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Ghrublebi

Ghrublebi daparpashoben

Rogorts sharbatit mtvralebi

Mal-mal nu mkhedav geqopa

Dabla dakhare tvalebi

Shen shemokhedvas nat’rulni

Shurit shemkhedven kalebi

Pikrma daghala vazhk’atsi

Daghala dabla dakhara

Shena khar chemo dzvirpaso

Pikrma sali k’lde daghara

Daghara daanaoch’a

Zed qoil aghar akhara

Gare tushura ts’vima ts’vims

Chvenats gavighebt gzasao

/Rad mechveneba aka khar

Leksebsats mats’vdi kalsao/

Net’avi damits’unebde

Damanebebde tavsao

Vivlidi lashar-ghelesa

Vazhebs vavlebdi tvalsao

Mashin khom sheveqrebodi

Chemi gunebis kmarsao

Zezvais Tskheni (Gaprindaulis Simghera)

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Gadmoviare shenisluli samch’edlos mtebi

Shublze papari gadits’ie karishkhlis prtebi

Ros dahk’ravdi da dadgeboda mt’vrisa namkeri

Dols dahk’ravdi da utskho zhrzholas its’qebdnen mtebi

Khitanis velze, he ramdenjer gitareshnia

Zaalnis gortan alamtanats idek p’irveli

Sheni khvikhvini gaismoda satatretshia

Tskheni iqavi tu lamazi laghi prinveli

Doghis belado bakht’rionis tsikhis k’edlebi

Khmlita da doghit shen da zezvas shegilets’niat

Isartelvis dros tsetskhls ak’vesdnen sheni nalebi

Ise dahkrodi sik’vdilits ver ts’amogets’ia

Alvanis velze gaaprine gaprindauli

T’akht’is bogirtan utsabedad gulgatangulo

Sheni gants’irva iqo zezvas danashauli

Pekhmardo lurjav mt’rebis siskhlit gats’itlebulo

Da dghesats tush k’atss ch’iri akvs tu zhamta salkhino

T’akht’is bogirtan ts’utit maints alagmavs kurans

Qants’i tu ar akvs uzangaze daiskhavs ghvinos

Moikhseniebs gagtsdeba da kuds daikhuravs

Translation:

Zezvai’s Horse (Gaprindauli's Song)¹

Crossing the foggy mountains of Samch'edlo

You flipped your mane wings in a storm

There was a snowdrift of dust all around

The mountains trembled at the drumming of your hooves
 

At Khitani, how many times did you gallop through?

At Zaalnis flag you were the first to arrive

In Satatreti² your neighing was heard

Were you really a horse or just a free bird?
 

You led the horserace to the walls of Bakht’rioni³

By the sword, you and Zezva won

Your horseshoes sparked with fire as you flew

So fast that even death couldn't follow

You sped Gaprindauli through the Alazani Valley

Suddently tiring at the Ottoman footbridge

It was Zezva’s offense that you sacrificed your life

Nimble-hooved horse, painted with the enemies' blood
 

And to this day, whether grieving or celebrating

A Tush man curbs his bay horse at the Ottoman footbridge

If there is no qants’i³ he pours wine into the stirrups

In honor of you he praises your name and tips his hat

¹This song is about Zezva Gaprindauli's horse. Gaprindauli was a 17th century folklore hero from Tusheti, famous for having participated in the Battle of Bakht'rioni.

²Satatreti literally means ''The place of the Tatars,'' the name the Georgians use to refer to Azerbaijanis.

³A 17th century fortress, today in ruins, originally served as an outpost of the Persian Safavid Dynasty in the 1650’s, until Georgian highlanders and plainspeople joined together in a surprise attack in 1659.

⁴A hollowed-out wild goat horn used as a drinking vessel for special toasts. 

Gakhsovs Ramdeni Otsneba Gvkonda

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Gakhsovs ramdeni otsneba gvkonda

Rogor gkhiblavda mshobeli mkhare

Iremis tsikhe evos k’oshk’ebi

Tsisk’ris ghimili qoveli tsismare

Otsnebad gvkonda ertad gvenakha

Lamazi mta da lamazi bari

Ts’aro etelda egho indurta

Da saotsnebo khevi bats’ari

Rogorts niaghvris shemdeg iebi

Dzvirpaso davrchit skhva da skhva tkhemze

Tumtsa vest’umret magram ushenod

Karits k’i skhva khmit mgheroda khevze

Zevit vutskerdit saqornis mts’vervals

Titkos tskhovrebas shenit vavsebdi

Naghvelma akats aikhsna bage

Dzvirpaso akats shen gamakhsendi

Translation:

Remember How Many Dreams We Had?

Remember how many dreams we had?

How the land of your ancestors charmed you?

The Deer Fortress and Evo’s Towers

And dawn smiling at you every morning...

We dreamt together

Of this beautiful mountain highland

Of the village called Indurta¹

And the mystical Bats’ari Gorge²

Like violets after a torrential rain

We were separated from one another 

I visited the mountains, but without you

Even the wind sang differently in the gorge

While I looked up at Saqorni’s peak

Life seemed to be filled with you

There was great sadness, my darling

I will remember you here

¹A Ts'ova-Tush village in Tusheti

²A gorge in K'akheti that borders Tusheti, the Batsara River is a tributar of the Alazani.

Ts’qali Arghunis Davlie (Mzekalo)

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Ts’qali arghunis davlie

Shen daginakhe, mze kalo

Shat’ilis tsikhes tsetskhls mivtsem

Tushet ts’agiqvan, mze kalo

Dek’is taiguls mogartmev

Lurjazed shegsvam, mze kalo

Tushetshi dagsvam dedoplad

Chemtan iknebi, mze kalo

Korts’ils gavmartav tushetshi

Arts’ivs gavapren mzestano

Maqrad movits’vev varsk’vlavebs

Shenzed vilotseb, mze kalo

Iebs dalalshi chagits’nav

Gvirgvins dagadgam, mze kalo

Khitanas k’urat’s shevutkvam

Jvars gadavits’er, mze kalo

Translation:

I Drank From the Waters of the Arghuni

I drank from the waters of the Arghuni¹

And I saw you, sun woman

I will set fire to Shat’ili's fortress

Capture and take you to Tusheti

I will bring you a bouquet of rhododendron

And place you atop my gray horse

And crown you the queen of Tusheti

You will be with me forever, sun woman
 

We shall be married in Tusheti

I will fly an eagle to the sun

The stars will be our wedding party

And I will pray for you, sun woman

I will weave violets into your braid

And place a crown on your head

I promise to sacrifice a buffalo

And I will cross myself, sun woman

¹The Argun River flows through Shat'ili and into Chechnya in the north Caucasus.

Khanshi Shesulo Metskhvare

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Khanshi shesulo metskhvare

Isev gimgheris gulia

Mash davijero ar itsi

Dardi da siqvarulia

Mash davijero ara khar

Bedisgan dachagrulia

Mash davijero ara gakvs

Balghoba dak’argulia

Translation:

You Are Not Young Anymore, Shepherd

You are not young anymore, shepherd

But your heart still wants to sing

How can I believe

That you do not know grief and love?

How can I believe

That you have not been oppressed by fate?

How can I believe

That you have not lost your childhood?

Aseti Ghame Mkholod Mtebshia

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Aseti ghame mkholod mtebshia

Gulit minda da veghar vidzineb

Me shenze pikri shemomechvia

Gulit minda da veghar vitsileb

Mk’lavs da ar vitsi risi ts’qurvili

Otsnebisatvis tsaa maghali

Amodis mtvare siqvarulivit

Mudam dzveli da mudam akhali     

Gavtsker kheobebs mtvarit antebuls

Alaznis duduns bans adzlebs mtebi

Vt’k’bebi am tskerit da ase vambob

Es mkholod chventan tushetshi ari

Translation:

A Night Like This One
 

A night like this one is only in the mountains

I try to fall asleep to no avail

My sorrow over you consumes me

I want to get rid of it, but I can’t
 

It pains me that I don’t know what I thirst for

The sky is too high for my dreams

And the moonrise is like love:

It's forever old and forever new
 

I look over the moonlit ravines

The Alazani¹ murmurs and the mountains hum

I take pleasure in this view, for this

This is only in our Tusheti

¹The Andi Koysu River, referred to here as Tusheti's Alazani, needs to be differentiated from the Alazani River that flows through K'akheti, Georgia. The Tushetian river flows north of the Caucasus watershed into Dagestan, eventually running into the Sulak River which ends in the Caspian Sea.

Ramdeni Khania 

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Ramdeni khania es mtvare amodis

An es mze rad chadis, rad chadis, ushenod

Dgheebi midian, dgheebi mihkrian

Da me k’i vberdebi, vberdebi ushenod

Ramdeni khania, ramdeni khania

Ertmanets davedebt, mtashi tu barshia

Es guli daberda, gaige, daberda

Rom movk’vde, itsode, sul sheni bralia

Balghobis dgheebi, karivit ts’avida

Dghe gautenebliv, dghe ghames mieba

Ar tsodnit raime, tsodvas tu chaviden

Chem asak’s ar tsodna ar ep’at’ieba

Ramdeni khania es mtvare amodis

Es mtvare amodis, amodis, ushenod

Es guli daberda, gaige, daberda

Da me k’i vberdebi, vberdebi, ushenod

Translation:

How Many Times 

How many times has the moon risen

And the sun set without you?

Time passes and as the days run by

I too will get old without you

How long will we search for one another

In the mountains and the plains?

My heart has aged, know that it has aged

And if I die, it will be your fault entirely

Childhood days have blown away with the wind

A day without sunrise joins the night

If I have sinned without knowing it

Then my age knows no pardon

How many times has the moon risen?

The moon rises and rises without you

My heart has aged, know that it has aged

And I too will get old without you

Kali Keria Bechavi

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Kali keria bechavi

Sidam ra daiteseba

Visim ra sakhlshi sheva da

Vis k’eras aazhgherebsa

Vis ezosiad iktseva

Da mis bans daamshvenebsa

Visim ra varsk’vlav iktseva

Vistvis itsis k’rebs dilita

Vis ezos aamzianebs

Chit’ebis zhghara-zhghirita

Kali keria bechavi

Sidam ra daiteseba

Translation:

Woman, As Poor As Barley

Woman, as poor as barley

Where will she be sowed?
 

Whose house will she enter?

To whose heart will she bring joy?

Whose garden and roof

Will she make beautiful?

Whose star will she be?

Who will she wake for in the morning?

To whose yard will she bring sunshine

And the sound of singing birds?

Woman, as poor as barley

Where will she be sowed?

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Tusheto, Tushta Mshvenebav

Tusheto, tushta mshvenebav

Shenim sitsotskhlit matsotskhla

Shenim qurebit gamodzgho

Shenim khat’ ghmertze malotsa

Shenim alersi maghirsa

E mag bunebis momtsao

Shenim sitsotskhlit matsotskhla

Shenim sitsotskhlit momk’lao

Shens mk’erdze mekna samara

Masmina qvavilt mgherao

Mtidan davardnil chanchkeri

Chems perkhtit aamgherao

Mze-Chais Moginak’lise

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Mze-chais moginak’lise

Sul menat’rebi ganara

Qvela simgheris magier

Sevda vimghere kalama

Chumi churchulit gnat’robdi

Tsremlebm tvalebi danama

Jobs rom ar mqvandes nandobi

Ar momk’las shenistanama

Mezmana shen khma gavige

Qurs vugdeb pekhis khmasao

Chemi archeul iqavi

Masham rad erge skhvasao

Mze-chais moginak’lise

Sul menat’rebi ganara

Qvela simgheris magier

Sevda vimghere kalama

Translation:

The Sun is Setting and I Miss You

The sun is setting and I miss you

But I long for you always

Instead of songs

I sing only sadness, woman

I wish for you in a whisper

Tears wet my eyes

Though it's better not to regret

And not to be killed by you
 

I think it was your voice I heard

With the sound of footsteps

You were my choice

But now you belong to another
 

The sun is setting and I miss you

But I long for you always

Instead of songs

I sing only sadness, woman

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