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Presently a post doctoral fellow at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. One of the Associate Editors of "Eastern Quarterly". Writes poetry and short plays, performs and directs plays experimenting different forms of acting methodology and performance aesthetics.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Kumheidi Leppa Yade

Meetei na kumhei pambadi
Ahansingna hainei,
Eepuna lirammee
Malemgi anisuba lanjao manungda
Langi lanbung oijarasu
Meeteigi harao kumhei
Eesei nongmai hengatlak-ee //
Britishka Japanga soknajaba lanni,
Eikhoi yaode khandokna lei //
Chenba chongba yaorasu
Akeeba phaonarabasu
Eesei nongmaidi
Matamduda hengatli hainei //
Matamgi ningthiraba eesei
“Jati koubi sakhenbi,
Leiranglaktagi athoibi”
Lallakta gramophone diskta
Ahanba puthokpa eesei ni //
Lallakta Meeteigi anoi
Phana chaokhatkhi hainei //

Ngasisu mangde
Meeteigi
Harao kumhei
Eesei nongmai
Jagoi lila
Hennadum hengatlak-ee//
Leppa leite
Chahi chuppa//
Nupisu nupasu
Ahalsu angangsu
Kumheidi pamdaba leite //
Soratsu kumheini, phiroisu kumheini,
Luhongba, jeiga, naa hutpa //
Phana leitrabasu chara hellabasu
Chara henduna sikhibagisu
Soratti ningthina chaona solli,
Ingkhol bandop thamlaga oirasu//
Kumheigi mihul hulli Meetei //

Lallakta lakle
Sangai festival //
Yumthong yumthongdagi
Sangaina jagoi saa-saaduna
Chatpagum
Chong chongduna
keraduna thorakle
Sangai festival yengba
Queue bu phana sangi
paphaldouna
mathek mathek thek-ee
Eisu leppi queue,
Tiket amata kakke haina //
Bombjao pokhaibagi makhol tai
Mayam kanasu nachungde
“Ae nakti nak-ee hei”
Hainei, queue leppa kaide //
Ammana hai,
“Meegi lamdadi luhongbada
Bombula thanei,
Eikhoigi asuk chaoba
Sangai festival touraga
Bomb thakhaigadouni keino”//

Mayam haraona nungaina
yengnahouwi
Sangai festival //

Usham Rojio
26/11/2013

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