Tag: khasipoetry

  • “Ki kti wad jingsyaid…” da Daiarisa Rumnong (Haiku)

    Ki kti wad jingsyaid

    ïa ding saw kyrkhu arti,

    sla kyrthop ki hap.

    – Daiarisa

    Hands searching for warmth,

    bless a fire with joined hands,

    a ragged leaf falls.

    – Daiarisa

    Ka haiku ka dei ka rukom thoh poitri kaba na ka ri Japan. Katba ngi wad jingsyaid ha kane ka tlang, ngin pyni ïa ka jingieit jong ngi ïa ka mariang bad ka meiramew, katba ka dang khih dang syar ban thaw thymmai ïalade 🌄🏞️🍃🌨️

    A haiku is a Japanese verse form of three unrhymed lines, of five, seven and five syllables. A haiku often features an image, or a pair of images, meant to depict the essence of a specific moment in time.

    Haiku poems are primarily used to express feelings about Nature. Traditional poems dealt with themes like time, nature, emotions and so on. They are meant as words of enlightenment for the readers.

    Despite its many adaptions into multiple languages and styles, the haiku remains a powerful form due to its economic use of language to evoke a specific mood or instance. Most often occurring in the present tense, a haiku frequently depicts a moment by using pair of distinct images working in tandem.

    Haikus written by @daia.risa

  • “Mylliem” by Esther Syiem

    Village of my ancestors

    secure in your remoteness

    where your men stoke their forges

    under makeshift shelters;

    shacks of molten fire that

    spark with the energy of limbs that

    strike…hit…strike..

    in an echoing canvas of sound and silence

    that will always lead me back to my distant beginnings.

    Mylliem of my ancestors

    your smithies have endured

    the treacheries of wind and rain

    your flames lick

    the shimmering cold, as they

    condense in vapours of liquid heat.

    You are the mirage,

    locked in metal.

    Must I turn to you again?

    as in your men and in your women

    I find an answering call

    in the aroma of smoked earth in them

    and in the unbeaten slant of a life

    that writes itself back into my present.

    -Esther Syiem

    Mylliem is a hamlet in East Khasi Hills, famous for its iron smelting works.

    "Mylliem" is an original Khasi poem by Dr. Esther Syiem @meiithei which appears in the collection entitled Oral Scriptings (Writers Workshop, Kolkata, 2005).

    If you are from Mylliem or have lived there, you will find that the poem is an evocative mix of the sounds and images from the village of Mylliem which we now don't hear anymore. Gone are the days when the strikes of the blacksmiths were a reassuring pace of the passing of life. But we are never rid of our memories. These sounds and images return to fill our dreams and our stories. ✍️✍️🗣️🗣️

    Dr. Esther Syiem is a professor in the Department of English, North-Eastern Hill University.

  • U Kba da i Rangskhembor Mawblei

    Kba u symbai

    u kba u soh,

    u khaw ka ïing

    man I'u symboh.

    Sara ne thung

    U ïeng hi joit,

    'dak ka pateng

    u briew u ïoh.

    Khyndew ka riew

    ba briew u doh,

    u long lang keiñ

    mariang ka snoh.

    La thaw kyrpang

    man I'u symboh,

    I'u stait la bret

    b'u met u soh.

    Ka dur b'u rah

    ïa u la ai,

    lada ngin peit

    ne bam kumjuh.

    Baroh ngin tip

    Ï'u kba lashai,

    ne mynta ruh

    u dak ka kpoh.

    "U Kba" is an original Khasi poem written by @rangskhembormawblei , who is a sculptor and installation artist. He teaches in Mairang Vidyajyoti Inclusive Secondary School. He completed his BFA & MFA from Visva Bharati University, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan.
    Khublei Shibun @rangskhembormawblei ba phi la ai lad ban sah dak ïa ka poitri jong phi! 😄🙏

    U kba u dei uba ngi ithuh ha man la ka thliew ïing Khasi bad u long uba pyntyllun ïa ka jingim jong ngi bad ïa ki samoi ka mariang ruh. Ngi sngewtynnat ba kane ka poitri ka ai ka jingmut kaba jylliew, kaba ai ki symboh kba kiba kordor 🌾🌾🏞️

    Rice paddy is known to every Khasi household, it moves the circle of life and the circle of seasons too. We appreciate poetry like this because it gives us a depth of meaning, it gives in each paddy valuable seeds of thought. 🏞️🌾🌾

  • Jingim Por Tlang da i Mebatei L. Khongsit

    Jingim por tlang

    Jingkjam te long ba lah palat,

    Sngew ngih hi thui wat bin sait kjat,

    Ynñioh jaket ba rben samup,

    Lynjur lah hi da nge jaiñkup.

    Khongdong kum thred taïar JCB,

    Lait ksai lut khait muja bapli,

    Khohwah kum sleit tyrkhong khaw khaw,

    Da thoh abkd ruh paw.

    Syang ding na khmat daitthah sha dien,

    Syang ding na dien daitthah sha khmat,

    Keiñnoh lah bha ba ai da u keiñ,

    Tang ha jingthih hi beit jingkheiñ.

    Tang kynjat shai b'la wan ka step,

    Ka thma ba jur bin khyllie nep,

    Jingkhi la kat khaw shibyrni,

    Nga jop haduh bin da dei sngi.

    "Jingim Por Tlang" is an original Khasi poem written by @mebatei_l_khongsti 🥶🥶
    Khublei Shibun ba phah phi ïa nge ne nge jingthoh biria jong phi 😂😂 Nang sngew bang shuh ba thoh phi da ka ktien Laitlyngkot. Shisha sa tang nge jaiñkup hi bin syaid ka met ka phad! 🔥💯

    @mebatei_l_khongsti i ong: "Nga thoh ha ka dur ba biria da ka jingshem lajong bad nga ngeit ba baroh baroh hi ngi ïa shem kumne ha ka por tlang, khamtam kito kiba im sha ki shnong ba jur u thah kum sha shnong jong nga."

    Translation: "I wrote this poem in a funny way based on my own experience and I know most of us also experience the same things during the winter, especially those of us who stay in places where there is heavy frost like in my village."

  • Ka Lashai da Dameshwa Rymbai

    Tang mar ia ioh ia ka sngi thymmai,

    Ka kam ngi buh ha khmat duh eh.

    Ha thwei pyrkhat ki lad kamai,

    Kat ha ha sla pyrthei ngi dang mareh.

    Ia shi snem lynter ngi la pynkhreh,

    Aiu lashai kan wanrah ngim tip.

    Sharak jingim mynta ka dang meh

    Ngim lah batai lano kan lip.

    Khuslai ngi kit ha ki thwei jingmut,

    Da kiei kiei kiba ngim pat tikna.

    Byrngut byrnget wat ia ka lashai,

    Ngim tip kaei ka ban wan jia.

    Ban ia pynkhreh ia jingim briew,

    Sharak jingkyrmen ban thang.

    Umphniang ba bha ne kaba sniew,

    Shwa ban phylliew, pyrkhat biang biang.

    "Ka Lashai" is an original Khasi poem by @damechwarymbai410 ✍️📖

    Khublei Shibun @damechwarymbai410 ba phi la ai ban post ïa ka poitri jong phi 😄🙏 Ka long ka jingthoh kaba ïar bad jylliew ka jingmut bad kaba ai mynsiem ruh ✨✨

    "Ka Lashai" which means "Tomorrow" is a beautiful poem about the journey of human life. It may be titled "Tomorrow" but it also stresses on how the present is what we should take care of. ☀️🌒☀️

  • Hun hala ka bor da i Mebatei L. Khongsti

    Hun hala ka bor

    Ha pyrthei ba beh ïa shibun ki rong,

    Nga hun da i black and white,

    Ha ka juk pynstyle sñiuh bun rukom,

    Nga hun ban shu sad sha side.

    Ha ka juk ba beh ki bam bang restaurant,

    Nga hun da i jadoh ha basa,

    Ha ka juk ba ki ïa beh sha KFC,

    Nga hun da i dohmasi syrwa.

    Ha ka juk ba ki beh sha ki juti Adidas,

    Nga hun da i sneaker ba tad,

    Ha ka juk ba ki beh sha ki jaiñ branded,

    Nga hun da i second hand ban wad.

    Hun hala i jingkotbor,

    Wat prong sha kaba shu kot jubor,

    Pynleit jingmut ïa iwei pa iwei i mawjam ba rit sha ka thong,

    Badno badno ïalade wat ju nujor.

    "Hun ha la ka bor" is an original Khasi poem by @mebatei_l_khongsti ✍️✍️

    Teng teng ha ka jinglong briew ngi pyrshang ban kner ïa kaba ngim donkam. Ha kane ka rukom ngi ïaid lait noh na ka jingsyndong bad jingsan kaba kongsan ïa ka malade. 💆❤️

    This poem expresses a yearning to be content with what we have. In our rush to flow with the times, we may lose sight of what is essential to the nurturing and growth of our self. ❤️💆

  • Da lah pule kot Khasi…

    Wow ko sohsat sohjew lada ka eh ka kot Khasi 😅🥵
    Tharai bun na ngi kiba pule ngin sngew kumne 😂😂

    Kaei ka kot Khasi kaba phi sngew eh ban pule?

  • Lum Shyllong da i Dameshua Rymbai

    Kynrem phi ieng ha ka burom

    Pyrthei ka peit ka da iaroh

    U syiem rangbah phi long

    Napdeng kiwei kiba don sawdong.

    Ban klet kumno ka lah ban long

    Ia ki khyndai umdih khyndai um tong

    Ka Ri Lai phew syiem, Khatar Daloi.

    Khun Hynñiewtrep ki mih ki roi.

    Hynriew hajar saw spah sawphew san phut

    Kynbat bun jait, ki syntiew ki skud,

    Ki mrad ki mreng ki dieng ki siej

    Ha la ki rong ka jingiap biej.

    Shaphang shatei ka Wah Umshyrpi

    U Mawblei ba thiah shaphang Mihngi

    Ka Wah Umiew Ka Wah Umtlieng

    Ka Wah Umngot ba phuh ba phieng.

    Ko Lum Shyllong baieid eh jong nga

    Kren lut hangne ym dap kyntien ia nga

    To im to sah nang neh shirta jingim

    Ai ki longdien kin nym klet la nongrim.

    "Lum Shyllong" is an original Khasi poem written by @damechwarymbai410 ⛰️🌲🌿

    Khublei Shibun @damechwarymbai410 ba phi la phah ïa kane ka poitri 😄🙏 Nang kiew ha ka sap ka phong jong phi!

  • “Ban siew kylliang” da i Kyrshan W. Mawlong

    Ban siew kylliang shisha ngim lah

    Da lei lei ruh ïa phi

    Mynsiem phim hun kum u Rangbah

    Phi wad ki lad lynti.

    Mynsiem basbun ki paw ha phi

    La jingeh khia ki ban

    Na ki phim ai lad ba kin tan

    Ban shu iehnoh ïa ngi.

    Ki riat ki ram ki krem phi rung

    Ïalade hi kheiñ duh

    Ki shiah ba nep ia phi ki dung

    Katta phi hem shuh shuh.

    La buit la bor katba don ei

    Da mynsiem ieit phi bet

    Katno phi kmen ba kam la dep

    Dak thoh Khasi phi sei.

    -Kyrshan W Mawlong

    An original Khasi poem on Thomas Jones by @kyrshan_611 📝📝 Khublei Shibun @kyrshan_611 for sending the poem! 😄🙏

  • Ha ki thapniang basyaid i piam da i Kyrshan W. Mawlong

    Ha ki thapniang basyaid i piam

    Watla im pynpaw eh

    Jingieit i theh ba palat liam

    Dei i Pa baieid eh.

    – Kyrshan W Mawlong

    A Father's Day poem from @kyrshan_611 😄😄 But Father's Day should be everyday!

    Khublei Shibun @kyrshan_611 ! 🙏🙏