(In the Final Analysis)
By Kent Keith
Mite pen genhak, phunhat, angsungkhual hi...
(People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered... )
Maisak veve in
(forgive them anyway )
Na dik leh, ngimna tawh angsungkhual man a thukhual ci in hong kimawhpaih thei hi
( If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives... )
Dik veve in
(be kind anyway)
Na lawhcin leh, honglangpan vinven gal kician le lawm ginalo pawlkhat na ngah ding hi.
( If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies... )
Lawhcing veve in
(Succeed anyway)
Thuman thutang a na lungsim bang nagen leh, mite’n hong khem thei ding hi.
(If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you... )
Thuman thutang in lungsim siang nei veve in
(Be honest and frank anyway)
Kum tampi bei in hanciam a na lam khat, mi khat in zankhat thu in susia thei hi...
(What you may spend years building, someone may destroy overnight...)
Hanciam in lam veve in
(Build anyway)
Khamuang in nalung anop leh, mite’n ong haza thei hi...
(If you find serenity and happiness, people may be jealous...)
Lungnuam khamuang veve in
(Be happy anyway)
Tuni nahoih nasep pen, zingciang hong kiphawk sak nawnlo pahpha hi...
(The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow...)
Nahoih sem veve in
(Do good anyway)
Nasiam tawp suahin leitung piakkhia in, Kicing cih om ngeilo kha lai ding hi ...
(Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough...)
Nasiamtawp leitung ading piakhia veve in
(Give the world the best you have anyway)
Thudik a kilat ciang, Nasep khempeuh in nang le Pasian kikal ahih lam natelmuh ding hi...
(You see, in the final analysis, it's all between you and God...)
Nang le amau kikal hilo ngel a’ih man hi
(It was never between you and them anyway)
By -Tuan Go Pau
