Jijetze
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Gadmogikhede, jijeto
Veliano da t’qiano
Sada khar chemo lamazo
Tvalch’relo kera tmiano
Rogor ukhdeba gazapkhuls
Svet’itskhoveltan mts’vaneo
Guneba dats’qnarebulma
Ra bevrjer gavikhareo
Miqvarkhar chemo Jijeto
Chemo gamzrdelo dedao
Miqvarkhar gormaghalao
Jijets rom gadmokhedao
Saamur khar satskerlad
Tovleb rom chamoshrebao
Shurtkhi daits’qebs st’venasa
Gugulits achkamdebao
Shurtkhi daits’qebs st’venasa
Gugulits achkamdebao
Qepit urjulo qorani
K’inch’ukhebs chamohqvebao
Verkhvlis kheobav, lamazo
Nap’ireb balakhiano
Sadats k’i gadavikhede
Qvelgan aragvsa qriano
Gadmogikhede, jijeto
Veliano da t’qiano
Sada khar chemo lamazo
Tvalch’relo kera tmiano
Translation:
Jijeti¹
Come and look at Jijeti
Its valleys and forests
Where are you, my beautiful one
With blonde hair and eyes of many colors
How the springtime suits you
Green like Svetitskhoveli²
It puts me at ease
This place has made me happy so often
I love you, my Jijeti
You have educated me like a mother
I love your high hills
That look out over the village
You are so pretty
When snow melts
The birds begin to whistle
The cuckoo coos
The birds begin to whistle
The cuckoo coos
The barking, faithless raven
Soars down from the cliffs
Silver gorge, beautiful one!
With grassy edges
Wherever I look
I am met by the Aragvi³
Come and look at Jijeti
Its valleys and forests
Where are you, my beautiful one
With blonde hair and eyes of many colors
¹A beautiful village in the municipality of Tianeti, where Gia, the singer, was born and raised.
²The Living Pillar Cathedral 11th century Georgian Orthodox church, located in Mtskheta, 20 kilometers northwest of Tbilisi. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the second largest church in Georgia.
³The major river of the eastern Georgian highlands of Khevsureti, Pshavi and Mtiuleti. The 112 kilometer long Aragvi was dammed in Zhinvali in 1986, forming the Zhinvali Reservoir which provides power to much of Georgia. The river eventually flows into the Mtkvari at Mtskheta.
Gia Gigauri