Don't Cry Joni!

“Jimmy maw(h) khawngaihtakin min nghak ang tih min tiam rawh, vawiin hi nimin tiin vawi tam a ral anga ka la puitling ang, chutih hunah chuan I ta tur hmangaihna dik tak, keimah leh ka thinlungte, fawh thianghlimte ka la hlan ang che”

Jimmy chu a hawi vel ruai a, Joni’n engtikah emaw a tih kha tun hi a ni a, nimin vawi tamtak chu a ral ta, mahse tun hi hman a ni ve si lo!! Hmânah chuan…

Ni chhuak a thiang a, tuk dang anglo takin khua a \ha dawn niin a lang. Romei zam eih pawh hmuh tur a awm lo. Hmanhmawh takin Joni chu school kal turin a insiam a, fai leh nalh takin a inchei a. In chhuahsan vat vat a, tu emaw kal paha han nuih seih tur nei Joni tan chuan chu ni chu hlimna ni a ni.

 Hmangaihna hi a hrethiam chiah lo pawh a la ni thei, hringnun hi khawi lam hawiin nge a kal a, nuih leh \ah inbânlek thinna ramah hian khawvel hian eng lungngaihna nge a pai tih lam a ngaihtuah lova, hei erawh chiang takin a hria, a tleirawl ve tawh a, a tan hmangaih neih a thiang a, a hlimna chu \ahpui a duh lo. Jimmy-a chu a rûk takin a vei a, a hmelah chuan eng emaw tak hlimna a inphum tlat a ni. Sawi chhuak dawn se eng tin nge a tih ang, ‘ka hmangaih’ a ti ngei ang! A ni, chu tleirawl rilru thianghlim tak ngaihdanah chuan Jimmy-a chu a hmangaih a ni. A tan chuan nun hi a hlimawm a, mahni aia upa hmangaih chu a tan thiltih awm loh a ni reng reng lo!

Bei nge Sei Run Dung!

Home Assignment leh Jimmy-a dawn kawp reng renga hun a hman na chuan zan tam a daih ta. A hmuh remchana lo nuih ziah \hintu Jimmy-a chuan a haw em lovang chu! “Hua in ka ring lo ka duh tih pawh a hrethiam tawh em em ang” tih thute hi vawi engzat tak in zawt ang maw? Hetiang hunah chiah hian har lo hi a lo harsa \hin a, ‘bei nge sei run dung’ tih chauh hi kan beiseina chu a ni thin! ‘Lehkha ka thawn tawp mai teh ang’ tih thutlukna a siam laia a rilru hahna leh a hlim si ziate chu tunge hmuh pui thiam ta ang! A rilru leh ngaihtuahnate, a theihna zawng zawngte nen a rilru hmun ruak hnawh khattu hnen thleng atan, a thiamna, a theihnate chuan tihian pàr an chhuang asin.

Jimmy please say you’ll wait for me

I’ll grow up someday you’ll see

Saving all my kisses just for you  

Signed with love forever true.

Thales-a khan “Beiseina hi miretheite chaw a ni” a lo ti \hin a, chu dinhmun chu Joni tan hian em ni lo ni? Chutianga beisei nei taka khawhar taka in nghaktu Joni tan chuan an in rawn kiktu thawm chu hai rual a ni lo! Hmanhmawh takin ava hawng a, a beiseina chu a thleng dik asin! Jimmy ngei chuan a lo en kal a, thildang chu a sawilo pawh a ni mahna, hei hi erawh tu emaw tan \ahna a ni. “Joni thil sawpui tur che ka nei asin,”

“ih..ih…eng thil nge?”

“min hmangaih avang hian ka lawm êm êm a, mahse nang i naupang si a, kei kum 22 mi ka ni tawh a, kan inthlau deuh êm a ni…min hrethiam dawn nia.”

|ap \iau chungin, “Jimmy ka hmangaih che khawngaihtakin min nghak rawh, ka la puitling dawn alawm…maw(h) khawngaihtakin min tiam rawh.” Khawngaihna hian hmangaihna chu a siam thei teh meuh mai, mahse chu thil erawh chu chawp leh chilhin a thleng ngai dawn si lo.

Joni, Joni please don’t cry

You’ll forget me by and by

You’re just fifteen and I’m twenty two

And Joni I Just can’t wait for you.

A chul chuang si lo

‘D’ \hen chu khuareiin a hnem \hin tih hi mizopa dictionary ah chuan a dik pawl tak a ni ngei ang, mahse hmangaihna dictionary -ah chuan hei hi dâwt a ni awm asin! A thiam ang tawkin hnem mahse Joni rilru chu a dam thei lo a, Jimmy-a’n an in a chhuahsan rual chuan a hlimnate, a ngaihtuahnate, a rilru thlamuannate,  beiseinate chu a chhuahpui vek tawh a, Jimmy-a tello a nun chu nun ruak mai a ni zo ta. Joni chuan hmangaihin duh viau mahse a rem ta si lo a, khuarei chu a nghaha a nghah chhuah ala ngai ang a, khuarei nghah chhun ni vawi tam a hmang liam dawn ta.

Khuarei chu thil a ni a, Pathianin kum te a siam a, thlasik leh nipui a lo thleng leh anga favang hun nuamte pawh an lo la thleng leh ang. Tlang a thiang em em ang a, boruak a vawt reih ang a, zinga naupang tualchai ho paw’n kawrlum an rawn hain lukhumte an khum ang a, an lukhum sira an sam rangkachak rawng lo in then siau siau te chuan mi lawm an la siam ang , mi \henkhat tan chuan kumkhat chu a ral mai ang, mahse kumkhat pawh hi khuarei nghah nan chuan rei tak ania sin! Jimmy-a’n an veng a chhuahsan ni a\ang phei chuan hlimna hi a tan a zawna zawn chawp a lo ngai ta, engtinnge a hmalam hun chu a hmangaih ngâi reng rengin hlim takin a hman theih ang? Jimmy-a hringnun pawhin ngai a awh reng biklo a, a \henawmnu hmu reng chung chuan nikhat hi rei a ti a, a nun pawhin engemaw chenah nuam a ti si lo. A tan chuan an khua chhuahsan mai chu thil tha tihna ni maiin a lang ta si, a rilruah erawh amah hmangaihtu Joni chu a thi hauh lo!

Soon I left a little hometown,

Got me a job and tried to settle down

But these words kept haunting my memory

The words that Joni said to me….

ania sin, hnate hmuin kal bo tawh mah se a rilruah thil hriatreng pakhat a nei, chu chu Joni’n mittui tla \euh chunga….‘maw(h) khawngaihtakin’ a tih kha a ni!!!

Jimmy please say you’ll wait for me

I’ll grow up someday you’ll see

Saving all my kisses just for you  

Signed with love forever true.

A tlai zo ta!

“Jimmy maw(h) min nghak hram rawh… maw(h) min nghak rawh”  Joni’n a tihna kha chu thawnthu mai a ni hman tawh a. Mahse, Pathian thu hi thiltithei a ni tih kan bible ah kan hmu a, chutiang bawkin he thu pawh hi Jimmy-a tan thu thiltithei, amah kalsan thei reng reng lo tu a ni! Zana arsi eng paw ruih \hin khian van a chhun eng \hin a, Ni khian Thla hnenah enna a pe bawk thin. Ania lawm chu tleirawl kum sawmpanga mi chuan hun tam tak ral tawh mahse hmân kuma, “…maw(h) min nghak rawh” tia nghah a dilna kha a chhanna a hmu ta! Joni chu a lawmna a sang ngawt ang le. Hmanhmawh taka insiam-in, airport hla pawh pan hman tawh lovin a hnai ber a pan ruak ruak a.

Thlawhna chhungah chuan thil tamtak a ngaihtuah a, kum nga lai a ni tawh si a, engtin nge Joni kha a lo awm ang? Thil hrilhfiah tur a va tam dawn em. Tunah chuan a lo puitling tawh ang a, a felin duhthusam ang chiah a lo ni tawh ang a….an in bathlarah khan a hmel ngaihawm tak kha hmuh tur a la awm ngei ang chu…nge pasal a lo nei tawh zawk ang? A, engpawh nise hlim takin a awm ang a, a rilru thianghlim tak te, a mitmeng mawi tak te kha chu a la pangngai reng ang. A mitah tak en chungin, “Ka hmangaih Joni, min nei duh ang em? ka han ti ang a….

I packed my clothes and I caught a plane

And I had to see Joni, I had to explain

How my heart was filled with her memory

And ask my Joni if she marry me

A thamral ta si..

Biak In pawh a dinna hmun ngaiah a lo la ding reng a! Chu khua chuan a nihna a la hloh lova, tun hma ang khan engkim ala pangngai vek mai. Hmanhmawh tak leh pheikhai zang takin a tlan a…mahse hman leh tun hian in anna reng an lo nei lo…

I ran all the way to the house next door

But things weren’t like they were before

My tear-drops fell like rain that day

When I heard What Joni had to say..

ania sin, hmâna bang tura a thlèm Joni ngei khan a thlem ve a \ul ta asin..

Jimmy, Jimmy please don’t cry

You’ll forget me by and by

It’s been five years since you’ve been gone

Jimmy, I – (married) – your best friend John!!

Hmangaihna hi tlan chhiatsan tur atan ni lovin lo dawnsawn atana siam a ni!