MISSING YOU

How I love missing you!

Indeed a bittersweet sentiment.

Feeling you grow within me,

Oh! What a painful contentment!

Break me, I ask of you,

Make me gather the missing pieces;

Allure me by your absence,

Make me feel your sweet sweet kisses.

I NEED YOU

I failed to see your beauty

When everything’s fine
I failed to exult at your grace

When everything’s fine

I failed to perceive your love

When everything’s fine

I failed to rejoice at your mercy

When everything’s fine

I failed to remember even you

When everything’s fine

But then...

I bowed before you

When I’m weak and unwell

I bowed before you

When trouble comes my way

I bowed before you

When I can’t stand my ground

I bowed before you

When I’m torned and harmed

I bowed before you

When I have wants and wishes

And now I wonder…

Will I be pardoned of my failings?

Will I be excused of my misconception?

Will I be spared of my misapprehension?

Will my prayers be listened to?

Am I worthy to be your child?

What would I be if I am forgotten?

And I repent

For forgetting you at the best of times

But remembering you only at my worst.

For not being what I am supposed to

Rather being what I shouldn’t be.

At the end…

I am the one who needs your love

I am the one who needs your grace

I am the one who needs your mercy

I am the one who needs your guidance

I am the one who needs you most

Oh beautiful, be gone

Oh beautiful, mistake of nature,

How on earth are you nurtured?

Oh gentle, like as a dove so gentle,

This world is too cruel for you to settle.

Away to paradise, be gone;

Life is too sad to make it your own.

Oh beautiful, beauty of no measure,

Flee from this world of short while pleasure.

Engmah lo mai ka ni

Min luah a, min nei zova,

Nghilh ni i awm thei lo.

I hmaah chuanin maw e

Ka chapona hi a bawkkhup a;

Ka intihveina hi a tlusawp a;

Ka huaisenna hi a tlawm a;

Ka tisa awmkhauh hi a khur asin!

Thudi hril tur ka ngah vei nen,

Ka lei hian sawi tur a van ruai a,

Ka ka a chih tlat a, a ang thei lo.

I lakah chuan ka nep em a,

Ka mizia ka bo zo a,

Ka nundan ka hloh zo a;

Lairilan ka zam lua em a,

Tunge ka nih ka hre ngam lo.

Min phuar rawh

Eng nge ka lungkham ang a,

Eng nge ka thlakhlelh ang le?

Engin nge min chimbuai ang a

Engin nge min tilunghnur ang le?

Ka lung hertu hian min hersan loh ahnu

Eng vangin nge ka buai tehreng ang le?

Hrehawm rau rauah amah vang a nih ahnu

Eng vangin nge ka tawrh zawh loh ang le?

Hetiang ka hriatin lunglen ka nuam a

Titi phunglenga thawi dam ka phal lo

Sual phuar phelha zalen hnu ngei hian

A zun leng zama zem ka hnial love

Thui tak thlengin lung chu leng se

Nghet takin a zunin min phuar teh se

Thenna Kawl Eng Ka Tan A Thim

Ţhenna kawl eng ka tan a thim,

Lungduhlai then zawng a na ngei e.

Nain ka rum, tu’n min hnem zo lo,

Ka tuaran vanpui lo chim e.

Lairilan ka bawksawp a,

Chhungrilan ka tlusawp e.

Hringchan ni a kin hma zawng

Hringnun ar khaw thim daiin,

Min chhawmdawltu, nang, awm ta lo chu,

Phei chhamin ka leng dawn lo ni;

Lungrun, nang lo chuanin e,

Tluk leh tlak fawma bawksawpin,

Ţapin lungngaihna ruam ka hrut ang.

Ţam ngaina lo mihring hi

Hmangaihnaa rilţam dangcharin,

Tam chhawlin ka leng dawn lo ni!

AWM A AWM

Keimahah hian awm a awm,

Eng dang leng lova min luahtu chu.

Min nawr lui hauh si lovin

Theih loh min chhintir a,

Tih ngai loh min tihtir.

Ka nun dan min thlaksak a,

Ka nihna ka bo zo ve.

       Keimaha awm reng si hi e,

       Ka lo zawng leh ruai thin che a;

       Min kalsan ngai hauh si lo kha

       I hniak chhuiin rilru a vak chiam thin...

       I tuanna chin leh chang ka hre ta,

       Lungmawl thinlaiah ngei hian i awm...

Work of art

Thou art a work of art,

None fairer than thee on earth,

A painter’s painted picture art thou,

A grand grand masterpiece art thou.

If only I be with thee

The luckiest man will then I be;

If only thee unfold thine heart,

What joy would fill my heart!

No, I dare not desire thy taste,

I dare not longed to be embraced;

No, I dare not asked thy love,

And make thee a jest to laugh.

            Oh! Woe is me, the poor me!

            For having eyes for what I fit not like thee

Me and Her - we rhyme

I run to get her

Then I catch up with her

Now we walk together

With love between me and her

No, love won’t grow old

As of stories oft’ told

Pure and shiny like gold

As for our hearts were unfold

‘Cause of you I smile

For you I’d swim a mile

Ev’ry second’s worthwhile

You lit my world when you smile

Tu tan hring chang che maw?

Romei leh nang ngaih - a zam chiai e

Aw, a rei lo lua em e

Chhingkhual in chan chhung ni

Vulmawi, kei ka tan i par si lo maw?

Vahkhuai leh sirva leng ianga

I par zu dawn a rem lo maw?

Tu tan tak hring chang che maw?

Nunhlui leh i zun - ngaihlai a na e

Chhunni tam lo vei hian min hnem zo lul si lo

Nunnem hmelţha, ka tan i rem lo maw?

Ka tan runlum nuthai changin

Hraileng chawi a rem lo maw?

Tu tan tak hring chang che maw?

Kan run leh kei zawng – kan riang ngei e

Lawilut awm ta lo chu kan ruak lua em asin

I tan kei hi ka mawi ve lo maw?

Ka lairil i luah iang lo hian

I lunglai ka luah si lo maw?

Tu tan tak hring chang che maw?

Nang leh i lawi run – in mawi awm e

Kumsul tam pawh vei se in chuai ve awm love

I duhthlan lungdi chu tu tak ni maw?

Kei ariang dungthul reng hian

A thinlai khamtu ni che maw?

Tu run tak lawi ang che maw?

Kham hrui leh nang ngaih – a sei ngei e

Tawptik reng awm si lovin, chinlem reng nei si lo

Dawn bang lovin hringnun ka hmang ang maw?

I lunglentu si lo hi

Nang ngai reng hian ka fam ang maw?

Ka tan i piang lul lo maw?

Tragedy of the Ill-fated

     Life, how dreary it is!

     For a lone soul that wander

     Through the dark night as this,

     That is cold and frosty as winter.

     Love, how tragic it is!

     For a lone heart that is left

     By a dark street as this,

     That is filled with violence and wild theft.

A forlorn heart, a desperate soul,

Both in between death and birth,

Ever does it see the sunny side at all?

Indeed a brutal world, a cruel earth!

THE WAIT

Why do I have to wait?

Thought we said, ‘at eight’!

Yet again you’re late,

I can’t help but wait

Why do I always wait?

When we are on date

Is it worth the wait?

Not knowing, I wait

Why can’t I hate the wait,

When you’re always late?

Could it be my fate,

That you’ll be my mate?

HUN

Ka lunglen hril tur ni ila,

Nang ngaih hla bak ka sa lo’ng e;

Nangnen kan tawpna tur hria ila,

Nang ka hnaih awm si lo che a le!!

Nat leh \ah ka fawm a,

Hlim leh nuih i ta.

Nimin leh vawiin a inzawm ngei a,

Mahse a danglam a lo ni;

Nang leh kei kan inzawm thin a,

Tunah kan danglam tak hi!

Hun hian nun her tel lo se,

Kan rilru a danglam lo tur;

Hun hian min thlak kher lo se,

Pawmlai kan thlah lo tur!!

Nun inthlak

Mipa ka ni a, nat ka tum lo.

Rilru na hi awm theiin ka ring lova,

Rilru hah hi hmeichhe tih turah ka ruat.

Lunglen hi thinlunga sawngnawite chan a ni a,

‘Zawltling vawn nat’ hi an ta bil niin ka ngai.

Hmeichhe laka luanliam ka tum lova,

Anni ngaia rum ka tum hek lo.

Nang ka tawng che a, ka dang zo ta!

Ka ngaihdan ka bosal a, ka nunphung ka hloh.

I lakah ka thinlung a sawngnawi a,

|ah leh r<m ka sam ta riau mai.

Nang ka hmuh loh hian ka khua a har a,

Nem muka, sawi muka, liam zawih zawihin

I tawnah ka luangliam e.

Dingkhawr ka ni a, vei ka hmang thiam lo;

Ka nun dinglam i ni, kei a veilam,

I tel lovin nun ngaihna reng ka hre love.

Ka chakna hnar i ni, ka derdepna khur nen pawh;

Ka tih theih loh min tihtir theitu i ni a,

Lunglenna sala min hn<k luttu pawh i ni e.

I kiang lovah ka tlei zo lo.

A der...

Kei hi ka ni, a dera nung chu-

Hlima ka lan laiin nain ka r<m a,

Dama ka awm laiin hliamin ka k<n.

Mahse tu’n an hre lo, nang tiamin.

A hliam a lian lo naa,

Ka pumin min fan chhuak a;

A pem a langsar lo naa,

A th<kin a va han ril si em!

Hnemtu ngai khan fianrial ka chuh a,

Awmtu ngai kha lenrual zingah ka tlei lo.

Laikhum belin mutmu tuah mah i

Tlaikhua ka var, zan mu chhing lovin.

Chutin nat leh chauh fawmin,

Zam a zal, tha a tho lo.

Mahse, heng zawng bosalin,

Mahni ngei pawh inbum tumin

Dawtin ka nung nitin,

Kei hi ka ni, a dera nung chu.

The Freeman

Lucky me, to be single

With any lass I can mingle

No jealousy to care for,

No fury to fear for.

No uttering of sweet lies,

No bondage, no ties.

Needs no pence to spent,

Not a dime nor a cent;

It lies safe in a pocket,

Gayly stays in a wallet.

No watching ‘serials’ with boredom,

It’s a free world, no thralldom.

I can go wherever,

I can do whatever;

No phrase with ‘she’,

It’s all about me

Beiseina

I tan tlinna reng ka nei lova,

Ka tan i sang lua; ka hai lo.

Mahse, ka kut hi i lamah a phar tlat a,

Ka tha hi a nep em a ka chelh zo lo.

I tan ka tling lo tih ka hria a;

I  \hatzia ka hmuhhmaih hek  lo.

Chutin ka thinlung hian ngaihdam a ngiat tlat a,

Ka tlin lohna hian pawm inrin a \hulh lo;

I tan ka tling lo tih ka hria a,

I \ang bei ka thlahlel ngam lo

Mahse, ka lu hian innghahna a zawng a

Nangmahah lo hahdam a inring si lo.

I thinlung khualbuk hian kawng min hawn se

Kei zawng chatuana thlen ka duh ngei ang le;

A man ka daih loh paw’n tha-in ka rul hnial lo;

Hlimna hmunah hrehawm a awm ngai si lo.

HIM

He mould me from nothing,

Just as He shaped the world by saying

He cleansed me by bleeding,

And saved me by dying

He is still here caring

When I’m weak and ailing

He is with me aiding

When I’m low and needing

He is always giving

Even those I’m not asking

He is never failing

When He hear me calling

He always came rushing

When He hear me crying

He will still be abiding

When I’m done and leaving

Mi zawng laiah

Mi a zawngah thil \ha ka hria

Nang ka han duh ngat che a nia

Ka mit hi a fing thlawt a ni,

Engan ka inchhuan loh lem ang le?

Mi a zawngah i rilru a \ha,

Min tihnat i duh ka ring lo…

Keimah zawk hian ka zir lo a ni,

Engan nang vangin ka nat ngawt ni?

Thiante zar

Rualduh leng zarah ka zak.

Amah siali hmaah min fak,

Huat ngam lohva huatthlala tak,

A der mai an chham vak.

An thuin min beng hlak,

Lairilan a thip \hak.

Ka dawn hre lovin an r^k

Zahzelah zial ka pak.

Mahse thil \ha tih tum an ni tak!

Min \anpui tum an ni tak!

Eng an dawn lo, nuih bak,

An rilru a va thianghlim tak.

An phur a zual ta tak tak,

Ka mu lai thla an lak,

An phawrh ta tak tak,

Zial ianga khuk ral ka chak

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|hiante u, a va chimawmthlak,

Kei hi ka va khawngaihthlak!

In tan a nuihzatthlak,

Kei ka tan a zahthlak!

‘Tah khan alawm hruai loh tur ka hriat tak;

A va han hoh theih tak

A va chet \hin theih tak

Mahse, kan va la hlimpui dawn tak

Khuareiah kan va la ngai dawn tak…