ZANHAK TE BANG IN SUBUAI HIAM

By ~ Leon Guite

Hiai bang thil a tunna pen hun sawttak paita ahita hi. Zoudawn lam ah khua khat (akhaw min im ahi) ah inn tamlou 50 vel te tenna a thiltung ahi. Hiai khua ten misi a neih chiang un lamdang tak in misi kha laang om teitei sek hi. A khua uapan gamla lou ah sih lian deuh mai khat om hi. Tua sih kiang lou a neih kum un lamdang tak in a khosung uah sihna, zawngkhalna tuamtuam tung hi. Amau leng lamdang sa mahmah ua, himahleh a loh dingdan thei tuan lou uhi.

Lou giak ten nitak chiang in thil tuah khawng hau thei mahmah sek uhi. Buk tung ki hawk khia bang, naungek kap bang, Sakhi in nuihsan chih khawng tuak mun mahmah uhi. Nitak khat pata lou giak ten a louveng ua mikhat Suanlal kichi pa buk apan thau kikap ging za ua, agal et uh leh buk apan vak khat kikhoh khe zel a gamla sim tak tusuk zel mu uhi. Huai zoh chiang in buk apan mikhat torchlight tawi kawm a tua vak atuk na lam manoh a pai dan in mu zel uhi. Louveng pan vasa khawng kap ahi di chin lut san uhi. Zingkhua hong vak tak in alou vengpa kiang ah zan nitak a bang hih na hi hiam, thau kap kawm in na diang khe zel a? chi a a dot uh leh aman bangmah theikha hetlou in lamdang sa mahmah hi. Nupi khat lou ah suun a loukhou a omlai thakhat in a le-nuai va va kizelsak mawk hi. a zel tu di lah muh hilou, zau lah sa lah lau mahmah kawm in haksa satak in lou khou hi. Huai kum in thiltung tampi gen ding om hi. Himahleh I genseng kei ding.

Huai khua ten huangvulh ganta, kel, vok, ak, ui leh a dangdang vul zel uhi. Huangvulh ganta te nitak chiang in a sawk om mah bang in ihmu theilou in inn nuai khawng ah ham vengvung in phe lunglung sek uhi. Misi aneih khak chiang bang un uang diak se sek hi. Amau leng aloh ngaihna theilou in a khente bang in angeina dan a koih top bang zong omthei zel uhi.

Nikhat hausa upa khat hong si zenzen thahah hi. Nitaklam ninem kuan ahih man in han lai manlou ding chi in zan hahpih uhi. Kuapeuh a it lou omlou, pammaih salou omlou uhi. Aziakbel amah mi hehpih thei leh piltak hi a, khosung ah hausa zom a mi muanpen khat ahi hi. Amah hong sih chiang in khosung mite'n itlua uh ahihman un lengkhawm te zong mittui daitak kawm in lunglut tak in lengkhawm uhi. Huai nitak in khosung mi aneu-alian kuapeuh kisit omlou hial in kimtak in leengkhawm dipdip uhi. nitak tung in bel bangmah thawm zak ding a omkei. Himahleh banghiam thil hong om ngei ding a gingta in akhen te bildoh gikgek den uhi. Misi omteng a kha laang om gige thei mawk ahih man in kuapeuh in bang chik hun in ahong kipan dia aw chin ngaihsun chiat uhi.

Huchia lungmuang chiah lou, lunglut tak lah hithou kawm a bangtan hiam a hong leenkhawm lai un thakhat in inn nuai a akpi khat hong kokek in inn nuai apan inn khang a gobul lam manoh in hamsuk chelchul hi. lengkhawm te tha khat a phawng ahihman in hong dai duak ua, akhente lau leh liing in laa leng sathei nawn lou in hong om uhi. inn nuai lah ging bubulh den. zan sawt khua dai mahmah ahihman in thawm leng ngaihpha diak hi. Numei naupang deuh te bang in lau gawp in kikawi tuah tinten uhi. akhente lah lau lua in tangthei lou ua, milem kitung mah bang zozen uhi.

Atawp in val-upa bangzah hiam in hichi om mawk thil hithei hikei, iva enkhe himhim ding uh. Chi'n hong kisa uhi. lengkhawm te kiang ah la sak pan nawn ding in hilh ua, huaikal a bang hi mahmah hiam? bang deih a hong huchi gamtat hiam? ahihkei leh bang lungkim louhna nei a hong subuai ahia? chih zon khiak a hon sawm ta uhi. Akpi lah a bu lam delh tou nawn mah leh asubuai tu om ahihman in kokek den hi. huai in ak dangte phawng in ap huaitak in ham chelchul uhi. Val-upa ten leng inn nuai hon umkual ua, torch light toh pang hial in pan hon la ta uhi. A thawm ging bawltu pen zonkhiak sawm himah le uh a mu masa ding ut kuamah a om kei uh. Lau kawmkawm in hon enkhe zel ua, inn nuai a ging bubulh pen lah dai lou ahihman in laa sate zong ama abang nawn kei uh a, a hi liailuai geuh uhi. Val-upa te thil zon in alungsim uh luah tek ahih man in diip hawmsa leh taikhe ding a mansa in laa sa luailuai uhi.

Bangtan hiam nung in Val-upa khat hong pau khia a, Eh! a hon chih leh leengkhawm te bang hong dai duak zozen uhi. kuapeuh in athu thei nuam uh ahih man un dip hawm zen in bil doh gikgek den uhi. Huchi'n a tawptawp in val-upa te hong nuizak uhi. innsung a omten lamdang sa mahmah ua, sikha in khemhai hiding chi pawl bang om man uhi. Atawp in val-upa khat innsung ah hong lut in a mau subuaitu bang hi hiam chih hong hilh chian hi. Inn nuai a thawm om pen kha kel in ak ek ne ut a, akpi tuilai khat bubah ah amuk thun in ak ek nek sawm hi. Ak ek a nek sawm na lam ah a muk ak bubah ah tang kha a, kipek khiak sawm a alu ahon pei leh akpi patau a kokek zak in abu apan lengkhe kha ana hi phiang san hi. Thu omdan atheih tak un innsung a lengkhawm a lautak a ana om te kah nuih niainuai uhi......

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