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  • “Ka sur ka ud ka iam” da i Freedyboy Majaw

    Ko mei mariang pha iam pha kyrbeh,

    Namar u khun bynriew ula leh tyngeh;

    Ki mrad ki mreng, ki sim ki doh,

    Ki khlaw ki btap, ki pai ki soh.

    Nga long tang i sim barit,

    Naduh dang phyrngab nga pah jit jit:

    Nga her kylleng ba ngan wad bam,

    Ki khun ha skum ba ngan leit sam.

    Hynrei ianga shiteng lynti,

    La shah siat iap ban bam maki;

    Ki khun ha skum te nga khuslai,

    Mano ban ai u soh u pai.

    Ha peit hangne kum phatok ngi shong,

    Ki mrad sha khlaw ngi dei ban long:

    Ban iaid kylleng, ban mareh ban mastieh,

    Lehkai ruh de haka khyndew ka ktieh.

    Hynrei u bynriew aiu u leh,

    Ym dei iangi ba un pynneh?

    Ia ngi ki mrad ban sumar ban sukher,

    Na jingpang jingshitom un peit un ker.

    Mangi ruh ngi don jingim,

    U Blei u la buh phim don hok ban shim:

    Ngi don lakajong a longing ka longsem,

    Hei ho! U Blei u don Iaka nong phin shem.

    -Freedyboy Majaw

    "Ka Sur ka Ud ka Iam" is an original Khasi poem by Freedyboy Majaw. Khublei Shibun for sending your poem! 😄🙏

    Freedy is an English Literature student who is currently pursuing his Master's degree. He says "I love to write poems. However, my poems are mostly in Khasi because my mother used to teach me that even though I opted for English as my major, I should never forget my mother tongue and stick to my roots. Therefore, following her advice and paying much respect to my own language, my works, that is, my poems are mostly in Khasi."

    Mynta ka taiew ngi kynmaw ïa ka lyngkhuh sngi ïap jong u myllung ba radbah ka ri Khasi u Soso Tham ha ka 18 tarik u Nohprah 1940, da kaba ngin post Ia ki poitri ba lah noh synñiang da ki paralok followers jong ngi. ✏️📃✒️

    Ai ba ka jingshem mynsiem, ka jingshemphang bad ka jingieit ri jong u myllung Soso Tham, kan long ruh ka jingïohkynti jong ngi ka ban pynkhlaiñ ïa ngi kum ka jaitbynriew. 🏞️🌄

    This week we commemorate the death anniversary of Khasi Poet Laureate U Soso Tham, on the 18th of December 1940, by posting poetry that has been generously contributed by our dearest followers. ✏️📃✒️

    May the inspiration, conviction, wisdom and love for the Khasi land and people of the poet U Soso Tham be our inheritance that strengthens us as a community. 🏞️🌄

  • “The Abode of Clouds” by Yohanna Mawrie

    I come from the land of

    The Living Bridges

    Ancient as the days of old,

    Lush forests blanket the land

    Myriad of flowers adding colour,

    The Orchid sits on her throne.

    Cascading waterfalls as you've never seen

    Enchanting stories of their birth,

    Water fairies beguiling men,

    Home of the Tawny Breasted Wren,

    Secrets of Sacred Groves lay hidden

    You will find God's Own Garden.

    Like a little kingdom in the sky

    The Abode of Clouds.

    -Yohanna Mawrie

    "The Abode of Clouds" is an original English poem by Yohanna Mawrie @wordyramblings 🌤️🌦️ Khublei Shibun for sending your poem! It feels like the beginning of a beautiful folktale 😄

    Mynta ka taïew ngi kynmaw ïa ka lyngkhuh sngi ïap jong u myllung ba radbah ka ri Khasi u Soso Tham, ha ka 18 tarik u Nohprah 1940, da kaba ngin post ïa ki poitri ba lah noh synñiang da ki paralok followers jong ngi. 📃✒️✏️

    Ai ba ka jingshem mynsiem, ka jingshemphang bad ka jingieit ri jong u myllung Soso Tham, kan long ruh ka jingïohkynti jong ngi ka ban pynkhlaiñ ïa ngi kum ka jaitbynriew. 🙏🌄☀️

    This week we commemorate the death anniversary of Khasi Poet Laureate U Soso Tham, on the 18th of December 1940, by posting poetry that has been generously contributed by our dearest followers. 📃✒️✏️

    May the inspiration, conviction, wisdom and love for the Khasi land and people of the poet U Soso Tham be our inheritance that strengthens us as a community. 🙏☀️🌄

  • Ka Tlang Ka La Wan da i Dari Kupar Kharwar

    Ka Tlang ka lah wan!

    Ka Tlang ka lah wan;

    Ka jingtyrkhong ka lah sdang,

    Ki borti ki tin um lah sdang sei;

    Ban tong um na shyngiar na thwei,

    Ki khiew phiang ki tin um ha la rong baitynnad;

    Ïeng ap pali bad ki lok,

    Oh! katno jingsngewtynnad,

    la ki khanatang khana kai ngi ïa shahskhor ïasngap;

    Ban pyn myllen ïalade katba ka um kam pat dap,

    Ngi shah ïa ka khriat bad jingpjah ka tlang;

    Khlem jingsalia ngi leit tang ha ïing ban ïa biang,

    Haba la sawa bolbaring kit um bad sha

    wah sha shyngiar ki ïa mareh bran;

    Dei hangta keiñ ngi ïa sngewthuh ba ka tlang ka lah wan!

    – Dari Kupar Kharwar

    "Ka Tlang ka lah wan!" is an original Khasi poem written by @dari_kupar 😄
    Khublei Shibun for sending your poem! 🙏

    @dari_kupar is a Life Coach at Avenues, Shillong. He is an avid photographer who tries to tell stories with pictures that he finds on most of his searching and inspiration deep in the woods, up in the mountain, on the side of a stream, a tiny tea shop in the city, on the buzzing street and busy market. He’s a wanderer who is not lost, tangba shu bakla lynti ha khep ha khep 😅😂 He also finds inspiration in music, books and the people he meets.
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    Mynta ka taïew ngi kynmaw ïa ka lyngkhuh sngi ïap jong u myllung ba radbah ka ri Khasi u Soso Tham ha ka 18 tarik u Nohprah 1940, da kaba ngin post ïa ki poitri ba lah noh synniang da ki paralok followers jong ngi. ✏️✒️📃

    Ai ba ka jingshem mynsiem, ka jingshemphang bad ka jingieit ri jong u myllung Soso Tham, kan long ruh ka jingïohkynti jong ngi ka ban pynkhlaiñ ïa ngi kum ka jaitbynriew. 🏞️🌄

    This week we commemorate the death anniversary of Khasi Poet Laureate U Soso Tham, on the 18th of December 1940, by posting poetry that has been generously contributed by our dearest followers. ✏️✒️📃

    May the inspiration, conviction, wisdom and love for the Khasi land and people of the poet U Soso Tham be our inheritance that strengthens us as a community. 🏞️🌄

  • “Tyrkhang Iwbih” da Victor G. Bareh

    Sha 'tiewmatïong la nga peit

    Ha khet ki diengbah ba'm kot kheit;

    Jingpynhiar mynsiem thiang ba'n iw

    H'u tyrkhang nga dem khohsiew.

    Ha thaiñ ba ki lyer pyngngad

    Ki dang suh sieng khlem blad,

    Lem bad tyrkhang jong ki lum bad ki wah,

    Junom ban im ngam ngiah.

    Ko tyrkhang ba pynkrih

    Ïa ki lyer jingiwbih

    Ha ri ba puri blei ki ieit,

    Ba me suh ki thied hapdeng shrah 'dew-kulong,

    Pansngiat ïa me ngan pynphong.

    Rongphong pyrthei kim larkam

    Ïa me ba ngan pynspong ka nam;

    Jynhaw jinglong jingim ba thiang

    Ba me pynsieng, ka la biang.

    Sha dohnud sakma pynpar

    Ïa ki sur jingphawar,

    Ba khun ka ri b'la rah soitan sha rngai,

    Sha rympei kin wan phai.

    'Tiew-tynrai jong ka ri,

    Ba dang wan beh ha ngi

    Ïa ki lyer sotti juk hyndai,

    Ï'u klong snam jingieit la ri ïai kynshait,

    Ha lhop pyrthei b'un ym stait.

    Sha ri u bnai bad ka sngi,

    Kum me, ngam don thapniang ba'n jngi;

    Ïa me, ieh wat khang ba ngan bud

    Tang da ki sur ka dohnud.

    Da bor ba'm i ka khmat briew,

    Ïa jingmut to kyntiew,

    Na lyndet lyoh ïa ki sap ba ngan kem,

    Hangne ba eh ba ngan shem.

    'Tiew tyrkhang ba pynher

    Khlem kut shuh ïa ki lyer

    Ba'n pynsieng iwbih ïa ka bneng,

    Ïa longrynieng ban tor jong nga iai pyndap

    Da jingpyrkhat ba'm ïap.

    "Tyrkhang Iwbih" by established Khasi poet Victor G. Bareh is moving because of the affinity and connection that the poet experiences from a sweet smelling fern.

    Mynta ka taïew ngi kynmaw ïa ka lyngkhuh sngi ïap jong u myllung ba radbah ka ri Khasi u Soso Tham ha ka 18 tarik u Nohprah 1940, da kaba ngin post ïa ki poitri ba lah noh synñiang da ki paralok followers jong ngi. ✏️✒️📃

    Ai ba ka jingshem mynsiem, ka jingshemphang bad ka jingieit ri jong u myllung Soso Tham, kan long ruh ka jingïohkynti jong ngi ka ban pynkhlaiñ ïa ngi kum ka jaitbynriew. 🌄🏞️

    This week we commemorate the death anniversary of Khasi Poet Laureate U Soso Tham, on the 18th of December 1940, by posting poetry that has been generously contributed by our dearest followers. 📃✒️✏️

    May the inspiration, conviction, wisdom and love for the Khasi land and people of the poet U Soso Tham be our inheritance that strengthens us as a community. 🏞️🌄

  • “Ki jingbishar na la tnum” da Vancouver Shullai

    Ha la ka tnum nga ïeng bam lyer.

    Nga artatien ïa ka jingkhuid jong ka,

    Haba ym sma shuh kum ka jingai sngewbha ka mariang,

    Hynrei, sma pynban kum ka jyntah sah-miet u paramarjan.

    Hapdeng ki ïing paki-dulan ka Laitumkhrah-

    Khlem dieng, khlem siej, khlem ñiut, khlem ñier:

    Nga 'i tang ki dongmusa u 'riewstad

    Ba phalang blar-blar khlem jingim.

    Kim pynshahshkor ïa ka lyer sah-miet

    Kaba kawut shane-shane, shatai-shatai.

    Ha khrum ka sahit bneng pat,

    Ïa kaba ki khlur ki ksoh

    Bad ki lyoh ki bitnah kum ka dpei jhieh-

    Sngew kumba ka don ka jingïatainia noh-shiliang.

    Ka khyndew ka kyrhuh da la ki kali, ki khiew-siaw, ki 'sew-lamwir,

    La sngew kumba ka khyllew sha ka bneng, "Kham riewspah manga!"

    Ka bneng pat, jai-jai ha la ka jingsngur,

    Ka sammut da ka 'leilieh hangne hangtai.

    Manga, tang kum u nongpeitkai,

    Ïa kata ka jingïatainia noh-shiliang;

    Nga lam biang sha ka jingsma ka jyntah sah-miet.

    Uei mo u ban shet 'tungrymbai hapdeng ka lyïur?

    Original Khasi poem "Ka Jingbishar Na la Tnum" written by @vancouvershullai 📜📜 Thank you for another fantastic entry! 🌌🏠🌩️🌥️

    Vancouver says: "Ki Jingbishar Na La Tnum" (which translates to "Judgements from the Roof") is a poem describing observations of the world around from a rooftop. The tranquillity of the sky and the cacophony of the earth under the sky, are interpreted as a one-sided argument, where the earth is loud and boastful of its disorganisation, while the sky only responds with occasional flickers of lightning, interpreted as indifferent grins. There is a deflection to the smell of Tungrymbai – almost as a surrender to the bigger powers of earth and soil that one could not possibly meddle with. The poem has environmental undertones that is left to the reader to discover and make meaning of."

  • “Ki jingsngew ha ka miet ba wan ka khlam” da Vancouver Shullai

    Sngew triem keiñ, para,

    Haba la poi ka Khlam ha phyllaw ïing.

    Sngew salia wat tang ban ring mynsiem ruh,

    Ïoh jia ba ka ïohsngew bad ka tip noh

    Hamar hangno ngi ïa rieh.

    Ka palong ha kaba la ju dem shiryta,

    Ka sngew pher mynta ka miet:

    Sngew eh ka tyrsok, sngew sohkyrdot ka rajai,

    Haba la khura kata ka Khlam ïa ka phyllaw ïing.

    Sngew artatien ban pyrta sha la ki marjan ruh

    Ban twad jingmut lem na ki,

    Ïoh jia ba ki la ïakynduh ïa kane ka nongshun

    Bad khah snam noh haba ïa khublei kti.

    Hynrei, para, nga pynkynmaw ïa phi,

    Ba ka step ruh kam jngai

    Bad ka Khlam kan sa phet sha la ka lynti

    Ynda thaba noh ka sngi ha phyllaw ïing.

    "Ki Jingsngew ha ka Miet ba wan ka Khlam" is an original Khasi poem by poet and singer @vancouvershullai ! 😄😄😄 Thank you for taking up the responsibility for writing in your own indigenous language! 🌲🌲

    As the pandemic rages on, all one can do is talk about how one feels to find solace. The current situation confronts us with our feeble mortal existence but it also teaches how faith, hope and courage can turn the weight of an overwhelming tide.

    Vancouver Shullai says of the poem: "This poem was written on the night the first COVID-19 positive case was detected in Shillong in the year 2020. An air of apprehension enveloped the entire town as soon as the news was reported. There was a very unusual sense of discomfort, I recall, an extremely foreign feeling no one was prepared for. I wrote this poem to document that calm yet fearful night."

    Thank you @vancouvershullai for documenting this experience in poetry!

  • Mei Mariang Ngan ym ïeh ia phi da i Daohi Manar

    Ko lyer ba beh jai jai

    Pha pynlung ïa mynsiem jong nga

    Pha beh khlem don jingkhuslai keiñ shirta!

    Khublei, A ko lyer pha la pyntngen ïa nga

    Kumno keiñ mynta ba ngan ïada?

    Ha la marwei, nga ïam pangnud, nga da jaw ki ummat

    Ïa Mei Mariang haduh katne

    Khun bynriew "Kim pyrkhat!"

    Pyrthei Mariang ba itynnad

    B'u Blei u ai kyrpang

    Ka shong ha ngi, tang ha nga bad ha phi

    Ïa Mei- Ramew ba ngin sumar ngin ri

    Ki um ba shngiam ba sngur

    Ba ramew la dep pynwandur

    Da khmat ba sngewdiaw, nga peit ïa pha

    Shaei, pat mynta jaka ban rieh: ïa nga

    Ïathuh keiñ shaei "Ngan ïoh jaka?"

    Kjat sngi ba tyngshaiñ, ki wan doh ïeid ïa nga

    Jingkyrmen nga don, ba pham duh ïa jingjyrngam

    Ngan um ïeh ïa phi, keiñ noh….khun, wat ïam!

    Ka ri khlem jingsheptieng, ko ri ki Blei

    Ba dap da jingshngaiñ, Ri Tipbriew-Tipblei

    To kular ïa nga ba phin kamai hok ha pyrthei

    Ïa nga, to sumar-kyndong

    Sa shisien ha phi keiñ nga ong.

    "Mei Mariang – Ngan ym ieh ïa phi"

    – Daohi Manar

    An original Khasi poem by @xdtnoahjupejackllthmanar

    Thank you for sending this poem! The message that man and nature are intricately connected has to be reiterated!!