Tu Ar Shegisvams Abanos Khevshi

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Tu ar shegisvams abanos khevshi

Shen grili ts’qali nazhuri mtisa

Ar gisuntkia supta haeri

Gadmoprkveuli maghali k’ldisa

Tu ar ginakhavs vits’ro bilik’i

Vits’ro bilik’i nak’veti k’ldeze

Ar gagishlia p’at’ara supra

K’okht’ad mochitul tushetis mtebze

Ar gdzinebia sip’is k’edlebshi

An p’irkapian khevis khmaurze

An sajareshi tushetis ghames

Ar gitsek’via tushur garmonze

Sheni p’ir-sakhit tushur qvavilebs

Tu ertkhel maints ver eambore

Mtidan gaktseul tsremlian nislebs

Sit’qva ver utkhar ver moepere

Ar daik’vekho sheni tusheti

Da arsad ar stkva, rom shen tushi khar

Radgants tushta am siamaqes

Sheni tvalebit ar shekhebikhar

Translation:

If You've Never Drunk at Abano¹

If you've never drunk at Abano

The cool water from the mountains

If you've never breathed the clean air

Shed from the high cliffs

If you've never seen 

The narrow path over the cliffs

If you've never laid out a little feast

In the patterned mountains of Tusheti²

If you've never slept against the earth

Or to the noise of the windy gorge

Or in the Sajare,³ in the night of Tusheti

If you've never danced to the Tush garmoni⁴ 

If you've never kissed

The flowers of Tusheti 

If you've never caressed  

The tearful fog escaping the mountains

Then don’t brag about your Tusheti

Don't say aloud that you are Tush

Because you have yet to experience

The pride and beauty of Tusheti

¹Abano is the name of the pass between Kakheti and Tusheti, 2,850 meters high. It is the highest drivable pass in the Caucasus Mountains.

² A highland in northeast Georgia. Read more about Tusheti here.

³ Village place of gathering, especially for important holiday rituals like on Christmas

⁴A button accordion that originated in Russia and plays an important role in the musical tradition of the Tush in Georgia, as well as in other regions throughout the Caucasus. Read more about the garmoni here.

Instrumental.

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Pich’vebis Chrdilshi Imaleba Mosakhvevebi

Pich’vebis chrdilshi imaleba mosakhvevebi

Mtebi mteburi mdumarebit garindebula

Mati mk’erdidan daskhlet’ili gizhi khevebi

K’ldeze kalts’ulis dalalebad dak’idebula

Bats’rad gabmula satsalpekho bilik’i k’ldeze

Ts’qvdiadshi k’vesavs mukhlpoladis tskhenis nalebi

Nakeipari akhmaurebs mkhedari dezebs

Shevardenivit unateben tsetskhla tvalebi

Beri mqinvari itsremleba chachkans iakhlebs

Moghalul mkhedars t’k’bili dzili saatebs p’aravs

Sadghats shors khedavs sip’it nakhur molurjo sakhlebs

Da ikve akhlos megobari metskhvaris paras

Tskhenis ch’ikhvinze gaighvidzebs memk’vidre mtisa

Prtkhilad ahk’etsavs tekas, mts’qemsis ganuqurel mundirs

Guls gaunatebs mart’od mavals chkami mgzavrisa

Da molzed gakhsnis t’ik’ch’oras da sagdzlian khurjins