Oil Painting by Monica Ingudam
Canvas 12 by 9 inches , painted in 2021

Inspiration: This painting is inspired by Chaoba Thiyam, the folk singer from Manipur who is creating beautiful music and songs evoking love and remembrance of home and words of ancestors, touching hardened hearts awakening the feeling of love and peace.

Original – Available, make it yours.

Hei Haisi Haya Laosi by Chaoba Thiyam, Siyom

Hei Haisi Haya Laosi 

(Translated by Aribam Uttam Sharma)

Let us plant fruits and flowers
A sanctuary of life
Let us make
For trees and bamboos too 

Hills, swamps and rivers
Pure and clean
With this vision
In Nature, let us stay 

For the love of the mother
For the care of the father
For the gift of the ancestors
For fidelity to the land 

Footsteps of the ancestors
Let us trace 

Rejoice in the Lai-haraoba
Bound by its togetherness
For the growth of the community, ho o!
For the flourishing of the land
Sufficiency, independence Into freedom!   

Dance
Give rhythm to joy
Let us move as one
In the vibrations of the Pena
Contentment, we shall seek
In this change
In this stream that flows 

Let us ignite the torch of perception
A beacon
For the young
Towards the future
May their laughters in the playground 
shine 

Hei! Let us say
Haya ! We shall shout 

For the love of the mother
For the care of the father
For the gift of the ancestors
For fidelity to the land