POETRY - XV

Aw thihna, uangin intivei mai suh,
Mi tin hlauh leh ţihkhai zawng i ni ngei,
Chelh din rual lohva hringfa lem zotu,
Angkhata mi tin zûk hlum zotu chu!

Khuavang nau ianga duhawmte meuh pawh,
Thil lûng leh rimchhia maia chhuah theitu,
Lalna leh thuneihna tukdawl zawh loh,
Leilûng chhulchhuak laka hnehtu ropui!

Hei en rawh, nang ngamtu che a lo kal,
Mi azawnga lâ tuaitir tê mai chu!
Lainatna tel lova i hriam hmanga,
I âh thlûk ngei chu, a nun reng si hi!

I chhuantawlawl, hun diriam phak loh,
I hriam, khuarei hmanga chhilh bo zawh loh,
I hun favah hriamin a fîk chhum loh,
Kumkhuaa nang tithangtlawmtu tur chu!

Lâ tuaitir chuan hmangaihna hriam lekin,
I chhiahhlawh nunrâwnna a hmachhawn a,
Lâ duhawm chuan zalenna chawisângin,
I thlunglû a tihhai tak váwn váwn hi!

Thihna kut vawta i man niah chuan,
Sûnna mittui aia’n huaisenna dâr,
Khawtlâng dûng tluanah a rik tak zawk hi,
Romei iang thâmral lo tur zalenna!

Kil tinah nang hnehtu fakna hla mawi,
Van phaiphulêng iang a fawn del del e,
Khawvel rumţhaihtu deuhsawhna lûngrûn,
Lungchim taka hringfate’n an rem chu! 

Zofa, lâ duhawm ruang chu chungsiâr,
Zalenna khuahkhirhtu leilung êntu,
Beiseina nung tuhtu duhawm berah,
Mi tin hmuh turin thangvangah chhiah rawh. 

Zalenna nghaisak ni lo chhuah chângin,
Huaisenna kawng botu tân hruaitu nghet,
A hlutna teh phâk loh leh cho rual loh,
Hun thuhnuaia kun ngai lo ni tura’n!

Ţhenkhat pianpui ropuina chang an awm,
Ţhenkhat thawhrim vanga mi ropui pawh,
Ţhenkhat ropuina an bel luih an awm,
Nang zawng, ropui taka thihna hnehtu! 

Tuaitê, nang ang reng tu nge awm tawh ngai?
Kum tamnate chuan i lakah hnehna,
I kimtlâng mawinate uai chûl turin,
Thiltihtheihna reng an nei ngai lo ang!

Hunbi mila khawvel chin ţhan dan ang,
Lan dan hrang hranga an inchei thiamna,
Mit la reng tura pheichheh i vawr dan,
Chhuah ţhing theitu reng i tawng ngai hek lo’ng! 

Thihna lem thiam kawngah nang tluk tur reng,
A tuk ţhat ber ţumah meuh pawh Khuanu’n,
Tlak lei a hrual puitling leh lo’ng e,
I tenawm lai ber pawha hriak thïh tlak! 

Thihna thinlung sahal, chawlhna hmu lo,
Tukdawla thunun thei an awm ngai chuan,
Nang, hmei alaia lâ lehnghal tluk hi,
Piang leh hian khuavel a mawi ang em ni?

Nang chuan thihna chu pasalah neiin,
Lûngchim taka i kuangkuah tak hi le,
Hun lo taka nipui pangpâr duhawm,
Vur tlate’n chhilh bo hlen an tum ang chu.

Mahse, ka tuai duhawm, i mawi chuang e,
Thihnain mi tin min zûk zawhah pawh,
Nunrâwnna meuh thlana an vui liamah,
He hla hril hmangin i nung reng zawk ang!