𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 15 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐘

To My Dearest Muse,

 

          These 15 poems are inspired by thee alone during my short stay. My muse, my heart is mine to give to whom i want.

 

          On the outskirt of a town, there’s a garden full of beautiful flowers. Among them a queen of flower, a flower princess grows there.
 
           These poems i dedicated to thee are without end and never say that i was false at heart. I poured out my heart and yet, thou denied my deepest desire.
 
       During my short stay in that garden, my thoughts about thee are as food to life. Thy scented perfume is my breathable air that which prolonged my stay.
 
     O my muse, my most beautiful flower, the most beautiful songs and lyrical ballads were written from a broken heart and, by someone who’s in love.
 
      My shortcoming in composing these poems, please excuse these naïve hand. For they failed to find an appropriate lyrics to praise thy virtue and beauty.
 
        My muse, when a poet falls for thee, thou art forever etched in his lines. He will love thee with all his soul. His ink will be his sword of affection, his pen your shield of admiration, your life his poems of devotion - as your heart dances to his musings.

       I was just getting along fine, and i don't need a reason to be angry with God. Then you happened!
 
       Kum 5 chuang zet a ni ta. Hla hril (poetry) phuah turin ka kut a hmûi thei tawh ngai lo. A chhan pawh a hnuaia ka hla hril kal tlangin i hriat thiam mai ka ring. Heng hla hrilte hi kalphung fel tak neia remkhawm an ni a.
 
        I puala ka hla hril phuahnate hi Blank Verse an tih mai, tlar tina thumal (syllable) 10 zel awmna ang a ni a. Rhyme hman ni lo mah se, metered hman niin iambic pentameter (thumal pahnih a thumal hmasa zawkri hniam, thumal hnuhnung zawk ri sâng – entir nân – duh/tak, khel/bawr tih ang) hman a ni thung. Hre thiam si se lo mah la, hre thiamho tân ka han thai lang a ni e.  

1.         A SIMPLE POEM

 

Zan a lo thlena khua a thim rualin,

Ka kianga riak turin i zûnzâm chuan,

Ţhian ţha ber angin min rawn pan ţhin a,

Zankhuain ka pang a kiansan ngai lo!

 

Varţianah i hlimthla duhawm tak chu,

Nilenga ka kianga taptal turin,

A duhawmna zawng nen a lo kal ţhin,

Aw ka duhtak, chu chu i hre si lo!

 

Ka beng hriatna rawn rûn nuam leh ţhintu,

Ngaw tê hnuaia siktui luang ri her her,

Tisa tuihalna namênlo chhâwktu,

I nui thawm thangkhâwk ri mawi tak nen chuan!

 

Suangtuahna khawvel ka chantâwkah chuan,

Chutin ka duhtak chu ka fawp ţhin a,

Duat leh dim takin ka chul heuh heuh ţhin,

Chu chu ka duhtak chuan a hre si lo!

 

 

2.         KA THUP SENG SI LO !

 

I laka ka rilru puthmang, zeizia,

Ka thinlungin a vei dan zawng zawng che,

Mite’n an hriata an hmuh thiam loh nân,

Theihtawpin thup bo ka tum ţhin tak a!

 

Mahse, hrui lova tlâng lawn tum ang hlauh,

Leilawn lova arsi lak tum ang,

Nang ka duhna che thup bo tum meuh chu,

Ka tân thil tih theih rual a lo ni lo!

 

Ka hmêlin mi phatsan thuai thuai ţhin a,

Ka awmdan pawh a danglam zung zung ţhin,

Ka leili lamin min phatsan ţhin hi,

Ka duhna che thup rual loha tha tho!

 

Nitina ka chaw tui ber ni ta chu,

Engtin ni khat pawh ka nghei theih ang ni?

 

6/8/23

 

3. A MOST WONDROUS DREAM

 

I dreamt a most wondrous dream,

A beautiful tune asked me,

‘Could you please make my pain go away?’

Simply i laid beside her and stroke her gently.

 

Hand in hand we laid together,

She whispered, ‘ Is this just a dream?’

Then i replied, ‘ No darling,

This is as real as it gets’

 

As i looked deep into her face,

I saw an angel looking back at me,

My pulsating heart beat faster and faster,

Then i softly kissed her cherry red lips!

 

It feels like tasting a heavenly manna,

Freshly made by the Creator himself,

Then i heard an ungodly thundering voice,

‘It’s time to wake up!’

 

(Ka mangah vawi thum ka hmu che tih i hriat loh ka duh lo – 9/8/23)

 

4.         AT WAR

 

My sight and my heart are at mortal war,

For my sight loves what it sees,

While my heart object my sight’s desire,

Thus, a battle of conflict dwells in me!

 

What my sight sees, my heart doesn’t understand,

And when my heart detest my sight profoundly,

My sight rose with all her might to oppose,

And my mind is facing the greatest of war!

 

How can i make one of them a winner,

And the other one a sore loser,

Without hurting myself along the way,

Pray tell what course of action to choose?

 

A fairy maiden is my mortal folly,

An unpluck’d rose in a forbidden garden,

One who never bloom outside her garden,

And her flowery perfume never leave her garden.

 

A flower princess in her beautiful garden,

Shielded from men’s searching eyes,

Alas! appeared now before my sight,

Thus, force me into an unwinnable war!

 

10/7/23

 

5.  KA DANGLAM LEH SI |HIN !

 

I hmêl ka hmuh apianga ka thinphu,

Ka thunun rual loha phu dut dut ţhin,

Ka hnaivaia i lo kal apianga,

Ka taksa ţan mar át ţhin dante hi !

 

Ţawngkam nêm tak nge chhanna vin tak zawk,

Mitmeng rum tak nge mitmei no tak zawk,

I hnen aţangin ka hmuh dâwn tih,

Ngaihtuaha ka buai rûk \hin dante hi !

 

Nang vanga ka nuna danglamna thleng,

Ka hriat thiam phâk loh thilmak a ni si,

Engtin nge nang hmeichhe tê tak tê hian,

Heti taka mi khawih danglam theih ni?

 

Ka mitin nula a hawi tawh loh nân,

Lazai sîn hmangin ka mit ka ţhui tawh a,

Nang erawh chuan hmanrua reng thawh lovin,

Ka inven vena ber i chhat ta si !

 

Nang ang pangpâr reng ka la tawng ngai lo,

D ka lo chhai ve ţhin tawhte pawhin,

Nang ang êm hian min chhaih buai pha ngai lo,

Rim lunglên dan tur che ka haihchham si!

 

A chânga thinrimin ka thin a ur,

A chângin ka hlim veng veng lawi si ţhin,

Aw nang, buaina duhawm leh chimawm tê,

Nang ang êm hian tu ka la vei ngai lo !

 

8/8/23

 

6. KHUA KA TLAI LUA EM NI ?

 

Aw ka duhtak, ngun takin mi en la,

Chîk takin mi han thlir nawn leh ţhin teh,

Keimahah hian hmuhhmaih reng nei suh la,

Kei paw’n engkim ka hrilh dâwn tak che hi !

 

Ka lei kum chhiar tam tawhnate chuan,

Ka hmêl mawina an ei chhe zo tawh a,

Kum tam ka lo hman liam tawhnate paw’n,

Ka pianhmang, lan dan an sawp chhiat tawh hi !

 

Tunah zawng, ka tituai mâm tak \hin,

Ka vanglai mawina leh duhawmna nen,

Ênna nei lo arsi ang an ni ta,

Nang hip tur hian chhuan tur ka nei tawh lo !

 

Ka vanglai nite khân lo tawng chein,

Mawina nen laitual ka lên laite khân,

Lo tawng che ilang zawng zam hauh lovin,

Ka han chhai lunglêng thei tur che a nia !

 

Tunah erawh ka inkiltawih zo ta,

Nang nula thianghlim meuh han chhhai tur hian,

Hmachhuan tur engmah nei tawh si lo hian,

Ka duhna che erawh a zual zel si !

 

14/7/23

 

 7. LEILUNG MAWITU DUHAWM !

 

Ngawi renga i mawina ka thlir ru ţhin,

Min hmu a nih chuan ngai haw lo nang che,

Inthlahrung tak chunga i duhawmna,

Ka thlir leh ţhin paw’n thinrim lo nang che !

 

Nang zawng, varţian ang maia thiang leh mawi,

Rawng mawi tak takte’n an chei mawi ang,

Lawng pu tâna hmar arsi êng mawi ang,

Cherry blossom ang maia tai duhawm !

 

I han lai kual vel hmuhnawm ka tihzia,

I hrilhhai hmêl han duhawm chungchuanzia,

I meng val tap tap ţhinte nen lam hian,

Ka mit hian a thlir ning thei mawlh lo che !

 

Mahse, hla hril phuahtu laktlakloh ber,

Mahni rilru ang pawh puang chhuak thiam lo,

Ziakfung leklam kawnga mi themtlaw ber,

I pawi sawitu mai nih ka hlauhlel lo e !

 

17/7/23      

 

8. I INTHLAHRUNG MAW ?

 

Inthlahrunna hrik chuan a man che maw?

Ka duhtak, ka lakah inkiltawih suh,

Ka neih engkim i ta an ni si a,

I tân engmah ui reng ka nei lo e !

 

Silhfen mawi leh \ha ber ber i phu a,

Incheina tlereuh mawi ber berte nen,

Hmangaihte tâna ui nei lova fa chuan,

A duhtak tân ui reng a nei bik lo !

 

Ka pachhiatna erawh ka sit si a,

Ka phâk chin hniam tak pawh ka ka lungten e,

Ka duhtak chu lal fanu ang taka,

Enkawla thuam mawi a phu hle si a !

 

1/8/23

 

(Dawr chhûnga kan inbiak zuai hnu lâwka ka phuah)

 

9. TU NGE KA NIH ?

 

Beiseina chuan nâ taka phatsanin,

Beidawnna paw’n a kuangkuah tlat a,

Lungngaihna chuan a nghawngah zem tlatin,

Khawharna paw’n thimah a sal bet ta !

 

Hlimna chuan hnuchhawn ramah hnutchhiahin,

Lawmna paw’n ţahna ruamah tantirin,

Thutiam meuh pawhin a uire san a,

Hmangaihna paw’n a sawp zal ta si a !

 

A pindan ril berah inkhung chawtin,

Suangtuahna ram pilril viltu a ni,

Chu hmun chu a duhthlan zawng a ni lo,

Chhanchhuaktu a tawng lo a ni zawk si !

 

A hmêl chu khaw dur vanglai tak ang mai,

A nui ri hriat tur a awm tawh ngai bawk lo,

Khawvel leh a hlimhlawp bawlna a hnawl a,

Hmun khawhar tak chu a chenna in pui !

 

Eng vanga chutia awm ta nge a nih ?

Hlimna nen ţhian ţha ber an nih ţhin nen,

Lawmna pawhin a hlatsan ngai loh kha,

Tunah erawh engkim a danglam ta !

 

Hmangaihna chuan nâ takin a hliam a,

Râwng taka phatsanin a hmelmâk a,

Rinawmna paw’n a malmâk ta si a,

Hmangaihna sal beh, a tihthângtlawm hnu !

 

28/7/23 

 

10. HMANGAIHNA KHUAHKHIRH !

 

Ka khawih phâka awm ka khawih thiang si lo,

Ka ban phâka awm, ka chul rem si lo,

Ka fawh phâka awm, ka fawh thiang lo chu,

Ka thinlungin a vei ber a ni si !

 

Hringnun khawlhkham tak ka hmachhawn zet chu,

A chinfel dan reng ka hriat loh harsatna,

Tu hringfa chuan nge ka buaina thurûk,

A tawnhriat kal tlanga mi hrilh thei awm ?

 

Hringnun chuan turnipui do daih dan,

Thlasik vin tûk laka dam khawchhuah dan,

Ţapte ţahpui dan, lungngaite hnem dan,

Lû sûnte hnem dan nen lam mi zirtir tawh !

 

Mahse, leilung pangpâr mawi leh duhawm,

Ka nun sik leh sa i her danglam dan,

I ngaia ka lunglênna tawrh dam dan,

Hringnun chuan mi lo la zirtir si lo !

 

A mi zir thiamtir lah ka duh hek lo,

Aw nang, ka hringnun tikhawlhkham nuamtu,

I tawnah zawng hmangaihna khawvela,

Zirlai laktlakloh ber nih ka nuam e !

 

7/6/23

 

(I chungchang thu ngaihtuaha ka ngaihtuahna a kal buai êm êm ţhin laia ka phuah)

 

11. A FLOWER PRINCESS

 

Pangpâr huan lai taka pangpâr mawi ber,

Pâr tin tâna an lal fanu duhawm,

Ze mawi tinreng nena pârvul ţhin chu,

Pangpâr huan mawitu ber a ni si a !

 

En teh, ni thlâr ang main a hmuhnawm,

Nipui vanglai tak anga \ha chiang chu,

Arkaiden zan ang maia no duhawm,

Ka mitin a thlir kham theih ngai loh chu !

 

Khuanu’n arsite ênna hlipthlain,

Amah thuam mawi nân a hmang ta em ni ?

Van pawhin a thianghlimna thuam hlipin,

Ani chu a chei thianghlim ta em ni ?

 

Chuvang, ka duhtak thianghlimna hmaah,

Ka sualna leh fel lohna tinreng te,

Mi hang pa hnâra lunghlu ţhibeh ang,

Aw, an va langsâr mualpho si ţhin êm !

 

Ka duhtak chuan a pâr rimtui hmangin,

Mi han phuh rimtui seng seng se lang aw,

Ka lam hawiin pâr han chhuah ţhin se zawng,

Ka lawmna tuifinriat a luangliam tur !

 

20/5/23

 

12. I HRE SI LO !

 

Nang hmuh apiang chea fawh châkna che,

Ka thlir apiang chea chul châkna che,

Ka chhûngrila inmûng so bawrh bawrh ţhin,

Beng daih ka tum dan i hre si ţhin lo !

 

Ka hmêla an lo lan chhuah hlau takin,

Ka chetze tinreng ka thunun ţhin a,

Hmuh châk chein ka tuihal reng ţhin a,

Awm ngaihna reng hre lovin ka buai ţhin !

 

Ka ţanga pawm tlei châkna che chuan,

Nâ takin nitin mi nawr buai ţhin a,

Duat taka hmangaih châkna che vangin,

Min dangtu dân ka bawhchhe ţhelh ţhelh ţhin !

 

Ka suangtuahnate chuan duhthawh takin,

Ka zalen hun tur min thlirtir ţhin a,

Nang nena kan hun hman dunna tur hmun,

Beiseinain mi thlir lâwktir ţhin hi !

 

Chu hun duhthusam chu lo thleng ta se,

Ka duhthusam tih mi phalsak ang em?

Nge ni ka do râlah a chang zawk ang?

Ka duhtak chuan engmah a hre si lo !

 

12/7/23

 

13. HMÊLMA DUHAWM BER !

 

Hmangaihna chuan nâ taka mi hliamin,

Ka rilru leh taksa a sawp chau zo a,

Mi chak lo ber angin mi tlawm tawh si,

Hmangaihna erawh ka haw phal lul lo !

 

Mahse, hliama ka awm tawh ngai loh nân,

Ka thinlung kawngka ka kalh bur tawh a,

A velin kulh bang chhah tak ka hungin,

Vengtu sipai rinawm ka ruai ta bawk !

 

Mahse, leilunga pangpâr mawi ber chuan,

Tha reng thawh lovin ka inhumhimna,

A kulh bangte lam i rawn sawi nghing a,

Min vengtu sipaite pawh an tlawm tak hi !

 

Ka thinlung ram i lakna hmanrua lah,

Indona hriamhreite an ni si lo,

I duhawmna leh hmêl ţhatna pâr mawi,

I thianghlimna nena ţangkawp an ni zawk si !

 

Ka tân chu hmêlma duhawm lo do dan,

Lo hnar kir dan reng ka hre si lo a,

Lo do let ahnêkin ka thinlung chuan,

Ani chu a duh ngawih ngawih zawk si a !

 

Aw nang, hmêlma azawnga duhawm ber,

Ka thinlungin a vei dan che thurûk,

Hre thiamin han hmu fiah thiam hlauh la zawng,

Ka lam hawiin i seih ve ngei ka ring !

 

9/7/23

 

 4. KHAWIAH NGE I AWM ?

 

Ni khat liamin, ni hnih lai a ral ta,

Ni thum lai liamin engmah a thleng si lo,

I hmêl ka hmuh lohna ni liamtate hi,

Thlasik vanglai ang maiin an tawrhhlelhawm !

 

I hmêl hmuh loh vanga ka khawharna,

Nang hmuh loh vanga ka nun khaw ram chu,

Thlalera hnim buk ţo ri re ang leh,

Thlasik laia thing hnah tlakawlh ang mai !

 

Ka hmuh loh rei poh che leh ka nunah,

Khawharna mak tak a lo thleng ţhin a,

Keimaha phurna a bo thuai ţhin a,

Hnuchhawn rama cheng ang mai ka ni ţhin !

 

Eng chuan nge mi mawlh khawlo zo ta a,

Nang ngaia ka van tak ruai ţhin ni le?

Chûn chawi loh hrai iangin ka van ruai a,  

Hmuh che tumin ka mit ka lên ruai ţhin !

 

12/7/23

 

(Kâr khat chhûngin i hmêl ka hmu mumal lo. Khawiah nge i awm ang a, eng nge i tih ang tih ngaihtuah reng rengin ni ka chhiar liam laia ka phuah a ni e)

 

 15. EXTRA POEM

 

Khuanu faka mipui pungkhawm zinga’n,

Vantirhkoh ang maia duhawm nula,

Kawrfual hring ţiala inthuam ka hmu e,

Thla bial vanglai ang maia duhawm chu !

 

A ke ţhiah vur anga var no chêk chu,

A hmêl ang maiin an no nalh si a,

A kareh, hnâr ngul leh a mitmeng chuan,

Van mite an iang ka ti hle si a !

 

(13/8/23 – Pathian ni zing inkhawmah kawrfual hring, high heels nena i rawn inthuam ka hmuh ni che a i duhawmzia kha ka mitthlaa’n a reh thei tawh ngai lo ang)