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VIOLET ON THE MOUNTAIN<br />
Should he hurt his feet,<br />
I wonder who he’ll blame.<br />
The girl and the mandolin,<br />
Dalalale, mandolin.<br />
A young man’s wish<br />
This lovely garden and orchard,<br />
Someone has hemmed in with thorns,<br />
Set an iron gate before it,<br />
And gave me the key, not you!<br />
In place of your death I would gladly<br />
Offer my own life instead.<br />
Alas, if it should turn out<br />
That I am in love, but not you!<br />
This lovely garden and orchard,<br />
Someone has planted with thorns,<br />
Set iron doors before it,<br />
And gave me the key, not you!<br />
Rather than you suffer death I would<br />
Offer my own life instead.<br />
Alas, if it should befall me<br />
That I am in love, but not you!<br />
I am Qhel-Samdzimari<br />
I am Qhel-Samdzimari,<br />
I am a woman of Kajeti.<br />
My bracelets and my buckles jingle,<br />
I’ve golden hair and golden slippers.<br />
At that time I had the power:<br />
I sojourned upon the earth,<br />
I fetched chervil and wood-sorrel,<br />
At that time I had the power.<br />
Kholiga Abuletauri<br />
Yearned to have me as his wife;<br />
I embraced him, lay beside him,<br />
I drew him close to my breasts.<br />
I sojourned in Kajeti,<br />
I drove cattle back from there.<br />
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