St. Augustine’s Pears

Kan khua chu khaw lian pawh a ni lo, tuipui kam maia awm, In 150 bawr vel chauh kan ni. A chhunga cheng te chu kan inngeih em em a, hlim taka inkawm chungin ni te kan hmang liam thin. Tlai ni tla tur ina lui tui cham put mai a han chhun tle sar sar thin mai leh, thing te a han chhun eng nghulh te chuan kan lung a ti awi ve tawk em em a ni.

Kan khuaah chuan putar fel tak mai Pu Augustine-a a awm a, a In bul maiah hian pear kung pathum lai a nei nghe nghe. A rah tam thei em em a, a rah hunlai phei chuan naupang ho hi min ko lut a, a pear te chu min ei tir thin. Amah chauha awm a ni a, a khawhar hnem nan tiin naupang ho chu min kawi khawm a, thawnthu te min hrilh thin a ni.

Zan khat chu keimah chauhin inah ka lo awm a, tukverhah dakchhuakin thli thaw heuh heuh kara hriat phak riai riai a naupang hovin ‘Amazing grace’ an sak chu ka lo ngaithla mai mai a. Chutih lai chuan kawngkhar kik thawm a rawn ri nghal zat a. Ka va hawn chuan ka thiante ho an lo ni a, leng chhuak ve turin min rawn sawm a ni. Ka chhungte hmun danga chaw ei a an chhuah avanga keimaha ina awm ka ni bawk a, kal ve mai tur chuan ka insiam nghal a, ka phur hle. Chutiang ang huna mipa naupang kum 14 mi ina tawm reng chu a ninawm ve bawk em a ni.

Kalkawnga infiam pah chung zelin khawlai chu kan fang hneh hle a, kan incho phur zel a, thil chi hrang hrang kan intihsiak nasa hle. Chutia ngaihtuah pawh nei lem lova kan kal zel lai chuan Pu Augustine-a In bul maiah chuan kan lo ding der tawh. Zan a tlai deuh tawh avang leh ani kum upa deuh tawh chu a mu tawh ni ngei tur a ni, a in chu a thim thiap mai.

Chutih lai chuan kan zinga pakhat chuan, “Hawh u, Pu Augustine-a pear hi lo ru ang u,” a rawn ti a. A tam zawk chuan kan duh nghal mai a, thenkhat chuan, “A tihchi loh ang, thildangin infiam leh zawk ang u, kan ti lutuk tawh mah mah,” an rawn ti a. Mahse a tam zawkin ruk ve hrim hrim chu ‘pa’ thlak riaua kan ngaih avangin a huan hungna pal chu kan zuan khum a, pear chu mahni duhtawk theuh kan lo ta mial mial mai a, nuam kan ti hle.

Chutia putar lu tuak var vu tawh, zang kul deuh da, mahni chauha awm pear kan lawh ruk sak avang chuan ka mizia ka hloh reng a lo ni. Ni e, ka ze tha ka hloh a lo ni.

Hun leh ni te an her liam zel a, tunah chuan kei pawh ka lo upa ve ta in, ka sam te pawh a lo tuak var ve ta vu mai. Thil pakhat ka nun vaw hrehawm em em tu a awm. Hmana ka naupan laia Pu Augustine-a pear ka lawh ruk khan vawiin ni thleng hian min nghawng a, ka rilruah a cham reng a, hliam ser reh thei lo a siam a ni. Kha putar fel tak mai lakah khan engvangin nge rilru thalo ka lo put theih?

Theih nise, ka tha leh zung neih zawng zawng pawh hian kha hun kha siam that leh ka chak. Mahse a theih tawh si loh. Ka rilru vaw na tu ber chu, thil thalo a ni tih hre reng khan engvangin nge ka lo tih luih? Ka riltam leh eitur nei lo khawpa rethei ka nih vang pawh ni miah lo a, paih leh mai mai tura engvanga pear kha ru nge ka nih? Pear kha ka ngaina in ka ei chak em em pawh a ni tawp si lo a.

Mihring te hian engvangin nge thil thalo hi tih kan chak tlat zel a? Kan thil duhlo tur tur te hi a hnua inchhir kumkhua leh tura kan tih luih thin? Thil tih phalloh na na na te hian zawlaidi tha tak an nei emaw tih mai tura engvanga tilui chak tlat thin nge kan nih le?


Late one night I heard a knock at the door
The boys were really painting the town
I was just another bored teenage boy
Kickin' up and actin' the clown...

One dare led to another dare
Then things were getting out of control
We hopped the fence and we stole the pears
And I threw away a part of my soul
Yes, I threw away a part of my soul

Time goes by - now I'm old and grey
Those pears are just a memory
I would gladly pay all I have today
But that's just not the problem you see...

'Cause it's haunting me how I stole those pears
'Cause I loved the wrong
Even though I knew a better way
Not for hunger or poverty
It was more than pears that I ended up throwin' away...

Why do we love all the things that are wrong?
Forbidden fruit has a strange siren song
Why do we do what we don't want to do?
When we live with regrets our whole lifethrough
And I don't even like pears that well...