Tuesday 28 June 2022

'A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE,' A KICHI

 

'Better late than never,' leng a kichi.

 

K'on genlai mai aw. A na simsaklai hamham diing in ka hon ngen hi, khatveilai...

 

'A kipatna zaw sawtpi apan hita eive. Tu in tuh a zung saupi a khata. Hichi mai a hihven theih diing vual ahi nawnkei!' a chi uh, a theite'n.

 

Hikha inteh. 2018 kum a kipanta leng a hikha diing. Himahleh a hong puahzaak hun 2019 kum Taangkha 28 ni zingkal a chi uh. Thuthang i za ua, hilehle i kidelhhuan kholkei uh. A sung a omte a kipan a hong kaang ahi a, hong mit mai inteh, chihbawl i bang uh. Himahleh a hong kaang taktak mawk hi. Kare! Kate! Dahhuai...

 

Hilehle tua innkaang kigen pen tui a phelhmit theihchi ahi kei hi. Itna leh kingaihdamna a phelhmit theih phet lel ahi. Kidottuah dialdiallouhna leh kimuanzohlouhna meikuang zaw tui a phelhmit theihchi a hikei him hi. Sabiak kisinsakna in zaw huchi dia hon sinsak lou mah zaw hia maw!!! Tu'n tuh....

 

Sepaih thahatna zang in meikaang zaw a na khaam thei zenzen uh chih thu ahi a hia, aam lailai eive aw. A hong kuankhiakbolh nawn chiang in bangteng a peh diam, chih genkholh a haksa. Gen theih mai ahi kei.

 

Tu in meikaang khaam thei tadih i kichina a, i innsung uah i luut thei tuankei uhi! A polam ah kihuatna leh kimullitna a kikalh lailai hi maimah ve'n. Aw, a lungzinhuai ngei, ei aa mahmah kaang a i koihleh! Who cares??

 

Hichia veng mai diing i saklai in ‘termination order’ a hong lengkhia a; oh! khat khit khat kizui hi zomah! A thuakkhate lah nungzui nei vetei ahi thou ua, thusuah a hong leeng, a hong leeng. Huai tan ah a ‘break’ kuama'n i man theikei uh.

 

'Leppihpa laukha ka ngai. Noua long leppihpa laukha ka ngai ngei!'

 

Huchi'n 'mind your own business,' chihbawl in i om chiat ua, a dik hia? Diklou mo? Huchi'n cabinet a hon form tuak ua. Hmm! Hmm! Mi kilaita, kibalta uh e, chihbawl i banglai uhi, Nipini a kikhawm zelte..

 

Huntaleh hoih diing hia maw! Lah a kam thei tuankei! Office a hon puangtuak zomahlai uh!! A bunker tuak uapan letter head kibang zang in a gamtangtuak zel mai uhi. Huai letter head kichi i nam uh aa eive! Nang-le-kei aa ngeingei!!

 

'A ithuai a naupangte nangawn in zong a thuak....' 

 

Thuak taktak uh! A sinlaibu uh lei diing kimu lou ahih maimah chia! Sepaih thahatna mah zang in kalhna tahbite khetsiat ahi a, huai pen last fighting a mawleh...?

 

Hilou e... Hi dek nailou! Naisai lou! Oiha!

 

Eh! Samari mihoih bang a a liam phong diing, a kisia khate lem diing ki-om lou hiam?

 

Chih lailai in ah! A hitawk voi. Mulou mo?

 

Hihi!.. Hihi!.. Tu'n tuh.... Tu'n tuh....

 

Annual fund don a hong hun pahta dia aw... Mei-am a hong kuankhiak nawn hunhun in chu a pehkhak teng pehkhak himai lou diing hia!! Ka muan leh ka muan!!

 

(Lasak leng ka siamlouh toh hunsakta mai n'ing e)

 

~ Sumthanlian Suantak | 2020 kum Tuunkha 13 ni (13.02.2020)

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