Title: Ni Itilo Puhavekeu [Lost of My Old Self]

Language: English

Narrator: Tomugha sumi

State: Nagaland

NI ITILO PUHAVEKEU?

By Tomugha sumi Ba 4th semester Department English

Noye ni itulu anima? Noye ni itulu anima?

niye atsu ghuzu toiva. niye itimi toiva eno amulo kighide no ihulo acheni.

ipuno niye itilo kuxu kumsu cheni.

Kughono ino itimi shiche kelo niye akivi alhokusa keumu mutha eno niye,

musa cheno eno niye ighono aghokulu eno iguighai

Kemi itimi shi xuche, niye ikuxulo atsutsu eno ayegahi dolo keumo akivi eno alhokusa keno mutha.

Ithehi ino kumsu chekeu yea niye khaghi iti kuxu lo ide chike wune wumula kea? eno niye iti kuxulo ide chike xulu nani mokea? ipi ikukumusu shi keumo niye ilikhi nighasu peqhiva.

Skukumsu hipauno ashighi aghungu ghi ni kuzupe qhiva eno niye ilikhi ni ghusho eno qoda nheda vekeu paphi shi kumsu ani.

Iza no ivilo piche keutsa ivilo ishi piche nipu hipauye keumu mutha keapi pano ishi xu akeuye pakukumsu alolo acheku ghenguno eno pakukumsu alhokusa ghenguno pa thsughape akeshi xuani.

Iza no timi ivilo piche keuye paye itimi shi che keloye paye.

Suphami lakhi toi tokulu ilikhi shi xuighi, ikemu ithehiye niye pa shou pulu kibe eno pukhu kibe kuhava.

Akiqhi tsa shi nipu hipauye aghau lakhi khakutha bolo kughasu pe xhive ke toi va eno paye khakutha bo tipau lono ipevene pukaputsa ani ikemu pa ilikhi pa kukumsu no thsugha pe xhiva.

Timi no nipu vilo chika anguka shi pa mulo shikumto tsu acheni ikemu paye pa mulo muto mulave, nipu hipau no pi akeuye paye iti kuxu eno ithehi kuxu kututa shiva, eno niye ithehiye iqho izu ani, niye keu ghola lo xumasa kea, ikemu hanino ivilo pi ingahi velopi.

Ikemu niye imulolo kumsu eno alhokughuno kuhave kehu shi kumsu eno ino ishi pi ani niye nike eno ino kishi xuneshi ani keno xunani eno ino kishi kumsu neshi ani keno kumsu xu achenani.

SUMMARY OF THE POEM

The poem talks about a man who feels he has lost his old, innocent self while growing up. He misses the fearless and happy child he once was and feels trapped by fear, anxiety, and dark thoughts. His mother is innocent and does not understand what he is going through or how deeply he is suffering. He struggles with having two versions of himself inside. In the end, despite the pain and bitterness, the poem reminds us that he is still free to live, feel, and choose his own path.