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Sunday, December 6, 2015

An Old Christmas Card - Jim Reeves



Christmas a lo hnai chho leh ta hle mai, boruak te pawh a thlasik khua ta. Lung te pawh a leng ve leh tan ta veng veng mai. Hmun hrang hrangah Christmas hla hriat tur a awm ta nual mai. Kumtin mai a Christmas ti Christmas em emtu pakhat chu Jim 'The Gentleman' Reeves-a hla ho muang dam ruih mai te hi an ni tlat mai. Christmas hla thar tamtak hi rawn chuak mahse Saphla ah pawh Mizohla ah pawh Christmas boruak a min chen tir veng vengtu bik hi an awm tlat thin.

Old Christmas Card Chu:

Inchhunga bungraw tawngtawl tamtak zingah chuan thingrem hlui tawh tak mai, paw deuh thar tawh hi a awm a. Chu thingremah chuan eng engemaw thil hlui deuh deuh bak hmuh tur a awm lo. Achhungah chuan eng eng te nge awm pawh kan hre vek seng lo, mahse chung bungrua leh thawmhnaw hlui tawh tak tak mawngah chuan thil hlu tak mai, a sum leh pai ang zawnga thil hlu ni miah lo, mahse a neitu tan erawh rangkachak tangka aia hlu zawk, suangtuahna khawvel a chen tir theitu thil pakhat a awm tlat mai. Chu thil hlu tak chuan suangtuahna khawvelah chen tirin, ngaihtuahna mu hnu a kaitho a, hun liam tawh hnu chu mitthla an kokir thar leh in lung hlui a tileng in hlim lai ni te a ngaih tir thin a ni.

Chu thil chu a hmangaih ber nen a Christmas an hman dun hmasak ber tum a an Christmas tree hmasaber hnuaia thilpek dang tamtak zinga lo let bal mai a hmuh, a hmangaih leh duhber mai in a a tan liau liau a a tih Christmas card chu a ni. Mahse he card hi card dang ang ngawt anilo, hlui in zawr chul viau tawh mahse he khawvela a hmangaih ber thin in a a pek a nitlat. A aia hlu a awm chuang lo. A chhunga thu inziak te chu a ngai te te in ala thlum reng a, chutianga thu thlum tha chu hmuchhuak tur chuan a hmangaihber-i chuan Christmas card sang chuang fe a zawn kual a ngai ngeiin a ring a, chung te avang pawh chuan chu card chu a hlu zual em em a ni.

Chu Christmas card hlui tawh tak avang chuan Christmas card a hmuh apiangin tudang ngai lova an pahnih chauh a hlim taka Christmas an hmandun lai hun te kha hrechhuakin a lung hlui a leng vawng vawng thin a, chu Old Christmas Card avang chuan a chhingmit tui chu a far leh thin a ni.

Mahse, hun leh ni te a liam a, engkim a lo dang zo ta. Tunah zawng a duhtak hmel chu hmuh tur a awm ta lo. A sulhnu a hmuhtheih chin chu chu Christmas card hlui tawh tak mai a-a thu thlum nalh em em mai chauh chu a lo ni ta a ni. Hlim lai ni leh lungruala len lai ni te hi hun hian tuilian angin a lo herliam pui si thin, mahse hmangaih leh duh tak te hi zawng kumsul khuarei pawh chang se nghilh ni an awm thei si lo, hei ngei hi a ni he Old Christmas Card pawh hian a lo hnutchhiah chu...

"An Old Christmas Card"
(It's a memory of an old Christmas card)

There's an old Christmas card in an old dusty trunk
And it brings back sweet mem'ries dear to me
'Tho it's faded and worn, it's as precious as the morn
When I found it 'neath our first Christmas tree.

I thrill with every word, every line
Guess I'm always sentimental 'round this time
Pardon me if a tear falls among my Christmas cheer
It's the mem'ry of an old Christmas card.

You know, I don't know why
I get to feeling sentimental
About this time, every year.
But every time I see a Christmas card,
I somehow can't help reminiscing.
About the very first Christmas
that you and I spent together.
What a beautiful Christmas card
you gave me that year.
Why, I know you must have looked
through thousands of cards to find
that wonderful poem
that still brings a tear to my eyes.

I thrill with every word, every line
Guess I'm always sentimental 'round this time
Pardon me if a tear falls among my Christmas cheer
It's the mem'ry of an old Christmas card.


BigDaddy Hmahmatea II

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