VERSE 1
KHARARNAO KAHO , MIRINWUI KAHORNA
Shim akhali pamrum lakha...
MAPHANINGKHUI ITHUM
ZATHAIKHA - O Ningai-kha-mā- ji
NGAHANKHUILUIPAIRALA?....
O huinākhār nana theikakhui
Mirinwui Zingyinlam:leikashi mang,
sakhangai-kakahao-mangkho....
masaluipai - mangareiungluipai
Tamkhuisa -khararnaowui-eina
O Mirinwui Awor.
VERSE 2
KHARARNAO NA THEI - NGASHANWUI KHARACHAN
RAM AKHAWUI CHAMYAN HAIMI
MANGANAKHUI ITHUM.....
ZATHAIKHA O- NGANA -KHANGAI -JI
KHARARKHON MA-LEITHULA?
O KHANUITHOT THOTCHAN MALAIHAO
VERSE 3
KASAR-TAM RAHAO, NGANUINGAI MASAPAI
KHARAR KHAMSUI SINGDA OKTHUI
KAZINGRAMWUI ATHĀ
YAOSANGDA - O ZATHUI HAORALI
VAREWUIVANG KHARINGNA
O MANINGKHA MIRIN ĀREMA
English Translation
Verse 1
1)Elders are a blessing — they are our light,
2)Yet close at home, we miss their gentle light.
3)Their love surrounds, but we fail to see,
Until they're gone — and we grieve silently.
4)We long to speak, to share once more…
5)But time has closed that precious door.
Chorus
1)Life’s final hour is tender and true,
Full of love, and memories too.
2)Wishes and wants we can't fulfill,
The mirror shows what time has done,
3)A soul still young — but years have run.
I whisper dreams I cannot reclaim,
4)So let us learn while they are near,
Their words of wisdom, soft and clear.
— the beauty of life.
Verse 2
1. The elders walked with wisdom deep,
Their stories long, their silence steep.
2. They handed down what made us whole —
Our truth, our honour, heart and soul.
3. But we turned away from their quiet plea,
4)And now we face what we failed to see.
5)Their voice is fading in this noisy world…
O look… the young have lost the roots of this world.
VERSE 3
1.Old age has come — youth won’t return
2.With trembling hands, the walking stick leads each day.
3. Yet Heaven’s seeds we still must lay,
4.For Christ we live — our truest way.
5Without His love… life holds no season.