Bongva Magazine - Vol 6

“va” a ngeimi “nu” le, patling bak a simi, pa dikcak, vantuai thang, pasal ` ha lengmang an si ko. Cucaah, hika zawn ahhin zei khi dah kan i palh? Nupi a ` himi pa cu, Mopa a si naisai lo, patling, pa dikcak a si caah, “Nupi ` hipa” bak a si. Patling le pa dikcak lawlaw a simi “Nupi ` hipa” kha mahduhsalam in, “nu” lungthin a ngeimi “pa”, nudawk, padawk ah ah ser ti hlah usi. Cucaah, nupi ` hit le va ngeih tikah, ahopaoh nih cu ` hit-umnak puai i kan chuah hnawhnak a chan cu: “Nupi ` hipa le Mo” asiloah “Nupi ` hipa le Monu” kan va con- glawmh hna kha a si. Cucaah, hmailei ahcun, “Nupi ` hipa le Mo” asilole “Nupi ` hipa le Monu” biafang lawnglawng hi hmang cang hna usi. A sullam zong a ` ha, a dik zong a dik i, kan Lai holh zong dirkamh a si fawn. Khoih lo khoih le, virh lo virh cu tlaunak tu a si. Monu le Mopa an i ` hit-umh ahcun, an pahnih in “nu” veve an si caah, zeitik hmanh ah tefa an ngei kho lai lo, ti zong khi ruat pah usi law a ` ha hnga lo maw? Zeica ahdah ti ah- cun, “Mopa” timi a sullam cu “nu” lungthin a kengmi “pa” kha a sawh caah, Kawl holh in chim ahcun, “Kanduu”, Mirang holh cun “Gay” kha a sawh cang. Nutling thinlung a kengmi ngaknu dakmak nih zeitin in dah “Kanduu” timi (Gay) cu a va vat duh rua hnga? Ruat ve ko. Darling (DL) Hi biafang hi Mirang holh bak a si, Lai holh le Lai biafang a si naisai lo. Mirang hna nih hi “Darling” biafang an hmannak a context taktak cu, mah chungchuak fa, mah nih hrinmi fa…..kha a sawh. Cu lengah, mah chungchuak fale le, mah nih hrinmi fa hna he aa ` hirual mi hna zong kha, duh dawtnak in, “darling” an ti rih fawn hna. Asinain, Laimi pawl nih duak tiah, cu biafang cu kan hun i lak zau i, nuleva karlak, aa duh-dawmi nun- gak le tlangval karlak zong ah mahduhsalam in kan hun hman ciammam cu, loh bak! Mirang hna nih nuleva, aa duh-dawmi

nungak le tlangval hna cu: honey (khuaihliti), sweet, sweety (a thlum-almi) ti tu in an i au i, zeitik hmanh ah “darling” an i ti lo, a i au fawn lo. Cucaah, theih a haumi cu: Laimi nih “Darling” asiloah “DL” tiah an i au, an i kawh ahcun, loh bak a si ko lai. Ziah tiah, a va nih a nupi kha, “darling” tiah hei ti sehlaw, a sul- lam cu, kha a nupi cu amah lila nih a hrin- mi, a chungchuak a fanu timi sullam a sawh cang. Amah chungchuak fanu lila cu maw, nupi ah aa serh hnga? Cu bantuk ` hiam ` hiam in, a nupi zong nih a va kha, “darling” tiah a kawh-auh ahcun, amah chungchuak, amah lila nih a hrinmi a fapa kha a sawh caah, a fapa dakmak cu maw “va” ah aa serh hnga? ~ hate in ruah a hau cang. Laimi nih nuleva kar ah kawh-auh- nak biafang kan ngei ko. Kan pa (an pa), ka vapa (a vapa), ti le, kan nu (an nu), ka nupi (a nupi), hei ti ding a si ko. A sullam a ping le a pang ah a pialmi, Mirang holh biafang theng- mang kha i hlan le hman a hau lo. A hmannak a context (boruak) zong hei theihchih fawn ` ung lo ahcun! Cucaah, Aa duh-dawmi nun- gak le tlangval hna zong nih sullam dang ah a pialmi Mirang holh biafang kha hmang lo in, aa kawpmi, aa duhmi, a tlangval, a nun- gak….tiah kawh le auh ding a si ko. Mipi Laiholh ah ‘mipi” a sullam cu: Mithawng ` ha, mirum taktak, mithiltikho ngaingai, milianngan lawlaw, mipipa…. tinak a si. Laimi lak ah ‘Mipi’ cazin ah aa tel hngami cu: kutdong rel lawnglawng an si lai. Atu chanthar Laimi nih “mipi” tiah an ti lengmangmi hi cu, Mirangholh ah “public “timi mizapi, zapi tu kha a sawh lengmang. Mizapi cu “mipi” an si bal lo. Mipi hi cu mit- lawmte, a beengbang minung an si tawn. A minung kip kha “mipi” cazin ah kan chia kho hna lai lo. Mipi asiloah Mipipa tiah kawh- auh khawhmi hna cu: Aung San, U Nu, Aung San Suu Kyi, Pu Vum Thu Maung, Lt.Col. Hrang ~ hio, Zipeng Za Hu, Col. Van Kulh,

Bongva Magazine

95

Chin Baptist Mission Church—DC

2017