Details
Tribe
Konyak
Date & Place of Recording
15th May 2025 at Chenwetnyu village, Mon District, Nagaland
Recorded By
Mr. L. D. Miller Pou
Occasion of Performance
Festivals/Funeral
Lyric Transliteration
Mongken taan ma amei konyee yan pu yo! I thought our love just began but why the abrupt end? Voom ma yu-o, mai vei thinkhah voom mayu And I found out, my love went far far away in the distant land. Kovei chen hah yopoom through ma shon fenang Here I am, stuck in this sleepy village, gloomy and alone. Ko yo cha ekoh monken mai longma? Will the wind carry my (agonizing/sorrowful) voice of pain to my lover? Yo cha man zu ding yao-e And if he ever hears my grief and sorrow, I know he would respond. Mai vei yo cha maan zu ding yao-e! That’s how I always know him by…