Sakartveloze

Text: Ioseb Noneshvili

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Davitsvat chveni kveqana

Did ts’inap’arta lamp’ari

Qana davitsvat shriala

Vazirka gadanaqari

         Ar dagvits’ikhlon samshoblo

         Mraval ch’ir-varam nanakhi

         Mama p’ap’ata saplavze

         Ar amovides balakhi

Gana imit’om ismoda

Mtidan qvirili kharisa

Shavi k’ldis tavze zhriali

Oja jurkhais parisa

         Mgheri bulbulis galoba

         Ilias sit’qva maradis

         Da rustavelis simghera

         Ts’asuli k’ari k’aremdis

Davitsvat chveni kveqana

Did ts’inap’arta lamp’ari

Qana davitsvat shriali

Vazirka gadanaqari

Chveni samshoblo davitsvat

Chveni bavshvebis ak’vani

Translation:

Georgia

Let’s protect our country

Our ancestors’ great light

Let’s defend the rustling cornfields

And the vineyards' thorns

My homeland

You have seen so much torment and plague

That grass no longer grows

On the graves of our ancestors

A cry was heard from the mountain

A bull screamed

There was noise from the black cliffs

It was the shield of Oja Jurkhai

The nightingale sweetly sings

Ilia's¹ eternal words

And Rustaveli's² song

Travels from door to door

Let’s protect our country

Our ancestors’ great light

Let’s defend the rustling cornfields

And the vineyards' thorns

Let’s protect our homeland

And the cradles of our children

¹Ilia Ch'avch'avadze (1837-1907) was a Georgian writer, poet, journalist and lawyer who spearheaded the revival of the Georgian national movement in the second half of the 19th century, during the Russian rule of Georgia. Today he is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern Georgia.

²Shota Rustaveli was a 12-13th century poet and one of the greatest contributors to Georgian literature. His most famous piece is the national epic poem ''Knight in a Panther's Skin.'' 

Santlebi  

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Ghamea sichume aris

Sadghats galoba ismis

/Sadghats santeli tsimtsimebs

Sadghats vighatsa t’iris/

Net’avi ristvis mosula

Net’avi rat’om t’iris

/Net’avi ram moiqvana

Am ghamit sionshi is/

Odad ktseuli khat’ebtan

P’irjvars its’erda is

Shavebshi mosuli mosula

Am ghamit sionshi is

Translation:

Candles

It is night and there is silence

Somewhere chanting can be heard

Somewhere a candle twinkles

Somewhere someone cries
 

I wonder what she came for

I wonder why she cries

I wonder what brought her 

On this night to Sioni¹

She comes close to the icons

And crosses herself 

She has come dressed in black

On this night to Sioni

¹Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition. Originally constructed in the 6th-7th century, Sioni is a Georgian Orthodox cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia.  Read more about the cathedral here. 

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Samshobloze

Shors tsisk’ari rom migheba    

Darialis k’arebia                          

Mzis garshemo bnels rom pant’avs    

Mshobliuri k’arebia

/Ise kharobs gazapkhuli

Samuri darebia

Chemi siqrme sich’abuk’e

Laghad gamit’arebia/

Sakartvelos brdznuli deda

Shvilebs gaukharebia

Shemosila mzis garshemo

Irgvliv mtebis parebia

/Mtashi titkos brdzolis khmaa

Tsashi tsetskhlis alebia

Shromisak’en mots’odebis

Mshobliuri zarebia/

Qvelgan ismis gamarjveba

Qvelgan chveni jarebia

Mshvidoba da siqvaruli

Kveqnad daumqarebia

/Mas vet’rpi da mudam vitsav

Sul saamo darebia

Samshobloze upro met’ad

Me aravin mqvarebia/

Dedaze

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Dedav sitsotskhlis dido sats’qiso   

Dedav tskhovrebis burjo magaro

Es guli sheni gulit khalisobs           

Sheni tvalebit vkhedav samqaros 

Chems ak’vans perad ghilk’ilebians    

Shen damgherodi nanas mzets’vias     

Ramdeni ghame gitenebia                   

Rom chemtvis dzili gests’avlebina     

Dedav ramdenjer avad gavmkhvdarvar

Ramdenjer senma kheli damria       

Dedav imdenjer chems tavze pikrshi

Tmebshi ch’aghara gamogeria

Dedav viqavit titkos t’olebi

Titkos ghondebi gkonda saerto

Shen chems gak’vetils imeorebdi

Rom chemshi tsodnis shuki agento

Shen damilotse kveqnad k’atsoba

Tavze namusis kudi damkhure

/Sul shen gak’utnis tu ram madloba

Da siqvaruli davimsakhure/

Translation:

Mother

A mother is life’s initiation

A mother is the cornerstone of life

With your heart mother, my heart wishes

And it is through your eyes that I see the world

By my colored cradle

You crooned lullabies

How many nights did you stay awake

So that I could sleep?

How many times I have been sick?

Mother, how many times was I ill?

The number of thoughts in my head

Is reflected by the gray in your hair

We have so much in common, Mother

It's as if we are peers

You have repeated my lessons so that

Knowledge in me shines light for you, too

You've blessed me in this world of humanity

You've dressed me in a hat of conscience

If I am deserving of love

It has everything to do with you

Tbilisze

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Shen lali khar sakartvelos silamazev

Tbilisi da tbili gulis petkva gkvia

Shens dzebnashi sakartvelos lazhvard tsaze

Mzes ramdenjer gza da k’vali dahk’argvia

Gorgasalis udrek’eli khmali khar da

Tamar mepis ghimilivit dakhat’uli

Kartvelebis salotsavi khat’i khar da

Mzis nateba zurmukht’ovan gazapkhulis

Shens dzebnashi sakartvelos lazhvard tsaze

Mzes ramdenjer gza da k’vali dahk’argvia

Shen Tbilisi k’i ara da chemo k’argo

Is mak’virvebs nat’vris tvali rad ar gkvia

Shens dzebnashi sakartvelos lazhvard tsaze

Mzes ramdenjer gza da k’vali dahk’argvia

Translation:

Tbilisi

You are a ruby, Georgia’s beauty

They call you a warm, beating heart

In the search for you in Georgia’s azure sky

How many times did the sun lose its way?

You are Gorgasali’s¹ steadfast sabre

Drawn like Tamar Mepe’s² smile

You are the Georgians’ place of prayer

The light of the sun, the spring’s emerald

In the search for you in Georgia’s azure sky

How many times did the sun lose its way?

You are not just Tbilisi, my dear

You are the soul of our hopes and dreams

In the search for you in Georgia’s azure sky

How many times did the sun lose its way?

¹Vakht'ang Gorgasali, also known as King Vakhtang I of Iberia. Read more about him here.  

²Tamar of Georgia reigned as queen of the country from 1184-1213 during Georgia's Golden Age. She was so beloved that Georgians refer to her to this day as ''Tamar Mepe'' or King Tamar.  She remains a very important cultural symbol, and has been canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church as Holy Righteous King Tamar. Read more here.

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Borjomisi

Sakartvelos t’urpa mkhare agarak’i mziani

Akhaldaba ts’aghveri da tsemi bak’uriani

Mzetan mzestan dagvirgvinad umts’vervalo gshordebi

Mchvrebis ghrublit daparuli narianis k’ordebi

Tskhra ts’qaro da tsikhis dziri t’abats’quri narnari

Es borjomis kheoba da tvalts’armt’atsi baghnari

Ak rom ts’qaro mochukhchukhebs uk’vavebis ts’qalia

Ganik’urna samudamod vints es ts’qali dalia

Akhal sakhlebs agarak’ebs dauparavt kedebi

Titkos mts’vane nadzvnarebshi moschans tetra t’redebi

Gamotsotskhlda aremare bavshvta zhivil khivili

Qvelas p’irze apenia mzis nateli ghimili

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