A Mangala Swoon Kyway
By Dr Maung Maung Nyo
We have to race against time
To bathe to dress up and try
To reach the Swoon Waing
From Sanchoung to Bahan
We ride the fastest car with alarm!
( L to R: U Thein Kyaw, Daw Mya Mya Win, Dr NOM, Dr MMN, Aung, Ei
U John Gyi, Anna aka Dr Khin Khin Kyaut)
We do reach Yaw monastery in time
In fact we are the first sign
In as the first visitors in the morning
Even the monks and novices are calling
Out each other for their daily messing
We are satisfied for our daughter’s wedding.
( Facing L to R: Brigadier Mya Thein Han, U Bo Kyin,Ei, Aung, Daw Khin Yi;
Showing Backs L to R: Drs Hla Yee Yee, Khin Win, Khin Lay Yi)
Guests arrive one by one or in group
In cars and taxis or some on foot
Wearing Burmese dresses that suit
The weather, occasion and mood
Even U John Gyi dons the Type Pon
He is young and handsome to look on.
( Tipitaka Yaw Sayadaw Giving Srmon to Bride, Groom, Parents and Relatives)
Bride and groom invite the elders
To the auditorium to gather
For Yaw Sayadaw’s speech
On Mangala Swoon and seek
Blessings in this life and next for ever
All can enjoy success luxury and leisure.
( Groom Aung Myo Kyaw Supplanting and Donating to Yaw Sayadaw)
He preaches for about an hour
Guests have to wait and suffer
From nine to eleven AM without food
They just have to chat and stoop
When we emerge from the “mass”
All shout smile and swiftly greet us.
( Ei and Aung Serving Rice to the Monks)
The food is served hot
It comes direct from the pot
Hot steaming and smelling spices
Guests and hosts share it nice
Fish chicken salads pork and pea
Every one has a marvelous meal.
(Proud and Pleasant Anatomists Drs Khin Lay Yi & Daw Khin Win )
The bride and groom greet every one
They are in happy mood and warm
They smile they speak and they pose
For photo with every guest close
Though most are their parents’ mates
They feel they have come of age.
(Profssor Hla Yee Yee Saying Goodbye to U Bo Kyin, Bride's Uncle)
Guests leave at about twelve noon
Some stay late as it seems so soon
They sit and gossip for the old time
Brigadier Mya Thein Han is so fine
Chatting with Kyaw Shein and U Bo Kyin
He poses with me, Shwe Shwe and Sein Tin.
(Tekkatho Sein Tin Siting with a Boy with L to R: Ei, Aung and Dr MMN)
Anatomists are prominent in the crowd
Khin Lay Yi and Khin Win looking proud
(L to R: Drs Khin Lay Yi, Daw Khin Win and Hla Yee Yee with Ei, Aung,
MMN & NOM)
Many doctors also grace the occasion
Ba Shwe, Anna and Thein Nyunt all grin
The last is poet Nyunt Way Katha
It is graced by a poem by Dagon Taryar.
(Sitting L to R: U Aung Myint, Dagon Taryar, Devi ; Standing L to R:
NOM, MMN, Ei, Aung)
We all are happy when the last guest left
Bride, groom and four parents have to test
The photographers for different poses and scenes
We are like children playing on the green
We ask photos to be taken here and there
We enjoy the occasion as in a fun fair.
(Bride and Groom Sitting in Front Of the Yaw Sayadaw)
Aung and Ei have fed the monks with morning meal
They also gave lunch to their friends for all to see
Parents of both sides enjoy it and call it a good deed
May they be united for ever as they seek
Love loyalty and devotion until death
Let’s wish them success in this aspect.
(The Newly Wed and Parents L to R: U Thein Kyaw, Daw Mya Mya Win,
Aung Myo Kyaw, Ei Sabai Nyo, Dr NOM, Dr MMN)
Dr Maung Maung Nyo
18.1.2010 (original)
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