- CHHANTEA PAUTU
Poem/Poetry hi Literature hûangah hian upa tawh tak a ni, dah san ber pawh a ni awm e, keimah telin.
Mi tu emaw chuan a nun chungrilah pai leh vei a nei a, chu chuan a luahin a hneh a, a chang chuan a tawt phah ep ep \hin; eng lam hawi pawh, hmangaihna lam a ni emaw, khawtlang nun siam \hatna lam a ni emaw, nun zirna lam hawi a ni emaw, khuarel lam hawi emaw pawh ni se, chu a thinlunga khat luang liam chu, thu mâwi hmangin a ziak chhuak ta a; chutiang ziaktu chu ‘poet’ a ni, a ziah chhuah thu mawi erawh ‘thinlung’ a ni; a awmzia chu, ‘poetry’ hi lang lo chhungril a\anga lo chuak, lang thei ‘thinlung’ chu a ni.
Carl Sandburg-a’n, “Keimah ngei pawhina ka hriat thiam loh poetry ka ziak \hin,” a lo tih ang maiin, he thinlung hi tumahin an hre thiam kim tak tak thei lo, a neitu ngei pawhin. Thinlung hian vei a nei a, àwn lam leh hnehtu, luah khattu a nei \hin; chu chu pûang chhuak lo leh au chhuahpui lova a awm reng chuan nun chhungril hi a ipik châng a awm a ni.
Poet chuan a thinlunga khat liam chu a pûang chhuak a, awmze neiin a inbun ruak \hin. Hringnun ti fiahtu a nih a, awmze neia a au chhuak a nih chuan a hlu e. ‘Poetry form’ pawh hi, mi hmasate tih dàn zûl kan zui thei a nih a, kan han nûl thui thei deuh a nih chuan a \ha a; mahse, ‘form’ awm sa zui mai lo hian kan thinlunga khat liam chu a nihna ang taka kan puan chhuah theihna tur, ‘keimahni form’ bik liau liau, a ‘rhyme scheme’ thleng pawh hian kan duang thei a ni. Chu ‘form’ thar chu mi ten keimahni min chhinchhiah zuina tur a ni thei bawk ang.
Tuna College leh University lama kan zir \hin Poetry phuah dan ‘form’ awm sa pawh hi mi tu emaw ten an din leh siam chawp ve tho kha a ni a, mahnia phuah dan bîk riau neih hi hreh turah ka ngai hauh lo. ‘Form’ awmsa hmanga phuah vek kher pawh hi ni berin a lang lo.
Tin, ‘nature’ kan tih chungchangah pawh hian kan rilru a zau ve deuh chu a ngai maithei; khuarel nena inchenchilh phate nun hi a vannei tih zep thu a awm lo va, kei ngei pawh khuarel ngaina inchenchilh \hin ngat ka ni. Luite tui luang ri her her te hian lung a ti leng fo a, tlâng leh mûal pawng thengthaw laia khua han chùan te, ngaw dai raih hnuaia sava chiar nak nak han ngaihthlak te hian, nun hi a thîangin a chîang riau hian hriat \hin. Mi \henkhatin chu’ng avanga an thinlunga khat luang liam an au chhuahpui a nih chuan a va \ha em; chutihrualin, ‘khuarel’ kan tih mai ngheng pha lo, mihring siam chawp thilin a hual vel te nunah pawh hian hringnun phawrhna dik luan liamna tham a awm ve tho bawk. Khawpuia lirthei che vel mai mai pawh hi, kan hmangaih nena kan inhmangaihna mak tak min mitthlàtirtu a ni daih thei a, hringnun nihna tak phawrh theitu hla hi a hlu a ni ta mai. Mawlmang leh fiah hi nun hian chîang a ti \hin a ni.
Amaherawh chu, literature-ah hian hma lama zuan dawrh a, thil hmasa lam zuansan vawng vawng hi a \ha ber ni chuan a la lang lo. Tunlaina leh hmanlaina chawh pawlha inchawihtir thiam hi \ha hlein a hriat. ‘Word play’ hlanga au chhuah emaw, ‘thu ril’ hlanga au chhuah emaw ai chuan, ‘word play’ leh ‘thu ril’ chawh pawlh inchawih taka au chhuahpui thiam hi a la manhla zawk cheuin a rinawm. \hang thar khawvel, ‘thu ril’ aia ‘word play’ ngainatna khawvelah hian a pahniha inchawih hian mawi takin kan au chhuak theiin a rinawm a, ‘talent’ mai erawh a tawk lo vang, ‘thawh rimna’ a ngai tel thung dawn a ni.
Hla, a saka sak chi bikah- kan hla siamtu/phuahtu hmasate hla-rûa leh an phuah dan kalphung- ril, thûk, belhchet dawl, lungkuai(a thlûk tel miah lo pawhin), lairil fan, a \hente phei chu ‘khuarel’ mawina nena inzawm chiat leh inhne rial mai \hin kha kalsanin, khawthlangho rimawi hrûlah, kan hla siam/phuah duh dante pawh \awngkam tuallêng rem khawm chawp leh a ‘rime’ ringawt ngai pawimawh zawngin ke kan chhep \an ta a ang riau thei bawk.
Hla \ha tak tak hi chu a piang lo tawp pawh a ni bik lo; mahse, hla belhchian dawl lo, a thlûk leh a remna rimawi rem khawm, rem taka ri tura tum, chhepchher ri awmze neiina a tih mawi chawp hi a tam zawk a ni ta tlat. A lungchhiatthlak ta deuh! Kan rual û te hla kha chuan a thlûk leh rimawi tel lo pawhin min fan raih \hin asin.
Literature hian ramri kham a nei lo, kan ti a nih a, he hûangah hian zalen riaua kan inhria a nih chuan(kan zalen ngei chhap e), kan zalenna hian, \hangtharte rilru-ah kawng dik lo zawk a kawhhmuh vat ang maw le! Tunlai hla lar tak \henkhat siamtu/phuahtute hi lehkhathiam, a \hen chu MA(Mizo) ngatte an ni àwm a; mahse, MA(Mizo) ngat an nih chuan kan rual û te hla-rûa \ha tak tak pawh an zirin a hre ngei ang a, MA(Mizo) val ngat chétin han che zel se la a \ha ang. \hangtharte mil leh lawm zawng ngawta thu leh hla kalpui lovin, ‘Mizo originality’ kha \hangtharte hnenah an kawhhmuh thiam tur a ni dawn lo’m ni\
‘Rhyme’ leh ‘word play’ kan ‘apply’ ang ringawt hi hla \ha kengtu leh hriltu a ni lo! \hangtharte hian ‘word play’ hi ‘thuril’ aiin kan dah sang \an a ang ta hial a; mahse, ‘literature’ \ha tling tur chuan, ‘thuril’ leh ‘word play’ a pawimawh tel. Chutiang bawkin, ‘literature’ hûanga hla \ha tling tur chuan, ‘hla-rûa’ \ha leh ril, mizo ‘hla-rûa’ dik tak kha a pawimawh tel ve bawk. Tunlai hla lar \henkhat hla thû-a an hman thumal hi an hmanna hun leh hmun en hi chuan a mak lek lek \hin.
Mizote hian, ‘hla-rûa’ \ha tak tak kan nei. ‘Rhyme’ emaw, ‘music’ emaw, ‘thlûk’ emaw, ‘metaphor’ emaw, ‘simile’ emaw…ldt dah pawimawh lûatah, hla ‘raw’ lutuk, \awngkam tuallêng rem khawm ringawt ang maia lang thei ni lutuk lo tur deuh hian hla hi siam/phuah thei ta ila, kan ‘mizo literature’ tan a hlu lehzual ngawt ang. Mahni hla phuah sa mai \hinte pawhin, lar hluaia belh chian dawl zui lo tur ai chuan, lar bawk, zir chet dawl bawk thu leh hla neih tum ta se.
‘Literature’ huanga ‘piece’ pahnihte hi a pawimawh ve ve a- ‘thuril’, \hang leh thar lehzel turte tana sawi awmze nei phawk chhuak reng thei a pawimawh takzet a; chutiang bawkin, mite ngaihzâwn zâwng zàwnga hla zùn zâm nei, thu leh hla nei turin, ‘word play’ a pawimawh ve tho bawk.
American Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow khan eng tin nge a tih khà\
“Read from some humbler Poet,
Whose songs gushed from his heart”
…a tia nih kha!
Kan hnam nunphung chiri nuaih kara thil siam(nature) ngainatu nih hi a va manhla tak. ‘Thu leh Hla’ hmuh theihin heti lamah a pung a, kan nun chhungril thlenga min tawk zartu hla ‘simple’ si hlu tak si, hla phuahtu langsar rih si lote ziah kan hmu \hin; a va nuam tak. A \hen chu a ‘zo’ raih a, ‘zo’ tih hi ‘\hing’ leh ‘nalh lo’ sawina a ni lo tih hmu fiahtu tân chuan a ngainatawm raih zel a nia.
William Wordsworth-a ‘thinlunga khat luang liam’(ka sawi fo vang) ang hi nun lairil chawmtu atan a la hlu reng a, a mi deh hi a la dang zar reng mai. ‘Technical’ taka ‘tactic’ tek chhuahpui hi kan thinlunga kan vei thilte, a nihna ang hawka puah chhuahpuina a dal loh chuan a \ha pah reng; mahse, kan thinlung zalenna a zalentir si loh chuan a tuihnang lovin nun a châwm lo palh ve thei tho a, baw chhuakin hâw chhuak hawk se, mi dang tan thinlung chawm tur khawpa tui nung lui si pha thuak a ni zawk duh phian si!
Thil siamte(natures) nena nun inhne rialte nun hi an pârzu dâwn a hahdamthlâk \hin. Hawi la, en la, thlir la, tlangsang a\ang khian, khua chuanin han hawi vel teh; khuarel mawina leh duhawmna i hmuh thiam phawt chuan i awmna sâng mah se i chapo ngai lo vang; hei hi a ni, poetry phuahtute pâwltu chu.
Nang ka veina thinlung meuh pawh hian Siamtu siam, ‘Thil mawite hi chatuan lawmna a ni(A thing of beauty is a joy forever- John Keats)’ tih a man phâk si loh chuan, i tâna ka pêk chhuah tur hmangaihna chu a tuihnang lo hle dawn asin!
D’ zûn a zâm, thinlai a zîng,
Khûarel a mâwi, romei a zâm.
D’ zûn a nâ, lunglâi a hnîm,
Daifîm a far, thlifîm a lêng.
Ngaih lâi a her, thinlâi a nâ,
Hnahchhâwl a lêng, lunglâi a dam.
Pawmlâi a hrâng, lunglâi a kîu,
Siar an lêng, vanzâwl a pâr.
Sakhmêl sensiar thinlâi luah lo,
Kei, se dum îanga sual kâi dum,
Khuarel zûn zàwi dam dap,
Ngâiin ka kûr reih reih e.