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VIOLET ON THE MOUNTAIN
We gathered in God’s court
At morning, we, God’s offspring.
A message came to us
From the Creator’s mouth,
The Creator spoke unto us:
— I formed the solid land
With all its ornaments,
Adorning mountains and plains.
Around it I set three seas:
The white, the red, the black.
Above I covered the sky
With copper, glass, and bronze.
I have made the world
With a thousand faiths;
I placed the sun and moon,
And many days and nights.
Three score and three St. Georges
Reside in the world’s four corners
To hear the prayers of Christians,
Marked with the sign of the cross.
The children, the offspring of God,
To hear the prayers of Christians,
The children of God have one
Saint Tamar the Queen.
There came a command from God,
She belted a sword at her waist,
Took over her father’s kingdom
Though herself a woman;
In the sea’s midst she set
Iron boundary gates,
Took the dry land for herself,
For she had such power.
Tamar set her throne
At the Qhmelgora shrine.
Directly across, on the hill,
Stood proud Lashara’s Cross;
Beside him, a mist-grey steed
With wings of bright dove-blue,
A golden saddle on top
And reins of liquid gold.
Potent and prepared,
His vassals were spread around.
He journeyed through his fief,
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