“SARIGI MACHUSING AMASUNG EI”

ekaikhumnajri nafamda

akibaga bebharga loinana!

haidokpiganuko eigi waheisingdo, kanadasu

eina nangbu tasengna fajei haibado!

thabalda ngaokhi eina ,

chingda, leida, upalsingda, nupisingda;

ngasidi natte madugi waridusu

sarigee machusing:

eibu yenghanningkhi, eibu ngaohanbikhi

yengningdunata leiningjabani nangtabu;

nanggi sareegi machusingtabu

sandhyagee amasung  numidanggee matamda

tube light ki musinaba mangalda

eina adombu ui

machu machu singgi sarising settuna

eikhoibu karigumba khara lamjingbiraba

nongmaijing nattaba numitsingda

ningthoukabadei thangja faobada

manam khwaidagee nungsiba leigum

athengba ahinggee thabalgum

adomgi sarisingduna

wari amadi liri efamda

khangde ateidasu liridara haidudi…

chandan machugi sari setlakhiba numittuda

mandirda chatluraga hallakliba

senglabi hindu nupi amagum

eina ukhi yamna ching lemladuna

adubu natte:

church ta khaktamak chatlamgani nahakti…

hangninglibani wahang amakhak eigi emada

karigino eigidi eche amafao leihanbiramdriba

uramgani eina makhoina sari setchaba

nanggumna ching lemna ningthiraduna

leiramdrabana ujaba fangdredo einadi madusu…

yathang ado pinabirabadi

hanna hanna haihanbiyu efamda

eina nangbu fajei haibase

nanggi machu machusinggee sarisingduga loinana.

punsirabadi eina numit 1095 ni

ujaba fanggani nangbu numit khudinggi

nongmaijing nattaba numitsingda

anou anouba nanggi sari singa loinanana,

adubu khangde loisallakpagum touriba

mami saminariba punsi khongchatsinadi…

leiteng amata yaodraduna

supnagi sari adutabu cheksinna setladuna

numit khudinggi nangna fajadunata leiri,

leina amata choithoktriba likla chotliba

wakchinggi ayukki angangba gulapkum:

amukti ukhi eina

mahendi yekkhiba nanggi khubamnungda

anirak sunadi ukhidre einasu…

karigumbada leishabi machasingi fijol ado setladuna nangna

yamna noktuna wari saba ui ei leitaba maikeida

marupkumna wari sannajaningkhi nahakka

natoududa angang oiraklabagum

adubu ei sakhide:

maramdi eina ningsingdunata lei

kanano ei amasung kadaidano ei

haiba wahangsingdo kaothoklude nongmatasu ei…

nongjuthagee nongjusu, ningthamgi sandhyasu,

kalengi ahingsu, chahi houbagi numitsu,

saratki ritusu, basanta ritugi khongchatsu

purnima amasung thasisu:

hanna hanna lakkhini makhoidi

makhoigi matamna yourakpada…

houjinkhraba loisallaklaba eigi chahi ahumgi numitsingdi

makhoigumna hanjin hanjin laklaroiko keidounungdasu…

aroibana eibusu ngairamgani,

wari asisu loikhragani,

meetyeng asisu mangkhragani:

anouba sarigi machusingsu nahakki

ningsingbatamak thamlamlaga efamda

sandhyagumna mamsinkhragani nongmadi

numit 1095 na loikhiba numittuda…

amuba machutabu khoidajaba eina

ngairi numit amadi

amuba machugi sari setlakpa nahakna…

amukkasu haijari nafamda

akibaga bebharga loinana!

haidokpiganuko eigi waheisingdo, kanadasu

eina nangbu tasengna fajei haibado!

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"THE COLORS OF THE SARI AND I"

I respect thee

With fear and honor!

Please don’t tell my words to anyone

Which I genuinely said you are beautiful!

Passionate was I in the moonlit night,

In the hills, flowers, trees, in women;

Today it is not that story

The colors of the Sari:

Makes me to stare, mesmerized me

For all time I want to set my eyes on thee

Thy colors of Sari

I saw thee in the dim tube light

During the night and in the twilight

Adorned with different colors of Sari

As we were guided a little

Not on Sunday but on other days

Like the most scented flowers

 From Monday to Saturday

Like thabal of late night (moonlight)

Your sari

Tells me a story

Don’t know whether you narrate it to others...

The day you were embellished with chandan color Sari

Coming from the temple

Like a pious Hindu lady

I saw you quite decent

But no:

You must have gone to the Church

I would like to ask a question to my mother

For why there is not a sister for me

I would have seen them wearing the sari

Like you quite modest and fairy

As there was none I am not able to see anyone...

If you have given me the assent

Let me to utter repeatedly

Which I said your are beautiful

Along with thy colors of sari

I could have seen you everyday

If I were able to live 1095 days

Not on Sunday but on other days

With new sari of yours

But don’t know for this concluding

Shadowy life’s journey...

Without any ornamentation

Every day you were looking fairy

Adorned cautiously only with that sari

Like the red rose petals that had not fallen ever

 Of early winter morning

Wet with the dew drops

Once I’ve seen

Painted with mahendi on thy palm

But never seen twice...

At times you dressed up with attires of little girls

 And I saw you talking and laughing

On the side where I was not there

I wanted to chat with you like a friend

In a manner which I feel like a child

But I didn’t say:

Because I always remember

Who am I and where I am

 I never forget such questions...

Rain of the rainy season, twilight of the winter,

Night of the summer, the day of the New Year,

The season of autumn, the journey of spring season

Full moon and new moon:

Repeatedly they will come

When their turn comes...

My past and passing days of three years

Won’t come again and again like theirs...

End await for me,

This story also will come to an end

This stare also will perish:

Thy new colors of sari too

Left only with remembrance on me

Like twilight it will become darker one day

The day 1095 days end...

I who is fond of black color

Await the day

You adorn with black color sari

Again I plea to thee

With fear and honor

Please don’t tell my words to anyone

Which I genuinely said you are beautiful!

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Translated by : Amarjit Tongbram 
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