THE SICILIAN (BOOK III-V) By Mario Puzo

[Loma hmar]

CAPTER 20A

Kum 1948 April thlaa Sicilian Legislature inthlanna chu rome-a Christian Democratic Party tan chuan chhiatna rapthlak tak a ni. ‘Mipui Pawl’an tih Communist leh Socialist party inkawp, left-wing party te chuan vote 600,000 an hmu a, Democratic-in vote 330,000 an hmu bawk a. vote 500,000 dang chu monarchist leh party tenau dangten an insem a ni. Rome sorkar pawh a chiai ngei mai. ram pum inthlan hmain engemaw tak tih a ngai a ni, ram chhunga hmun hnuaihnung berin rampum chu Socialist ramah a hnuk lut mai dawn niin a lang.

Thla liam ta chhung khan Guilianno chuan rome nena an inremna angin a che a. Party dang poster tar ho te chu an pawtthla a, left-wing group ho headquarters te a run a, khaw hrang hranga an inhmuhkhawmna te pawh an ti buai bawk. Khawpui tinah chuan amiet chuan poster lian pui pui, pentui duma inziak, Communist chu thihna tih inziak te an tar a. socialist party workerte in te an hal bawk. Mahse inthlana nghawng nei pha tur chuan a campaign hun chu a tlai mah mah tawh a, inthahna rapthlak tak tak thlen tir lah a duh lo bur bawk si. Minister Trezza leh Don Croce leh Cardinal of Palermo inkarah chuan thu an inthawn tawn reng a. Guilianno chu a inthlana an dinhmun tihchian nan campaign chu a aia nasa deuha ti tura nawr a ni ta a ni. chung thu thawn ho zawng zawng chu Guilianno chuan a thuthlung bu-ah a dahtha zel a.

Thil pui tham tak chu tih a ngai a ni. Don Croce-a thluak tha tak chuan a ngaihtuah chhuak ta a. Guilianno hnenah chuan Andolini kal tlangin thu a thawn ta a.

Sicily-a left-wing lam tamna leh khirhna ber chu Piani Dei Creci leh San Giuseppe Jato khua te an ni a. Kum tam tak chhung chu, Mussolini hnuaiah pawh khan, may ni khat chu Revolution Day angin an lawm thin a. Chu mi ni tho chu St. Rosalia name day a nih tho avangin, Fascist sorkarin an khap loh nan sawkhaw kut angin an chhal ta daih a ni. Mahse tunah chuan May Day kawng zawh chu flag sen nen, thusawi ropui tak takte nen neih a ni ta thin a ni. Kar khat hnu vela may day lo thleng tur chu history-a ropui ber a ni dawn a ni. Tih dan thin pangngai angin, khaw pahnih te chuan a huhovin an lawm ang a. Sicily ram puma palaite pawhin an chhungkua rawn hruaiin a hma lawka an chakna lawmin hun an hmang dawn a ni. Communist senator, Leo Causi, thusawi thiam leh huaia hmingthang chuan thuchah pui ber chu a sawi dawn a ni. left wing ten inthlana an chak lawmna official taka neihna hun tur a ni.

Don Croce-a ruahmannaah chuan Guilianno leh a pawlte chuan chu may day lawmna chu an bei ang a, an titawp dawn a ni. Mipui tidarh turin an lu chungah Machine Gun an hmet puak ang. Chu chu intihthaihna campaign hmasa ber chu a ni ang, mipa taka inthawt lawkna, nem taka inzilh hauna chu. Communist senator, Lo Causi chuan Parliament membera thlan tlin a nihna chu Sicily ram luh phalna a ni lo tih a inhre tawh an. Guilianno chuan chu ruahmanna chu a rem ti a, a chief te - Pisciotta, Passatempo, Terranova, Silvestro leh Andolini te chu chu hna chu thawh anih theih nan inring renga awm turin thu a pe a.

Kum thum chu chu khaw pahnih inkar tlang zawl pakhat, Pizzuta tlang zum leh Cumeta tlang zumin a karcheh naah chuan a lawmna hi neih a ni thin a. Khaw mipuite chu chu tlang zawl pan chuan kawng kual tak, a chung zawl thlen dawn tepa inpawhah an lawn ve ve ang a, chutah chuan khaw pahnih mipuite chu intawkin kawng an zawh ho dawn a ni. Chu tlang zawl chu kalkhan pakhat paltlangin an thleng ang a, kut chu an hmang ho dawn ta ni. Chu kalkhan chu Portella della Ginestra tih a ni.

April 1948 inthlanah khan chu khaw pahnih te chuan Communist party chu an vote chiam mai a. Chu chuan Don Croce chu a tithinur kher mai, An khawchhung Mafia chief hovin an thunun niin a ngai a. Mahse Don chuan Catholic church an zah lohna vanga lungngai a ni tiin a puang a ni.

Cardinal of Palermo pawh a chiai kher mai. Chu khaw pahnihah chuan kal nghalin mass a nei a, Communist vote lo turin a vaukhan bawk a ni. An naupangte mal a sawmin a baptis bawk a, chuti chungin kohhran hawi lo zawngin an che ta tho a ni. Chu khuaa puithiamte chu Palermoah kovin, inthlanpui lo awm tura tha thaw nasa turin a hrilh a, Politics a kohhran hamthatna tur chauh ni lvin, hremhmun ata thlarau mawl tak takte chu chhanchhuak turin a ti a ni.

Minister Trezza chuan mak a ti ve vak lo. Sicilian ani ve thoin chu thliarkar history chu a hre tlat a ni. Chung khaw pahnih te chu an chapovin Sicily-a mi hausa te leh Rome-a lalte chu nasa takin an do fo thin. Piani Dei Creci-a mipuite hi greek ram atanga anmahni runtu turkish ho hlaua tlan chhia rawn lut an ni a. An greek kalphung tam tak an la chhawm a, Greek tawng an la hmangin greek holidayah pawh hnam incheinaa incheiin an lawm fo thin a ni. Mahse mafia ho nghehna hmun tak a ni a, Don Croce-an a thuhneh loh avang chuan Minister Trezza chu a hrilhhai hle a ni. Mahse chung khua leh a chhehvel khuaa vote zawng zawng chu mipakhat kaihhruaina hnuaia awm ani tih a hre tho a ni. Chu pa chu Socialist party mi Silvio Ferra a ni.

Silvio Ferra chu Indopui pahnihna laia Italian Army, Medal tam tak dawng a ni a. Africa rama ramchhuahnaah a medalte chu a dawng a, chutah chuan American Army-in an man a. US-a war camp-ah a huhoa tang zingah a tel a, chutah chuan mitang ho tana Democracy chungchang zirnaah a tel thin a ni. An thil zir te chu an camp bula khaw pakhata chhuah zawk an phal hnuah chauh a hrethiam a ni. America mite nun zalen halh mai a hmuh chuan mak a ti hle. An hnathawh nasatna chuan hlawhtlinna a thlen thei zel a ni. Sicily-ah chuan hna thawk nasa ber ber pawhin an fate tan eitur leh chenna in an thawk chhuak thei tawk chauh a ni. Hma lam tana inkhawl a awm thei lo.

A ram Sicily-a a lo kir leh chuan America tih dan duh mi tak a lo ni ta ni. Mahse Christian Democratic te chu mihausate hmanrua mai an ni tih a hmuh chuan Palermo-a Socialist Worker Study Group a zawm ta a. Zirna leh lehkhabu lamah a tui hal hle mai a. Chutah Marx leh Engels-a theoryte chu chipchiar takin a chhiar ta ngar ngar a, Socialist Party a zawm ta a ni. San Giuseppe Jato khuaa an party huaihawttu ni turin a awm ta a ni.

Italy hmar lama an tih theih loh chu kum li hnuah chuan a ti thei ta a ni. Red Revolution leh Socialist thurin chu Sicilian tawngin a letling a ni. Socialist party vote chu ram neih vena a ni tiin mipuite a hmin a. lal chhungkua ten ram zau tak tak an nei chu thlai chin nan an hman loh avangin then darh a ni ang a, an fate tan thlai chinna tur ram an nei thei dawn a ni tiin a sawi bawk. Socialist sorkar hnuaiah chuan hleprukna tih bo a ni ang tiin a hmin hlawm bawk. Riltama thihna a bo tawh ang a, sorkar hnathawkte chu mipui chhiahhlawh an ni tawh zawk ang, America angin. Easter zing lamah a thenawmte chibai bukin, “Krista chu a tho leh ta,” a ti a. Chawlhni tukah chuan Mass nei turin cathedralah a kal thin.

San Giuseppe Jato khuaa Mafia chhungkaw hoin a kal thui mah mah an tih chuan, a nui mai a, nakinah chuan a an thian nihna chu a la lawm hle ang tih a hrilh a, mahse a rilru chhungril berah chuan indona tawp ber leh pui ber tur chu Mafia ho nena indona a ni dawn tih a hria a ni. Don Croce-an inremna siam tura mi ruat bik a rawn tirh chuan a lo be duh lo a. Chu chu indonaa a huaisenna avang te, khaw mipuite zahna leh friends of friends ho biak dan a thiam riauna te avang chuan Don Croce chuan dawhthei taka nghah a thlang ta zawk a, Inthlannaah chuan chak dawn thoa a inhriat vang pawh a ni bawk.


Silvio Ferra thatna ber chu a mihringpuite a hmangaih em emna hi a ni. Chutiang chu Sicilian minaranah chuan an vang hle. An thenawmte an dam loh chuan an chhungkaw tan ei tur a pe mai a, hmeithai thil ti hleithei lote pawh sekrek khawihah a pui mai zel bawk. Socialist party-ah chuan beiseina thar a awm tiin a puang a ni. Politics lam thu a sawi chuan chhimlam ho tawnghmang thiamna, Sicilian hovin an duh em em hmangin a sawi thin. “Keini tan chhang hi a tui em em ang hian, a intu mihausa ho tan chuan miretheite thisen hi a tui hle a ni,” te a ti thin.

Tichuan Silvio Ferra chu chhinchhiah a ni ta a. amah chhanhimtu chu Guilianno venhimna hnuaia awm a nih vang a ni. Chu chu Don Croce pawh che lova awm tirtu a ni ber. Silvio Ferra chu Montelepre-a piang a ni a, tleirawl a nih lai atangin theihna a neih zia chu hriat a ni tawh. Guilianno chuan a ngaisang hle thin. An kum a inthlauh deuh avangin thian hnai tak erawh chu an ni lo, Guilianno chu kum liin a naupang zawk a. chubakah Silvio chu indonaah a kal ta mai bawk si a ni. Pasaltha chawimawina dawnga a lo haw leh chuan, San Giuseppe Jato khuaah nupui a neih avangin a pem ta a. Politics lama a lo lar takah chuan, an politics chu danglam viau mahse thian niin Guilianno chuan a ngai a ni. Chutia Guilianno an sicilian voter-te ‘zirtir’ hna a tan dawn pawh chuan San Giuseppe Jato mipuite chungah emaw Silvio chungah emaw chuan engmah tih loh tur a ti a ni.

Ferra chuan chu chu a lo hriatin fing takin Guilianno hnenah chuan lawmthu sawina thawnin, a ma thuhnuaia awm a nih zia a hrilh a. Chu thuchah chu Ferra nu leh pate, anfate nena Montelepre-a khawsa kaltlanga thawn a ni. An fate zinga pakhat chu nula tleirawl a hming Justina a ni a, kum 15 mi lek a ni. A ni chuan lehkha them hi Guilianno pek turin Guilianno nu hnenah an inah a va pe a. Chutih lai tak chu Guilianno an a nu a tlawh lai a lo ni hlauh a, a kutah ngei a pe thei ta a ni. Kum 15ah chuan Sicilian hmeichhiate chu puitling an ni uaih tawh a, Turi Guilianno a hmuh chuan a hmangaih nghal a, mawi lo pawh sawi lovin a thlir ta veng veng mai a ni.

Turi Guilianno leh a nu leh pa leh La Venera chuan Coffee an lo in a, pek ve an tum chuan a lo hnar a. La Venera chauh chuan a hmelthat zia leh Guilianno an a aikaih hneh zia chu a lo hmu a. Guilianno chuan hmana hmeichhe naupangte kawnga lo tap a hmuh, pawisa a pek taka kha a ni tih reng a hre lo. Guilianno chuan a hnenah, “I unaupa hnenah chuan a thil pek avanga ka lawm thu leh a nu leh pate rawn ngaihtuah lo turin hrilh rawh, ka venhimna hnuaiah an awm reng ang,” a ti a. Justina chu rang takin a chhuak a, a chhungte hnenah chuan a va hrilh vat a ni. Chuta tang chuan Justina chuan Guilianno chu a ngaihzawng angin a ngai ta a ni. A unaupa a ngainatna avang chuan a inchhuan phah ringawt bawk.

Guilianno an Portella Della Ginestra hmuna kut tihbuai tumna a remtih tum chuan, Silvio ferra hnenah chuan thu thawnin may day hunah chuan eng thilah mah tel ve lo turin a hrilh a, San Giuseppe Jato mipuite chungah engmah a thleng lovang tih tiam mahse, Socialist party lam atanga lo do letna a awm thulhah thil thleng palh awm thei a nih avangin inthiar fihlim se a duh a ni. Amah, Guilianno chuan anmahni tih nat duh miah lo mahse friends of friends ho chuan socialist party chu tih chhiat vek an duh a, a bikin Ferra chu an tum bik dawn a ni.

Chu thu thawn a lo hmuh chuan Silvio Ferra chuan tum dang ang bawka amah tih hlauh an tumna maiah a ngai a. Don Croce-a fuihpawrh vang niah a ngai tlat a, engmah a ni lo a ti a ni. Socialist party chu chak turin ke an pen mek a, hetiang hun pawimawh, an chakna lawmna hun hmaih chu a duh thak lo.