FEBRUARY kha a, “Sawt omman ding le hilou bang hong pai nai dah ve” hon chi hinapi April kha inchu kei sawm le hi nawn zezenlou in, “ULian, inkiang a i huan ua ka meh chiinte nektheihta eive; a neman di’n hong pai ve maw?” ka lawmnu’n hon chi a, hon zotdan himhim nalh ka sa. Nikum Krismas a le inn pai sawm a ticket natan lakhin hi’ng a, ka pai theikei thak a hive’n. Huaima Krismas in bel inkuan kim in ka zangkhawm ua neih dandan in Krismas Tree ka bawl ua, ka tate’n le kipahpih mahmah uh, a diak a huai Disco light vak phe leplepte mahmah!
Lawmnu gentaklouh tate meel mahle muhlouhna sawtta chi’n inn pai ding kilawp mahmah; ticket bang lakhawl pah. Huchihlai a Rengkai a mi kidawplup thu in Lamka zelsuak. Inlam tanchin Internet a zakzak chia’n Bandh peuh ana omleh Inn kitung theilou ding chi’n Saptuam leh pawl tuamtuamte hihsekdan a Facebook ah, Innlam paina sunawngkai thei dia mimal hi’n pawlpi hitaleh, kuama’n bandh ana bawllou dia ngetna bang bawl malam. Phatuam taktak le ahi diam ah, lamzangtak a inn tungthei.
Delhi kholum hemhum lai a Imphal i tungzaw Tulihar Airport bang ah vuah thuak khapah; Lamka khopi tun ale zulai. Khua ana vot didi in nuam mahmah. Inn i tung a… eisa’ kipakzaw a ana vaidawn ding zi leh tate, pi leh pu, lawm-le-vual banah tanau-laina, inkim-inpam ana om siuhseuhte muhchia’n paiman om mahmah. A climate mahlah damtheihhuai himai. Delhi leh vaigam khong a zaak manglouh vuahzuk chia Inn-tung Langva peek vuah in a denging tiktik leh a chang a huihpi luum humhum a inn hon muut thawmte mah nuambang va lehsak; le original zaw bang. Pianna gamzaw neu ta lele i ki-aikawhaan sakna mun hi a, nuam petmah. The Joy of coming home! Inn tungphet lawmnu’n a siamtheihtawp a ahuan: Maiteh, beteh, begaap leh manta, allu le telzek, kihuankhawm banah Singzual hngat thak siseih a ki-alhuan… Gilvahtak a ne pah. Lim ahi na ve!
Khawmui toh kiton in nitak-ann leng nekhin nawnpah. Leengthe hong haam in gaal a uphokte vuah sam in hong haam kawtkawt nawn sosouh uh. Laikhun ah tate toh hun sawtpi nung in ka hong zaalkhawm nawn uh zaw aw… lungmuang kisatak a i anglum a ihmu hithitte etchia’n ‘PA HIH’ nuam hina maizen e! Zi leh tate khong pawng vuak pahpah, vuak noknok ding hilou in lungmuansak ding hizaw veh aw. It a kitenpih i hih ngalleh kham-le-ngun, mehlim-meh-al i piakzohlouh hang in ‘huailai a na itna’ mah pe lechin kipaktak a saang utlai veve ding uh eive. Zite mah inle pasalte maipha a zonsiam ua thunuailutdan a theih uleh itlouh theih, ngaihlouh theih hilou zel.
Sawtpi apan lunggulh gige singtang meh: Patoktonol, singthupi, singzual, khangkhuh, gotuai, lengmasel, pa-aldang, patung… om hunkuan (season) hi zomah. Pi Kimmartin in “…thasial hetlou a lei a neknek ding himai” ana chih bang phawkhuai mahmah. Nidang toh teh-in mehman ana tamsot mahmah. Nidang a Singzual lom-khat Rs.5/- man kikham thei hi a, tuchia Rs.20/- manlou huantham hi nawnlou sim. Sawtlou om sung in mehman in tampi a va kisubei man chihthu hive’n ankam limlou chih omlou. Khualgam gamlapi ah i om inle inlam meh kilunggulh vungvung sek na mah a, lim le a limtel a eive maw.
Loulam le muh uthuaita chi’n ka pu toh Khaupihawm lou ka va pha ua. Nidang a taksing lian loulou Krismas dekchia mi’n Krismas Tree dia a guuk ding uh phallou a ka va veen sekte uh ana lian simsimta. Huihpi mutpuuk singte puaksawm in heipi i hon leenzaw… saatpan in khutsung munnih- munthum polpah ngal. Kingeek gawp in kitawlpah laideep. Tawldam zek ding chihleh thoukang thak petmah zel. Thou-mitsawkte bang khel petmah himai. Nisa leng khauh simta himahleh a huihnung vot didi lai. Inmun a ana omdente sang in nasep ah kitawl baihzaw. Himahleh I gam climate nuam kipahpihdan kisiamzaw bang.
Lungsim hon khoih ka sak mahmah khat chu loulam a gawbulte muih pianpian tamta. Gua taam-ut kisa a apaakziak hipilou in guta a tamziak hisim maimah. Kou lou leh a kiim a gam neite kia hilou in Lamka kiim a khuate, B. Kalzang lam tanpha ahle hithou, ka phaakkhak na chiangchiang ah gua hi’n nahtang hitaleh a bit omlou. Gawhuan neite’n, “en la keile le mang thou ding” chih ngaihdan nei a gawtuai omte la pahpah tampi om hidan eive, huai le ana kilak man keileh, hilai! I gam uah sing-le-lou hing dipdip theilou ding khop a i climate un zillou zaw hilou hi a. Tuchia’n ahihleh a mite mah in i gam tulsak ding kibangta mai!!
A huihnung a votlai chihthu hive’n khuazaw lum mahmah thouta. Hiai in a kuakua hitale, sing-le-gua kembit a anou suan theihtheihte ah naktak a panlak poimohdan hon theisak. A hun laitak I missed khak uleh vaigam kholum hemhum kigengente I maban uh ahi. Vai-kholum-gam ah huihsa in hon… muut hilou in, hul hehu chia’n, nasem hilou a tu maimai nasan i kho-ul luang ziahziah thei. Singnou suan in i gam damsak ni!
© Lian Suantak @13/8/2012.
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