Written by Spiky Bawitlung
‘There goes my only possession,
There goes my everything’…..
Kan khawthlangho lunglen zai han ngaihthlak veng veng hi chuan eng ‘RAU’ emaw hian mi a rawn zem chiai chiai hian ka hre thin. A rawn pianchhuahnain a zir em pawh ani ta ve ang. A mak ani tirawh,thu leh hla ropui tak tak,kumkhua a he khawvela dai ngai tawhlo tur kan tihte hi engtia rawn piangchhuak nge an nih kan ngaihtuah ve ngai em?lungngaihna leh thinlung natna ril tak atanga rawn irh chhuak an lo nitlat zel asin. He'ng ang hla keinin tun kum tamtak ral hnu thlenga kanlo kurpui ve em em thinte hi mittui kar atanga rawn piangchhuak an nitlat thin. Chu ‘RAU’ a chu vawiinni thleng hian ala nung reng a,keini thangthar thleng pawhin min la rawn chenchilh ta zel anih hi.
“I hear footstep,slow, slowly walking,
As they gently walk across a lonely floor;
And a voice soft,softly saying,
‘Darling,this will be goodbye forever more”.
There goes my everything’…..
Kan khawthlangho lunglen zai han ngaihthlak veng veng hi chuan eng ‘RAU’ emaw hian mi a rawn zem chiai chiai hian ka hre thin. A rawn pianchhuahnain a zir em pawh ani ta ve ang. A mak ani tirawh,thu leh hla ropui tak tak,kumkhua a he khawvela dai ngai tawhlo tur kan tihte hi engtia rawn piangchhuak nge an nih kan ngaihtuah ve ngai em?lungngaihna leh thinlung natna ril tak atanga rawn irh chhuak an lo nitlat zel asin. He'ng ang hla keinin tun kum tamtak ral hnu thlenga kanlo kurpui ve em em thinte hi mittui kar atanga rawn piangchhuak an nitlat thin. Chu ‘RAU’ a chu vawiinni thleng hian ala nung reng a,keini thangthar thleng pawhin min la rawn chenchilh ta zel anih hi.
“I hear footstep,slow, slowly walking,
As they gently walk across a lonely floor;
And a voice soft,softly saying,
‘Darling,this will be goodbye forever more”.
Chu pindan reh ruihah chuan amah chauhin athu a, a rilru chuan thil tamtak angaihtuah a. Enge ahmachhawn anga, eng thil in nge rawn tlakbuak dawn tih pawh ahria, mahse chu pindan khawhar taka thut ngawih tlawk tlawk bak chu engdangmah tihtheih anei silo. Chutah a rilru kalding laitak rawn la pengin dim taka ke pen dem dem thawm alo ri a, a pindan lam pana rawn pen ani. A ke pen ri atang ringawt pawh chuan tunge anih ahailo, chu ke pen ri chu vawi tamtak abeng hian alo hre tawh thin ngei alawm, engtikahmah he akhawvel beng hi chuan ahai thei tawh ngai lovang.A pindan kawngkhar chu a rawn inhawng riai riai a, chu pindan rehruih chhungah chuan alungphu chu hriattheih khawp hian a inthum rawn tlut tlut bawk a. Aw nem dam diai maichuan a rawn ko ta. Chu aw chu atan chuan khawvela rimawi ber ani thin. Mahse,tuntum atan kher zawng khawvel aw azawnga ngaihthlak hrehawmber mai ava ni chiang em! Ngaihnobei fahrana a hmangaihthu hlan thintu aw ngei chuan kumkhua atan thenna thu arawn hlan ta si. Chu awka nunrawng tak mai chuan athinlung chu dimna tel hauhlovin anghaisa a, sawitur tamtak nei ve mahsela ahrawkah chuan hnawhtu awm ang mai hian rawl reng achhuah theilo.Rilru tawt up up chung chuan chu ‘Thu nunrawng’, mihring damlaite tana thu rapthlak ber mai ‘Mangthana hnuhnung’chu kumkhuaa pai reng tawh turin a chil chuan alem hnan ta khawlh a. Kamkhatmah chhakchhuak talo chuan ngawih chu athlang ta zawk a.
‘There goes my reason for living,
There goes the one of my dreams;
There goes my only possession,
There goes my everything.’
A tawp nan tal tia eng thu emaw tal han fah ve chu a duh ngawih ngawih alawm, mahse a lei leh ka te chu a ta an ni zo tawh lova, chu hmeichhia, a thinlung zawng zawng neihsaktu chuan aphuarbet tlat tawh. Ngawi rengin kawngkhar lam chu athlir a, arilru chuan beidawnna tawpkhawk atanga rawn chhuak thu achham mawlh mawlh a. Kha leh chen nunnuam alo tih ve na thin chu lakbosakin a awm a, damchhan nei a alo inhriat vena zawng zawngte chuan sar ah an zamralsan zo ta.Tute emaw tan chuan hnawmhne pawh tluk mah suh sela, mipakhat tan chauh erawh chuan hlu ve niin alo in hre thin. Chu ahlut vena awmchhun pawh chuan maian chan pawh atluk pha tawh silova. Atan chuan ‘NUN’ hi ninawm mai alo chang a, Hlimtaka alo nuihpui ver ver thin te pawh chu a mittui thlemchhuaktu mai an ni zo ta. Sum leh pai ah leh khawvel thilah chuan rualkhumin nei teh lualo mahsela a HMANGAIHI avang chuan engdangmah a awt lova, engkim hi ata vek ni maiin a hre thin. Mahse hringnun hi akawng ngai renga herin atluangput reng silo hi apawi runthlak ta ber chu ani e. Chu Hmeichhe nunrawngtakin mual aliamsan ni chuan a engkim chu laksakin a awm a, he khawvelah hian michuang mai alo nita si.
‘As my memory turns back the pages,
I can see the happy years we had before;
Now the love,that kept this old heart beating,
Has beeen shuttered by the closing of the door.’
Engdang mahin a rilru anla peng zolova, a suangtuahna zawng zawng chu thil pakhatah ainchhunglut vek a, a HMANGAIHI ah chuan. An kum hmanliam tawhte ahan chhuikir leh a, hlimtaka engdang reng ngailova anlo nuihdun lai te chu nimin ang mai a chiangin amitthlaah chuan an rawn inlar zut zut a. Chu Hmangaihna ah chuan a engkim anghata, arilru leh ngaihtuahna zawng zawngte chu chu Hmeichhia a Hmangaihna chuan athamkhawm vek a, alungphute thleng chuan chu Hmangaihna dawrawmtak hnuaiah chuan an intulut vek anih kha. Engkimtithei nih a, kha’ng kum leh ni liamta ah te khan kir leh theih ava han duh tak em. Mahse,nimin chu aliama engtikahmah alo kir tawh ngai dawnlo ani tih ‘DAN’ hnuai aleng HRINGFATE kan ni miau si a,he leilung DAN hian aduh lam lamah min pawhher angai si anih hi. Hmangaihtu chuan Hmangaihna bawk aphutlet thin tih hi Mihring tungchhova kalte Hmangaihna neih ve nen hi chuan thil inkawpremthlap ani lo’m ni kha?Ani pawh hian aHmangaihi chu alo thlawnin ahmangaih bik hauhlo. Phutlet liantak anei a,chu athilphut pawh chu HMANGAIHNA vek ani. ‘Hlimte’n ilen chuan lawm zel ta’nge’ tithei Hmangaihna chu, ani, vaivuta siam ve mai hi chuan apianchhuahpuive tlatlo. Phutlet aneia, chu aphutlet ngei chu khaleh chen kha adawng ve nia in ngaiin alo hlimpui ve em em thin anih kha. A hmaah chuan zautaka inhawngin A Hmangaihi thinlung kawngkhar chu a inchhawp reng a,lungchimtakin apenlut a, achhelam reng rengin asuangtuahnaah hmun an changpha ngailo. Mahse,tunah zawng ‘aletlingzawnga vuttuithlawrbel’an tih chu nep te, a hringnun chu dimna tel hauhlova khaikhupsakin a awm ta si. Chu thinlung kawngkhar, atana zautaka inhawng thin chu, apindan khawhartaka dimtea kawngkhar inkhar riai riai rual chuan chatuan atan kharin a awm ta. Mittui karah a Hmangaihi kalliam tur chu ava thlir a, a rual chuan ahlimnate, a beiseinate leh a engkim chu liam tel riai riai hian ava hmu a.
“There goes my reason for living,
There goes the one of my dreams;
There goes my only possession,
There goes my everything.”
‘There goes my reason for living,
There goes the one of my dreams;
There goes my only possession,
There goes my everything.’
A tawp nan tal tia eng thu emaw tal han fah ve chu a duh ngawih ngawih alawm, mahse a lei leh ka te chu a ta an ni zo tawh lova, chu hmeichhia, a thinlung zawng zawng neihsaktu chuan aphuarbet tlat tawh. Ngawi rengin kawngkhar lam chu athlir a, arilru chuan beidawnna tawpkhawk atanga rawn chhuak thu achham mawlh mawlh a. Kha leh chen nunnuam alo tih ve na thin chu lakbosakin a awm a, damchhan nei a alo inhriat vena zawng zawngte chuan sar ah an zamralsan zo ta.Tute emaw tan chuan hnawmhne pawh tluk mah suh sela, mipakhat tan chauh erawh chuan hlu ve niin alo in hre thin. Chu ahlut vena awmchhun pawh chuan maian chan pawh atluk pha tawh silova. Atan chuan ‘NUN’ hi ninawm mai alo chang a, Hlimtaka alo nuihpui ver ver thin te pawh chu a mittui thlemchhuaktu mai an ni zo ta. Sum leh pai ah leh khawvel thilah chuan rualkhumin nei teh lualo mahsela a HMANGAIHI avang chuan engdangmah a awt lova, engkim hi ata vek ni maiin a hre thin. Mahse hringnun hi akawng ngai renga herin atluangput reng silo hi apawi runthlak ta ber chu ani e. Chu Hmeichhe nunrawngtakin mual aliamsan ni chuan a engkim chu laksakin a awm a, he khawvelah hian michuang mai alo nita si.
‘As my memory turns back the pages,
I can see the happy years we had before;
Now the love,that kept this old heart beating,
Has beeen shuttered by the closing of the door.’
Engdang mahin a rilru anla peng zolova, a suangtuahna zawng zawng chu thil pakhatah ainchhunglut vek a, a HMANGAIHI ah chuan. An kum hmanliam tawhte ahan chhuikir leh a, hlimtaka engdang reng ngailova anlo nuihdun lai te chu nimin ang mai a chiangin amitthlaah chuan an rawn inlar zut zut a. Chu Hmangaihna ah chuan a engkim anghata, arilru leh ngaihtuahna zawng zawngte chu chu Hmeichhia a Hmangaihna chuan athamkhawm vek a, alungphute thleng chuan chu Hmangaihna dawrawmtak hnuaiah chuan an intulut vek anih kha. Engkimtithei nih a, kha’ng kum leh ni liamta ah te khan kir leh theih ava han duh tak em. Mahse,nimin chu aliama engtikahmah alo kir tawh ngai dawnlo ani tih ‘DAN’ hnuai aleng HRINGFATE kan ni miau si a,he leilung DAN hian aduh lam lamah min pawhher angai si anih hi. Hmangaihtu chuan Hmangaihna bawk aphutlet thin tih hi Mihring tungchhova kalte Hmangaihna neih ve nen hi chuan thil inkawpremthlap ani lo’m ni kha?Ani pawh hian aHmangaihi chu alo thlawnin ahmangaih bik hauhlo. Phutlet liantak anei a,chu athilphut pawh chu HMANGAIHNA vek ani. ‘Hlimte’n ilen chuan lawm zel ta’nge’ tithei Hmangaihna chu, ani, vaivuta siam ve mai hi chuan apianchhuahpuive tlatlo. Phutlet aneia, chu aphutlet ngei chu khaleh chen kha adawng ve nia in ngaiin alo hlimpui ve em em thin anih kha. A hmaah chuan zautaka inhawngin A Hmangaihi thinlung kawngkhar chu a inchhawp reng a,lungchimtakin apenlut a, achhelam reng rengin asuangtuahnaah hmun an changpha ngailo. Mahse,tunah zawng ‘aletlingzawnga vuttuithlawrbel’an tih chu nep te, a hringnun chu dimna tel hauhlova khaikhupsakin a awm ta si. Chu thinlung kawngkhar, atana zautaka inhawng thin chu, apindan khawhartaka dimtea kawngkhar inkhar riai riai rual chuan chatuan atan kharin a awm ta. Mittui karah a Hmangaihi kalliam tur chu ava thlir a, a rual chuan ahlimnate, a beiseinate leh a engkim chu liam tel riai riai hian ava hmu a.
“There goes my reason for living,
There goes the one of my dreams;
There goes my only possession,
There goes my everything.”