Ngaih Anglai Zal Dingin – 5
Suanno zong nitak lam nasep khit ciang lungzuan ngilh tuam nading ciin seppih lawmte tawh East Coast Park khawngah vaithaam in a om laitak thakhat thu in guahpi hong zu in a lawmte tawh akno tuikia bangin a kawt dimdem uh hi. Cihna ding dang omlo ahih manin lamgei a T-shirt san khat leiin a pheituam kawtpi mah tawh City Bus sungah a lut hi. Inn a tun uh ciang khuazingta ahih manin a lawmte tawh kisil in ann a ne uh hi. Kipei tengtunga a om laitak a lawmte khat nawhsa in hong lut in,
“Hello Suanno, here is a letter for you”
“Thank you Bang”
A hon pah buatbuat leh a khutgelh pan a theihsa pen mah na hi a, amah zong a lupna tungah thallup in datmei neilo ahih manin electric taang ah a sim hi. ‘Zawllai pen zanpuan nuai ah datmei tawh sim leng bun diak’ cih zong a phawk man nawn kei hi. Zolai thei om lo ahih manin a lawmte lak ah a sim zong a poina omlo hi. A simkhit ciang a lawmte kiangah ‘my girl friend photo’ ciin a sunga maan om pen a lak kawikawi hi. A lawmte in a upmawh bangin na nuamtuam khollo uh ahih ciang lamdang bang a sa kik zawzen hi. “Eh, lawmte in lawmngaih cih khawng thupi sim kei si uh e” aci pianpian hi.
Lawmngaih neih a maizum tuttut laite khawng pen minam khangto nailo te omdan na hilel cih a nungtheih a, a telsiam pah hi.
December hong tung leh a ciah hunta ding ahih manin a ngak lah mahmah a, Khuado a zatkhak loh dingte khawng zong a phawk man kei hi. Niangno bang puak ding ka hia cih bekbek a lungsim ah om ahih manin kha bei simin sumbuk ah vak in numei van a en kawikawi hi. Singapore ah van kizuakte lah inn lam ah silh ding in kilawmlo tawh kibang hi. Puan pan dildel cih khawng pen khua lam ah silh leng ‘guaktang tawh kibang’ cih sak ding uh a, nuihsan ding uh hi. Tua manin a sah theithei leisak ding ciin a khentat hi. Samkilh a vom hilhial, a san tawh a kigial hoih mahmah leh samhenna tuamtuam sawm zong a leikhol pah hi. Numei puan leh nik, mainul leh powder namtui, muksanza leh samvomza cihte zong a vak kik ciang leikholhsa in koih ding aci hi. Inn a tun ciang a lawmte in, “Hey Suan, why you bought so many ladies items?” na ci uh a, amah zong zum nawn sese lo in, “For my girl friend” a ci suk pah ziahziahta lel hi. A khangto gamah om a, a khangto te banga maizum nawnlo hipah hi!
A ciahna ding kha nih bek in samta cih ahih hang Suanno in a puak ding van khempeuh damdamin a kitawm toto hi. Ama innkuante ading khempeuh a kicin ciangin Niangno ading kham khi khat a vaihawm teitei nuam lai hi. Gamdang om cih ciang a kicingin sum a khakzo kei zongin a kal halh in a innkuanpihte sum a khak zel hi. Tua hangin a ngaihno ading christmas present hoih nono a puak ding pen a lungnuam mahmah hi. Amah zong gamdang omcilna ahih manin lawp in khua lam ciah ding zong a lawp hi. A seppih lawmte in zong a lungzuanna theihpihuh ahih manin christmas a ciah ding pen a thukim mahmah uh hi. Ahi zongin kumthak khit bek leh Singapore ah nasep zom dingin a tun kik kul a, tua bel a lungkham khol nuam kei hi.
Laikhak zong gelh nawnlo ding ciin a ciah hun ding bek a ngak hangin om zolo ahih manin November kha bei kuan in khat a at teitei hi.
“My dear sweetheart,
Na min zong hong lo ngam kei ing ngaihno aw. Niang, na laikhak ka ngahzawh kha nih bang pha phialta mahleh kong thukpah lohna hang pen kong ciah ciang ka gennop teng kam tawh gen ding ka cih hiven, kidek zolo in hong gelh kik ing. Hong theisiam in aw. Kong ciah ding ni bek a mit suansuan hita ing. Ahi zongin kha khat dektak omlai mawk in, hih lai na ngah man ding lamen hong at kik biangbuang ing. Nang tawh i kikholhna te nong gen kik ciang na laikhak ka sim kawmkawm in ka mitkha ah khuamual suangphuh tungah tu a na khitui luangluang khawng ka mu kik hi. Ken, ka ngaihsutna ah maw, leitung pen a lunglenhuai, a lungzuanhuai lamin ngaihsut sawm nawn kei ing. A nop lam, a lamet huai lamin muh sawm ta veng e.
Tua ka cih ciang i kikholhna te a mangngilh cih bang hilo in, i lungzuanna te pan a ban ah bang om cih suut zaw ta ing. Heina khatlo in a mual zatam hal ah i leeng zongin nikhat ni ciang dawnbang kituah in nunnuam laitual lengkhawm in gual tawh lenlai paal aam lai ding hihang ciin na ngaihsun ing. Tu in gam nih ah kikhin in i om zongin nikhat ni ciang gam khat ah nang tawh teeng khawmin innsung khat ah lupna khat ah zalkhawm dingin tung Sianmangin hong siam thei hi ciin na ngaihsun ing.
Singapore ka pai ding laiin haksa sa, nang tawh kimulo a kong zinsan ding ka ngaihsut ciang na ka sak mahmah hang, tu in kangaihsut ciang i mailam ding hizaw ciin ka kinemta hi. Sum leh pai bek i deih ahih loh hang sum leh pai lotawh leitung kinungta theilo a, pupa khang pek pan i lokhawh bek tawh mite nuntakna kiban zolo ahih ciang ei zong hanciam in mite nuntakzia i bat zawh na ding a hanciam sawm ka hi hi. Khua lam nuntak a simmawh ka hi kei a, a baan omlai hi cih a gen nuam ka hi zaw hi. Nang zong nu leh pa annhuansa ne in sangkah thei lai na hih manin na hampha hi. Amau tawh omkhawmlo in na pusuah akul hun om ding hi. Zomi te ngeina ah nu leh pa nusia a numei pilna zong, sum zong cih bang ‘khuaval vai’ i sak hunte hong bei ding hi. Hiah singapore ah numei amau bek sangkah, sum zong, vanzuak tam mahmah hi. Zomi te bek hiinteh numei innsungah khumcip ka ci pian hi. Mite khangto uh a, kimuang mahmah lel uh hi. Nang zong tua bangin nong khankhiat ding kong deihsak hi.
Ka cihnopna ah nu leh pa muhna ciang bek tawh kalsuan hun hinawnlo a, mite in gamsung bek hilo gampua ah zong sum leh pai na zongta uh hi, cih a gennuam ka hi hi. Kei gamdang tung masa pen Zomi tangval ka hi ciin a kisial nuam ka hi kei a, ei zong tua lam manawh hi hang cih a gen nuam ka hi bek hi. Kei gamdang om, ka ngaihno khua ah om cih bang tawh piang denlo ding ahih manin nang zong kei omna lam ah nong om ding kong deih mahmah hi. Hi thei hileh tun zong hong om khin hilecin ka ut liang hi. Khua kong ciah ciang zong ka nu leh pa in hong theisiam uh henla, tanu te samkhawm in niangbel khat tawh noh inn lam khawng zong hong zuan mai ta leh ka ut mai hi. Kong ngaih luat man hi e Niangno aw. Na heh ken aw. Nang bel hun kisa nai het kei niteh. Laisiam na hih manin laitan sangpi zo photlo in pasal na neih ding bel pammaih mahmah ding cih bel thei ing. Ahi zongin kei nong it taktak leh bel kei kiang pan zong sangkah zom thei na hi a ci nuam ka hi hi. Ka seppih lawmte zong a zi te uh sangkah kikkik lel uh hi (namdangte). Ei zong tua bang lam ngaihsun thei hi hang a ci nuam hi ing.
I neulai lawmngaih bangin ki itna bek thupisak in nek leh dawn zonna thupisak kei leng i kiten khit ciang i nek ding omlo ding ahih manin eimah i nung buai saan ding hi. Tua manin tu a ka zinkhiat zong nang kong itloh man hilo in i mailam ding ka khualna hi ciin na ciamtehsak in. Na gen bangin van leh na te a thupi hi kei, mihing mah thupizaw hi. Khangluite in zong, “Mi om peuh leh na om hi,” na ci uh a, mihing mah kisam masa zaw hi. Kei zong nang om peuh lecin bangmah dang ka kisam nawn kei ding hi. Nong pai mai dia leh Niangno?
A cihtaak kei zongin van kong puak ding bangzah hiam lei khinta ing. A dang zong ka leinop omlai. Khuamual ah hong na dawn in aw. Hong mu nuam mahmahta kahi aw. Na lim leh meel bek ka mu a, na tak mu ngeilo ka hih manin hong mukik leng paalpi paak sa in kong haih mai tam maw. Na hoihna ah nervous in ciling in kong puuk depdap kha tam maw. Na powder namtui, na muksanza ang hiuhiaute ka ngaihsutna ah bei theilo hi. Itluat Niangno aw.
Yours forever,
U Suanno
Singapore
City Hall, HDC Co.
November 24, 1983″
Laiip sungah thun khin lian cih leh a lawmte in hong sam a, bang hiam ci a et khiat leh a guah thuakna puan kawtte sawp dinga tuibuk ah a koihte a lawmte in nawngkaisa pianta uh ahih cianga hong sam uh na hileltak hi.
“Hi, Suanno, are you washing your clothes?”
“Yes, I will.”
“Okay… I will move over here, okay; can or not?”
“Can”
“I wash mine first and you wash yours later. Can or not?”
“Can. Can.”
“What are doing now?”
“I am writing a very romantic letter to my girlfriend”
“Okay, sorry, please carry on, sorry”
“Its okay. Never mind, abang.”
(zop lai ding)
Hau Za Cin
Phuitong Liim
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