21 December 2023

Lullaby (Te Te Tenawa) - Imphal Talkies and The Howlers

Akhu Chingangbam Imphal Talkies

 

Blood-soaked street, that's my ground.

That's where I play around.

Sound of gunshots, that's my song.

That's my lala-lullaby.

Your revolution has snatched away

My right to education.

Your revolution has snatched away

My right to education.


Te te te tenawa

Kangleipak ki tenawa

Angang na mullaga 

Tenawa na haraowi

ooo ooo

Una saba nongmei ni

Mana pangba makhoini


Blood-soaked body, that's my daddy.

You have shot him, you've killed him.

You bombed the town, that's my town.

That's where I play around.

Your constitution has nothing for me -

All you do is kill my innocence.

Your constitution has nothing for me -

All you do is kill my innocence.


Te te te tenawa

Kangleipak ki tenawa

Angang na mullaga 

Tenawa na haraowi

ooo ooo

Una saba nongmei ni

Mana pangba makhoini


Fallen bodies like fallen leaves of October -

But you don't care.

We don't need your guns and bombs -

We just need the songs of love.

Don't fill your life with throes of pain.

Share a smile so we can bloom again.


Te te te tenawa

Kangleipak ki tenawa

Angang na mullaga 

Tenawa na haraowi

ooo ooo

Una saba nongmei ni

Mana pangba makhoini

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