Pa aw! Nu aw! Naupang Neu Ka Hihlai In
Written by Vungzamuan Valte, Columnist Zogam.com

Cat's In The Cradle by Harry Chapin
My child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talkin' 'fore I knew it, and as he grew
He'd say "I'm gonna be like you, Dad
You know I'm gonna be like you"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home, Dad
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then

My son turned ten just the other day
He said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on let's play
can you teach me to throw", I said "Not today
I got a lot to do", he said, "That's ok
And he walked away but his smile never dimmed
And said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be like him"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home, Dad
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then

Well, he came from college just the other day
So much like a man I just had to say
"Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while"
He shook his head and said with a smile
"What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys
See you later, can I have them please"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son
I don't know when, but we'll get together then, Dad
You know we'll have a good time then

I've long since retired, my son's moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind"
He said, "I'd love to, Dad, if I can find the time
You see my new job's a hassle and kids have the flu
But it's sure nice talking to you, Dad
It's been sure nice talking to you"

And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
When you comin' home son
I don't know when, but we'll get together then, Dad
We're gonna have a good time then

Thu ichih la hi a, la ichih thu hi. Hiai la in mihingte tanchin sautak gen khamawk hi. I neulai in nu leh pa te`n hon it in hon duat mahmah ua, himahleh nektak zonna ziak khong in a angsung uah kikual manlou leh, khamuang lou sasa in hon zinkhiaksan ua, gam hon kuansan ua, mun lauhuai leh haksa khong ah gamtang uhi (zum leh hiam kar ah). Itlouh ziak hilou in, ahon itluat ziak uh ahi naknak. Ahi, nektak zonna lam a mangthang, zi leh tate toh kimunawn lou chih mahtak omthei lawtel hi, gamsa leh melma te khutlum tuakkha. Damtheihna zong kibanglou ahihna ah, sihna haan a zi leh tate mualliamsan baihdeuh khong zong om naknak uhi. Huchidan dinmun a khanglian, a tate uh liangvai tuanse ua, khuavang ziak hiam ziin ziak, chih louh theihlouh asuak hi. Nu sihsan, pa sihsan chih khong leitung ah om sese kei leh..chihmawk lah hitheizel lou! Haksatna, liangvaihna leh mite simmohnate atantawk uh himaimah. Himahleh, haksatna in mihingte sekhoih a, lungduaina  guan a, hangsantak a khovel maituah theite ahi naknak uhi, azaithanemte bel hunmualliamsa ngai in kahtamlou ua, mi suaklou takpi theizel uhi.

Tulai khovel ah bel nektak zonna nuam dawmdeuhta hiven, Kawlgam- Vaigam ah kikhosa in, gamdang tantan ah nekzong ki-omta hi. Pianna gam lam a innngaktute zong gamkuankhia leh khualzin a nekzong ki-tawm hiaihiai ta hi. Tuailai thahat ihihlai in nektak zonna ding khualna leh leitung vaia khosakna dingin sithunamzen in kipei hihang, banghang hiam chihleh! Sungkuan buching zawdeuh leh mite nuai a lengsamlou ding a kichilna ahi hi. Huchih lai in, zi leh pasal neih hun ahongtung a, deithtelna neithei teng in I deih ihon tel siausiau ua, mahni phutawk theisiamloute bel hun in ngaklou hialin paikhengsan maimah hi.  Kisik chih in omzia a nei nawnkei, khahsuah khakte tung a lungngaihna toh hinkhua kizang theinawnlou hial hi, khosakna a kibuai hita (achang chang in a suaksuah zauhzauh zel chih chu omsam mahleh, thinlai ah I thar leh thin..chihdandeuh in). A singkhial kisate zong om maimai tuanlou, gil a gah goutan piang veve, singfuh kisate zong kipahna mel mu veve, mankhawng kamkial pa/nu, phutawk theisiamloute bel, khaithawn hiziang lel, hun leh ni ten kuamah ngak neilou, piangnawn bek ding lah kihilou a maw?

Mahni tek a khosakna, inkuan kepna ah, zi le tate toh kibuai zaak hita, khanvual leh lawmngaihte kigamlat pianta, huchiding mah a siamtu`n ahon siam hiding hiven, pasal in a nu leh pate a paisan ding a..chih hiteltawk a, huai hialzaw dik kei deuh veh. Numei in a nu leh pa, a sanggam te a paisan ding a, a pasal aang ah a belh tentan ding chih hilehpen ei khosakdan leh tawndan toh kituakzaw hi. Pasal in a sungkuante taisan ding, azi kiang ah pai ding chih bel, KHASI te paidal alel ka! Bangteng hileh, ta ahong piang a, melmuh masak itlou leh ngailou mihing aa piangkhia peuhmah ki-omlou ding hi. Gamsa nasan in a noute uh sihchilh ngam hial ua, liaksiang sipsip ua, akpi takngial in sihngam in a noute kem hi, vuahnuai ah bitna pia a, sihal, sangakte mai ah ahinna pe-ngap hialthok hi. Huchimah bangin, mihing ten I tate ki-it in ki- ngai ngoih ngoih takmeuh a, huihsia leh natsia ten a tuamkhak ding lau in ahoih thei penpen leh siamdantawk in I neih dandan u`n kikem thenthan hi. Awl awl in ahong khangkhia ua, nu leh pa chih ihita ua, tapa nei, tanu nei chih hinkhua asuakta hi. Khovel paidingdan tak ahihna ah, kipahna mel, ki-itna mel toh hinkhua ki-zangtou panpanta hi. I zi leh ta ten hon poimoh mahmah lel ua, pa omlou a khosak dingdan khong ngaihsutna ah neipha mahmah louhial uhi. Vangtahna ziak a pa omlou chih bel, ei bawltheih hilou a, om gegu nazen a zong pa tellou a khosa chi mahtak omthei zekzuk zel hi. Buailua, sepding tamlua, hoh nang tamlua, pawtnang tamlua, awlmohhau hinkhua neite a dingin, engagement tampitak om chihmah tak.

Ahong khanglian hulhul ua, I theihlouh kar in hong piching hut mawk uhi, pa ka ek asuak, ka zun hon thakpih in, hon luppih in, hong kisasak in, hon kibualsak in, lai hon hilh in, tangthu hon hilh in, annlom hon hualsak in, Aknou chiakchiak hon hilh in, Unau tangmai tuhte hon hilh in, drawing hon bawlsak in, ka homework hon hihpih in, huai ah hongkha in, school ah honkha in, lawmte in ah hon hohpih in, zanmial ka lau, hon thohpih in…chihte I theilouh kar in beiduak mawk ua, hong pai koh ka kisa, hon en ken, hon zui ke`n, hon kha ke`n, ka lawmte kiang ah ka hoh dek, gari chabi la? Awl awl in gape om hiai hiai a, kingaihtuahna hong piangpanta hi, eh! Bangchi maimah, ta ten I angsung sang a lawmngaih leh kholai hon ngaizawta, kikhahsuah dek ei, panlathak ni, chih bel a kikhelsa hiziang lel. Bangziakin ichih leh, tampitak ten I tate neulai, I chituh theih lai, I duat ding lai, I it ngoih ngoih ding lai hun mansuah kha hi hang. Noutawi in pompom utlai lengzong physically a hithei nawnlou, mentally azong utmalak salak ah, kon ngai kei, ka kiang ah leng omom ken chih omthei teltawk aka. Banghang in, emotional attachment poimoh penpen hi, huai dingin tate tung ah khamuanna tunsak kul takpi hi, I ompih ding,  a khamuan ding uh ahi hi. Ahon taisan ua, ahon gamlat ua lehbel a tung ua I tatsiat leh kutkhelhna ziak bang hithei, it taktak-na ihi chih latsakna kitasam zong himaithei ahi hi.

Pa toh tapa kikar ah gape, nu toh tanu kikar ah gape awngvang lian deuhdeuh, hukdimmoh hial hongsuak ta, maimah aw, bangchidan ahia le, chia nupa kihoulim taktak hong kulta. Ihmut mohna, nekmohna, maimialna leh zahlak kisakna innsung ah gintaklouh sung in hongtung guih mawk ahihchia, hon barakhaih theilua eimah voi, akua akua hitaleh, a kikhelnungpi a.

Amau ngaihdan in zaw, pa  aw, ka neulai in non it taktak kei, kholak non pawt san san, hon thuai in ka chih chiangin leng naupang hoh theihlouhna  ahi na chi, bang dia na tapa hoh theihlouhna a hoh neisettawk a oi. Meeting, committee chih te  na ngaipoimoh zaw a, kei ahon ngai a kapkap hizenpi na hon taisan teitei. Na ki VIP sak a, bang e na lohtak, na coat leh tai toh na kithuam a, kon bohdek chiang in, hey hon khoih ken, non sunin kha di, hiai naupang pomkhia un, na chi a,  ka nu na salh lailai, bang kisa natel a oi. Kikhop na pibawl a, saptuam vai ahihchiang in piak phallouh lah na neikei a, kei school bag leina ding lah omlou nachi zel a, Khawmpi leh atuam tuam ah nahon zinsan zelzel a, kei a ding mawng mawng bangmah non puak ngeikei himhim, inn na hong tung a, ka gimlua, hon naih kei un, na chi a, na tha bang ding a va zang na hia oi, kua toh zanhak zen a va kual e? Na lawmte veh ding, kithuahpih ding na chi a, naupangte hoh theihlouhna na chizel a, phone in na pauden a, gari chabi na lakhia a, ka nu toh kou kia inn ah non nusia gige , lawm na ngai a, numei hileh pasal hileh innsung ah non thuailut sek a, ka nu hehna leng na thusim kei …nektak zonna ziak a mun dang leh khaw dang a hon zinsan, hon omsan hilechin zaw ka theisiam, na omdan mawng mawng hon suthangpai lua na hi aw he pa…I'm gonna be like you DAD.

I ta ten ahon poimoh sung uh ana tawi lua himaimah, kikhel pah anahi dan hiveh aw, hihkhelh khak ding lauhuaipi khat zaw hi.

 Kare, tanute ngialhouh kingeksak chia I gengen sung ua, muh phallouh, etsak theihlouh  api hong tamta, hon gamlat hiaihiai uh, awl awl a lawmngaih hon nei ding ua, papa hon ngaihtuah ken aw, ka boyfriend toh cinema en ka hi ua….. e he he, chia khutchin nuainuai mai ding hita. Kei a ding a ka Little Angel na hihlai ka ngaitel aw, hun mualliamsa samkik theileng aw….ichi ua lah akikhel ta. Ahi, Nu ka neulai in tanchin hoih hon hilh hilechin zaw, kon poimoh lai in hon taisan san kei lechin zaw maw, bazar leh na sumdawnna ngaipoimoh zawkei lechin zaw maw, na kikhop awlmoh luat ziaka lazir ding, bang ding a non diankhiak sansan hun khawng, mite khut a non koih teitei hunte na theilai hia? Na angsung ngai a ka kah tuaituai lai ..non taisan teitei laikhong mangngilh ding honsa maw nu?  Kei sanga kicheina  ngaina zaw chin a, khangvual ngaizaw chin a,  apoimoh lou a hon zinsan san chin a, hon itloupi a hon nei nahi aw nu, ka eksiaktu di mi la chin a, na nawi it chin a, bawngnawi hon tepsak chin a, huai le na ompih nu hon pesak laitel chin a, na sung a suak hibuangsam inga, kon poimoh ngoihngoih lai a, apoimoh zaw pawtkhiakna ding nei gige chin a, nekzonna hileh zaw ka theisiam, noptal naleltak ka….tua ken hon poimoh nawnlou kei voi nu, hon subuai buai ken…I slipped through your fingers long back.

ABBA
"Slipping Through My Fingers"
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch her go with a surge of that well known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
Well, some of that we did, but most we didn't
And why, I just don't know

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile

Huchidan anahi maimah aka I leitung hinkhua, I tate ahong khanglian ding ua, awl in ahon kamlat deuhdeuh ding ua, maban ah ahon taisan zawmah nalai ding ua, nupa a damlaite I khawhar ding ua, a toltente I khohar zawsem ding ua, maban ding limchi lawmlawm kei chihmawk ding lah hikei venchin.
Mihingte paidingdantak a pai ihih nak leh, kikhen thei, kimukik thei ihihna ah, khasiat vulvulna ding omlou ahizaw hi, tangtawn tangtawn a kikhenna bel thutuam mahmah zel leh kilawm.