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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Tell Laura I Love Her

He hla chuai thei lo hi 1959 khan Jeff Barry leh Ben Raleigh te’n an phuah a. Nula leh tlangval inkara hmangaihna thuk tak a awm mek laia thihnain a pawhthen tak chanchin a ni a. A phuahtute hian hetiang taka a lar hi an beisei phak lo reng reng a, a hla a nalh bakah a thawnthu ken hi a that em avangin khawvel a fan chhuak chiang hle a, tun thlengin a la dai thei lo chu a ni.

Nulat tlangval hre ve tawh, Tommy leh Laura te chu an intawn atangin an inthlah hleithei lo a, reilote an inhmuh loh pawhin an khua a har thei hle mai a. Hmangaihna chuan an pahnih chuan nghet takin a suihzawm tlat a.

Tommy chuan Laura chu a phak ang tawkin a duat a, a bialnu chu thil tha thei ang ber tihsak a duh em em a, mahse hnathawh mumal pawh a la neih loh avangin chutiang ti tur chuan pawisa a nei si lo.

Thilpek tha tak taka Laura tihlawm a duhna chu a ni telin a lian zel a, pawisa neih dan tur a ngaihtuah ta ngar ngar a. Car intlansiak neih a nih tur thu a hre ta hlauh mai a, lawmman pawh $ 1,000 ngawt mai a ni a, Tommy pawh chuan intlansiaknaah chuan tel ve ngei a tum hle a. Lawmman a dawng hlauh a nih phei chuan Laura tan thilpek tha tak tak a lei thei dawn a ni.

A thiltum chu Laura hrilh ngei a duh. A va phone a, mahse a lo awm lo hlauh mai a, Laura nu chuan phone a lo chhang a. Tommy chuan Laura nu hnenah chuan heti hian a sawi a:

“Laura kha ka hmangaih a ni tih min lo hrilhsak la, ka mamawhin ka thlahlel a ni tih lo sawi bawk la. Thil pawimawh tak tih tur ka neih avangin ka rawn leng hma hman dawn lo tih min lo hrilhsak bawk dawn nia..”

Intlansiaka tel tur chuan a hming chu a va pelut ve ta ngei a, a theih ang angin a inbuatsaih nasa hle a. A phur tawh lutuk chuan thildang a ngaihtuah thei meuh tawh lo, lawmman a dawn huna Laura thil a leisak turte chu a mitthlain a hmu deuh reng tawh a. Pawisa a neih remchan veleh Laura chu nupuia neih a tumruh hle.

Intlansiak hun a lo thleng a. Tommy chuan a car chu a theih ang tawkin a tuaihnum a, $ 1,000 chu midang dawntir a tum lo hle. A thil tum tihlawhtling loa haw leh chu a duh hauh lo.

An tlan ta! Tommy-a chu chumi nia intlansiak zingah chuan naupang ber mahse a tlan tha ve hle mai a. An tlan tan atangin mipui thawm pawh a ring tha, car lah chu chak em emin an ri fua fua hlawm a.

Chutiang boruak karah chuan thil duhawm lo deuh mai a rawn thleng ta tlat mai! Tommy-a car chu a chesual a, intlansiaknaah chuan a let tawp tawp mai a, tumahin eng vanga chutianga chesual nge a nih an sawi thei lo.

Tommy-a car chu a letling zawngin a awm a, a kang hluah hluah mai a. Tommy-a chu car chhung atang chuan an pawt chhuak thei hram a, mahse an bawihsawm ngial pawhin beisei tur a awm tawh meuh lo.

Thei leh thei lo hian thil a rawn sawi a, a hmui bul seta ngaihthlak ngai khawpin a aw pawh chu a zawi a. Khawvela a hun tawite hman chhunga a thusawi hnuhnung ber chu heti hian a rawn phuh chhuak a:

“Laura hnenah khan ka hmangaih a ni tih hi lo sawi ula, ka la thlahlel reng a ni tih lo hrilh bawk ula. Laura kha lo tap lul suh se, ka hmangaihna hi engtikah mah a thi ngai lo ang tih in lo hrilh ngei ngei dawn nia...”

Laura chuan he khawvela a hmangaih ber mai a hmu leh tawh lo tur chu tuar thiam har a ti hle mai a, biak inah Tommy tan chuan a tawngtai thin a. Amah a hmangaih em avanga Tommy chuan nunna a chan tih chu a ngaihtuah let a, a lungchhiat a tizual thin. Biak inah chuan amah chauhin a awm a, a thinlungah Tommy-a aw ngei mai chuan heti hian thu a rawn sawi leh thin a:

“Laura hnenah khan ka hmangaih a ni tih hi lo sawi ula, ka la thlahlel reng a ni tih lo hrilh bawk ula. Laura kha lo tap lul suh se, ka hmangaihna hi engtikah mah a thi lo ang tih in lo hrilh dawn nia...”

Laura and Tommy were lovers.
He wanted to give her everything
Flowers, presents and, most of all, a wedding ring.

He saw a sign for a stock car race
A thousand dollar price it read.
He couldn’t get Laura on the phone
So to her mother Tommy said

Tell Laura I love her,
Tell Laura I need her.
Tell Laura I may be late
I have something to do
That cannot wait.

He drove his car to the racing ground,
He was the youngest driver there.
The crowd roared as the started the race,
From the track they drove at a deadly pace.

No one knows what happened that day,
How his car overturned in flames.
But as they pulled him from the twisted wreck,
With his dying breath they heard him say

Tell Laura I love her,
Tell Laura I need her.
Tell Laura not to cry,
My love for her will never die.

Now in the chapel where Laura prays
For her Tommy who passed away
It was just for Laura he lived and died.
Alone in the chapel she could hear him cry.

Tell Laura I love her,
Tell Laura I need her.
Tell Laura not to cry,
My love for her will never die.

Tell Laura I love her,
Tell Laura I need her.
Tell Laura not to cry,
My love for her will never die.

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