SoTa rusTavelis qarTuli literaturis instituti

lis micema rom veRar SevsZeli, namuSevari qvebi wamarTva,
daarRvia kontraqti da axali kontraqtiT is kvecxnari,
romelic me xuTas Tumnad mqonda aRebuli ivan muxran batons
gadasca. weliwadSi sami aTas xuTas Tumnad! ivane
muxranskim ifiqra, me gza ar mindao. Camouyvania sparse-
Tidan aqlemebi da aqlemebs azidvinebda tvirTs sacalfexo
gziT. adgilobrivma moCxikineebma aqac gamoigones xerxi:
gzaSi afrTxobdnen aqlemebs da isini kldeze cvivdeboden.
radgan aqlemebi bawrebiT iyvnen erTmaneTze gadabmuli,
erTi rom gadavardeboda, sxvebic Tan mihyveboden.
amgvarad aqlemebiT muSaoba CvenSi SeuZlebeli Seiqmna,
muxran batonis xerxs adgilobrivma saukuRmarTo
xerxma ajoba da ivane muxranskim izarala asi aTas maneTze
meti. ivane muxranskis Semdeg gaCnda viRac baron mercenfeldi,
didi kompaniis warmomadgeneli, magram Cveni
qveynis ucodneli da umecari. tyuila ki ar aris naTqvami:
`adgilis kurdRels adgilis mwevari daiWerso~. am batonma
nemecma milionamde Cayara Sav qvaSi da mere miatova,
gaudga gzas. amis Semdeg gaCnda furmani, romelic winaT
Camoyva ostriakovs yazaxebiT. sxvisi fulebiT amanac bevri
ifarTxala, magram mainc vera gaawyo ra. amas mihyvnen
sxva eqsportiorebic (gvarebi aRar magondeba am ucxoelebis),
magram isinic yvela CaiRupen, rogorc mdinare,
sanam foni gamoCndebodes, bevrs axrCobs. ise am Sav qvamac
bevri daRupa, magram saxeli ki gaiTqva da baraqac moipova.
axla mxolod sakmao iyo mxolod gatana qvis. marTalia,
mec daviRupe, magram es daRupva arafrad mimaCnda, radgan
sxvebma gaiares im Cem gatkepnil gzaze da Savi qvis mrewvelobas
me kidev mainc ise vuyurebdi, rogorc saero
saqmes da misgan velodi Cveni qveynis gamobrunebas.
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