LUAHLOUH LUNGDEIH MELHOIH

~ZM Tonsing

Hichitel a thu kipah huailou mu leh za dia ka kiphallouh lai a hon mu leh zasak teitei tu ka phone lei ah denzak phiahlouh di’n pam hina maizen e! Bangdia hiai nitak sese a ka sakhau a earphone ka kuah ana hichi kikaih-awk nengnung a tel a? Hiai nitak ka phone battery bei hiam ahihke’h network omlou khawng ana hileh china mahmah ing e.... Bang dia ka phone in hiai thugelh kipahhuailou tak ana nawlkhin beeklou a tel a???

Itluat ziaka hiaitan tung ihihlam theisiam hile chin zaw maw.... Na ‘aw’ neem, hoih leh kilawm siangset a ka zaaknop ziaka ka earphone ki-awk nengnung phel kekeuh zaw hive’ng. K’on houpih nuamlouhziak hikei, k’on ngaihlouhman le hituan kei: hawmthoh luatman hizaw hi. Hon hu-ngaihzek lai hamham hile chin zaw...

Hiai huntan in le bangmah a sekei, ka theisiam, keiziak ngen hi. Hon ngaidam oh! Himahleh, i kal simthu zin hawm hia, Sian’ lemgel, theihsiam ahak in ka thuakzou kei! Kei phone ahoihlouh tawp a le nang abeek ana hoih hile zaw haitan tunglou di hihang a... Bang dia k’on message khak kholak a vaithap leh mangthanglou a, na phone hoihlou a honglut teitei lai ahia awi!? Bangziaka hichibang message, ngaihdam theihlouh di kammal gen leh gelhkha ka tel a! Hichibang gelh ka hihlam le ka theisam a. Sian siamlouh chimai di i diam, Luahlouh Lungdeih Melhoih!.

Nitaklam ann nedia kisa; nektheih maidia ‘sabuai’ tunga lim in limta keileh kikhoih ningnengte sawk dia ka kisak lai in ka sakhau sung hong ling ningning in hong ging zaizai hi. Lamdang sakna di himhim a om kei, ka phone ahih theichiang lua ka hihman in. Hiai phone, gui neilou kia phetlou eikhoih ziakle hilou a hongging zoizoi banah hong kisawi ling nilnil(vibrate) te khawng alamdan dan ngaihtuah le zaw ngaihtuah tham pha mahmah di eive. Ngaihtuah ale ineih louhluat ziakin lamdang ahihlam le itheikei tel a hiven. Huan, hichibang thil thupi, hoih, manpha leh kilawm hetle hetkha ngei dia i kikoih louhlai in a hetkia hilou in i nei maimah hi. Hiai hun tanin le vualzawlna i don thupilua ahihlam le i theituansam a!

Ka phone sakhau apan lakhia a ka etleh kua dang hilou in Lungtup mualsuah pihdia simleitung mi zatam lai a deih chibang ka teel ka Ngaihnou ana hi a, ahon phone/called na ziakle ka theipah ngal hi. Midang, lawmte hiam ahihke’h tanau te khawng hile ubel ann nekawm leh sungkuante’ mai a le kihoupih zialzial sukmai poi ka sa kei. Himahleh, huaite hilou, ka khovel nuam leh bukimsaktu’ ana hihziakin sungkuante’ mai a va houpih helhal di nak zumhuai lua!

Zan nitak a ka message nate hon thulim dawnlou; hon hih eu-au, hon hih bebauh vial in chin mihing hihna zar a ken huaite ana dou kenkon zousamlou ka hih chu. Huaiziaka kenle hih eu-au, hih ne-nauh, hih bebulh suk. Mangpha nasan le khak teuhlou! Haksa sapi-pi a kidek trangtrang in a ninawn sunnitum a le houpihlou...ahaksat danbel genvual ahi kei. Amah le kideek tei ahi dia suun khua’n hon houpih tuankei!

Kideekzou mahmah lou hia ahihke’h thuthak omle hilou a hon hichi neunau mawkpen kisiik vungvung, kisiamtanlou leh akisuanlah ziaka hon houpih dek ahihlam ka theichiang lua, fekfok in. Thu maimai hi tha-hahlou, thil thupi leh gol mahmah gen dinei ka hihna uah ka mai a ann nektheih mai dia thuksa diam a ompen kitheihmoh bawl in konglam zuan in ka pawtkhia hi....

Ka phone hoih nawnlou, mitoh kihou chianga a 'aw' uh kitheichiang theilou ahihman in mitoh ka kihou chiangin ‘earphone’ ngen ka zang hi. Konglam zuana ka paiphei kawm a ka sakhau apan ka earphone ka lakkhiat chat leh fellouhziak hia, kizenlouhziak(?), awk chihtak in ana kikawi awk nia-nua ta mai hi. Ken leng hiai ka earphone gui kikai awk nianua te kin leh kinoh pipi’n phel kekeuh mahle’ng ka phone in hon hungaihkei: A ging a dai!

Hongging biahbiah thaknawn lam-en huntawk mahmah lai ka hihziakin ahonggin hunhun a laktheihpah ngal di chi’n ka earphone kikai awk nianua ka phel zomzel hi. Message tone tomchik hongging zual chihlouh adang, aging zak di himhim a om kei. Message ka etleh “Min hon called lai a bon na lak-utlouh, k’on call non takleh!” chihteng kia a kigelh giugeu tel hi. Hiai message in amah’ a kipan ka phone di hongpai mawklou hial di ahihdan hon theichiangsak lua ahihman in ann ne di’n innsung ah ka lutnawn hi. Hichibang message mu mahle’ng ka ikh ale anam kei! Amah kia mi phone/houpih theilah hilou a. Kenle ka call theithou. Amah houpihna di nana-na in chu sum/balance le ka hau aka!

Ann nezou phet, kamkhuah kawm a ka phone dokkhia in houpih di’n ka kisa ngal hi. Himahleh, vangtah tuaktuak kisu khawmkha ka hi uh hiam aw...a phone ana kisia ahi ngei dia ‘switch off’ a kichi bilbel ta mai hi. Hiai hun chiah in zaw a patauh huai khopmai, hih theih danglah ka nei ngal kei a! Phone theihlouh nana-na chu message khak a, a phone a 'on' hunhun chia a lutmai di, chihlouh ngal lampi dang a om sama... Hiaini zaw khovel a kidang huai, atunglou hiam ahihke’h zalmang maihileh chi na’ng e... Ngaihtuahna, nunlui ngaihna khovel ah hon tailutpih maimah hi!

Ann nezou, gilvah toh hih di theilou in lupna tung ah ka lum zenzan hi. Ka khe a inn bang siik, khe lam liiksang tou, kigulpi ludin hileh kilawm awmtak in ka lum vengvong hi. Ngeina dan in ka phone ka mek tauhtauh a... “Bang hih e, hon call ve...” chi’n gen di theihlouh man in message ka mawk khak hi. Ahitakin zaw, hiaibang message ka khak hangin hon call din lam-etna himhim ka neikei, a lungsim ka etna le ahikei a, ka chimman lel ahi.

Minute khatle pai manlou in ka phone hongging zaizai a, ka etleh ‘amah’ ana hi maimah a... Hon call ve chi a message ka khak hizenna pi’n lamdang sakna’n ka pum dim, thumang hina biambiam tel e ka chi lungsim hi. Kihoupih nuamlua himahleh ka zumziakin ka message khak bang ka kisiik zozen hi. Ahon phone ka kisuanglah kei a, ka zum zaw, ala ngamlou lampang keive!

Laklouh maibang lunggulh simmah le’ng maban khualna’n laklouh ka utkei zel. Himahleh, la(pick-up) leng bang gen di keita? Nak buaihuai ka sa. Hon miss-call maimai khawng ahihkhak zenzen leh chi’a ka hu-ngaihsim leh ka phone aging a daihmawk tuakkei! Ka phone gin danbel nidang toh a kilamdanna khatle a omkei, himahleh, ka bil a ahonglut dan bel nakpitak in a kilamdang! Ka phone ging in ka lungsim hon khoih!

Phone ging inlah khawlmawk sawmlou hileh kilawm ahihna ah laklouh theihvual ahi kei. Nervous louh teitei sawm in ka huu ka la a.... ‘aw’ te khuah cheuh in “Hello..... Kipahhuaina e n’on called a.... hilele, kisuanlah ngen in ka pumdim...” chi’n ka kamsiam theihtawp in ka houpih nalnal hi. Gendi tamlua hinapi’n gen di ka theikei. Ka tang chotchot! Amah le zumsim ahi ngeingei di, ka dotna te kia hon dawngin a dang a gen ngeikei himhim. Kenle a hondawnna-te le ka theituansam kei, chihbel, ama hon dawnsung a en a dang, i gennawn di lungsim leh ngaihtuahna tengteng seng a ana ngaihtuah zel ihih chia....Anuam in ahaksa! Huailai, ‘A’ a kipatlai khawng ngaihhuai hina maizen e.... Hun a paimettel mai!

Kumthak kipahhuai lawmzou dek geigei, kumthak beini zaan in Pathang in “Khristmas hihnang kha 12 kia in sam hinawn manzel hia maw” hon chihleh nuihbang a za zozen hi. Himahleh, zuau gen ahi kei. Kha 12 kia in sammah. Ahi-hi hita sukve. Huai Khristmas leh kumthak chih veule lungzuan thelbang thousak tulel hi, salam ah.

Hun-le-nite mualliam zungzung mahleh nang ngaih in mualliam hun neiken chin... Heina peuh i sulnung puanbang a thakzel a... Selungleng ding himhim a piang ka hiam aw, sawlbang ka heina peuh lungzuan sialna ngen.... Gualngaih kim a lenlai leh ngaihtoh lenlai ni chikleh ka ngilh zou dia? Vangngaihnou, nanglah singdang siang ah muang ni chia maw? Kenlah singdang tongdam naubang sangtheikei ve’ng... Ana in a poi ngeimai, Sian lemgellouh ahiam aw??? Hon ngai ing e Luahlouh Lungdeih Melhoih!

15/01/14

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