The Last Leaf….. by O Henry (Zolai tawh)
Johnsy leh Sue akici nungak nihte pen Coffee sai sungah kimu kha uh hi. A uklam uh hong kikup uh ciangin anih un limsuaih tawh neek zong tuak na hi uh a, tuani a kipan kikhen thei nawn lo uh hi. Washington Square kiimah inn khat saap khom uh a, a limsuaihte uh zuak in tua tawh nungta uh hi. A innsapna nuainung pen ah puteek limsuaih siam khat mah inzong inn na saap hi. Amau teng thum kikhawl thei zel uh hi. Puteekpa in a genna ah ” Kei pen hih nungak nihte a hung uital muanhuai mahmah ka hihi” ci zawzen hi.
A sawt lo in tua khuasung ah sihziau theihna natna ginalo khat hong om mawk hi. Tua natna pen ” Cisa khuaklut ” a kici te himawk ahih manin angah kha khempeuh puk pah ziahziah uh hi. Kamsiatna tak tawh tua natna pen Johnsy inzong hong ngah kha mawk hi. Angah ni a kipan lupna tungah opcip pah hi. Siavuanten zatui zaha tawh bawl taleh zawm lam manawh semsem hi. Inn nuai a puteekpa’n zong Johnsy cinat a theihni a kipan hunlem a neih simin vehto den hi. Hih puteekpa pen khuamui hun tawh kituak in zu kham in, kamnam den hileh kilawm hi. Zu a kham simin a nuntak sunga lim a suaih khempeuh lakah a hoih pen a suaih ding vai a thu in pulaak den hi. Gen nawh lua khin ta ahi tam nungak nihte’n awlmawh sak zo nawn lo uh hi. Ama lampan in zong a gengen tei sam hangin kipan zo nai mahmah lo a, tua milim suaihna dinga puankaang a zalsa pen angei mah bang laiin, tua tungah puteekpa khutma khatzong muh ding om nai lo hi. Tua puankaang a kizal zawh kum 25 pha khin liang ta hi! Hun nei thei mahmah lo ahi tam aw.
Johnsy zong gim semsem hi. November khasung hi citciat lai ahihman in khuavot tawh ama natna tawh lelkhom mahmah ta hi. A lawmnu Sue in vaksan ngam nawn lo hi. Johnsy lupna geiah a sep ding teng sem kawmin holim pihpih hi. Tua laitak in Johnsy hong pau khia hi.
“Hua kongvangneu khuhna curtain hong kaihtoh sak dih ve lawm.”……” Aw nih bek om lai. Zanni in nga omlai mah hiven, tuzan in huih nak nun mahmah dan ai ve maw..” na cici hi.
“Bang ahia lawm na ciak pih niloh ?”
“E, ih omna inn gal a baang tunga lenggah guizam na mu hia? Tua lenggah gui ah zanni in nahteh sagih luai hiven. Tun nih bek luai lenglang lai. Tua nahtehte huih in a mut siang khit ciang in nahteh nunung pen beihun tawh kituak in kenzong hih leitung nusia ding hing. Nih bek om lai.”
“Vengte baang tunga lenggah teh leh na nuntakna in kizopna bangmah nei kei peuhmah ei lawm..thu hilolo ciakpih dah mai o maw. Nitaak ciang aksa nganhuan hong bawlsak leng zingsang ciangin lamsiau khom thei pah ni hang ei. Lungkham sih o…Puteek Lalcin khailai lim khat hong ki order dihdih veh aw. Inn nuaia puteekpa tawmvei sung lalcin khai kawmin ka maiah hong ding leh aci hiveng, a om tam va ensuk pak dih ning e. Tuni zo leng zingciang khawng thei pah ding.” acih samsam kawmin a lawmnu Johnsy zanpuan thuapsak in, curtain a kaihsuk kik khit ciangin inn nuai lamah tuak suk vingveng hi. Sue in Johnsy vai puteekpa agen leh puteekpa awheu liangin nui hi. ” Natna ginalo cih peuh lung hong neusak thei hikhong mah e maw” cihsan ziau hi. Sep ding teng aman khit uh ciangin kikhen uh a, Sue pen inntung ah kahto kik hi. Johnsy bel lungnuam takin na ihmu hi.
Nitak an anek khop lai takun Johnsy in nahteh khatbek a omlai vai Sue kiangah gen a, Sue zong lungkham simsim napi bangmah a vei lo kineih in thudang ladang kuppih hi. Nahteh khat bek a om zawh nithum khitciang inn nuaia puteekpa sih thu tadensa ah kigelh hi. Puteekpa minpi pen Mr. Berhman a hihi. Ama luanghawm pen zingsang lam in ama room sungah kimu a, a gei ah kahlei khat leh lalcin kivak khat na om hi. Siavuanten Mr. Berhman in Cisa khuaklut te ngah kha hi ci uh hi.
Mr. Berhman kigui khit nitaak lam ciangin Sue leh Johnsy in anne khom uh a, kongvangneu khuhna curtain zong khaisa in koih uh hi.
“Hualai a nahteh kia thei mahmah kei. Kei zong si lo ding hi ning lawm aw. Ka tha dim kik ta”
“Lawm aw hualai a nahteh pen cikmah hun in kia ngei lo ding hi. Nang a dam suak ding na hihi.”
“Bang hang in maw?”
“Hua laia nahteh pen tuzan in huih in sem khia khin hi. Mr. Berhman in hih thu a theih ciangin kahlei dawh in lalcin de kawmin a zanzan in hua nahteh omna baang tungah nahteh lim khat va suai hi. Tualai takin vuk kia ziahziah a, khuadam mahmah hi. Nahteh lim a suaih khit ciangin a room ah kileh kik hi. Puteek thakhauh nawn lo khat ahihman in khuadam lel lua hi. Tua zan mahin Cisa Khuaklut natna ngah pah hi. A zing ciangin a sisa in a room sung pan hih puteekpa luanghawm kizawng khia hi….”
Sue in a thugen zom thei nawn lo hi. A nih un abiang uh kawt tuak hi. Tawmvei khit ciangin Sue in a thugen zom hi “Mr. Berhman pen limsuaih siam a minthang khat ahih loh hangin ama limsuaih in mihing nuntakna khat honkhia zo hi. Ama masterpiece ding pen puankaang tungah suai lo in baang tungah na suai zaw hi. Tua alim suaih pen Nahteh hilel napi nang na nuntakpih hi.” ci hi…..
Himah hi guai aw, Jeisu pen Kumpi khat hi napi bawng ankuang sungah hong suak a, singluang mawkmawk nih kikalh koih tunga hong sihna hangin eiten tawntung nuntakna i ngah hi.
Francis Lamthang
…Zomi Quavadis….
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