Dam Chhan  

Kei chu, hla reng reng hi – Ballad nge Sonnet, Elegy nge Ode, Epic zawk em ni? Tih lam ka thluk lo. Nalh ka tih zawng chu ngun takin, chik takin, vawi tam tak ka ngaithla a, a thu pawh tum tam ka bih a, ka chhiar nawn thin. 

            Ka hla duh, a mawi ka tih leh ka nun khawihtu a nih chuan, a phuahtu themthiamna leh a mawina lam ka thluk tawh lova. Ka thinlunga a thawhdan chu ka ngaihpawimawh ber a ni ringawt mai. 

            Khawvelah hian hla tam tak phuah a ni tawh a. Mi tam takin an lo hrilhfiah tawh thin. Hla lam zirmiten sin te tea an thliar a – Hyperbole, Metaphor, Simile, Synedoche, etc. tia an hrilhfiah chhiar tur tam tak a awm. Chutiang chu ka tlin ve lova, ka thiam zawng a ni ve lova, a tum lah ka tum chhin eih lo bawk. 

            Vawi tam ka ngaihthlak a, tum tam ka chhiar hnuah, ka duh zawng zawngin ka ziak tawh mai thin. Kalphung pangngai ngaina tlat tan chuan, ka thuziak ve hi chu chhiar peih chi a ni lova, chhiar tlak a ni lo – ka thiam ve tlat lo!

Khawvel leh a chhunga chengte hi engkim chunga thuneitu tan lo chuan siam leh din rual a ni lova. A siamtu leh dintu hi eng pawh ni se, nun thawrawng, ngaihtuahna nei lo leh finna nei lem lo a ni thei lo hulhual ang. He a thilsiam ropui tak lo than chhoh dan tur thlenga chhut a, ngaihtuah a, ruahman fel thlap thei khawpa ngaihtuah kim, hriatna leh thiamna laimu neitu, finnaa khat a nih ngei a ngai ang. 

            Khawvela thilnung tinrengte hi chhiarsen an ni lova, chi hrang chi hrai engzat nge awm tih hi he leia mihringte hian kan la hre zo thei lo. Chutiang siamtu chuan finna leh thiamna ropui taka thuamin mihring a din a. Chu mihring chu he khawvel hi ar khaw thim dai miah miah turin a chhuah lovang tih a rin theih a. Eng ti tur leh eng vanga dah nge a nih ang tih hi i ngaihtuah ve tawh ngei ang. 

            Hringnun kawng chhuk chho te, tlang leh ruam chungchangte hi mi tam takin nasa takzetin an lo chhuiin an lo ngaihtuah tawh thin a. Zir bing pawl leh mimal tam tak an awm reng bawk. Chuti chung chuan, he hringnun thuhar hi lei mihring dam chhunga zir zawh chi a ni lo a ni ang, a zir chhuak a, he khawvel hriata hringnun zirlai ropui chhawpchhuaktute zingah hian Siamtu’n mihringte Dam Chhan a siamsak sawi thei an vang em mai! 

            Chuti khawpa ril leh buaithlak, thuk leh khunkhan si chu kei tehlul hian, he Vailui kam atang hian ka sawifiah zo dawn ikhaw lova, ‘A then pawh kan hre thei lo, he luikam atang hian,’ tih ai pawha fiah lo ka nihzia hi ka fiah tawk a, a tum pawh ka tum ting lo! Mahse, he thupui hi ka thlang tlat a, ka inchhir loa, ka zak lova, ka mur chhin eih lo! A chhan chu hla pakhat, ni e, pakhat chauh, ‘Dam Chhan’ hla a awm tlat. 

            He hla hi hman deuhva zaithiam lar em em thin, C. Vansanga sak a ni a, tu phuah nge ka hre mai lo. A hla hian sawi tum a nei lem lo maithei a, zawhna ril leh thuk, chhan theih si loh; he khawvela kan chen chhunga mi tinin kan inzawh theuh si erawh a rawn sawi chhuak nalh ngang mai! 

Eng dawn ang maw hmanah Khuanu hian,

Hringnun hi a duan lai khan?

Hraileng awmhlei dung a thul em ni,

Hringnun hi a lo duan le!? 

Kristiante leh Juda te chuan he khawvel hi Pathianin thu ringawta a siam, ‘Awm rawh se’ a tiha lo awm mai niin kan ring. Muslim-ho chuan he lei leh a chhunga chengte hi Allah siam, ama ta, mihringte enkawl tura a duan niin an ring a. Hindu-ho chuan he khawvel hi an pathian Vishnu chhiahhlawh, Brahma in, Vishnu taksa atanga lo chawr chhuak Lotus pangpar atanga a siam niin an ring a. Lotus pangpar chu hmun thumah thenin, van, lei leh boruak siam nan a hmang niin an ring. 

Eng pawh chu nise, he hla phuahtu hian Pathian (Khuanu) in he khawvela mihringte awmdan tur a duan lai khan engnge a ngaihtuah ang tih a chhut a. Ngun taka a chhut a, a ngaihtuah fe hnuah pawh he khawvel a siam chhan awm hi a ngaihtuah phak lova. Naupang awmhleiin eng eng emaw an khawih lawr ang maiin he hringnun hi, Siamtu hian, a tum lawk leh duan lawk, felfai taka a din ni lovin, tih palh thil thuin a siam a ni thei mai ang em? tiin a inzawt a ni. 

Aw enga’n nge maw Khuanu hian

Hringnun hi a lo duan le?

Thamral leh mai tur hian em ni le?

Duh vang rengin kan piang si lo. 

He khawvela mihringte awmdan hi ngun taka a ngaihtuah hnuah pawh eng vanga lo awm ve ngawt nge tih a ngaihtuah chhuak zo lova. Khawvel mihring zingah mahni duh vanga lo piangchhuak a, he khawvel hrehawmna leh buaina, a nawmnate pawh hi kan duh leh peih avanga tem chhin ta kan awm miah si lova tih ngaihtuahin, a zawhna pangngai bawk kha a thunawnah a hmang lo thei lo a ni. 

Mimang piangin Sialang kan seilian,

Haiang tara pam ralin,

Aw, damchhan hi nei tak ang i  maw;

He khawvel sual khurpuiah? 

Duh reng vanga piang ni lo mah ila, kan lo seilian a. Duh lo engang pawh ni ila kan dam lai hi a rei lova, kan parvul lai pawh a rei lo. Kan tar a, natna avanga thi lote pawh an tar thi ngei ngei si. Chu hringnunah chuan sualna te, hlemhletna te, elrelnate, duhamnate chuan nasa takin ro a rel a. Chu sualkhurpuiah chuan mihringte hian dam chhan kan nei ang em? Zawhna zawh awm tak a niin i hre ve em? 

Khawi lamah tuan ve tak ang i maw,

Hringnun hi a ral hunin?

An sawi Pialral hi awm tak ang maw;

Tah chuan engtin zel ni maw? 

Hringnun dam chhung chauh a ni lo. He hringnun kan hman zawh hnuah hian khawi lamah nge kan kal ang? Sakhuana lam thlek thluk lova ngaihtuahtu tan chuan hei hi zawhna awm tak a ni a sin. Pialral an sawi thin a, a awm tak tak em tih hi tuin nge finfiah tawh? Pialralah chuan Pawla’n mi a lo sai thin an ti, a dik tak tak em? Tuin nge hria? Chu Pialral-ah chuan eng thil nge awma, he lei mihring taksa ang hi kan la pu zel dawn em? Pu tawh dawn lo ni ta ila eng taksa nge kan neih ang a, eng ang pianzia nge kan put ang? Engtin nge ni zel ang? 

He hringnun hi a engemaw zawnga ngaihtuah chuan awmze nei lo ni maiin a hriat thin. Vanneihnain a duhsak ve loh mihring tan phei chuan he hringnun hi a hrehawm ngawih ngawih a. Retheihhna, natna leh hrehawmna tinreng atanga hringnun tukverh dak chunga thlirtu tan chuan thawvenna tur hi a awm mang lo. Mite neih awt lo tura zirtirna dawng ni mahse, a neih let sang tam taka neite chu engvang ngawtin nge a awh loh theih tehlul ang? A rilruah duhamna a awm ve a, nawmsak chakna pawh a awm ve a lawm. Engvangin nge rethei bakberh renga he khawvela a hun a hman zawh vek bik ngawt ang??

Dam chhan nei tawh lova inhriate hian engnge an dam chhan ni ang? He khawvel hi mi beidawngte tana siam a ni ve lo em ni? Chuti si engvanginnge beidawnna hi mihringte-ah Siamtu hian a dah tlat si!? Beidawna khur atang chuan he khawvel hian awmzia a nei lova, 'Lo piang lo zawk ila tha tur,' tih vawng vawng a awl ngei ang. Sap lemchan pakhata a changtupa, beidawnna namenlo kara awmin, 'To never have been born, may be the greatest boon of all,' a tihte kha ka hrechhuak hial mai ka ti!

Awhna leh duhamna tawpintai awm lohna khawvelah hian he mihring hian a dam chhan hmu turin, rim takin, ni tin a thawk thin a. A dam chhan chu a hmu em? Hlim takin a hringnun a hmang tluan chhuak ta em? Nawmsak tuma kan beihna avang hian he khawvela kan nun zawng zawng hi hrehawmna leh harsatna nen, rilru hah reng rengin kan hmang zo thin a ni lo maw?? 

Isua Krista ringtu chuan khawvel thilte chu dam chhanah a ruat lo. Hausakna te, ropuina te, sanna te leh nawmsaknate chu a dam chhan a ni ve lova, a zawn pawh a ni hek lo. 

Ringtu chuan, 

Chhandamna hril a, A ram din hi,

Aw, leia kan dam chhan a lo ni e!