Bongva Magazine - Vol 6

hun phan manh. A biangki cu ka hun muai duhsah tein, a hnurlum cu ka van dawp. Fek tein a ka tlaih, a hngawng hrawng cu din zial- mal tein ka hun cul. A mit aa chinh kam seh buin Cling cung lei cu a zoh. Ahohmanh nih hmuh lonak dawtnak in a khatmi kan thinlung vawlei ram cu a hung lumsa chin . Kan kiang- kap cu daihnak in a khat bang, ka thawng le nauno aw chuah bang ~ ialku hram thawng dah ti lo zei thawng a leng lo. A takpum cun cikhat lo ah ka van cawi i ka hngawng in a van ka kuh pah cun a sam cu tisor bang a hun i tlai, a zihmui rim hna cu ka hnarkua ah a hung i zel. Meiceu fate sin in meitei hmin bang a biangkino te cu ` hep lo in ka hun zoh. Ngakchia te bang ihkhun cung ahcun duhsah tein ka hun thlim, a takpum hna cu ka hun cul. Kan vawleipi nih a chuah- pimi harsatnak vialte cu cikhat te ah kan hun kal tak. Kan pahnih in duhnak ram lei kan kal lai kan ti lio ah, “Tut tut tut” cabuai cung in phone meiceu a van i len a thawn lio cu ka hei hmuh. ~ ialku nih a ihnak cun a van i remh, a phone cu a van tlaih. “Hello, zeitin?” A tha a van damh pah in a van chimpah. “Aziah nan rat bal lo kan in hngak ko hna hih,” Chin Chin cu a phone in a van zai len. “Aw atu kan ra lai kan ti bak si,” ihnak in a van tho, a angki a van banh, aa hrukpah cun phone cu an i chawn. ~ ialku nih lau pah nawn in, “U Cung, kan tlai tak cang hi kal cang usih,” I lungsi lem lo ingpuang pah buin, “Aw si, na thil cu i tim law kan kal lai,” a thil cu a van i tim. A hmur le a hmai cu tissue in a van i hnawh, a thil aa serh hnu ah Taxi kan hlan i Chin Chin te thlahnak ahcun kan kal. Kawldawr “Mah Ha” timi ah kan kal hna. Chin Chin te inn cu kal lai a thlahmi zuri sa- bah he, khuami hna le pastor te hna he tiin buai cur in an um. Caan saupi hmunkhat

te um hnu i van i ` hen ruangmang ko lai cu a ruah an ruat kho ve lo. Asinain ahopoah nih kal duhmi le kan i tinhmi a si caah lun- glomhnak mitthli tu a luang. Kannih nungak tlangval tu cu Karaoke kai ding in kan i tim hna. Nu 3 pa pathum kan si. Innkhan a hme ngaimi chung ah Video screen nganpi cu an tar, hla cu Kawl hla, Lai hla, Mirang hla tiin tling tein a rak um dih. A voikhatnak ahcun kan dai ngai rih. Kawldawr a hngakmi lainu te nih, “Zeidah nan din lai?” Chin Chin nih- cun cah dingmi min list cu a van chim. Tiger beer Bu 20, Whisky 2 le letphetoh puai khat, a dangdang hna a van cah. Kan zate in Ti- ger beer pakhat cio kan i tlaih dih hna hnu ah “Cheer” tiin kan i putmi cu kan lu cung tiang kan cawi hnu ah kan van i coh hna. A nuam a mak lawlaw. Kan thiammi hla cu thang taktak in kan chuah. Voikhat hmanh hlasa bal lo keimah hmanh Tiger beer thawng in Fungthum bak ka chaih ve. ~ ialku nih, “U Cung ziah hlasak hna na rak thiam ngai ve ko hme hi,” nih pah buin a van ka capo. Ka lung van mawlmok pah ve cang i, “Thiam e, mah kha ka hla meilah pei a si cu,” tiah ka van leh. Zan suimilam 2:00 AM a si cang. Chin Chin zong a dl he i ` hen siang lo in an i kuprek. Tuzan cu Hotel ah riak hna usih pakhat nih a genda a van chuah. “ Ok” a ` ha ko cuh,” an van ti cio. ~ ialku nih, “Aih, kannih cu inn ah kan ` in ko lai, thaizing tuan tein rian ` uan ah kal hau, nannih vial vaa nuam ko uh,” tiah a van ti pah bu in a mit a ka ` heh. Taxi kan hlan i innlei ahcun kan ` in. Maw- taw chung kan van luh bak ah rial le ruah he i cawh in Kuala Lumpur khualipi cu a van chilh dih colh. A hnulei ah kanmah pahnih lawng kan ` hu, kan khua a sih deuh caah ~ ialku kut- kik te cu ka van tlaih i a zapei nemtu ka kut in ka van lumh. A mawmi electric meiceu toi ah a mirhmi biangki te ka van hmuh, ka liang i hngoh buin duhsah tein bia kan i ruahpah. Zanking dai ah RM radio ngai pah in duh- sah te kalmi Tuluk tarpa kan taximawng nih a khua maw chel ah bia a kan ruah. Cikhat te

Bongva Magazine

164

Chin Baptist Mission Church—DC

2017