MODDLELEA KHURSAK RESPET NAM!
(English translation follows)
Amche purvoz zobor vhodd xiknnar nhoi aslet punn tankam jivitacho bhorpur
anbhog aslo zo tannim mhunnnneamchea bhesan amkam dovorla.
Adlea kallar ghor bandpachi bunhad marta tea disa eka fatracher khursachi
kuru kantortalet ani tem ghor bandun kobar zaisor to fator ghora samkar
dovorlolo astalo. Ghor bandun somptanch, durgan ghora samkara ek dakttulem
pedd ubarun to fatracho khuris taka zoddtalet ani tachea manak ladain korun
ghorachem ugddapnnem vo benjiment kortalint; aiz-kal hi stil komi zait
gelea. Uprant dispottim tea khursak fulam ghalun tachi puja kortalint.
Toxench zoim-moim vaddeanim nodor marlear zaitech khuris distalet ani azun
distat. Tech porim konnuim margar absoegan ontorlear, to munis somplelea
zagear eok khuris ubartalet ani azun ubartat jeant ietea-voitean meleleacho
ugddas korun tachea othmeank rozar korunk.
Soglle khuris je amchea durganim, kopelanim ani igorzanim asat te fatranche
vo fatranim bandlele punn torui astannam ami tanchi puja kortat; dekunuch
amchea purvozanim ek mhunnnni dovorlea: Mandlear Dev, nam zalear fator.
Zorui hea fatranchea khursank ami mandun ghevnk naslet zalear ghoddiek
amchea Goyeant Kristi dhorm assonk pavchonaslo. Kednaim vadoll-moll ievn,
khursacher zaddacho khando vo anik kiteim xevtton poddon, vo anik kosleai
dusrea karannank lagon, ek khuris moddonk pavta. Adlea kallar lokak poth
nasli; dekun, moddlolo khuris sarko korunk konnuch fuddem soronaslo. Zoxe
dis bolanddtalet, lok moddlelea khursak man divnk akoddtalo ani thoddeanch
vorsanim bilkul tea khursak vissortalet. Oxem ghoddlelem pollelea uprant
amchea purvozanim amkam anik ek moddlelela fatrachea khursa vixim mhunnnni
dovorlea ani ti oxi: Moddlelea khursak respet nam!
Hi mhunnnni amchea chaltea jivitan soglleank lagu zata. Munxeak Devan
rochla ani hea sonvsarant ghatla. Munis bore bolaiqen assonchor sogott
ixtt, soirim-dairim taka salaam martat. Sodankal kamank sarko gelear ani
borem kam kelear componi taka voir uklun dovorta punn toch kamdar oskot
zalear vo absoegak sampddon hath-pavom moddon aturnar poddlear, tich componi
tache vixim bodolta ani taka sirvisecho kaddunk puri tozvit korta karann
toslea bhesar to compenek ek luskonn ani nhoi faido. Tech porim eka
kuttumban jednam passun eka ghoracho voddil sirvis korta to ek duddvanim
bhorleli zhor ji duent poddtoch vo absoegak sampoddtoch sukot veta ani
titlean toch zoddkar-ghorkar zo ghoracho divo ani asro zavn aslo to zavnk
pavta ek bharadik vojem purea kuttumbak jem kednam kai ghorantlem bhair
uddonv xem zata. Eka boroinnarachi passun tich goth. Jednam passun ek
borovpi aplim borovpam boroita ani potrancher vo net-acher pattoita, sogott
taka uklun dortat ani tachi thoknnai kortat punn jea vellar to kaim
karannank lagon anturnar xevttota toch lok tachi khobor passun ghevnk
vissortat!
Tor mogall vachpeanim moddlelea khursa ani munxea modem kaim ontor nam ani
hich amchea jivitachi khori kadambori ji soglleank amkam ravta. Adlea
tempar moddlelea khursak man divnk visortalint punn aplea sangateachi vo
avoi-bapuichi xeva korunk visronaslint. Ghov-bail eka-mekachem sukh-dukh
vanttun ghetalint ani moromsor eka-mekacho sangat kortalint. Toxinch
bhurgim aplea avoi-bapaik moromsor sanddinaslint. Punn aiz-kalchea
sonvsarant oxem ghoddonam. Tum kosleai duensak vo absoegak sampoddlear,
tujim ghorchim passun vatt pollovn ravtat kednam kai tujem moddem voron
cimitirint pavoitelim jeant tujea ilajacho khorcho bond zatolo ani titlean
tankam soceg melltolo. Punn ugddas dhorat, Devachi nit konnankuch chukonam
- kelelea mapan ami bhogchem poddtelem!
Dumingachea pornea kallachea chovkar thavn sod'deak itlench!
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
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MODDLELEA KHURSAK RESPET NAM (NO RESPECT FOR A BROKEN CROSS)
Our ancestors were not great learned men but they had a lot of experience in
their lives which they left behind for us in the form of proverbs.
In the past, when a house foundation was laid, they carved out a cross on a
stone and it was kept in front of the house until the construction was over.
As soon as the house was complete, they raised a small stone pedestal
inside the compound, facing the house, and placed the cross-carved stone on
it; this system has now diminished. They celebrated a litany to the cross
and inaugurated the house. They then placed flowers and adored the cross
every day. If one looked around he/she came across and still comes many
crosses in a ward. Similarly, whenever a person met with an accident and
died on the road, they erected and still erect a cross on the spot so the
passers by remember the person and pray for his/her soul.
All the crosses which exist in our compounds, chapels and churches are made
from stones and yet we pray to them; hence, our ancestors have left us an
adage: "Mandlear Dev, nam zalear fator" (If you believe it' God; or else a
stone.) Had we not accepted these crosses made of stones, perhaps
Christianity would not have existed in Goa. Whenever there is a cyclone, a
branch from a tree or something else falls on a cross and results in
breakage. People in those days were poor; hence, nobody volunteered to
repair a broken cross. As time passed by, people hesitated to pray or pay
respect to a broken cross and it would be forgotten in a few years time.
When our ancestors witnessed this behavior, they left behind for us yet
another proverb which goes thus: "Moddlelea khursak respet nam." (No
respect for a broken cross).
This proverb applies to all of us during our life time. God created man and
placed him in this world. As long as a person is in good health, all of his
friends and relatives salute him. If an employee attends work regularly and
performs his job well, the company appreciates his work and praises him to
the skies. But, if the same employee becomes weak and falls sick or if he
meets with an accident and loses his limbs and hits the bed, that very
company changes its attitude towards the employee and tries to terminate his
services for he is no longer an asset to the company but a liability.
Similarly, as long as a head of a family is employed, he is the stream of
money which begins to dry up the moment he falls sick or meets with an
accident; and with that the very head of the family, who was the torch and
shelter of the family, becomes a heavy burden which they would like to get
rid of as soon as possible. Even a writer's plight is the same. As long as
he/she writes and publishes his/her articles in newspapers and on the net,
everyone sings praises, but if he/she falls sick those very people forget
even to enquire about him/her.
So, my dear readers, there is no difference between a broken cross and a
person; this is the real life story which awaits all of us. In the past,
people forgot to respect a broken cross but they didnt forget to respect
and serve his/her life partner. A husband and wife shared good and bad
times and loved each other until death did them part. Children, too, didn't
abandon their parents until natural death snatched them. However, this is
not the case today. If you fall sick or meet with an accident, even your
loved ones are eager to send you to the cemetery to avoid sickness expenses.
But remember, nobody can escape God's justice all of us will have to pay
with the same coins!!!
That's for now from Dom's antique shelf!
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
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