Posted on December 1, 2023  — 

A lament for My Tribe

This day I'll remember and forget not,
For a tremendous hatred I begot,
For the people of the valley, the tyrants;
The brethens who ignored the call of sirens.


E'en the traveling lamp refused to shine;
Clouds of black smoke rose from the shrine.
The Church bells rang no more,
For loud was the evils' roar.


The sky wailed and turned dark;
The voices of the tribes it hark.
Bloods and heads of the innocents on the soil,
Homes and Villages set aflame with oil.


Nowhere to go , nowhere to run;
Hunted down with shells and gun,
By their friends who were actually a foe.
What should they do? where should they go?


The hills have witness our fears;
The mountains have seen our tears .
Forgiveness is a paragon of virtue,
But burnt away by fire in this issue.

You might also like

Thingkho le Malcha

Thingkho le Malcha

Thingkho Le Malcha (TLM) is a traditional method of communication used to send out messages across the Kuki hills during the Anglo-Kuki War,1917-1919... more

Copyright © 2024 Thingkho le Malcha. All rights reserved.
crossmenuchevron-down