Lah sdang ki jingpait pdang mynta! 😬🥶 Glycerine te sngew sat syllang phi 🥲🥲
Many of us have memories of generous dollops of Boroline cream applied on our faces in the winter 😂😂 or throughout the year too!
#tlang #winter #khasiwinter #chappedcheeks #khasigrandmothers #speakyourroots #speakyourrootschallenge #talklocal
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."
Ha kum kine ki por tlang, ka syaid hi ka shawla ban syaid ding. Ka dei ka jingïohi ïa u rnga ba u saw, ba u rhem ruh kaba pynsyaid ïa ngi. Katno ka jingïaknieh ban shong sawdong ïa ka shawla ban ïoh pyaw ding; tang ba syaid ka dur khmat bad ki kti ruh lah sngew im 😄😂 Da ïoh sa ban shong ban bam sawdong ka shawla lei lei, sa bad ki jingïathuhkhana ba bun jait…❤️
Kine ki dei ki rukom im jong ngi ki Khasi kiba iwei pa iwei na ngi ngi tip bad kynmaw bha. Ym lah ban ïoh ne ban kylliang da kiwei kiwei pat ki rukom ha ka pyrthei…ka jingsma jong ka lyer tlang, ka jingsma jong u rnga ba khluit, ka jingsieng jong ka tungrymbai ba shet ha shawla, ka jingiwbih jong ka syrwa tyrso bad dohsñiang 😋😋😋 Nga lah thngan ja biang!! 😂😂
During the cold of winter, it is the heat of the Khasi "shawla" that is the best in giving warmth. Just the sight of the red fiery charcoal is enough to make us feel warm and cosy. How we fight for a spot to sit around the "shawla" to feel the heat; even if only the face and hands are warm, one feels alive 😄😂
A bonus is getting to sit and eat around the "shawla" and add to that listening and telling stories of all kinds…❤️ This Khasi way of life is something we remember and know very well. It cannot be replaced by other ways in the world…the smell of winter air, the smell of hot charcoal, the aroma of boiling "tungrymbai" over the "shawla", the delicious smell of pork and mustard leaves boiling in a soup 😋😋😋
I'm getting hungry again!! 😂😂
Ka sngi ka dei ka dawai bah. Haba ki mrad ki ju mlien ban syaid sngi bad ki jingthung jingtep ruh ki heh ki san lyngba ka sngi—te hato kan nym dei kumjuh ïa u briew ruh? Ha ka jingsyaid jong ka sngi ki jingsngewdiaw bad ki jingkhuslai ki phet lai-lum lai-wah.
Phi ju kynmaw ïa ki Meiieit bad Paieit jong ngi, kumno ba ki shait syaid sngi? Ka don shisha ka jingbha ha kato ka shong syaid sngi. Bun ki khana…nangta ki siang sa u shylliah, sei ka shangkwai, ne u thlong dung kwai ne khleh sa u soh…Hangta sa ki ashar jong i Meiieit, khriak ha ka sngi. Uba bang bad ba shngiam haba u la dei sngi bha.
The sun is wonderful medicine. When animals sit in the sun to warm themselves and trees and plants thrive in the heat of the sun, will it not be the same for human beings? In those moments in the warmth of the sun we let go of worry, anxiety and despondency, and they seem to escape over three hills and three rivers.
Do you remember our grandparents sunbathing in seasons like these? There is real good in sitting in the arms of the sun. So many stories…then they lay the shylliah on the ground, taking out ka shangkwai (kwai basket), or u thlong dung kwai (traditional pestle and mortar for grinding kwai) or mixing orange with pomelo fruit for a fruit salad in the sun…And then there basking in the sun are Granndma's pickles. The most scrumptious and delicious, because they've been cooking in the sun.
"Ka Syaid Sngi" or sunbathing during the Autumn and Winter is one of the past times that we all love. 🌤️🌤️ It is also reminiscent of younger days of childhood and warm hugs and kisses from our grandparents 🤗🤗☀️☀️
🟡 Explication in Khasi and translation into English by @speakyourroots