‘COAT OF MANY COLORS’ I inbel ve ngam ang em?

I neih loh ît vangin i hmanhlel thin a,

I awhzawng âwk turin tawktarh hreh i nei lo maw?

Chantâwk lungawi puitu te nun hi a hahdam thlâk a,

Neih chhun hluttute hi a ni a tawpa mi awhawm ni leh ṭhinte chu.

Kan tunlai khawvel tukverh tharah hian dah loh bîk thu awm hek suh, GenZ ho rual hian a lian a te, a laihâwl, a tar a zûr aṭanga puak lai thlengin kan hawi buk chhup hlawm mai a ni ang chu!

A then tlâng kan lawn a, a ṭhenin lo kan zo va, a ṭhenin chaw kan ei khawm a, a ṭhen kan lêng a. Chutiang ti ve thei lo, in lama sekrek khawih aṭanga chuktuah huan siam te thleng hian social media sumtualah a lailum inchuhin kan insu her sawk sawk a. ‘Zawng chhuak hmasa an tlai’ tih ang hrimin chhuah hmasak inchuhin kan insehmur tuau tuau a; Aizawl pawh A.I.zâwl a chang zo ta!

Kan rualpawl man te hi a va tô ta em? Tûn hmaa thehlei ruala theirah tlâna inkâwm mai mai ṭhin kha tunah chuan reels, picnic, KFC, bouquet, karoake, spot tih angreng ten min rûn a. Ram changkâng zawka chêngte ka entawn e, kan ti a, kar tawp (weekend) kan hmang kârtluan a; an thawhrimna erawh kan hre chang tawh lo. Ṭhalai kan pung khawm luih luih a, hmun leh hmunah pawh online games lo chuan kan inkâwmho thei meuh tawh lo. Kan mobile phone tel lo chuan kan inawi tlei zo lo te pawh ti ila, tun min mawh lo vang chu!

‘Coat of many colors’ hla sa chungin kawr man tam pui pui kan ngên a; kan nu te kutchhuak kan sit lawi a. An thiamna kan zahpui a, an taimakna kan tuipui lo va. Rim taka thlan tui bual huh hniang chunga an thlai thar ai chuan readymade hmawmsawm kan ngaisâng zawk a; chaw bâr lova khawilai café emawa dinner ei chhuah te kan intihhmuh a, kan tlinin kan thei cher cher tawh teh e.

Dolly-i rilru zu ṭâwmpui ni âwm fahranin, ‘although we had no money, well I was rich as I could be…’ te kan han ti thla ve rirawk a; inrenchem kan tum lo va, kan chan tâwk kan lungawipui dêr si lo. Kan awh zawng neih nan chuan tih hreh leh sûmkâr pawh nei zo lovi’n kan tuak phu suau suau ta a nih si hi maw. Mi hla phuah te hi kan chîk peih lo mang e.

Kan intichangkâng a, kan khawsak kan tisâng a, kan fingin rem kan hre narawh e. Nimahsela, kan Mizo zia, kan hnam rote hlut a, chawi kân nachang kan hre lo va, kan pi leh pute laka kan thuam chhawm tlawmngaihna, huaisenna leh aia upa zahna te chuan kawng sir an chuh rawk rawk tawh a. Kan orginal brand dikna, induhsak tawnna te chu hlîpin, a aiah A.I edit 80’s thuam kan inbel ta dah a. Ran, a pui thihsan ang chauh kan ni ta.

Engkimah AI kan ruai a, ṭhenkhat chuan Pathian aiin kan be pawh ngun zawk mai lo maw a tih theih. A ṭhatna leh a awlsamna hmang thiam tan chuan a ṭangkai tih loh rual a ni lo. Kan chhawr tur pawh a ni rêng a. Mahse, a takin min pawlh tlêm tial tial a, filter phênah kan biru a, kan hmaikâwr lem vuah mila kan hmai a ṭhan hunah kan la buai mai lo’ng maw? Mi dangte nuihzat leh ṭhing tih hlauh vang maia kan originality pênsan ai chuan, ‘Coat of many colors’ hla ang hian kan phâk tâwk kan inbel ve ngam ang em?

Country music fa chûam Dolly Parton a han boral meuh kha chu, arbáwm chhe kan takmeuhin kan kâng hluai a, uiawm kan ti hlawm hle a nih kha maw! A uiawmnaah kan tawp mai dawn em ni? Ngaihven zui lovi’n kan arte thihtir mai ang maw? Ni lul lo e, dawvân-kai!

Pawlkut Thla ni 19, 1946 kuma America chhimchhak Tennessee-a nau piang chhinchhiah tlâk Dolly-i hian he leia a châm chhung khân hla 3,000 chuang a phuah hman niin an sawi a. A lei taksa vui liam a nih hnu September 9, 2026-ah pawh a ‘posthumous song’ (a thih hnu hla), 2022-a an record ‘Bound to ride’ chu an la release sak cheu nia. A hla phuah leh sak lâr hla tam zawk chu sawi kher ngai lovin kan hre bel awm e. American country singer, songwriter, actress a nih bakah, mahni neih ui lova mi dangte rawngbawlsaktu ‘philanthropist’ tia hriat lar a ni bawk.

Kum 1973-a a phuah, thlûk nalh leh thuril, ‘I will always love you’ hian philanthropist a nihna a nemnghet chiang hle. Nula leh tlangval inlêmna lam hla niin ka lo ngai a, a lo ni mang dêr lo! Ṭhiangzai (duet)-a zaipui ṭhin, a mentor ni bawk Porter Wagoner-a tana a phuah a ni a. ‘The Porter Wagoner Show’ chhuahsana malzai (solo-artist) lama kal a rilrûk hnuah, a ṭhianpa chu a malmâk a ngai ta si a. Lungchhia leh lunghnuala awm mêk a ṭhianpa rilru thawi dam nan,

“If I should stay,

I would only be your way,”

a han ti te te a. A hla tawp lamah chuan,

And I will always love you

I will always love you

I will always love you

I will always love you

a ti thla ta mawlh mawlh mai le.

A hun lai khan status reshare te theih ve ta se, khi lai tlar khi a ziak ral raih khawpa fiah loin an reshare chuai chuai ka ring! A zei tlat a! Wagoner-a tan hian a va mawihnai dawn kher em. Hei aliama hmangaihna nasa. Dolly-i hian a hma a sial lo vin, mi dangte rilru hliam a, an kawng dâla awm mi a ni lo tih a lang chiang hle. Hei chang a nilo, Joelene leh 9 to 5-ah te pawh hian sawi châk leh sawi hual ka van ngah em! Ka lênin a khuh sêng loah i ngai mai teh ang.

Dolly Parton chuan a chûnnu pachhiatna chu dichîm hauh lovin a hriatthiampui a, a nu’n hmangaihna nena a chilh khawm ‘Kawrchung ṭial mawi’ chu a awrpuar fangra awrh tlat a. Bible-a Jakoba’n a fapa duat bik Joseph-a hnena a kawrfual pêk ang kha a nih ngei beiseiin, vanneihna leh hlimna a ken tel ngei a ring tlat a. A ti sual lo!

Keini chu a sikul kâipuite anga hawhhai lo kha ni ve lovin, i bengngawng nuih ve ngawt lo teh ang u khai!

But they didn’t understand it

And I tried to make them see

That one is only poor

Only if they choose to be.

Chhân khân a hriain, retheihna a thlir dante hi a va ropui tehlul em! Ni e, retheihna hi chuan nun a tihlim lo va, a thlanawm loh ngawt mai. Kan rilruin retheihna a thlan tlat phei chuan kan va rethei zual dawn rua em! Nimahsela, chu retheihna chu Dolly-i hian a thlang ve awzawng lo, an neih loh aiin an neih chhun a chhiar zawk a, a chan tâwk khuain a rêlsakah chuan a lungawi hmiah!

A neih chhun, a nu pawnchhe ṭhui khawm man tamzia chu a hre khiau va. A inbel meuh chuan mi hausate’n thil man to tak an neih a, an hlimna tluk thâwthânga hlim ve niin a inhria a, a zahpui nahek lo!

A tawp nan hei hi ka zawt leh a che, ‘Coat of many colors’ hi i inbel ve ngam chiah em?

- Lalruatfela