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VIOLET ON THE MOUNTAIN<br />
Never find rest from the sin you have done.<br />
When I asked to marry, you would not let me,<br />
Now I am married — you killed my husband.”<br />
Give me a hatchet, to cut me a path,<br />
Give me a candle, to light me the way!<br />
— Go up the valley and go down the valley<br />
There you will find the one you had loved.<br />
I went up the valley and went down the valley<br />
And there I found him, the one I had loved.<br />
A raven perched on him, tore at his eyes . . .<br />
— Scram, raven, scram, insatiable one!<br />
Tear not his eyes:<br />
There was a time he saw me with them.<br />
A raven perched on him, tore at his arms . . .<br />
— Scram, raven, scram, insatiable one!<br />
Tear not his arms:<br />
There was a time he embraced me with them.<br />
A raven perched on him, tore at his lips . . .<br />
— Scram, raven, scram, insatiable one!<br />
Tear not his lips:<br />
There was a time he kissed me with them.<br />
Round dance<br />
The Cross of Lashara spoke:<br />
A golden chain linked me to heaven,<br />
The Qhmelgora oak stood beside me;<br />
There I ascended to heaven.<br />
My vassals’ praises and gifts<br />
I brought up to the Lord;<br />
The cursed one, Aptsiauri,<br />
Tore out my tree at the roots.<br />
When he entered the outer gate<br />
He wore a smile on his lips;<br />
I turned his collar around<br />
I filled him with woe and distress,<br />
Then I consumed his grandchildren<br />
And those of his womenfolk.<br />
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