Friends and Enemies

Friends and Enemies

by Salai Z T Lian

There will be enemies:

Those who force my loved ones to go the wrong way,

Those who treat my loved ones carelessly,

Those who cause my loved ones to cry with anger

Those who insult my loved ones' dignity, and

Those who destroy my loved ones' dreams.

There will be friends:

Those who take care of my loved ones kindly,

Those who help my loved ones in sad and unhappy times,

Those who make my loved ones smile after crying

Those who uplift my loved ones' dignity, and

Those who encourage my loved ones to dream sweetly.

There will be my loved ones:

Those who live selflessly,

Those who sacrifice life for right and justice,

Those who sympathize with the poor and disabled,

Those ready to help the troubled, and

Those who create an environment for people to dream sweetly.

When You Depart

When you depart

by Salai Eagle

A Van..
Your Chin black beg, on your shoulder,
The Chin songs that you used to sing,
Make us lonesome, when you leave us.
Make us sorrow, when you depart.

Your friends wait you from a tea house
At the junction name as Hledan.
Your foot steps are still by the Lake,
Foot prints remain on Inlya street.

Your favorite poems and that you wrote,
Chankarlak dance that you used to dance,
In our memory like a story,
Make us sorrow when you leave us.

'Nationalism' you used to share,
Democracy that you like the best,
The news Khitpyaing you used to read,
And your favorite FAcup match,
Make us lonesome, when you leave us.

[Note: This poem is dedicated to a Chin Exiled Student Salai Van Dawt Thang ( B.Sc Geology ) From Western University of Yangon who passed away on 24 Oct 2008 in KL, Malaysia]

Air of Unreality

Air of unreality

Salai ZTLian

Storm air shakes old trees
Including the seeds of those trees
Its not just dream, but in present atmosphere
Including political and religious World
Storm air destroys all of natural entity
By its own ego

Nature's lover feels bitter
Living in unnatural atmosphere
Going, going towards natural entity
With murmuring the storm air
But the storm air is everywhere



Unpretending flower there
Seems to welcome with its nature
But the storm air touched it
Natural lover punches his head
Thinking of present atmosphere
Is there still real in present atmosphere?
Are all digging their own holes only?



(Note; Thank Salai C Alexander for edit this poem)

Dawtnak Hrifek

Dawtnak hrifek

By Mang Hlei Cung

 

Caanttha voikhat, ka hmuh ka dawt

Amit ttial le, abiang ki sen

Asam thlairem, atung tai cu

Kei mitthlam in, ai tthial hrim lo….

 

Caanttha ka hngak, dawtnak bia phai

Mitthlam ka chuanh, dawthniang nang cu

Lungthli ka tuum, lentti dingin

Dawthniang nang he, ruundai tangah…

 

A tlum raal lo, a ziam kho lo

Leicung dongh tiang, kei dawtnak sung

Tahchun khawh lo, dawtnak meiziik

Kei thinlung ah, hmunhma khuar ai….

 

Cawtuum pahnih, Cawleeng pakhat

Thinlung pahnih, ruahnak pakhat

Takpuum pahinh, dawtnak tleengkhat

Zungzal ttem seh, dawtnak hrifek…

The Knight for the Oppressed

The Knight for the Oppressed

by Salai Eagle

Here is a verse from a right- man

that praises the man

who shoke the history.

He has a rifle and a syringe

His left hand had a cigarette

Revolution was his life

He cured diseases of the nations

A nationalist and a Marxist

He left the world on 67 October 9

The body turned to the ashes

Yet his great name will never die

He is the knight for the oppressed.........

(For the remembrance of a nationalist and revolutionist Mr. Che Guevara)

Oh! Little Squirrel (Burmese)

A Hip Hop from a closed door

A Hip Hop from a closed door

What about the tears of millions of people
and many many are cheated their human rights.
Many are killed
and many are discriminated.
Many are raped...Oh...Shit!
Many are forced to labor..........
Where is their rights that they have.........
Mouths are shut....doors are closed...........
The rivers gonna dry.....the fishes gonna die..........
Hey.......what are u thinking.......
The children gonna cry......
But your power never die..........
Shame it! dam it!!........

(This Hip-hop was composed by Salai Eagle on May 3, 2007)