi tenglou” khawng ci ‘phuphu’ ding in ka lungsim mitkha in kamu hi!

Huai khawng ka ngaih tuah lai in, ka tate lak a khat in naakpi in, “ Pa, ka gen uh na za hia?” hawn ci a. Kiguih in, ihmulou buang ka khanglou a, “Bang a na gen uh?” cih kisuanglah kawm tak a kadot leh, “ Huai mi lal toh na ki hou uh hia?” ci in hon dong ua. “A man hon hou pih” ka cih leh, “ Mi lal in nang hon houpih maw?” hon ci ua, “ He, ken houpihlou, aman hon hou pih ei voi” ci kawm in, ka tutangtou a, ka awm ka phoutou eu-au a. Belh thum kai guih mah bangin, ka tate’n hon tung et tuan mahmah uhi.

Huaitan in hunsak le uh hi mai a. Huai ciah le, amau kia va mohsak theih leng hilou ua, ken le thu dang gensan daih leng himai a, dotna dang hon dot na’ng uh hun awl, mitphiat kal tomcik ka pe kha zenzen a. Huai ahi, khawvel a ka thil hih khelh lian penpente lak a khat.

Ka tate laka a neupen taget in, “Mi lal in bang ciin hon houpih, banga agen?” cih hon dong khel khel a. Khangluiten “Tengkawl pang khial tui taw tung” na ci ua. Hihkhelh pan khelh khaak cih om thei taktak mah ahi, cih huai ni apan in ka thei khia hi. Huanah, hihkhelh pan khelh leng ci nih cithum om a. Huai nitaak a, ka hihkhelh ahihleh, ‘tui taw’ kidenna tham cing, ka hihkhelh daan a gol a gol khat ahi a. Ka kim leh pam kibuk na’ng lah om mahmahlou. Tui kia banga, singthem hiam, gaw them khat khuta let a, hon’ honkhe thei ding lah omlou in, cimoh mang bangin ka om hi.

“ Ka ek suak” ci a, kihep khiak na canglah phok khalou, kigel khiak na’ng dang lah om mahmahlou ahih ciangin, a tawp atawp in, “ Na Nu min gen a, huai Pasal na hi hi maw, cih hon dong a ka”, ka ci khongkhong hi. “A man, Nu nu min thei maw?” cih, aki tuak in, avek un hon dong ua.

Huai mi, a lal a lal in kei hon theilou a, a Nu uh thei zaw ahi cih atheih ciang ua, ka tate mit a ka ‘belh thum’ ke ding ahi cih lah ka thei bok si a. Ahihziakin, zuau vagen hial dinglah hilou ahihcian, khat veivei cihmoh man’ hithou mahleh, ki-pasal sak taka, “ Bawngtal aki a mat’ ngai a. Ken le bang mah thupi lua hilou dandan a om kawm in, “ Na Nu min thei hi himah inteh, akoi ngeuh leng omlou a, kei gen dandan a gen thei hi ven” cih, lunglut mel lou deuh in thuhou maimai gen daan in ka gen a.

Ka taten avekpi un, a Nu uh omna lam, Ann Huan Inn ah khat khat in hontai mangsan diam ua. Huai nung sang ka upmoh thu hia lah thei keng, kei sangin ka tate’n a Nu uh ngaisang zo deuh uh hiin ka thei a! Mahni ‘gaol’ a peklut kha in, Ka tate mit a Vaphual tangsa Va-ak ka taan ni kasuak sak kha hi!!