weliwadis droni

weliwadis droni 

gazafxuli 

rogor gadioda Cvens sofelSi mTeli weliwadi, pirveli kvirtis gaRivebidan 

Semodgomis yviTeli foTlebis Camocvenamde, rasac fexdafex TeTri zam- 

Taric moyveboda? 

amqveynad yvelas Tavisi sofeli aqvs. mec Cems sofels gavixseneb, Zveleburs, 

Cemdroindel sofels. ra vqna, Tu zogjer davRondebi kidec, sevdac mome- 

Zaleba. adamians sevda ar gaemtyuneba. sevdas mogonebebi iwvevs da mec xom mogonebas 

viwyeb, Cemi soflis mogoneba minda. 

Tu qalaqelebi brZandebiT, vinatrebdi, Tqvenca gqondeT Tqveni sofeli... 

rogor ara gvaqvso, — metyviT gaamayebulni da gakvirvebulnic. aba zafxulobiT 

rad davdivarT xan sad, xan sadao. 

magram zogjer guli rom ar migiwevT im sofelSi? zogjer ufro sxvagan 

rom gindaT gafrena? sakuTari sofeli maSin geqnebaT, roca iqiTken wasvla 

xSirad mogindebaT, roca uimisod veRar gasZlebT, iSoviT Tu ara erT-or dRes, 

im soflis gzas daadgebiT, SegiyvardebaT is sofeli da, roca Tqvenc karga 

xnisa moiyrebiT, moigonebT iqaur gazafxuls, zafxuls, Semodgomas, da bolos, 

rogorc giTxariT, TeTr zamTars. 

mec ase vigoneb... 

es Cveni bavSvobis sofelia. Cveni bavSvobis sofeli ki sxva iyo. bevri 

ram maSindeli daikarga, bevri ram gaqra. Cven gvgonia, rom namdvili sofeli is 

iyo, dRes ki soflad qalaqis magvari raRac Seiqmna, romelic verc imas ityvis 

qalaqi varo da veRarc soflobas daiCemebs. gava xani, dRevandeli sofelic 

mosagonari gaxdeba da Tqvenc dRevandelma ymawvilebmac, SeiZleba TqvaT, namdvili 

sofeli Cven dros iyo, axla ki veRar gaigeb ra aris, sofeli Tu qalaqio. 

amgvaria cxovreba. 

magram xsovnaSi araferi ar unda gaqres. Tu Cven ar giambeT Cveneul sofelze, 

Tqven ki odesme Tqveneulze ar mouTxreT momaval Taobas, xsovnaSi sicariele 

daisadgurebs. xsovnis sicarielisa ki geSinodeT! yvelaferSi, rac momavalSi 

unda Seiqmnas, guSindeli da dRevandeli igulisxmeba, guSindeli da 

dRevandeli saZirkvlis gareSe momavali ar aSendeba. 

amitomac mogiTxrobT Cemi drois sofelze. 

amitom iqneba alag-alag sevdiT Seferili es mogoneba, Tuki SevZeli da 

mogonebisaTvis aucilebeli sevda Tqvenc gadmogeciT. 

jer vidre warmovidgenT, rom ukve iqa varT, Cems sofelSi da ha, sacaa 

gazafxuli dadgeba, gaixseneT iakob gogebaSvilis `deda enaSi~ dabeWdili erTi 

moTxroba, romelsac òTxi survili~ hqvia. ai, ra weria am moTxrobaSi: 

nikom yinulzed patara cigiT bevri icurava. mere, gawiTlebulma da gaxarebulma, 

mamasTan miirbina da uTxra: ax, ra kargia zamTari! netavi sul zamTari 

iyoso. Seni survili Cems jibis wignakSi Cawereo, uTxra mamam. 

nikom Cawera. 

dadga gazafxuli. nikom peplebs bevri sdia, bevri yvavilebi mokrifa da 

lamazi konebi Sekra. mere mamasTan miirbina da uTxra: ra mSvenieria es gazafxuli, 

netavi sul gazafxuli iyoso. 

mamam nikos es survili Tavis jibis wignakSi Caawerina. 

movida zafxuli. niko da mama yanaSi wavidnen. niko mTel dRes did sixarulSi 

iyo: xan wyalSi banaobda, xan marwyvs hkrefda da xan mwyerebs dasdevda, 

saRamozed, mamasTan rom mivida, uTxra: ra kargi iqneboda sul rom zafxuli 

yofiliyoo! 

es survilic mamam Tavis jibis wignakSi Caawerina. 

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dadga Semodgoma. baRebi mwife xiliT iyo savse. venaxebSi damkvraxuli 

mtevnebi dneboda. nikom rTvelSi akidoebi aWra da saRamoTi mamas uTxra: Semodgoma 

yvela dros sjobnebiao! 

maSin mamam jibidan wigni amoiRo da nikos waakiTxa imisi Cawerili sityvebi. 

niko cxadad mixvda, rom yvela dro Tavis rigze kargi yofila; 

yvelas Tavisi momxibvleloba aqvs, yvelas Tavisi sikeTe mohyveba. 

sofeli erTi didi skolaa bavSvebisaTvis. akaki wereTeli, rogorc ki dabadebula, 

sofelSi gauZiZavebiaT. `ZiZaoba~ da ymawvilis sofelSi gabareba istoriuli 

Cveuleba iyo Cvens qveyanaSio, — wers Semdgom akaki Tavis `Cem TavgadasavalSi~ 

da ganagrZobs: àr SemiZlia ar gamovtyde, rom Tu ki ram darCa Cem- 

Si kargi da keTili, ufro imis wyalobiT, rom me sofelSi viyavi gabarebuli 

da glexis SvilebTan erTad vizrdebodi~. `xuTi-eqvsi wlisam Zalian kargad vicodi, 

Tu rogor unda pirutyvis yuris-gdeba, frinvelis movla, sadil-vaxSamis 

mzadeba, gacra-gamtkicva, gamocxoba, sxvada-sxva gvari SeWamadis momzadeba da 

sxvani. Seswavlili mqonda, Tu rodis da rogor undoda: xvna-Tesva, Toxna, mka, 

sxvla da sxvani, ase rom, Cemi Sesaferi xelsawyo rom mqonoda, yvelafers movaxerxebdi, 

ar vicodi mxolod winda-paWiWis qsova da kerva, da isic imitom, rom 

ambobdnen: `qalis xel-saqnari kacisTvis didi codva ariso~, da mec mejera~. 

amiT yvelaferia naTqvami. 

axla ki gavyveT weliwadis oTx dros da davtkbeT am sikeTiT. vnaxoT, 

rogor gaivlis Cvens Tvalwin — gazafxuli, zafxuli, Semodgoma, zamTari — 

da rogor aikinZeba erT grZel weliwadad. 

am weliwads Tavisi dasawyisi eqneba da Tavisi dasasruli, radgan amqveynad 

yvelaferi ibadeba, izrdeba, berdeba da qreba. maradiulia mxolod usaz- 

Rvro samyaro, uTvalavi varskvlavebiT da planetebiT moWedili. maradiulia 

mxolod sicocxle, romelic am usazRvro samyaroSi xan aq, xan iq, xan erT 

planetaze, xan meoreze, aRmocendeba, ganviTardeba da ase, dausrulebliv... 

samyaro vrcelia, Cveni dedamiwa ki — mzis erTi patara planeta. 

visac Cveni planetisaken, anu dedamiwisaken Soridan gamouxedavs, da amgvar 

xalxs kosmonavtebs eZaxian, erTxmad amboben, rom dedamiwa cisfer samoselSi 

gaxveuli ulamazesi planetaa. kosmosSi gafrenilma pirvelma adamianma, 

rogorc ki Soridan gamoxeda dedamiwas, TiTqos mTeli samyaros gasagonad dai- 

Zaxa: `ra silamazea!~ 

da, ai, am ulamazes planetaze, sadac Cven, qarTvelebic vcxovrobT, er- 

TmaneTs enacvlebian wlebi, wlebs ki droni — gazafxuli, zafxuli, Semodgoma, 

zamTari. 

raRa Tqma unda, es Cveni moTxrobac — weliwadis droebze, erT vrcel 

weliwadze, soflad rom gaivlis, gazafxuliT unda daviwyoT. 

gazafxulia yvelafris dasabami. gazafxulze iRviZebs buneba, iwyeba sicocxle. 

gazafxuls mohyveba mziani dReebi da siTbo. ase unda vTqvaT, asea 

odiTganve naTqvami, Torem TviTon gazafxuli mohyveba mzes, mzidan modis siTboc 

da alersic. `mze dedaa Cvenio~, xalxuri leqsi ambobs. Cven, yvelani, mzis 

Svilebi varT, mzis siTbo gvaTbobs, gvkvebavs da gvzrdis. mze ganagebs monacvleobas 

droisa da Tanac mudam zustad da Seumcdarad. 

ai, welsac didi zamTari iyo, didi yinvebi da siciveebi gamoviareT, da ha, 

Tebervali miiwura, zamTris ukanaskneli Tve, da gazafxuls veliT. sacaa mova, 

mova uCinrad (`Tebervali dadgao, xeSi wyali Cadgao~, — ambobs xalxuri leqsi). 

iqneb ukve mosula kidec da Cven, qalaqis mkvidrni, jer verafers vgrZnobT, 

jer verafers mivmxvdarvarT. iqneb soflelebi ukve mixvdnen ki ara, kargadac 

xedaven gazafxuls... ara, jer qalaqamde, etyoba, ar mouRwevia... maSin isRa dagvrCenia, 

rom Cven wavideT gazafxulis Sesaxvedrad. is xom gzaSia, modis da 

Cvenc ise SevxvdeT, rogorc mis mobrZanebas ekadreba. SevxvdeT sadme qalaqidan 

Sors, tyeSi, WalaSi an mindorSi. 

gazafxulis moaxloebas zogi rogor xatavs, zogi rogor. umetesoba gazafxulis 

maxaroblad enZelebs da yoCivardebs miiCnevs. Txel Tovlze, odnav, 

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cisferi rom dasdebia (xalxi lilo-Wrilos eZaxis), alag-alag rom ukve gamqrala 

da miwidan Tavwamoyofili balaxi mwvaned xasxasebs, alag ki TeTrad 

SerCenia, xo, swored am TeTrad Tu mocisfrod SemorCenil sifrifana TovlSi, 

Tavs amohyofen cisferi, yelmoRerebuli yvavilebi, romlebsac enZela hqviaT, 

Cveulebrivad ki gazafxulis maxaroblebs veZaxiT. 

zogi gazafxulis maxaroblad SoSiebis mofrenas miiCnevs. aba gavixsenoT 

leqsi: 

`rad mofrenilxar, SoSiav, 

Sen ase adrianada, 

ra vqna, ver vZlebdi uTqvenod, 

viyavi dardianada~. 

amas Tqvenodena ymawvilebs eubneba adrian gazafxulze Tbili qveynidan 

mobrZanebuli SoSia. Tbil qveyanaSi rad wavida? zamTars gaerida. zogi frTosani 

zom zamTars sxva qveyanaSi atarebs, Semodgomaze gafrindeba sxvebTan er- 

Tad da gazafxulze isev CamobrZandeba. magram amaze cota mere vTqvaT, gazafxuli 

rom marTla dadgeba da Tbil qveynebSi wasuli frinvelebic marTla CamobrZandebian. 

jer gazafxuli ar damdgara, jer buneba da Cvenc (Cvenc xom bunebis 

Svilebi gvqvia) mxolod gazafxulis molodinSi varT. zamTari wasvlas 

apirebs da gazafxuli unda mobrZandes, jer ki ar mobrZanebula, unda mobrZandes. 

jer mxolod saxuravebidan Camodis wveTebi. es Tovli dneba saxuravze. 

mzec cotaTi gvaTbobs, ver ereva zamTris susxs, TiTqos tiris zamTari da 

`cremlebic~ Rapa-RupiT Camosdis (saxlebidan Camonadeni wveTebi). 

iqneb es aris gazafxulis dadgoma? an iqneb yvelaze adre ai, im moxucebma 

— berikacebma da dedabrebma — igrZnes gazafxulis moaxloeba, saxlidan 

gamovidnen, WiSkarTan, mzis gulze, samfexa dabali skami gamoitanes (amgvar adgilze 

ityvian, myudro adgiliao, myudroze gavideTo), Camosxdnen da mzes mieficxnen. 

berikaci Tavisive gaTlil joxs Camoeyrdno da gamvlel-gamomvlelis 

Tvaliereba daiwyo (Saraze ki mihqrian da mohqrian manqanebi, aTasSi erTxel ga- 

Wendeba cxeni, an qveiTad momavali salams uboZebs moxucebs), dedaberma TiTistari 

amoiRo, kviristavi moargo (kviristavi imas hqvia, TiTistars boloSi 

mrgvalad rom wamoacmeven, raTa darTuli bawari ar Camoixvewos taridan da ar 

daiSalos) da darTva daiwyo. albaT SviliSvils mouqsovs windas an Tbil 

xelTaTmanebs, Tu aqve hyavs, aqve gaaxarebs, Tu qalaqSi — qalaqSi gaugzavnis. 

ityviT, zamTari aki gadis da Tbili winda-TaTmanic karga xans ar dagvWirdebao, 

magram bebo swored imitom aris bebo, rom Tadarigi amTaviTve daiWiros. 

zamTari gadiso? gavides! aRar mova? bebom xom sxvebze kargad icis, rom gazafxuls 

zafxuli mohyveba, zafxuls Semodgoma da Semodgomas isev zamTari. momaval 

zamTarSi ki xelTaTmanic isev dagvWirdeba da windac. an am Tbil myudroze, 

usaqmod ra gaaCerebs qveyanasac Tvals gaadevnebs da saqmesac ar moscdeba... 

da arTavs bebo bawars Tbili windebisaTvis, momavali zamTrisaTvis. 

es zamTari ki jerac ar gasula... 

maS, sad veZeboT is adgili, sadac gazafxuls SevxvdebiT, SevegebebiT, 

rogorc cocxals da vetyviT, rom misi mosvla Zalze gagvixarda? amgvari adgili, 

bevric rom veZeboT, arsad ar Segvxvdeba. gazafxuli erT adgilze, erTi 

saxiT, ara dgas. igi yvelaferSia, erTianad modis da misi CurCuli xan sad gaismis, 

xan sad, misi saxe xan sad gamokrTeba, xan sad. es Cvenzec aris damokidebuli, 

raSi davinaxavT gazafxuls, romeli suraTi mogvaxarebs mis mobrZanebas, 

aki ukve giTxariT, gazafxulis mosvlas zogi rogor xatavs, zogi rogor-meTqi. 

erTi papa gvyavda mezoblad Cvens sofelSi, (ilia erqva, ilia papas veZaxdiT), 

misTvis gazafxuli maSin dgeboda, roca xelSi sasxlavs aiRebda (sasxlavi 

makratelia, riTac vazs zedmet rtoebs aWrian da sagazafxulod amzadeben, 

rom moRonivrdes da yurZenic blomad daisxas); xo, xelSi sasxlavs aiRebda da 

venaxisaken gaswevda. Cven am papas merec SevxvdebiT da, maSinac, raRa Tqma unda, 

venaxSi an tyeSi. ilia papas xom TeTri darbaisluri wveri efina, saxe mzisagan, 

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qarisagan da im wlebisagan daRaroda, amqveynad rom gaatara (did xans ki icocxla, 

oTxmocisa iqneboda, didis pativiT rom gavacileT da davkrZaleT soflis 

patara sasaflaoze), xelebi ki jafisagan dakoJreboda. ai, am dakoJrebul xel- 

Si aiRebda sasxlavs da venaxis gzas daadgeboda. xalxi misZaxoda, ilia papav, 

ra dros sxvla ari, jer isev Tovli devs, yinvam ar mouWiros gasxlul vazs, 

ar gagifuWoso, ra geCqarebao? Cemi saqmisa me vicio, pasuxs ki ar iZleoda, 

gulSi fiqrobda ilia papa, muSaoba gezarebaT, zamTris netaryuCoba da ZilRvi- 

Ziloba gagitkbaT, arki iciT, rom venaxi raxania gelodebaTo. ai, ilia papa rom 

vazTan mividoda da pirvel ylortebs (anu lerwebs, ukve gafiCxianebulebsa da 

gamagrebulebs, zamTargamovlilsa da qereWdamskdars) CasWrida, im CamonaWrevidan 

rom pirveli Taflisferi sufTa wveTi CamoiRvenTeboda da gamdnar Tovlze 

daecemoda, albaT ilia papasaviT swored im wams iwyeboda gazafxuli. is 

wami berikacisaTvis didebuli iyo, vazis tirilis dawyebis wami. xo, ase eZaxdnen 

da axlac eZaxian vazis ylortis gadanaWridan Camosul wveTebs, Camosul 

cremls — `vazis tirils~. 

vazi tiris, vazis tiriliT modis gazafxuli... 

an iqneb sxvagvarad? 

iqneb, magaliTad, qalaqSi verca grZnobT, rogor mobrZandeba gazafxuli. 

ise Caivlis mTeli Tebervali, ise miileva marti, rom manqanebis grialsa da 

xmaurSi, bolosRa, patara baRis kuTxeSiRa SeniSnavT ayvavebul xes (verc ityviT, 

ra xea, radgan, Cvenda samwuxarod, Tavis droze verc es xe gagacaniT da 

verc misi saxeli dagamaxsovreT) da gaocebuli gaifiqrebT, rom gazafxuli ukve 

karga xania mosula. 

Tu asea, Tqvens Tavs gamoutydiT, rom erTma gazafxulma ise Caiara, es 

gazafxuli TvaliTac ar ginaxavT. 

es ki arcTu iseTi patara ubedurebaa... 

amaze cudi raRa bevri ram unda moxdes? isedac xanmokle wuTisofelSi 

(aba daakvirdiT am erT sityvas: adamianis sicocxles, marTlac xanmokles, sa- 

Sualod raRac samocdaaT an didi-didi oTxmoc weliwads, xalxma wuTisofeli, 

anu erT wuTSi gavlili sicocxle uwoda, erT wuTSi gasavleli cxovreba) ise 

gavida erTi gazafxuli, Tvalic ver movkariT, misi arsebobac ver gavigeT, marto 

is vikmareT, rom qurqi gaviZreT da xalaTis anabara davrCiT. Cvens cxovrebas 

erTi Zalze naTeli furceli CamovaglijeT, an sulac ar gadavSaleT es 

furceli, Sig Tvalic ar Cagvikravs, araferi wagvikiTxavs. 

xo, visTvis rogor dgeba gazafxuli, visTvis rogor... 

am wignis damwerisaTvis rom ekiTxaT, gazafxuli maSin dgeba, roca sad- 

Rac, tyeSi... Tumca jer, modiT, tyis gzas gavuyveT da im tyeSi, sadac `gazafxuli 

unda dadges~, erTad wavideT... gzaze jer isev Tovli devs, magram mze ana- 

Tebs da Tovlis qveSidanac patara, amRvreuli ruebi gamodian, erTmaneTs uer- 

Tdebian, Cumad kiskiseben da bolos kisristexiT Carbian ReleSi. mze cxraTvalaa, 

ase eZaxdnen winaT, viTomcda ise kaSkaSebs, ise dagvnaTis, cxra Tvali ubrwyinavso. 

ratom cxra da ara aTi, an rva? cxra ricxvi idumalia, am ricxvSi 

raRac sxva, ufro didi Sinaarsi Cado xalxma da droTa mdinarebam. `cxra~ marto 

`cxra~ ar aris, igi ufro bevrs, mniSvnelovans da raRac idumalebiT moculs 

itevs. amitomac, amaRlebulsa da ganzogadebuls, xSirad `cxras~ ukavSireben 

— `cxrawyaroo~, `cxramuxao~, ègeni cxrani ariano~, `kviraSi cxra paraskevi 

aqvso~. SeiZleba wyaro cxra arc iyos, arc muxa iyos cxra, arc isini ar 

arian cxrani (romelime ojaxi igulisxmeba albaT) da, cxadia, kviraSi arc 

cxra paraskevia, magram cxra mainc sxvagvarad, ufro dafarulad da gansakuTrebuli 

SinaarsiT, sagangebo mniSvnelobiT iTqmeba. es, ise, sityvam moitana 

(`sityvam moitanac~ — es ari: erT sityvaze sxvac rom gagaxsendeba, droebiT 

mTavar ambavs Segawyvetinebs da sxva ambavze gadagiyvans. Cvenc cxraTvala mze 

vaxseneT da `cxris~ mniSvnelobasa da Sinaarsze gadavitaneT sityva). davubrundeT 

isev imas — `cxraTvala mzes~... 

cxraTvala mze anaTebs da Cven jer isev TovliT dafarul gzas mivuyvebiT, 

tyis gzas. cxadia, mze ise ar acxunebs, rogorc marTla cxra Tvals ekad- 

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eba, jer xom gazafxuli ar damdgara, magram mainc siTbo igrZnoba. ager, TiTqos 

kvirtebic gamoberilan xis totebze, imaTac ugrZvniaT, rom sadRac axlomaxlos 

gazafxuli trialebs da sacaa, aqac mova. da uceb, xis gaSiSvlebul 

totze Semoskupdeba patara tyis Citi. Cven ar viciT, ra hqvia am Cits. tyeSi 

mravlad arian amgvari erTi bewo Citebi, tyis Citebi. ai, Semoskupda totze, ra- 

Rac dastvina da boloc xalisiT SeaTamaSa. gana ra moxda iseTi, Citi totze 

zis da zemoT, mzisken iyureba. TiTqos Tvalebic minaba, isev dastvina da mainc 

ar viciT ratom, erTbaSad vigrZeniT: Citi gazafxuls elodeba. es patara tyis 

Citi gazafxulis mosvlas ganicdis, msubuq rtoze nazad irweva, dro da dro 

raRacas dastvens da kvlav zemoT, cisken iyureba. 

albaT cidan unda Camovides gazafxuli. 

davimaxsovroT is Citi, saamo molodiniT Sepyrobili. 

davimaxsovroT is martivi, raRac didi sixaruliT gamTbari melodiac, Citi 

rom ustvens. Cven am Cits karga xnis mere, Semodgomazec SevxvdebiT. Citi ma- 

Sin albaT sxvagvari iqneba da molodinic — sxvagvari. axla mxolod ase 

vTqvaT: 

tyis patara Citi martodmarto zis moqanave totze. 

ustvens. gaCumdeba da smenas TiTqos samyaros miapyrobs. 

gazafxuli modis. 

giyvarT cxovelebi da frinvelebi, giyvarT tyeebi da Walebi? ZaRlTan 

Tu giTamaSiaT an katasTan? cxenze Tu mjdarxarT da WenebiT xeobaze CagiqroliaT? 

saxedari Tu gyoliaT, ai, iseTi, Zalze naRvliani Tvalebi rom aqvs da 

Tu gaqirze dadga (Tu gajiutda da adgilidan fexi aRar moicvala), Tqvens 

mters, guli gvian moubrundeba, raRacaze SemogwyraT, raRacaze atkineT guli. 

cxvari Tu gimwyemsiaT, Txebi Tu wagiyvaniaT nekerze? 

ramdeni keTili saqme gaukeTebiaT im frinvelebs da cxovelebs, ramdenjer 

gamosdgomian adamianebs gasaWirSi. ZaRli xom Tqmula da Tqmula adamianis 

megobrad? axla kata? aba is ra saxlia, kata Tu ar krutunebs, mzis gulze Tu 

ar gaizmoreba da TaTiT pirs ar daibans, dilaadrian, Tqvenze da Cemze ufro 

adre. is ra ezoa, mamali Tu ar Sexteba medidurad Robeze da ar daiyivlebs — 

gavaTeneo. mere mamlis yivilze bombora ZaRli ar gamova mefurad ezoSi da Tavis 

ZvelisZvel `mters~, katas ar dauwyebs Zebnas, Tu dainaxavs, datuqsavs, dauyefs, 

Tu ver dainaxa, raRac gulnaklulobas igrZnobs, sevdianad miwveba saCexis 

ZirSi (saCexs erTsarTuliani saxlis aivans eZaxdnen, Tixa miwiT koxtad gadaglesils, 

zafxulSi grils da fexSiSvelad saamod sasiarulos), kata ki Soridan 

Cumad uTvalTvalebs da fiqrobs, jer ar gamovCndebi, cota xans iyos egre, 

Tavs movanatrebo... da Tu saxlis sawveTqveS, muxis direze mercxlis budec 

aris mikruli, ai, maSin iqneba marTla saxli, sadac marTla didi ojaxi cxovrobs. 

mercxlebs mzis amosvlidan mzis Casvlamde gaudiT WikWiki da JRurtuli. 

didi misvla-mosvla aqvT, didi Zieba sarCo-sabadeblisa. bolos bartyebi 

wamoizrdebian, yviTeli niskartebi gauxundebaT, erT mSvenier dRes ki ise iswavlian 

frenas, gagikvirdebaT, rodis moaswres, ratom Cven veraferi SevniSne- 

To. agvistos bolos ki... Tumca amazec mere vilaparakoT, mercxlebis budes mere 

davakvirdeT. jer xom arc ki Camosulan Tbili qveynidan, jer xom mxolod 

erTi bewo tyis Citi qanaobs gaSiSvlebul rtoze da gazafxuls elodeba. 

magram vinc qalaqSia? vinc meoTxe an meToTxmete sarTulze cxovrobs da 

arc CuqurTmiani aivani aqvs, arc ezoSi ZaRli daudis? 

imasac Tvali mainc soflisken unda eWiros! 

Tu sofeli ar giyvars, arc adamiani xar. 

adamiani xom bunebis Svilia. 

sofeli ki swored bunebaa. 

soflisken wasvla mSobliur fesvebTan dabrunebas niSnavs. modiT, xSirad 

davubrundeT am fesvebs. xSirad vestumroT bebos, deidas, mamidas, biZas... 

Tu arc bebo gveguleba sofelSi da arc mamida, keTili xalxi ram gamolia qveyanaze, 

sofeli mainc Cvenad unda viguloT da cxovelebic da frinvelebic, we- 

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Ran rom vaxsenebdiT, Cvens megobrad gavixadoT. megobrobam xom arc siSore 

icis, arc moucleloba, arc udrooba... 

ra Tqma unda, Tu qalaqeli xar, yovelkvira sofelSi ver irben, magram 

televizori ras gveyofa. televizors Tu wignic ar SeaSveleT (ufro marTalni 

viqnebiT Tu vityviT — wigns SevaSveloT televizorio), ise araferi gamova. mere 

ramdeni kargi wignia qveyanaze! asi sicocxlec ar gveyofa imaT wasakiTxad. 

da maT Soris bevrze bevri swored sofelze mogviTxrobs, sofels gvixatavs, 

gveubneba, rom Cven, yvelani, sadac ar unda davibadoT da gavizardoT, asfaltze 

Tu qvafenilze, mainc soflis Svilebi varT... Tu es dagvaviwyda, ukve cudad 

yofila Cveni saqme da xsnaze unda vifiqroT. xo, waikiTxeT is wignebi da 

mTeli sofeli Tvalwin dagidgebaT, xan TovliT daibardnebiT, xan zafxulis 

gvalvian dReebSi, damskdar gzaze gasulebs, gadaxrukul velze wyaro mogenatrebaT. 

Tqvens Tvalwin Caivlis weliwadis oTxi dro — Tavisi feriscvalebiT, 

Tavisi xvniTa da TesviT, rTvliTa da kaklis bertyviT, is oTxi dro, ramac mec 

TqvenTan erTad damsva da erT did weliwadze, weliwadis am òTxTavze~ laparaki 

damawyebina. 

gadaSli wigns da waikiTxav: 

`zamTaria, uberavs, 

siciviT vibuzebiT, 

Tu gagviRebT karebsa, 

TqvenTan SemovfrindebiT, 

da Tu ara, bavSvebo, 

miT mainc gagvaxareT, 

gamoaReT fanjara, 

sakenki dagviyareT~. 

amas beRurebi amboben, zamTrobiT CvenTan darCenili, erTguli beRurebi. 

àr grcxvenia, umizezod 

qvas rom mesvri, biWo, sese~... 

amas mercxali Civis, patara biWs arcxvens, Cemi dabriyveba ra didi vaJkacobaao. 

`pawawa var, oboli, bedma damibriyva; cud dros davobldi. tanze macvia 

patara, moklebewviani, TeTri TvlebiT mowinwkluli Txeli qaTibi~. — amas 

Svlis nukri SemogvCivis, vaJa-fSavelas Svlis nukri. 

xalxis saukuneobrivi sibrZne dabejiTebiT gveubneba, rom gviyvardes dedabuneba, 

rom adamianTa cxovreba, gareSe bunebisa, arc SeiZleba da arc warmoidgineba; 

rom adamiani TviTonac bunebis Svilia da gana SeiZleba Svilma Tavis 

dedas umtros, marto imaze ifiqros, aba ra wavarTva, ras gamovrCeo, TviTon ki 

xelic ar gaanZrios mis mosavlelad da dasacavad? amitom gviTxra vaJa-fSavelam, 

Cveni mTis Svilma, bunebis didma mgosanma da mesaidumlem, rom buneba ke- 

Tilic aris da gaborotebac icis. keTili maSin, roca dedaSvilobis sikeTiT 

gaaxareb, gaborotebuli maSin, roca mis uflebas xelhyof da udierad moeqcevi. 

visac buneba uyvars, ufro laRad da Tavisuflad sunTqavs, radgan icis, 

es mTa da bari misia. isini am mTisa da baris Svilebi arian. dedabunebac mzad 

aris, Tavis Svilebs erTgulebis kalTa gadaafaros. da roca maT CaesmiT saidanRac 

mosuli xma, visic ar unda iyos es xma — frinvelisa Tu nadirisa, xmeli 

wiflisa Tu verxvisa, iisa Tu enZelisa, Svlisa Tu irmisa, Tu maTi saxlis 

win aJivJivdnen zamTris yinvisagan gaToSili beRurebi, isini TavianT Svilebsa 

da SviliSvilebs etyvian: 

— gamoaReT fanjara... 

gazafxuli ki modis. 

is Citi, romelic martodmarto mivatoveT tyeSi, SiSvel totze, kvlav gazafxuls 

elodeba. da Tu kargad mivixed-movixedavT, im tyis gzaze, orRobis Zi- 

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ebSi, SeiZleba iac SevniSnoT. iam ki SeiZleba gagvaxsenos, upirvelesi wigni 

Cvens wignTa Soris, romelsac `deda ena~ ewodeba da qarTveli ymawvilebisaTvis 

iakob gogebaSvilma — mweralma da maswavlebelma Seqmna. aba warmovidginoT, 

didi zamTris mere Tovli rom dnobas iwyebs da gazafxuli moawevs, gazafxulis 

maxaroblad buCqis Zirebs moefineba lurjTvala ia. gamoCndeba ia da 

TiTqos masTan erTad iwyeba bunebis gamoRviZeba. es patara yvavili mTel yvavileTs 

win mouZRvis. mere da mere modian sxvebic — ufro maRlebic, ufro Zliernic, 

ufro Tavmomwonenic, magram ias mainc veravin jabnis, ias veravin utoldeba, 

sxva yvavili ia ver iqneba. 

ài, ia~, es aris Tavdapirveli sityva yvela qarTvelisa, vinc pirvelad 

gadaSlis `deda enas~, raTa qarTuli anbani gaicnos... mere ki mTis wyarosaviT 

wamova codna, gahyveba nakaduls, SeerTveba mdinareebs, gava enis did zRvaSi, 

sibrZnis ukidegano okeaneSi. 

axla ki kvlav bunebis wigns davubrundeT. 

mixedv-moxedvac ver movaswariT da gazafxuli mosula. 

xalxuri leqsia: 

`Tebervali dadgao, 

xeSi wyali Cadgao; 

Citma Cioramao 

saZirkveli gadgao~. 

Tebervali zamTris Tved iTvleba, magram, rogorc es patara xalxuri 

leqsi gvarwmunebs, xeSi wyali swored TebervalSi dgeba, anu gazafxuli Tebervlidan 

iwyebs mosvlas. xeSi wylis Cadgomac Tovlis dnobasTan da xis gamoRviZebasTan 

aris dakavSirebuli. xe TiTqos izmoreba, zamTris Zilis buranidan 

gamodis da, msgavsad cocxali arsebisa, mis ZarRvebSi `sisxli~ iwyebs moZraobas. 

aba im dros kargad daakvirdiT Tqveni ezos xeebs. Tu qalaqSi xarT, mowadinebuli 

kaci qalaqSic ipovis xes da gazafxulis mosvla Tu gindaT naxoT, 

xSirad SexedeT. jer TiTqos isev Tovli devs, magram Seirxa toti da Tovlis 

erTi fTila Zirs wamovida. mere meore toti Seirxa. TviTon xis tanic Tovlis 

nadnobisagan danamula. xe TiTqos tiris, Tumca satirali ra aqvs, gazafxuli 

modis, sicocxle Tavidan iwyeba. magram Cava mze da xe isev Tvlemas miecema, 

radgan mze uyvars, miT ufro axla, roca nazamTral totebs jer isev sicivisagan 

aJrJolebT. da Tu xvalac mziani Tebrvlis dRe dadga, xe kvlav gamococxldeba, 

isev gazafxulis Sesaxvedrad daiwyebs mzadebas. yvelaze ufro mainc 

nuSi da tyemlebi arian gulubryviloni. sakmarisia oriode dRiT gamoanaTos 

da, ianvaric rom iyos, maSinve daijereben, viCqaroT, gazafxuli mosulao, totebs 

sixaruliT gaSlian da ise daikvirtebian, TiTqos jer ianvris miwuruli 

ki ara, martis damdegi iyos. Tu erTi-ori Tbili dRec kvlav daemata, kvirtebidan 

yvavilebi gamovlen da nuSis xec amayad gamoanaTebs; mamlisa ar iyos, rom 

iyivla da daijera, me gavaTeneo, nuSsac hgonia, rom gazafxuli moiyvana. netamc 

ase iyos, magram Tebervali jer kidev ar aris gazafxuli, martic ki, gazafxulis 

Tved rom iTvleba, zogjer iseTi Wirveulia, imasTan zamTari rogor mova?! 

ai, wamova kvlav Savi Rrublebi, dauberavs qari (`Tebervali beravdao, marti kabas 

keravdao, aprili gacxarebuli saxnis-sakveTs kveravdao~ — ambobs xalxuri 

leqsi) da amayad gabrdRvialebuli nuSic totebs frTebiviT CamouSvebs, yvavilebi 

moibuzebian da isev kvirtebis Zebnas daiwyeben, iqneb ukan davbrundeT da 

CavTbeTo. magram ukve gviania, sawyalma nuSma gazafxuli ver moiyvana... 

mainc rom hyvavian nuSebi? 

mainc rom ar gawyda nuSebis modgma? 

es ki nebaa sicocxlis didi Zalisa. 

sicocxle xom mudmiv moZraobas, brZolas, arsebobis uflebis mopovebas 

niSnavs. 

nuSic cocxalia da ibrZvis. 

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da Cvenda sasixarulod, es brZola umeteswilad gamarjvebiT mTavrdeba, 

Tu, ra Tqma unda, uTanasworo ar gamodga. im yvavilebidanac zogi iRupeba da 

Zirs cviva, zogi jiutad eWideba deda-xes, ar Tmobs sicocxles da imarjvebs 

kidec. 

sicocxle imarjvebs... 

da, kacma rom Tqvas, Tavad gazafxulic sicocxlis xelaxla dawyebas, sicocxlis 

gamarjvebas niSnavs. 

nuSma daiyvavila. 

tyemlebic hyvavian. 

SoSiebi ukve mofrenilan da Cven verc ki SevniSneT. an rogor SeniSnav 

frinvelTa mofrenas? erT mSvenier dRes gaixedav da ukve aq arian. im wuTs ki, 

roca isini `fexs Semodgamen~ da ityvian, ùkve movediTo~, Znelad Tu moixel- 

Tebs vinme kacTagani. ase mofrinavs mercxali. SoSiaze gamoTqmuli leqsi ukve 

gagaxseneT (`rad mofrenilxar SoSiav, Sen ase adrianada~) da vidre `mercxlis 

leqsebsac~ gagaxsenebdeT, Tavad mercxlebze vTqvaT oriode sityva: 

ginaxavT mercxlis bude? 

Tu ar ginaxavT, aucileblad unda naxoT. 

Tu ar ginaxavT, verc verafers SevadarebT, rom cxadad warmoidginoT. 

mercxlis bude mxolod mercxlis budes hgavs da amitomaa, lamazi, sxvebisagan 

gamorCeuli. jer saerTod Citis budeze vTqvaT... arc Citis bude ginaxavT? 

amisi dajereba ki aRar SeiZleba. tyeSi erTxel mainc aravis wauyvanixarT, 

arc ded-mamas, arc ufros da-Zmebs, arc papa-bebiebs? Tu ar wauyvanixarT, 

axlave gadadeT es wigni da xmamaRla TqviT, rom xval tyeSi apirebT wasvlas, 

rom, Tu gamogyvebian, xom kargi, Tu arada vinme tol-megobars gaiyolebT da mainc 

waxvalT, aucileblad waxvalT, ar unda laparaki! da vidre marTla waxvidodeT, 

vilaparakoT mercxalze, mercxlis budeze, Citis budeze. aba, daakvirdiT, 

Semodgomis gaSiSvlebul tyeSi xeze darCenil budes. kargad daakvirdiT 

da SeiZleba sevdac ki mogerioT. mitovebul saxlsa hgavs Citis bude, gamoketil 

saxls. axla iq aravin cxovrobs. zafxulSi ki sicocxle duRda da gadmoduRda. 

iyo erTi JRurtuli, stvena, galoba, sxva budeebSi gadafren-gadmofrena. 

Semodgomaze Citis bude mitovebul sofelsac hgavs. erTi bude, meore, mesame 

da ukve sofelic iqneba... yvelaferi erTad ki sicocxlis xsovnas inaxavs: aq 

cxovrobdnen, daizardnen, frena iswavles da gafrindnen, raTa gazafxuli rom 

dadgeba, kvlav mobrundnen, an axali budeebi aSenon. mWidrodaa nagebi es budeebi... 

vis rogor Wirdeba... zogi bude nazia da saTuTi, rbili Calisagan da bumbulisagan 

nagebi, zogi ufro kaWaWebidan da ekal-bardebidan motanili `masaliT~. 

did, uxeS budeebSi didi frinvelebi saxloben. patara budeebSi — 

wvril-wvrili Citebi. mercxlis bude ki mainc sul sxva aris. mercxali tyeSi 

ar cxovrobs, adamianis gverdiT uyvars umetesad yofna, saxlis saxuravebs, saxlis 

kedlebs etaneba. saxuravqveS, aivnis aqeT rom cotaze gadmoSverila koxtad 

naTali ficrebi (koWebs rom eZaxian), swored im koWebze uyvars mercxals 

`samosaxlo adgilis~ SerCeva. 

ai, Tbili dReebi daiWira da im erT mSvenier dResa Tu saRamos, mercxlebic 

mofrindnen. zogs SarSandeli bude xeluxleblad xvdeba. zogma axla unda 

aaSenos, ojaxi gamravlda da axali bude gamxdara saWiro; zogi Tavis Zvel 

patrons, anu saxlis mobinadres gabutvia, raRaca awyenines, raRaciT atkines 

guli, an bude ar daxvda imgvarad, rogoradac datova, an sulac CamouSliaT 

onavar bavSvebs. axla sxvagan unda ipovos adgili, sxvagan unda eZios keTili 

ojaxi. 

mercxals keTili xalxi uyvars, iseTi, sul rom ar SeeSindeba imaTi, 

xels rom ar auqSeven, Tavs rom TviTonac ojaxis wevrad igrZnobs. jer ramdenimejer 

mofrTxialdebian dedal-mamali mercxlebi da iqaurobas kargad dazveraven. 

Tu maspinZels sikeTe SeamCnies, gafrindebian, magram isev male mobrundebian, 

mere iqve Camojdebian da WikWiks gaabamen, Cvenze `saubroben~, maspinZlebze 

— aba, ra xalxi varT, SeiZleba Tu ara Cvens gverdiT yofna, an ukve gegmas aw- 

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yoben, sad ra iSovon, saidan ra moitanon, rom bude mkvidradac aagon da lamazadac. 

mercxlis bude aucileblad lamazi unda iyos. 

mere iwyeba Seneba. 

moaqvT bumbuli, balaxis Reroebi, namja. 

ùyrian~ saZirkvels (anu mkvidrad aSeneben), xisa da kedlis kuTxeSi, miyuJul 

adgilze amohyavT `kedlebi~. kedlebi TiTqos gviristadaa nagebi, TiTqos 

uwvrilesi aguriT amouyvaniaT da mere ayalo miwiT SeulesiaTo. amodian kedlebi 

da bude nel-nela emsgavseba ZvelisZvel cixis godols. Tu aqve, budis 

win, Camosajdomi lursmani an joxia, xom mTlad kargi, Camosxdebian mercxlebi 

da WikWikeben, TviTonve tkbebian TavianTi ostatobiT. 

bude mzad aris! 

RamRamobiT am budeSi arxeinad sZinavT da vin icis, uTuod kvercxebic 

gaCndnen budis bumbulian ZirSi. 

deda-mercxali budidan fexs aRar icvlis. 

da erT dRes, roca jer kidev aravin eloda, budidan ismis Wyipini. 

es patara mercxlebis — bartyebis xmaa. 

mercxlebma bartyebi daCekes. 

oriode dRec da bartyebi WyipiniT ikleben iqaurobas. jer budidan kargad 

arc Canan, marto maT yviTel niskartsa da farTod dafCenil pirs vxedavT. 

mofrindeba deda mercxali da raRac `nugbars~ aucileblad moitans. isinic gaaReben 

yviTel niskarts da Wyipineben ara me, ara meo, erTmaneTs ecilebian; cotac 

da erTmaneTs mujlugunebs urtyamen, davaswro da me Cavikoklozino yelio. 

amasobaSi, am Jivil-xivilSi, am WyipinSi, am datuqsvasa da alersSi (mercxlebic 

mSoblebi arian da alersic ician da datuqsvac), bartyebi izrdebian. 

da radgan mercxalic frinvelia, cxadia, Tavdapirvelad frena unda iswavlos. 

jer gaubedavad toveben patarebi budes. 

mSoblebic Relaven, rogorc Relavs ded-mama, roca patara pirvelad gadadgams 

fexs. raRa Tqma unda, marcxic xdeba da zogjer sasacilo ambebic. bolos 

ki mainc yvelaferi keTilad mTavrdeba, yvela wyena da faTeraki, mRelvareba 

da fiqri fermkrTaldeba da bartyebic frenas swavloben. 

saxlis aivanze mikruli bude da iq Casaxlebuli mercxlis ojaxi mSvenebaa 

mTeli kar-midamosi. 

maxsovs, Cvens sofelSi, Cveni saxlis gverdiT, ori mezobeli cxovrobda, 

ori ojaxi. omis dro iyo da didi gaWirveba idga. xalxs lukma puric ki ar 

hqonda xSirad da am or ojaxsac Zalze uWirda. erTi ojaxi didi iyo, rom ityvian, 

wvril-Sviliani — ded-mama da xuTi mozrdili Svili. 

meore ojaxi patara da umweo, — moxuci col-qmari, Svili ki — omSi wasuli 

da Sinmousvleli. 

wliTiwlamde Tavi Zlivs gahqondaT. 

sarCos Sovna uWirdaT, magram erTi didi simdidre hqondaT: mTels Cvens 

ubanSi mercxlebi budes mxolod imaT maranSi da saxlis erdoze iSenebdnen. 

am simdidriT orive ojaxi didad amayobda da, albaT, arCevanze rom mimdgariyo 

saqme sxva simdidreze verc gacvlidnen. 

isini Sehxarodnen cixis godoliviT Tu patara aivaniviT gadmokidebul 

mercxlis budes. 

maSin sofelic ufro hgavda sofels, vidre dResa hgavs. miwas guTniT 

xnavdnen da yanasac namgliT mkidnen. glex-kacs xar-kameCi daudioda, cxeni ojaxis 

nugeSi da Zala iyo, Zroxa da cxvari — ojaxis baraqa... Wirnaxuli marTla 

Wirnaxuli iyo, mka — vaJkacobis gamocda, rTveli — dResaswauli. endeT Cems 

mexsierebas, miT ufro, rom ymawvilis mexsiereba utyuaria. yvelafers ise mogiyvebiT, 

rogorc namdvilad iyo da rogoradac CarCa xsovnaSi. 

ginaxavT yviTeli, bumbula wiwilebi Tqvensa, an mezoblis ojaxSi? sad 

wiwilebi, sad gazafxulio, — ifiqrebT da marTalnic iqnebiT, Tu odesRac bav- 

Svoba sofelSi ar gagitarebiaT. 

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is wiwilebic gazafxulis maxaroblebi iyvnen, rogorc adre mofrenili 

SoSiebi da mercxlebi, rogorc liloWriloze amowverili cisferi enZelebi, 

rogorc Soreul kavkasionze aWrelebuli Tovlis safari. kruxs Tebervlis bolos 

an Sua ricxvebSi dasvamdnen sabudarSi (mozrdili, mrgvali kalaTi iyo, 

Sig Tbilad Cagebuli TiviT). winaswar kvercxebs Caalagebdnen, saguldagulod 

SerCeulebs da romelime droul dedals sagangebod dasvamdnen, rom mokruxebuliyo 

da sabudarSi daesvaT. dedali jiutobda da inazeboda, aqaoda dedobisaTvis 

sada mcaliao, an ra dros Cemi dedobaao. bolos mainc daiyabulebdnen 

da dedalic sagangebo sidarbaisliT (amieridan dedobisaTvis emzadeboda da 

amsubuqeba aRar SeSvenoda) Cajdeboda sabudarSi. ijda da imisi arseboba TiTqos 

yvelas aviwydeboda, aTasSi erTxel Tu mixedavdnen, raimes miawvdidnen. xani 

gavidoda da jer Cami-Cumi ar ismoda. erT mSvenier dRes ki, rogorc mercxlebze 

giTxariT, atydeboda wivwivi. kruxi gamoCekas iwyebda. Signidan wiwilebi 

kawravdnen kvercxebs da farTxaliT cdilobdnen gareT gamosvlas, garedan 

dedali uniskartebda. bolos wivwivi mcire xniT miwydeboda da sabudari 

wiwilebiT gaivseboda. mcire xanic kidev da sabudaridan frTxilad cviodnen 

yviTlad da TeTrad gabumbluli wiwilebi. jer SiSiT ebRauWebodnen sabudris 

wnul kedlebs, bolos moefinebodnen oTaxs da dedac, sagangebod gaamayebuli 

da yelmoRerili, gauZRveboda Tavis amalas. 

oTaxSi Tbiloda buxari an Rumeli RadRadebda. iataki miwuri iyo da wiwilebi 

TavianT yviTel niskarts Tixaze scemdnen. gareT ki cioda, an Tovda 

isev, an qari qroda. jer gazafxuli Sors iyo da krux-wiwilasac aqve, am oTax- 

Si, CvenTan erTad, ymawvilebTan erTad unda gamoezamTrebina. cota mosulierebuliyo 

da ise gasuliyo axlad amSralebul ezoSi, an mzis gulze. 

magram ai, qari dacxra, Rrublebi mcire xniT mTebisken wavidnen da Tebervlis 

mziani dRe dadga. rogorc giTxariT, es jer gazafxuli ar iyo, magram 

gazafxulis suni mainc trialebda. maSin aiRebda dideda Tavis saCeCels an sar- 

Tavs, gavidoda myudroze da Tavis krux-wiwilasac gairekavda. wivwivebdnen Sebumbluli 

wiwilebi momTenTav siTboze da iwyeboda maT cxovrebaSi sruliad 

axali dro. maTTvis im wuTSi ukve gazafxuli idga. 

didedas axla sxvebic SemouerTdebodnen. 

axla kacebic modgebodnen saidanRac da iwyeboda saubari amindze, gaWianurebul 

zamTarze, gazafxulze, yvelaferze, rac mzis gulze pirvelad gamosulma, 

zamTrisagan daRlilma adamianma SeiZleba Tqvas. 

mere mze dasavleTisaken ixreba, kvlav sicive wamova da didedac, Tavis 

krux-wiwilebianad, Sinisaken midis. 

iqiT biWebi raRacas Tlian. 

biWebi karga mozrdilebi arian da sicivisa ar eSiniaT. 

ori grZeli joxi ukve gauTliaT. 

im joxebs TavSi orkapebi aqvT, gan-ganze gawvdili. boloSi ki, sadac joxia 

gadaWrili, biWebi axla oTxkuTxa Rrus akeTeben... mere am orive joxis RruebSi 

koxtad gamoTlil magar safexurs gauyrian. 

Soriaxlos ymawvilebi dganan da Sescqerian. 

ician, rac keTdeba da sixaruliT elian im nanatr dRes, roca is èSmakis 

manaqana~ maT xelSi Cavardeba. 

biWebi axla wnelebs grexen, magar, sqel wnelebs da joxebs orkapa Tavebze 

Camoacmeven. 

joxebi ise magrad eWidebian wnelebs, rom kacis simZimec veRar Camoglejs. 

wnelebi TavSi momrgvalebulia da im momrgvalebulSic TiTo magar kets 

gauyrian. 

yvelaferi mzad ari? 

ara, jer ar ari mzad. 

biWebi axla kaklis did xeze da ganze gawvdil yvelaze Ronier totze 

sagangebod mownul or wnels Semoaxveven. wnels ise gaamagreben, rom simagrec 

marTla hqondes da totzec Tavisuflad imoZraos. bolos asweven im orkapa jo- 

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xebs Tavis safexurianad da erT joxs (winaswar sagangebod morgebuli ketiT) 

erTi wnelis gorgalze Camoacmeven, meores — meoreze. 

vinc qvemoT dganan, joxebs moeWidebian da egreve erTad daixunZlebian, 

aba, gavigoT, magaria Tu ara, gagviZlebs Tu arao da roca darwmundebian, rom 

yvelaferi myarad gakeTda, iqve Camosxdebian. 

saqanela! 

biWebma kaklis totze saqanela Camohkides! 

xval yvelieri iwyeba da yvelieris dResaswauls aucileblad saqanelaTi 

unda Sexvdes ubani. erT ubanSi erTi saqanela Camoibmeba meoreSi — meore, da 

rogorc ki yvelieris kvira daiwyeba, yovel saRamos am saqanelasTan gaimarTeba 

taS-fandura, cekva-TamaSi, dainTeba didi koconi, iqneba Sejibri sityvasa da 

jomardobaSi. vidre getyodeT, ras niSnavs yvelieri, Tvali vadevnoT didedas, 

xSirad rom sadRac midis (es umetesad saRamoobiT xdeba) da mousvenrobaSia. 

Cven ar viciT ra aSoTebs, ratom surs, rom male davwveT da daviZinoT, ra xdeba 

am gazafxulis piras SabaT-kviraobiT. aba Tvali movatyuoT, didedas egonos, 

rom daviZineT da karic gaixuros... Tu didedas ar ewyineba (didedas wyenineba 

ki aramc da aramc ar SeiZleba), frTxilad wamovdgeT, fexakrefiT mivideT kar- 

Tan da karis RriWoSi an gasaRebis WuWrutanaSi SeviWvritoT. 

dideda aqeT-iqiT frTxilad ixedeba, mere zandukidan raRac amoaqvs da 

kamodis Tavze debs. 

xati! 

es is xatia, romelzedac amas winaT mokrZalebuli CurCuliT Tqva: 

RvTismSoblis xati... 

mere dideda ujridan sanTels iRebs, anTebs, pirjvars iwers da sanTels 

RvTismSoblis xatis win amagrebs. sanTlis ali mkrTalad anaTebs idumal xats. 

dideda raRacas butbutebs da Cvenc sunTqva gvigubdeba. 

Tqvenc unda icodeT: 

yoveli xalxi Tavis religias misdevs. 

qarTvelebi qristianuli religiis mimdevrebi, anu qristianebi varT. 

gadmocemiT qriste rwmenisaTvis jvarze acves. sikvdilis Semdeg ki mainc 

mkvdreTiT aRdga. 

vin iyo qriste? namdvilad arsebobda Tu rwmenisaTvis wamebulze xalxis 

saukuneobrivma ocnebam SeTxza igi? 

amaze dResac davoben da Cvenc sityvas aRar gavagrZelebT. marto daviT 

guramiSvilis striqonebs gagaxsenebT, romelic ieso qristes eZRvneba: 

`vai, ra kargi saCino ra avad migiCnieso! 

borotisagan keTili SuriT ver ganarCieso, 

macxovrebeli Sen maTi wamwymedlad migiCnieso, 

dideba moTminebasa Sensa, ufalo ieso!~ 

didedac qristiania, qristes rjuli swams da pativi vceT mis rwmenas, 

xels nu SevuSliT, simSvides nu davurRvevT, dae, Tavis gulSi esaubros RvTi- 

Sobel mariams da SesTxovos rac surs. 

ra survili eqneba didedas? 

Cveni kargad yofna. 

qveynierebis kargad yofna. 

Cveni gamravleba da gaxareba... 

qristes Sobis dRe ocdaxuTi dekemberia. 

qristes aRdgomis dRe ki xan aprilSi modis, xan maisSi. 

aRdgomamde mravali religiuri dResaswaulia. 

dResaswauli mirqmisa. 

kvira yvelierisa. 

didmarxva, da kidev mravali. 

axla yvelieris kvira dgeba da dideda amitom loculobs Cvenze. 

yvelieri didmarxvis wina kviraa. 

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didi marxva niSnavs mkacr cxovrebas. xorcisagan gandgomas, sulze 

fiqrs. adamiani mxolod mcenareuls ekareba, codvaTagan Tavs Sors iWers da 

ase emzadeba qristes aRdgomis Sesaxvedrad. 

yvelieris kvira ki swored am mkacri cxovrebis winakviraa, laRi, mxiaruli, 

Tavisufali, saxalxo zeimebis kvira... is zeimebi saqarTveloSi qristes 

sjulis SemoRebamdec imarTeboda da maSindelma uZvelesma wes-Cveulebebma 

axal religiaSic gadmoinacvla. 

maT Soris erT-erTi zeimi, anu sanaxaobaa yeenoba. 

`yeenoba~ yvelierSi imarTeboda. sofelSi didi mzadeba iyo, rogorc warmodgenisaTvis 

emzadebian xolme da `yeenoba~ marTlac xalxur sanaxaobad, xalxur 

warmodgenad, namdvil Teatris winamorbedadac iTvleba. aq arian msaxiobebi 

(albaT `reJisoric~ igulisxmeba anu is, romelsac mTeli es sanaxaoba wesrigSi 

mohyavs, anawilebs rolebs, gansazRvravs warmodgenis xasiaTs) aris `piesac~, 

xalxis mier odiTganve SeTxzuli, dakanonebuli siuJetiT da sasacilo 

ambebiT. mayureblebi `warmodgenis~ monawileni arian, SeuZliaT Caerion moqmedebaSi, 

Tavadac gauswordnen yeens, amoiyaron saukuneobrivi javri. 

`yeeni dampyroblis simboluri saxea, dampyroblis niRabi. igi cxenze zis, 

Tanac ukuRma da Tanac marTla kaci ki ar aris, fitulia, safrTxobelaa, muTaqisagan 

gakeTebuli da Tavzec gamuruli qoTani adgas nacvlad tradiciuli aRmosavluri 

Calmisa. 

da ai, yeeni unda gasasacilovdes. 

zogi goroxebs esvris. 

zogi wyals asxams. 

zogi Solts gadaawnavs. 

aris erTi sixaruli da sicil-xarxari. 

da, raRa Tqma unda, rom yeeni aucileblad unda damarcxdes, samarTlianobam 

unda izeimos, gaimarjvos uZvelesma xalxurma moralma, romelic borotze 

keTilis uTuo gamarjvebas qadagebs. 

axla Citifafoba?.. 

zamTari CitebisaTvis mSieri droa, aremare TovliT aris dafaruli da 

sakvebi arsad moiZeveba. am dros adamiani valdebulia, frinvelebs 

xeli gauwodos, anu, rogorc dasawyisSi giTxariT, `gamoaRos fanjara~. 

CitifafobisTvisac sagangebod emzadebian, ymawvilebs avaleben, natexrebi SeagroveTo 

(natexari Tixis da faifuris WurWlis natexebia), balRebic didis xalisiT 

agroveben natexrebsa. mohfenen ezoSi, gzispirebze da Sig sakenks da saWmlis 

narCenebs yrian, raTa Citebma akenkon da madlierni darCnen. unda naxoT 

maSin frinvelebi... ra madlierni arian adamianisa. ra ndobiT modian natexreb- 

Tan, aRarafrisa eSiniaT, radgan es dRe maTi dRea, `Citifafobaa~. 

sofelSi vaSlis nafcqvensac ki ar gadaagdebdnen, cecxlze dawvavdnen 

da roca saamo surneleba vaSlisa dadgeboda, ityodnen, Citebs uyvarT, zogier- 

Ti Citi amisi suniT cocxlobso. 

axla Wiakokona? didi koconi da mis irgvliv gaCaRebuli mxiaruleba? WiakokonobisTvisac 

sagangebod emzadebian. 

Wiakokonas danTebas ra samzadisi sWirdebao — ityviT Tqven. 

Wiakokonasac Tavisi azri aqvs, baRebsa da bostnebSi darCenili kaWaWi, 

simindis fuCeCi, xexilisa da vazis nasxlavi unda Segrovdes da daiwvas, raTa 

mavne mwerebi da Wia-Ruebic Tan mihyvnen. es TavisTavad, ise ki Wiakokona sagazafxulo 

mxiarulebis sababia. 

ai, Segrovda blomad kaWaW-fuCeCi. 

aizvina erTad. 

mogrovda xalxic. cxadia, umetesad gogo-biWebi da wvrilfexoba Warboben, 

magram arc darbaiseli moxucebi darCenilan Sin, Soriaxlos dganan da 

axalgazrdobis faci-fucs Tvals adevneben, Tan Tavisas igoneben, Tan raRacas 

arigeben. ai, ainTo cecxli da yiJinic dasces, cecxlis ali cas swvdeba da vi- 

Racam ukve daiZaxa is, rac am dros aucileblad unda daiZaxon: 

— aliluli kudianebs! 

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aliluli eSmaksao! 

gabeduli biWebi cecxls zed axtebian. 

da yvelas sjera, am weliwads eSmaki veravis veRarafers daaklebs, iqneba 

mosavlis siuxve da sikeTis zeimi. 

rogorc giTxariT, saqanelebic ukve CamoubamT. yvelierSi saqanela aucilebelia, 

uamisod yvelieri ar iqneba. uamisod yveliers feri daakldeba. saqanelas 

mTeli ubani axvevia. didedac ki mosula. jer isev civa, binddeba kidec, 

magram Sin rogor gaCerdeboda, Tbil SalSi (Tavisive xeliTaa naqsovi) CafuTnula 

da modis. 

cecxli ukve gaCaRebula, didi Wiakokona anTia da didedas aqeT-iqidan 

eZaxian, axlos modi, cecxlTan, gaTbio. didedac modis da patara, danaoWebul 

xelebs cecxlisken iwvdis. saqanelaze gogo-biWebi cvlian erTmaneTs, ufro metad 

ki — biWebi. buqnas Cahkraven, saqanela win gaiwevs da Tu gabeduli biWi 

Sedga, safexurs xis romelime tots miawvdens. ai, es iTvleba vaJkacobad. am 

dros biWi TiTqos caSi dafrinavs, Tumca saqanelas xelnebi Ronivrad CaubRujavs. 

da roca gaoflili biWi dacxreba da safexuridan gadmoxteba, gogoebma 

ukve kargad ician, vin aris yvelaze gabeduli da uSiSari. mere saidanRac fanduri 

moaqvT. fanduri saTamaSos ukravs da axla mefandures irgvliv Seikvreba 

wre (oRond ise, rom Wiakokona mTel wres anaTebdes). jer viRaca gadmova gaubedavad. 

im viRacas gaamxneveben, nu grcxvenia, gaubede, daiwyeo da male erTmaneTs 

mihyvebian cekvis msurvelni. gogoebic, ra Tqma unda, jer gainazebian, mere 

ki, Tu ded-mamisa da gansakuTrebiT ufrosi Zmebis damyoli mzerac igrZnes, gabedulad 

gadadian wreSi. da Tu am dros medole da megarmonec gamoCndnen, (medole 

da megarmone mainc iSviaTi iyo sofelSi da Tanac yvela saqanela unda 

CamoevloT, yvelgan SeewiaT TavianTi sacekvao), marTla yvelieri iqneba, mar- 

Tla jansaRi da mxiaruli kvira, mauwyebeli gazafxulisa... 

* 

is sofeli, sadac Cveni weliwadis òTxTavi~ gaTamaSdeba, kaxeTSia, saqar- 

Tvelos erT lamaz da Ronier kuTxeSi. kaxeTs Tavze kavkasionis mTebi dascqerian. 

qvemoT cisfrad gadaSlili alaznis velia, zemodan ki gadmomxobila mTebi. 

devebiviT mTebio, — ityvian xolme. galaktion tabiZem amgvar mTebze Tqva — 

dabinduli qliavis feriao (`ginaxavT feri dabindul qliavis, es Cemi samSoblos 

mTebia~). cisfers ki, albaT, sivrce qmnis, Rrma sivrce, romelic Soridan 

cisfrad aRiqmeba. 

swored am mTebze kiTxulobs glexkaci weliwadis droTa cvalebadobas. 

mTebs `didi kalendari~ vuwodoT. ar iqneba mTlad lamazi Sedareba, magram 

zusti ki iqneba. zafxulSi mTebi mokrialebulia, mwvane balaxsac ki gaarCevs 

Tvali. mere mTa nel-nela fers Seicvlis, TiTqos zafxulis mzeze gadaxundeba 

da ase gastans Semodgomis Sua xanebamde. Tu Semodgoma civi daiWira da zam- 

Tarmac adre moiwadina mobrZaneba, noemberSi, erT mSvenier dRes, davinaxavT, 

rom qedis wverebi pirvel Tovls daufaravs. mzian dReSi es wverebi TeTrad 

qaTqaTeben da imas gvauwyeben, rom zamTari ukve Sors aRar aris, wamosula, 

daZrula da axla, qedis Tavze wamomdgari, Tavis dros elis, rom nel-nela qvemoT 

Camovides. es dRe, kavkasionis qedze pirveli CamoTovlisa, SeuniSnavi aravis 

darCeba. gansakuTrebiT moxucebs uyvarT iqiT gaxedva da Tqma, rom kavkasionze 

ukve CamoTova da sadacaa zamTari mova. es Tovli niSania da am niSanze, 

sofelSi ra xdeba, maSin getyviT, roca Semodgomamde mivalT, roca Semodgoma 

dadgeba. axla marto is gavixsenoT, rom yvelani erTmaneTs eubnebian, Tovli gamoCndao. 

mere da mere Tovli ufro qvemoT Camodis, mTebisa marto wverebi ki 

ara, kalTebic ifareba, bolos sul qvemoT, alaznis velamde Camosdevs da ha, 

sacaa Cvenamdec mova. ai, maSin dgeba zamTari. 

mTeli zamTari, raRa Tqma unda, kavkasioni TovliTaa dafaruli (anu kavkasionis 

is nawili, romelic kaxeTidan moCans da romelsac zogjer daRestnis 

mTebs uwodeben). gazafxulze ki Tovli dnobas iwyebs da axla gazafxuli qvemodan 

zemoT miiwevs. jer veli gadamwvandeba, mere nel-nela tyeebs ahyveba, bo- 

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los qedis kalTebi gadaWreldeba, liloWriloebi qedis wverebsac miswvdeba 

da ivnisis bolosaTvis Tovli ukve aRar moCans. kalendris erTma ciklma, kavkasionis 

bumberaz (esec Zveli epiTetia) qedze aRbeWdilma Cvens Tvalwin Caiara. 

axla swored is droa, roca qedi aWrelda, ferdobebze Tovlma dnoba iwyo, 

mdinareebi aimRvra... 

axla saxnis-sakveTi unda gavmarToT, gavafxianoT, raTa mindvrad ise gavideT, 

iaraRma ar gviRalatos. saxnis-sakveTs ki Cvens bavSvobaSi samWedloSi 

afxianebdnen da, rac ufro cnobiswadils aRgviZravs, cxenebsac iq nalavdnen. 

modiT, gavswioT samWedlurisaken. 

jer Soridan xalxs davinaxavT. 

umravlesoba kacebi iqnebian. 

gazafxulze sofeli mudam gareT gamoefineba xolme. zamTarma mainc saxlebSi 

gamoketa xalxi, erTmaneTTan misvla-mosvla ki iyo, magram TiTo-orolad 

Tu Sexvdeboda sofleli soflels. axla cota Tbila, gareT dgoma SeiZleba. 

SeiZleba ki ara, gulma gagviwia gareT da raki samWedluric swored soflis 

SuagulSia, swored iq, sadac salaybo ewyoba (salaybo, anu adgili, sadac xalxi 

ikribeba samaslaaTod da imitomac, rom gaixed-gamoixedos, rogorc ityvian, 

Tvals wyali daalevinos). am gaxsenebaze, aqve axlosaa wyaroc. iqiT, moSorebiT, 

soflis Zveli eklesia moCans, Zveli ki ara, ZvelTaZveli, bazilika, anu 

ugumbaTo eklesia. 

xalxi mogrovilia samWedluris win. axlos mivdivarT da ukve wkara-wkuric 

gvesmis, dro da dro ki uro mZimed daecema grdemlze. grdemli gaxurebuli 

foladia. uro Tqvenc iciT, ra aris da am gavarvarebul folads Ronieri 

mWedlebi kveriTa da uroTi ebrZvian, raTa forma miscen, imad aqcion, rac Tavad 

surT, rac sofels gamoadgeba. sofels ki, gazafxulda da, bevri ram sWirdeba: 

Toxi, bari, namgali, guTani. uamaTod vervin gava verc venaxSi da verc mindorSi. 

aki giTxariT, rom mWedeli Ronieri kaci unda iyos, rkinas rom dalewavs 

xeliT, imgvari, da mxiaruli kacic. mWedeli iRimeba da saxeze TeTri, qaTqaTa 

kbilebi mouCans. jansaRi kacia, rkinismkvneteli. aTasSi erTxel Sublze 

ofls Camoiwmends winsafriT (Tumca winsafaric, cxadia, gaxurebuli aqvs) da 

saxes ufro CamoiTxvris. mere ra, gava dRe, najafs da naoflars Camoirecxavs 

da erTi kargi vaJkaci mogvevlineba, namdvili Sromis kaci, gamoewyoba da an 

qorwilSi wava, an naTlobaSi, an dReobaze. magram axla mWedels arc erTisTvis 

scalia, arc meorisTvis, mWedeli Tavis vals asrulebs: Sromobs, raRacas qmnis 

da yalibad asxams. is imisTvisaa dabadebuli. 

gareT ki kacebi bWoben. 

mWedeli fardulSia. am farduls hqvia samWedluri. 

eubnebian, geyofa, daisveneo, xvalac am Tvisaao. 

magram mWedelma icis, rom dasveneba maSin Seergeba, roca saqmes moaTavebs, 

`xvale~ ki yovelTvis ar aris am Tvisa... 

davaneboT Tavi mWedels, sanam saqmes ar morCeba, mainc sityvas ver vaTqmevinebT 

da iqve, ezoSi gavideT. 

ai aq, am SemoRobilSi, romelsac baks veZaxiT, cxeni unda danalon. 

esec mTeli ambavia, veeba cxenis danalva. 

am ambisTvisac TiTqosda sagangebod emzadebian, TiTqosda Relaven cxenis 

patronic da nalbandic. 

ai, nel-nela miuaxlovdnen... 

erTma cxens fafarze gadausva xeli da miualersa, swored iman, visTanac 

ufro SeCveulia cxeni. 

cxens uyvars alersi. 

is erTgulia adamianisa da Senganac erTgulebas moiTxovs. 

cxenic, iseve rogorc yvela suldgmuli, kargad grZnobs, samtroda xar 

misuli Tu samoyvrod. 

mere ra, rom fexi aukres da arc nalis dakvraa sasiamovno, albaT asea 

saWiro, amqveynad ra ar xdeba. aqvea cxenis patroni. es biWebic arc Tu is Soreblebi 

arian, cxeni yvelas icnobs, rac undaT, is gaakeTon... 

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amas ficxi cxeni fiqrobs, umetesad axalgazrda, jer isev mouTokavi da 

miuCveveli, Torem xandazmulma, visac qveynad ra ar gadaxdenia, nalic kargad 

icis da arc danalva awuxebs. 

Tu cxeni giyvars, Tu mraval cxenze mjdarxar, Tu erTxel mainc giocnebia 

amxedreba da did, mwvane velze an mTis bilikebze Weneba, gecodineba, rom 

xandazmuli cxeni Wirveulobas ar ikadrebda, is mSvidad daanebebda cal fexs 

nalbands (nalbandi swored imas hqvia, vinc cxens nals aWedebs), Tavad sam fexze 

dgomas irCevda da an fiqrian mogonebebSi wavidoda (beber cxens ki ramdeni 

ram aqvs mosagonari), an zantad dauwyebda Tvalierebas yvelafers, rac samWedloSi 

xdeboda. 

cxeni adamianis didi megobaria. 

cxeniT Camodioda Carglidan vaJa fSavela da xurjiniT mohqonda is moTxrobebi, 

dResac rom vkiTxulobT da Zalian mogvwons: `Svlis nukris naambobi~, 

`saTaguri~, `CxikvTa qorwili~, da romeli aRar. 

ai, ras igonebs cxenis Taobaze vaJa fSavelas Svili vaxtang razikaSvili. 

`mamas yovelTvis kargi cxeni hyolia. cud, jaglag cxens Sin ar gaaCerebda. 

me nikori maxsovs, Savi, iorRa cxeni, mxolod Cems xsovnaSi ukve beberi iyo, 

imdenad beberi, rom zamTarSi gomuris win wylidan mosuli daeca da veRarc 

adga. mamam bevri utriala, magram veRaraferi uSvela. mamas cremli moeria im 

cxenis sikvdilze. Seaxvia fardagSi da ise damarxa. 

ver gavimete adreve gasayidad, — ityoda xolme mamaCemi, — didi amagi 

hqonda Cemzeo! 

nikoris Semdeg kvici iyida, wiTeli ferisa iyo da saxelad `cecxlas~ 

eZaxda. `cecxla~ TviTon gaxedna. Sejda Seukazmav cxenze da arbenina. dedaCemma 

da sxvebmac dauSales: qviani xurjini ahkide da ise miaCvie unagirsao, magram ar 

daiSala, saxe da xelebi sul dausisxlianda, mainc ar gaaneba Tavi, sanam ar 

moRala~... 

aseTi iyo didi poeti vaJa fSavela: cxenis sikvdilis gamo Tvalze cremli 

moeria. 

itira didma vaJkacma. 

da vidre cxenis ambavs davamTavrebdeT, barem imasac getyviT, rom vaJkacs 

zogjer cremlic Svenis. 

ucremlod ver dawerda vaJkaci amgvar striqonebs: `kidevac vnaxav gazafxuls~. 

modiT, isev soflis Saraze gavideT, iqneb iqac SevxvdeT gazafxuls. xeebi 

gzispirebzec gamokvirtulan. nuSebi TeTrad gadapentilan, magram amisi naxva 

sxvaganac SeiZleba. soflis Saragza sxvaa, gazafxuli iq adamianis saxeebze 

unda amoivikTxoT. sagazafxulo ganwyobilebas aq adamianebi ise gamoxataven, 

amaze arca fiqroben. ganwyobileba TavisTavad ibadeba, gazafxuls Tavisi gaaqvs 

da win veraferi daudgeba. 

soflis moedanze darbaiseli kacebi Seyrilan. 

wyarosTan isev dedakacebi laparakoben. 

jeeli biWebi calke dganan da gamvlel-gamomvlels aTvaliereben. 

mze aTbobs midamos da yvelas qurqi gadauZvria. 

dedaberi sadRac miiCqaris. 

berikacs saxedriT safqvavi moaqvs wisqvilidan. 

ezos gadaRmidan culis xma ismis. 

eg ra ario, ras akeTebo, — iZaxian kacebi da Robes miadgebian. 

vera xedavT, ras vakeTebTo? — icinian Robis gadaRmidan da sxva pasuxs 

aRar iZlevian. 

ras akeTeben da xexilsa sxlaven: xmel totebs aWrian da totebi kvnesiT 

emxobian miwas. dedaberi RobesTan dgas da qalebs eubneba, roca xesa sWrian, 

ase mgonia, cocxaliviT tiriso. maS ar moWran, Tu gaxmao? — icinian qalebi. 

totebi ki marTla, dedabris Tqmisa ar iyos, cocxlebiviT kvnesian. 

Cven ymawvilebi varT. vdgevarT da SevcqeriT. iqiT gadiT balRebio, — 

gveZaxian kacebi — emand TavSi toti ar dageceT, codvaSi ar CagvayenoTo, mag- 

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am ra wagviyvans? aq `raRaca~ xdeba, swored is, rac gazafxulze SeiZleba moxdes 

da Tu kargad ar vnaxeT, ar iqneba. kacebi isev gviwyrebian, moSordiT maqedan, 

ver gaigoneT, ra giTxariTo? 

amis Tqma da gzidan yiJina ismis. 

(es marTla gazafxulis yiJinia). 

gzaze unda gavvardeT, iq ufro didi ambavi xdeba. 

ager, cxenosani moaWenebs cxens. 

TiTqos viRacas ejibrebao, miuSvia cxeni da Tan dasWyivis, aba, Sen ici, 

ar Semarcxvinoo. 

mWedlis Segirdia... 

Tmebi qarze gasCeCia. 

guli gadauReRia da pirdapir mofrinavs, xalxs ainunSiac ar agdebs, is 

ki ara, xalxis dasanaxad igiJianebs Tavsa, SemomxedeT, ra biWi varo. 

xalxi momdgara gzaze da qariviT Caqrolil mxedars gasZaxis: 

— moSinaurdi, arsen! 

viTomda, romeli arsena Sena gvyevxar, da Tu marTla arsena ggonia Tavi, 

ra gare-gare dadixar, raRa dros eg ari, moSinaurdio. 

magram mWedlis Segirdis moSinaureba, vidre TviTon mWedeli ar gadaudgeba 

gzaze da Tvalebs ar daubrialebs, Zneli iqneba. 

Caiqrola da velodebiT... 

viciT, isev amoiqrolebs. 

cota xanic da gzis boloSi isev avardeba mtveri. jer cxeni gamoCndeba, 

mere mxedris gaCeCili Tma. mohqris da moaqvs mTeli gza. xalxi axla ufro met 

yiJinas scems (namdvili gazafxulia) da lamis ari gzazec Cauxtnen, aba, Sen 

ici, guli ar dagvwyvitoo. 

mxedari Tvals efareba da isev velodebiT. 

naxeT, Tu kvlav ar Camoiqroloso, — amboben berikacebi, — SarSanac egre 

ara qnao? kacebi mWedels eZaxian, gamodi, Tavi gaanebe mag uros, aba naxe, Seni 

Segirdi ra dReSiao. mWedeli Tavs ar iRebs, raRacas burdRunebs da etyoba, 

ukve imuqreba. maS ra? sigiJesac Tavisi bolo aqvs. gagiJda? axla unda dawynardes. 

magram mWedlis Segirdma ar icis, ras fiqrobs ostati da axla isev gzis 

TavSi avardeba mtveri, gagiJebuli cxeni da imisi mxedari isev gamoCndebian. 

xalxic ukve giJdeba: 

— aba, Sen icio! 

— aravin dagewios, icode, mogdeveno! 

Caaqrola da Caaqrolos... 

maSin gamodis mWedeli Saraze (jer wyliT xelebs gadaibans), Sua gzaze 

gaCerdeba da elodeba. 

xalxi axla mWedelze icinis: 

raRa drosia, Tavis gulis Wia moiklao. 

ai, naxeT, Tu kidev Camoiqroloso. 

mWedeli dgas da viciT, gulSi rasac fiqrobs. 

sofelmac icis: 

netavi aRar Camoiqrolebdeso... 

mWedeli mainc mWedelia da Tavis Segirdze da Tavis xelobazec sakuTari 

azri aqvs: 

lamazad dahqris, Tqma ar unda. gazafxulis mzian dResac uxdeba es cxenze 

gasuli gadareuli biWi. magram mWedlis Segirdi xval mainc mWedeli unda 

gaxdes da sidarbaisle marTebs. ras vizamT, Zmao, amgvaria Cveni xeloba. 

— samWedloSi Sedi, aRar Camoivlis. — isev icinis xalxi. 

— netavi marTla ar Camoivlides. — isev fiqrobs mWedeli. 

mWedlis Segirdi aRarsada Cans... 

axla vfiqrob: ar vici ratom da im cxenis qrolvac gazafxulis mauwyebeli 

iyo. 

es xma ki marTla pirvelad gavigoneT. 

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jer gvegona, rom romeliRac Citi ustvenda da erTmaneTs veubnebodiT, 

aba yuri daugde, es ra Citi mofrinda, amisTana xma jer ar gvsmeniao. dedam gaicina 

da Tqva, Citi ki ara, salamuriao, salamurs ukravs viRacao. bebom Tqva, 

es giJi maxare iqnebao. papam saCexidan daatana, giJi eZaxeT da vera Tlis salamurebs 

da ver akvnesebso? advili xom ar ggoniaT an gamoTla salamurisa, an 

dakvrao. Cem biWobaSi mTel sofelSi erTi mesalamure gvyavda, sosanas eZaxdnen 

da isic mgoni maxares papad ergebodao. axla bebo iZaxis, aki sosanasac giJs 

eZaxdnen, magram arc is iyo giJi, dianbegi rom Cvens sofelze Camoivlida, damxvdurebSi 

salamurs marto sosana ukravdao. 

Cvenc gvinda vnaxoT es salamuri. 

saidan modis es xma, mainc sad iqneba es mxare, netavi erTi, rogor ukravs. 

maxare soflis TavSi kunZze ijda da salamurs iq ukravda. 

aqedan salamuris xma mTel sofels edeboda. 

mocinari biWi iyo maxare da Cvenc advilad SevbedeT. garSemo movusxediT 

da isev daukario, vTxoveT. imanac aiRo salamuri, erTi Cahbera da daiwyo... 

garSemo mze idga. axlad amosuli jejili mwvaned xasxasebda. buCqebSi 

iebi hyvaodnen. mTebs ukve lurji feri dasdebodaT. mwvervalebze SerCenili 

Tovli TeTrad qaTqaTebda da maxares salamuris xma mTel am are-mares wkrialiT 

edeboda. ase gvegona, marTla Citi kvnesiso da aqeT-iqiT viyurebodiT. ara 

gvjeroda, rom am maxares, CvensaviT axaluxi rom emosa, qalamnebi rom ecva da 

nabdis qudi exura, amgvari saswaulis moxdena SeeZlo. Cven gaocebuli SevcqerodiT 

da gvsurda, rom es saswauli did xans gagrZelebuliyo. es ra ario, Tavi 

gamoido maxarem, Tqven isic ver SeniSneT, roca vukravdi, frTosnebi gaCumdnen, 

mzem swored maSin gamoixeda Rrublebidan da nakadulebmac suli ganabeso. 

nakadulebi rodis gaCumdneno, — vdavobdiT Cven da maxares vTxovdiT, aba 

erTic daukari, marTla gaCumdebian nakadulebio? 

magram maxarem aRar daukra. 

rogorc axla vatyob, Tavisi xelovneba ar gaaufasura, samagierod guda- 

Si xeli Cayo da stvirebi da salamurebi amoalaga, zogi dudgulisa (mcenarea 

dudgula da imiT stvirebs akeTeben), umetesoba ki lerwmisa. 

Cvenc mogvecio, vTxoveT da Tavi daifasa, jer patarebi xarT, rogor iqnebao, 

ver iswavliTo. 

— Tu ar gveqneba, rogor viswavliTo, — Tqva CvenSi yvelaze ufrosma. 

maSin maxarem dudgulas stvirebi amoiRo da Camogviriga. sxvas ukeTess 

vis mivcem, TqvenTvis gavakeTe da aba Sin gaiqeciTo. 

Cven marTla gaviqeciT. stvirebi gvqonda da mTeli soflisaTvis unda 

gveCvenebina. maxare ki isev Camojda jirkze, gaxeda sofels da salamuri aakvnesa 

(àakvnesao~ — mere gavigeT, salamurze ambobdnen xolme amgvarad). 

maSin ki maxarem marTla dagvajera, rom, roca is salamurs ukravda, 

frinvelebi gaCumdnen, mzem swored maSin gamoixeda Rrublebidan da nakadulebmac 

suli ganabes. 

* 

stviris danaxvaze Sin yvelas gaaxsenda, rom amodenebi moviyareT da jer 

erTi xeiriani simRerac ar vicodiT. dedam saqmidan Tavi aiRo da Tqva: maxare 

marTla Wkviania. giJebi es balRebi arian, simRera ar ician, sadme lxinSi rom 

egre gamoCndnen, Tavs Seircxvenen, rame unda viRonoTo. 

Cvenc gvewyina: 

ratom ar viciTo?! 

papa icinis da ambobs: 

aba, daiwyeTo... 

Cven sulsa vnabavT, dabneulebi erTmaneTs gadavxedavT (marTla gundiviT 

ki vdgevarT) da viRimebiT usaqcielo RimiliT. ar viciT, ra unda daviwyoT... 

maSin isev papa icinis da zurgs ukan Cumad bubunebs: 

`mravaluuu!~ 

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Cven gvixaria da egreve, kaWkaWebiviT vimeorebT: `mravaluuu~... — jer gaubedavad, 

mere da mere ufro Tamamad. 

mTeli ojaxi xarxarebs. 

`mravaluuu!~ — kvlav gaviZaxiT da aRar viciT, am `mravalus~ mere ra 

movayoloT. 

isev xarxarebs yvela da isev gvirCevnia sadme gadavikargoT. 

roca sicili dacxreba, mama gverdiT mogvisvams da TviTon iwyebs: 

`mravaluuu!~ — da Tan gvaniSnebs, amyeviTo. 

Cvenc vyvebiT. 

mama gvaCerebs da jer gvameorebinebs, mere erTad vmReriT: mamac, dedac, 

Cvenc... 

bebo papas eCxubeba, Senc ahyevio da papac gvierTdeba. 

yvelani `mravalJamiers~ vmReriT. 

roca suls moviTqvamT, mama ambobs, xSirad unda vimReroTo. 

esec axali ambavi: 

Turme usimRerod cxovreba ar SeiZleba. 

es ramdeni rame yofila saswavli, an imgvari, ris gareSec cxovreba ar 

SeiZleba. mainc ra aris es `cxovreba~, rad unda vicodeT yvelaferi? ra moxdeba, 

didebi rom gavizrdebiT, mamasaviT gavWaRaravdebiT da papasaviT davberdebiT? 

an amaT raT undaT, rom yvelaferi gvaswavlon da Cvenc iseTiveni gavxdeT, 

rogorebic TviTon arian? 

TviTon gvaswavlian `cxovrebas~ Tu CveniT viswavliT? 

xo, marTla, es xom guSinac gviTxres, yvelaferi unda icodeTo, patara 

gogias naTlobaSi rom viyaviT da xeli ver gagvaSlevines, atyda sicil-xarxari, 

cekva ara gcodniaTo. ukravda dol-garmoni, Cven xeli gvkres, wreSi Segvagdes 

da egreve avituzeniT, xeli ver gavSaleT, dol-garmons fexi ver avayoleT. 

Segvrcxva, ar vicodiT, sad gavqceuliyaviT. 

mama gagviwyra. deda mamas Seeba, ras eCxubebi, vaswavleT da ar iswavleso? 

gadawyda: cekva unda viswavloT. 

Tanac sxvebma ki ar unda gvaswavlon, CveniT unda viswavloT. 

gavdivar soflis Saraze da CvenebianT vanuas veZaxi, raRac maqvs saTqmeli-meTqi. 

vanua im wuTSi xvdeba, rom saidumlo ram gamomCenia. bebo ityvis 

xolme, magisTana eSmaki am are-mareSi erTic ar ario da axla es vanua swored 

saeSmako saqmeze modis. cekva unda viswavloT-meTqi, veubnebi da vanua icinis, 

rogor unda viswavloTo? Cumad unda viswavloT-meTqi — vpasuxob da uceb vanua 

imedze wyals gadamisxams: medole vin iqnebao? 

xo, marTla, cekvas dolic sWirdeba. 

maSin vanua ambobs, rom vasikosac davuZaxoT da doli iman daukraso. 

magram arc doli gvaqvs. 

vasikos marTla veZaxiT da is ki, roca yvelafers Seityobs, Robis iqiT 

gadaxteba, iqve migdebul Jangian taSts aiRebs da sixaruliT ambobs: doli ar 

ario? 

dolic gvaqvs. medolec gvyavs, mocekvaveebic aqa varT da cekvac unda 

viswavloT. 

sabZelSi gavrbivarT. 

gazafxulia da sabZeli ukve carielia. 

Sig SevdivarT, kars movixuravT, vasiko marTla medolesaviT Camojdeba, 

taSts aiRebs da iwyebs: 

dimpitauri-dampitauri... 

dimpitauri-dampitauri. 

Cven xelebs vSliT da erTbaSad vgrZnobT, rom araferi gamodis. 

mTavari dagvviwynia: cekvas gogo sWirdeba. 

maSin vanua wamoxteba, sabZlidan gadis da saiTkenRac mirbis. 

Cven velodebiT da ar viciT, ra moxdeba. 

vanuam gogo unda moiyvanos... 

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gadis xani da aravina Cans. 

bolos WuWyuni gvesmis, gareT vixedebiT da hoi, sawyalo, vanua sul mujluguniT 

moaTrevs CvenebianT Tmagawewil naTelas. naTela fSrukunebs, inazeba 

da ambobs, Tavi damanebeT, Torem am wuTSi dedaCems davuZaxebo, cekva ara is ar 

gindaTo? vanua TmaSi eWideba da sabZlisken eqaCeba, risa geSinia, guSin Seni bi- 

ZaSvili mayvala ara cekvavda naTlobaSio? is didiao, — CurCulebs naTela da 

Tan aqeT-iqiT ixedeba, etyoba mSviddeba, etyoba cekva, mayvalas xsenebaze, imasac 

mounda da gadawyvetiT ambobs: 

maSin Txili maWameTo. 

vanua erT jam Txils hpirdeba da naTelac (axla rom maxsendeba) dedoflurad 

Semodis sabZelSi. 

naTelas Semosvlaa da vasiko `dols~ dascxebs. 

Cven xelebs vSliT da naTelas win sariviT vSeSdebiT. (rogorc guSin 

iyo, rogorc guSin gaSeSdnen biWebi mayvalas win). da Tu yvelaferi guSindeliviT 

unda moxdes, ase iyos, — naTelac inazeba, Tavs Zirsa xris, gadmoCeCil kawawebs 

ukan gadaiyris, mere erTbaSad moiRerebs yels da wreSi gadmodis. 

wreSi bzis korianteli dgeba. 

maSinRa vfxizldebiT, roca Soridan ismis: 

naTel! naTel! 

es naTelas deda iZaxis. 

naTela SeSfoTdeba, erT wamSi kabidan da kawawebidan bzes Camoibertyavs, 

sabZlis kars aRebs da Sinisaken garbis. 

`dolic~ erT wamSi Cawynardeba. Cven ukve viciT cekva... 

gazafxuli ki modis, ufro da ufro axlovdeba, TiTqos misi xma aSkarad 

gvesmis. TiTqos yvelaferSi sunTqavs: yoCivardebSi da enZelebSi; kvirtebSi, sadacaa 

rom daskdebian da foTlebad gadaiSlebian. 

aba gavyveT soflis orRobeebs da Robis ZirebSi kargad mivixed-movixedoT, 

sacaa iebic gamoCndebian. cotaRa darCa, oriode Tbili dRe da yvelaferi 

gadaiSleba. manamde ki erTi sixarulic gvewvia: wuxel Cvens boselSi patara 

fuCina daibada, anu Zroxam xbo moigo. xvalidan ezoSi marto Cveni Zroxa ki 

aRar gamova, Tan patara Svilic gamohyveba, patara fuCina, Subli TeTrad rom 

SehRebia, rac imas niSnavs, rom niSa Zroxad gaizrdeba. Tavad wablisferi an 

ruxi iqneba, marto Subli eqneba qaTqaTa TeTri. jer ki pataraa, dedam ukve miualersa, 

TviTon wamodgomas cdilobs da gaocebuli TvalebiT Semogvcqeris: ra 

saintereso yofila samyaro, Tanac is dro, roca gazafxuli dgeba! Cqara, mivumarjveT 

saTbilobeli, garSemo Tivis bululi SemovuwyeT, jer kidev civa da 

Cveni fuCina ar gagvicivdes! ra davarqvaT? fuCinas aucileblad sWirdeba saxeli. 

`niSa!~ Tavad es qaTqaTa Subli gvkarnaxobs saxels. 

Cveni dedaZroxac ra amayad dgas! Svilis dedaa... ra Rirseulad Semogvcqeris! 

male amgvarive RirsebiT gauZRveba Tavis fuCinas balaxisaken. dilaobiT 

Zroxa naxirSi wava, Tavis tolebs gahyveba. diliT menaxire Camoivlis da 

sxva ZroxebTan erTad Cvens dedaZroxasac gaiyolebs. mTeli dRe balaxze iqneba 

da fuCina Sin marto darCeba, CvenTan iTamaSebs, Cven viqnebiT misi erTguli megobrebi. 

xandaxan daibRavlebs da WiSkrisken gaixedavs: guSin diliTac am WiSkridan 

gavida deda da saRamo xans amave WiSkriT mobrunda. da raki guSin mobrunda, 

dResac, Sebinddeba Tu ara, aucileblad mobrundeba; jer WiSkarTan daizmuvlebs, 

movedio, mere rZiT savse curiT pirdapir Tavis Svilisken gamoswevs. 

magram patara fuCinas rad unda amdeni rZe. fuCinas sul cotac hyofnis. 

jer dedaZroxas xeze gamoabamen, kardaliT Camoitanen Tbil wyals da ZuZuebs 

kargad Camobanen, mere ZuZuebis qveS Seudgamen kardals da daiwyeben rZis Camowvelas. 

fuCinas uyvars rZe, magram bavSvebsac uyvarT. ai Camodis kardalSi 

ZafiviT wyrili, TeTri, qafqafa, Tbili rZe. kardala nel-nela ivseba. deda-Zroxa 

ki malimal gaxedavs Tavis fuCinas, SiSobs, vai Tu aRaraferi damrCes imis- 

Tviso. fuCina miiwevs misken. ukve gaeSmakda da, Tavisi wili rom ergeba, kargad 

icis. adamianebi xom keTilebi unda viyoT. Cvenc guls ar davwyvetT dedaZroxas, 

gavuSvebT fuCinas da isic sixaruliT garbis, ecema dedis Tbil jiqans da 

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swovs, swovs, gamalebuli swovs Tbil, noyier rZes, xandaxan drunCsac ahkravs, 

viTomda ara myofnis, cota baraqianad masvi rZeo. rogor ar hyofnis, magram, aki 

giTxariT, gaeSmakda da ras aRar igonebs. Tanac xedavs, rom marto ar aris, mayureblebic 

hyavs: ZaRli, kata da, raRa Tqma unda, mamali. mamali sagangebod ar 

SebrZanda saqaTmeSi, dedlebi Sereka, TviTon ki gareT darCa. axla damdgaran 

da fuCinas Senatrian, vnaxoT, ra moxdebao, bolos da bolos, aRar ijerebs 

gulsao? 

fuCinas TamaSs ki marTla bolo aRar eqneba, Tu cotaze ar movqaCeT Toki 

da ar avuxseniT, rom amqveynad yvelafers Tavisi sazRvari aqvs da, dedis 

rZec ki, Tu is zomaze meti miirTvi, ar Segergeba. 

axla fuCina dgas da dedas ealerseba. 

deda kocnis, patara drunCze efereba. 

mere binddeba. 

Tbili, momTenTavi saRamoa. 

dideda da papa cas Sescqerian. 

caze mTvare amodis. mTvare didia, kaklis kenweroebis gadaRmidan ise mo- 

Cans, rogorc didi, yviTeli daira, Zvel droSi rom hqondaT, dolis magvari da 

patara garmonTan (`buzikas~ eZaxdnen) erTad ukravdnen, ufro Zvelad ki fandurTan 

erTad. xval kargi dari iqneba, namdvili gazafxulis dRe. xval pirvelad 

daiwyebs Zaxils guguli. guguli ki gaiZaxis: `kafeTese!~ anu Tesva daiwye- 

To, jagnari gakafeT, miwa dabareT, Tesli moabnieT da Semodgomaze mosavali 

moiwieTo. davelodoT xvalindel dRes, gugulis Zaxils. 

sofeli iZinebs da danamdvilebiT jer aravin icis, xval daiwyebs Tu ara 

guguli Zaxils. da vidre sofeli marTla daiZinebdes, Cvens papas didedasaTvis 

raRac moumzadebia, eSmakurad Sescqeris, kalaTisken iwvdis xels da iebis patara 

konas awvdis, rogorc odesRac, rogorc bavSvobaSi. didedac iRimeba. iebi 

ayvavebula! — gaiZaxis xmamaRla da bavSvebs uxmobs. mTeli ojaxi Zilispiris 

Tvlemidan gamodis da erTxmad aJivJivdeba: iebi ayvavebula! sad mohkrife papav, 

romel orRobeSi? gana amaTi mokrefa SeiZleboda — sinanuliT dascqeris bebo 

da Tan eamayeba, rom iebi moarTves. es erTxel vapatioT papasac, bolos da bolos 

iebi bebos moarTva, rogorc didi xnis winaT, rogorc maSin, roca axalgazrda 

iyo. xval ki gogo-biWebi TviTon gasweven orRobisaken iebis sanaxavad. 

magram ratom daRonda deda? 

iebis sevdam daaRona... mixvda da Cvenc migvaxvedra, rom amqveynad yvelafers 

imaze maRali azri aqvs, vidre zogjer Cven warmogvidgenia. TviT iis amosvlaSic 

didi mizani Cauqsovia bunebas. 

pativi vceT bunebis am did mizans... 

gugulma `kafe-Tese~ daiZaxa. dadga is dro, roca mTeli sofeli gareT 

unda gamovides. aki leqsadac iTqva: `balRebs uxariT, darbian, papas gauTba 

Zvlebia~. as wels miRweuli papa Tbil mzes mificxebia, da iqve didedac Camomjdara 

miwaze gaSlil nabdis Zvelaze. ufro mxne da muxlCauxreli papa ki gzaze 

miiCqaris, venaxi uxmobs, nasxlavs unda daxedos, aki jer kidev maSin gasxla 

vazi, roca aqa-iq isev Tovli ido. gaxsovT, maSin vazi tiroda... 

da rac ufro mniSvnelovania, venaxidan papa yanaSi Caivlis, yanas unda gadaxedos, 

Semodgomaze rom daiTesa da axla jejilad iqneba abibinebuli. xo, 

xorbali Semodgomaze daTeses, moxnes miwa, dafarcxes (anu gaafxvieres) da mere 

xorbali moabnies, raTa jejilad amosuliyo. jejili mere, zafxulisTvis 

iqceva namdvil yanad da Cvenc sxvebTan erTad daveswrebiT yanis mkas. jer mka 

Sorsaa. jer mxolod gazafxulia da papamac is gaakeTa, rac gazafxulze unda 

gakeTdes: nergebi Cayara. ormoebi TviTonve gaTxara da Robis pirebze Caariga 

xexilis nergi. gaivlis wlebi da Cveni moxuci papa ukve amqveynad aRar iqneba. 

es Tavadac kargad icoda, roca nergebs yrida. nayofs me TviTon moveswrebio, 

amaze arc ufiqria, nergebi TqvenTvis Cayara da roca warmoidgina, rogor SeeqceviT 

papis dargul xexilze mosxmul gemriel nayofs, sixarulisagan gaibadra. 

ra Tqma unda, sevdac moeZala, TviTon xom TqvenTan erTad aRar iqneba, magram 

Tqvenze zrunvis sixarulma mainc ajoba sevdas. ara, rogorc erT arakSia Tqmu- 

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li, gzad aravis Cauvlia da arc papasTvis ukixavs, Sen xom mainc ver moeswrebi 

magis nayofs, raze wvalobo, magram papam es Tavadve gaifiqra, erTi wamiT gaifiqra 

da, rogorc giTxariT, is sevdac mcire xniT moeria. 

modiT, wamiT gavCumdeT da yuri mivapyroT gazafxulis mziani dRis musikas, 

ara frinvelTa WikWiks, ara futkrebis zuzuns, aramed sxva musikas. mousmineT, 

Soriaxlodan raRac kakuni ismis, ritmuli, erT azrSi moqceuli kakuni. 

TiTqos dasartymel instrumentze iqmneba musikaluri bgera. ager zanzalakebmac 

misces xma da SeTrToldnen. mere doli da zanzalakebi erTad agrZeleben 

ritmul bgerebs, xan erTmaneTs enacvlebian, xan erTi uswrebs win, xan meore. es 

Toxis xmaa, Toxi wkarunobs wvril qviSaze, Toxi gamoscems bansac. zogi axlosaa, 

Robis gadaRma (bostanSi TavCarguli qoCora biWi Toxnis sabostnes). zogi 

— cota moSorebiT, orRobis gadaswvriv, zogi ki — Soreul ferdobze. aqeT 

qali muSaobs, TeTrdolbandiani, iqiT — isev berikaci, ferdobs ki biWebi miuyvebian. 

movusminoT am musikas, kargad movusminoT da saxelic Tavad daibadeba. 

es Sromis musikaa! da Tumca melodia ar gvesmis, Tumca mxolod ritmuli bgerebi 

enacvlebian erTmaneTs, musika Cven TviTon gveubneba, rom Sroma adamianis 

maRali daniSnulebaa, rom Sromis gareSe amodena samyaroSi araferi iqmneba. 

rom Sromoben TviT mzeca da planetebic, dauRalavad, erTi wamis daukargavad 

Sromoben. rom barva, Toxna, morwyva, gafurCvna, Seyelva sWirdeba yvelafers, 

rasac TiTqos mxolod buneba gvTavazobs. Cven ki zogjer gvgonia, rom sufraze 

motanili xili Tu bostneuli mxolod bunebis boZebuli saCuqaria, mxolod 

mzisa da miwis nobaTi. gvgonia da gvaviwydeba xalxSi yvelaze zustad Serqmeuli 

saxeli — `Wirnaxuli~. aki giTxariT am sityvis mniSvnelobaze, da es musikac, 

axla rom CagesmiT, `Wirnaxulis~ musikaa. kidev erTxel kargad movusminoT 

da davimaxsovroT, rom gazafxuli ar aris mxolod Citebis mofrena da Jivilxivili, 

arc Tbili mze da ayvavebuli tyemlebi, arc mxolod iebi da yoCivardebi. 

is, rasac Tqven xedavT, (garSemo ki marTlac yovelive hyvavis da iRviZebs) 

garegnuli samoselia gazafxulisa. mis iqiT ki igulisxmeba swored miwasTan 

Widili, miwis wiaRSi Zebna yovelivesi, ramac SesaZlebeli gaxada Cvens patara 

planetaze sicocxlis aRmoceneba. 

vidre Cven yvavilebad qceuli are-mareTi vtkbebiT, mTeli ojaxi Saragzaze 

gasula, papas xelSi Rvinis xelada uWiravs, didedas SoTi purebi mouCans 

Tavisi winsafridan. dedas jami mwniliT gauvsia. damdgara surneli nivrisa, wiwakisa, 

kitris da pamidvris mwnilisa. mama amayad dgas da suyvelani erTad ra- 

Racis molodinSi arian. `modian!~ — iZaxis viRaca da Cven kidev ar viciT, vin 

modis, ra unda, ratom elodebian ase xeldamSvenebulni, ratom gamosulan Saraze 

sxvebic. aba Cvenc gavixedoT da SeiZleba Cvenc davlandoT Soridan rame. 

marTla modian! 

cxvris farebi modian! 

cxvari daZrula da mTebisken midis! 

zafxuli mTaSi unda gaataron. roca zafxuli dadgeba, Cvenc vewvioT 

mTaSi, Cvenc gavaTioT erTi Rame mecxvareTa patara qoxSi. axla ki, vidre zafxuli 

dadgebodes, mTaSi mimavlebi, sxvebTan erTad, Cvenc gavaciloT. fara ki 

axlovdeba da axlovdeba. faras win rqagadagrexili vaci mouZRvis, TeTri, qaTqaTa 

vaci. Tovlisferi wveri mkerdamde Camohfenia, amayad modis da saamayodac 

aqvs saqme: amodena fara mis fexis xmas ahyolia; is gamxdara Tavi da Tavi; saca 

is wava, morCili farac iqiT gahyveba. vacs gverdiT Wabuki mwyemsi mohyveba, kombali 

mxrebze gardigardmo gaudvia da orive xeliT zed Camohkidebia. Tan vacs 

aqezebs, Tan aqeT-iqiT iyureba da xalxs ucinis. cota moSorebiT sxva mwyemsebic 

modian. xalxi ukve Saraze gamofenila da mwyemsebic mcire xniT unda Se- 

Cerdnen. mama aqamde damalul jams iRebs. papa im jams RviniT avsebs. mama mwyemsebs 

gzas ulocavs da jams (cxadia, RviniT savses) axla imaT awvdis. aris erTi 

xumroba, gadaZaxil-gadmoZaxili. rZlebs xelSi balRebi autatiaT da mwyemsebic 

xan erT bavSvs CamoarTmeven, xan meores, xan erTs kocnian, xan meores. 

axalgazrda mwyemsebi gogoebs gascqerian da gogoebic darcxvenilni iWvritebian 

Robis gadaRmidan. cxvari ki gzas ganagrZobs. vaci ar Cerdeba, ukan arc ki 

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ixedeba da farac morCilad misdevs. `mee! — gaiZaxian batknebi da dedas uxmoben. 

balRebic gverdigverd misdeven faras da imas eZaxian, rasac balRebi aseT 

dros mudam iZaxdnen: 

— yelSi dana vis unda? 

— mee! — pasuxoben batknebi da balRebis Jriamuli ezoebs edeba. 

Seacdines batknebi! 

bolos ki faras avi qofakebi mosdeven. magram CvenTvis moCanan avebi, Torem 

uamaTod fara ver iqneboda fara. eseni arian am cxvrebisa da mecxvareTa 

mTeli binis patronni. amaTi SiSiT faras mgeli Znelad Tu mietaneba da, Tu gabedavs, 

Zviradac daujdeba. eseni mohyvebian faras mSvidi RirsebiT, zogs kiserze 

basri Canglebiani `mZivic~ hkidia. swored imitom, rom mgeli ar eces kiserSi 

dasaxrCobad da Tu ecema, sananeblad gauxdes. modian da TiTqos gverdze arc 

ixedebian, erTxel Tu moatareben mzeras da isic imitom rom maTi aq yofna ar 

dagvavwydes. 

Caivlis cxvari da Saragzaze mtvris korianteli rCeba. am mtvris koriantelSi 

TiTqos burusidan gamoikveTeba ramdenime cxeni, didi sapalneebi (anu 

bargi) rom gadaukidiaT, zogisaTvis ki xurjini. kargad SexedeT am xurjins, 

esec ar dagaviwydeT: xurjinis erT TvalSi TeTri, qaTqaTa batknebi sxedan da 

gaocebulni mzeras ar gvaSoreben, meore TvalSi ki — erTi bewo, mura lekvebi. 

es lekvebi im qofakis Svilebi arian, zantad rom Cagviara win da gadmogvxeda, 

batknebic, albaT, gzaSi daRlilan, Zalze patarebs amodena gzaze veRar uvliaT. 

im axalgazrda mwyemss raRa uWiravs xelSi, ra miuxutebia gulze? 

esec erTi cida, Wreli batkani! 

axla mwyemsis alersisa da siTbos garda mas araferi unda. mihxutebia 

gulze, gaocebuli TvalebiT gviyurebs da fiqrobs: 

ra didi yofila qveyniereba... 

— yelSi dana vis unda?! — kvlav gaiZaxian gaTamamebuli balRebi (qofakebma 

ukve Caiares). magram maT Zaxils aRaravin exmaureba. 

fara mTisaken daiZra... 

vidre fara mTaSi midis, Cvenc gadavxedoT jejils, romelsac papa imediT 

gadascqeroda, karga xans idga jejilis TavSi da Cvenc, Tu imden xans ara, mcire 

xniT mainc gavCerdeT. aba naxeT, ra simwvanea, ra xasxasa feri. mcire xans 

moiTmineT da jejils niavic Camouqrolebs. ai, niavze jejilis Camoqrolebas, 

xalxi `mzekabans~ uwodebs. am dros jejili TiTqos zRvas hgavs, mRelvare 

zRvas ki ara, mSvids, romlis simSvidec mxolod patara sios wamoqrolvam daarRvia 

da livliva talRebma wyalze uwyinari, Zlivs gasagoni SrialiT gadaiares. 

`mzekabani~ — am sityvis daviwyeba ar SeiZleba. aq bevri ramaa nagulisxmevi. 

TiTqos Cvens jejils mzem axali, sagazafxulo kaba Caacva da gamoawyo, ra- 

Ta movsuliyaviT da bunebis sidiade erTxelac SegvegrZno. mze aSuqebs mwvane, 

livliva talRebs da gulSi did imedebs gvinergavs. 

jejili bevr rames gamoxatavs, imaze mets, vidre miwis gulidan amosuli 

mcenarea. jejili yanad unda iqces, yanam xorbali unda mogvces, xorbali ki 

puria. purs zafxulSi moviwevT. gazafxulis am dRes ki, roca garSemo yvelaferi 

hyvavis, roca galoben frTosnebi da Cvenc sicocxlis sidiade suls gviforiaqebs, 

aq, jejilis piras mosulebma, gavixsenoT cnobili Tqma: 

puri Cveni arsobisa. 

am jejilis piras, im imediT vdgavarT, rom jejilma unda mogvces swored 

`puri Cveni arsobisa~. 

magram Cven xom sxva ramec gviTxres: 

àra puriTa erTiTa!~ mxolod puri ar kmarao adamianis cxovrebisTvis. 

amitom gviforiaqebs suls gazafxulis silamaze. 

amitom vusmenT frinvelTa galobas. 

amitom gvsurda musikis daWera kenWebze Toxis wkarunSi, romelic xan dasartymeli 

instrumentis ritmebs SevadareT, xan zanzalakebis wkaruns. 

yovelive erTad ki gazafxulia! 

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da raki mTeli aremare ukve yvavilebiT aris mofenili, TeTri, iisferi 

da pirisferi yvavilebis fantelebi aTovs baRebs, raki gazafxulis surneliT 

gaJRenTila ca da dedamiwa, futkrebi totebs Soris bzuian, mze ki mSvidi siTboTi 

ualersebs yovelives, barem davucadoT mzis Casvlasac da SevigrZnoT kidev 

erTi saswauli: gazafxulis Rame! 

ai, TiTqos yovelive miwynarda, futkrebma monaxes TavianTi skebi, miwyda 

soflis Jriamuli da is droa, roca kaklis kenweroebs miRma unda amovides gazafxulis 

savse mTvare, ai, gamoCnda kidec brinjaosferi disko mTvarisa, TiTqos 

nel-nela veeba koconi enTebao. `koconi~ ufro da ufro maRldeba da aRmosavleTis 

caze amodis mTvare, Cveni dedamiwis Svili Tu Tanamgzavri. axla 

mTvaris mkrTali naTeli edeba yvelafers da TeTrad gadaqaTqaTebuli ayvavebuli 

baRebi idumal mocisfro Suqs aRviveben. gaviaroT baRSi, ayvavebul totebs 

Soris, frTxilad mivixed-movixedoT, Tvali SevavloT Cvens Tavze gadmomxobil 

cas da, Tu odnav mainc Rvivis CvenSi bunebis saocrebaTa SegrZnebis unari, 

ar SeiZleba ar gavifiqroT: 

— araferia qveyanaze sicocxleze ufro Zvirfasi. 

amgvar dros gvaviwydeba qveynis amao fusfusi, aTasi wvrilmani, riTac 

savsea yoveldRiuri Cveni cxovreba, gvaviwydeba, rom arsebobs boroteba, Suri, 

mtroba, rom qveyniereba asparezia ganuwyveteli Widilisa, sikeTesa da borotebas 

Soris sisxlismRvreli omisa da wamiT, yvelafrisagan gaTavisuflebuls, 

gjera: 

— samyaroSi didebuli harmonia sufevs... 

davimaxsovroT harmoniiT aRsavse es gazafxulis Rame da es mTvlemare, 

idumali yvavilebi, romlebic CagvCurCuleben: 

— adamiani amqveynad didebuli harmoniis saZebnelad modis... 

ager mTvare Tavisi gziT iswrafvis. 

varskvlavebic Tavisi gziT midian da erTmaneTs ar ejaxebian. 

gazafxulis am didebul Rames aucileblad mohyveba gaTeneba. 

es aris samyaros harmonia, romelsac Cven SevigrZnobT da romelic Cven- 

Sia. 

magram aris ki CvenSi? 

amis garkvevaSi TviTon buneba unda dagvexmaros. 

Cven ki, Cvenis mxriv, sul mis ZiebaSi unda viyoT, unda davicvaT, unda SevinarCunoT 

igi, radgan TviT adamianTa cxovrebaa warmoudgeneli harmoniis gareSe. 

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gazafxuli vardobisTviT, anu maisiT dasruldeba. 

Caivlis aRdgoma... 

albaT, gaxsovT, ieso qristes ambavze rom mogiTxrobdiT. da im Zvelis- 

Zveli ambis Tanaxmad, ieso qriste swored gazafxulze aRsdga mkvdreTiT. 

marTalia Tu ara es ambavi? 

marTali is aris, rom yovel ZvelTaZvel ambavSi Tu gadmocemaSi didi 

sibrZnea Caqsovili da xalxis saukuneobrivi gamocdilebaa dagrovili. 

yovel Zvel wes-CveulebaSi da maT Soris qristianulSic, aris dReisaTvis 

gamosadegi sulis, sxeulis da gonebis savarjiSo ram, risi gadagdebac ar 

SeiZleba. 

mTavrdeboda didmarxva, miileoda ukanaskneli dReebic da mTeli sofeli 

aRdgomisaTvis emzadeboda. 

aRdgoma `qristes aRdgomis~ dResaswaulia. 

xom gaxsovT jvarze gakruli, rwmenisaTvis wamebuli qriste? 

Semdeg ki — qristes aRdgoma? 

swored am dRis zeimia aRdgomis dResaswaulic. 

aRdgomis kvira gazafxulis erT romelime dRes ar emTxveva, igi moZraobs 

da gazafxulis buniobas mosdevs, Cveulebrivad erT romelime kviras, oTxi 

aprilidan rva maisamde. 

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dResaswauli erT kviras grZeldeboda da es `naTel kvirad~ iTvleboda, 

vidre ar dadgeboda axalkvira, anu `kviracxoveli~. 

mzadeba didi iyo, didi cxoba paskebisa, wiTlad Rebva kvercxebisa. wiTlad 

imitom, rom es iyo feri qristes mier danTxeuli sisxlisa. kvercxi ki, 

cxadia imitom, rom kvercxia maradiuli nayofierebis simbolo. 

kvercxebs endroTi Rebavdnen. dabali mcenarea, gazafxulze amodis, grZeli, 

xorkliani foTlebi miwaze aqvs garTxmuli. endro rom amoglijoT da Rero 

gadatexoT, xelebi wiTlad SegeRebebaT. am endros Zirebs xarSaven da naxarSi 

muq wiTel fers iRebs. mere am naxarSSi agdeben kvercxebs da imasac karga 

xans xarSaven. 

am kvercxebiT davdiodiT aRdgoma dRes. 

am kvercxebiT mogvqonda Tavi... 

raki kvercxebze Camovarda sityva, àlilo~, anu `Wona~ unda gavixsenoT, 

Wonas Rame... raRa Tqma unda, Rame Tbili da mTvariani unda iyos, idumali SuqiT 

ganaTebuli, radgan mTeli Sinaarsi `Wonasi~ idumalia. es winasaaRdgomo 

Ramea, Camovla soflisa, milocvisa da sixarulis Rame. biWebi ikribebian, aTiodeni, 

zogi romel ubanSi, zogi romelSi, da rac mTavaria, kargi xmisani. `Wona~ 

simReracaa, mTeli rituali simReriT sruldeba da, Tu vinmem auria, silamaze 

`Wonaobisa~ gaqreba. 

biWebi mouTmenlad elian daRamebas, iwyeba Camovla. Wonas monawileebs 

Cveulebrivad niRbebic unda ekeToT da niRbebi mravalgvar xasiaTs unda gamoxatavdnen. 

xasiaTTa es mravalgvaroba ki samxiarulo da saxumaro elfers sZenda 

Wonas. 

simRera ki mainc simwyobres moiTxovda. daagugunebdnen banebi da ori xma 

dasWeqda. am xmebSi jer milocva ismoda, aRdgomis mosvlas ulocavdnen ojaxs, 

romlis WiSkarTanac mividodnen. bolos ki teqsti iumoriTac ifereboda: àla- 

Tasa, balaTasa, Camovkideb kalaTasa, gogo erTi kvercxi Cade, RmerTi mogcems 

baraqasa~. da, raRa Tqma unda, gaxarebuli maspinZeli, raki meWoneebma aRdgoma 

miuloces, kalaTaSi wiTel kvercxebs Cadebda, Tavadac dalocavda da axla 

sxva ojaxisken gaistumrebda. 

im Rames ar eZina sofels. yvela Wonas eloda, yvelas yuri iqiT hqonda 

mipyrobili, romel ubanSi aiares da vis WiSkarTan mividnen momRerlebi. 

Tu vinmes meWoneebi uneburad gverds auvlidnen, maspinZeli nawyeni rCeboda, 

raRac akldeboda im weliwads mis àRdgomas~. 

da, raRa Tqma unda, mTvarec SuaRamemde kardakar dahyveboda meWoneebs. 

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aRdgoma dRe wiTeli kvercxebiT iwyeboda. kvercxebs erTmaneTs vurtyamdiT 

da visi jilakvercxic ufro magari gamodgeboda, is iyo magari biWi. damrec 

adgilas am kvercxebs vagrovebdiT da visi kvercxic ufro Sors wavidoda, 

gamarjvebulic, cxadia, is rCeboda. ikvleboda saaRdgomo batkani, ixdeboda saaRdgomo 

zedaSe, anu RviniT savse qvevri, romelsac patronma sagangebod CauTqva 

(zogma ris gamo, zogma — risi, zogma sixaruls daukavSira es CaTqma, zogma 

mwuxarebas, zogma Tqva, oRond Cemi biWi jaridan saRsalamaTi Camovides da 

erT zedaSes CavuTqvamo, zogma viRacis xsovnisaTvis gadainaxa sufTa, Tavankara 

Rvino). axla am zedaSes moxdian da sadRegrZeloebic, cxadia, sadResaswaulo 

da sazeimoa. 

meore dRes mivdivarT sasaflaoze. 

Tan migvaqvs is wiTeli kvercxebi. 

Cumad varT. winaparTa saflavebs dumiliT unda mieaxloT. aseve Cumad 

vdebT wiTel kvercxebs saflavebze. 

aRdgomis dResaswauli dasrulda. 

sevdianad dasrulda, mama-papaTa saflavebze... 

Cvenc davemSvidoboT aRdgomas da male — TviT gazafxulsac. 

axla ki imasRa davsZenT, rom aRdgoma marto qristianul religias ar SeuTxzavs. 

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msgavsi dResaswaulebi manamdec yofila. 

Zveli xalxebis rwmeniT, RmerTebi kvdebodnen da gazafxulze kvlav cocxldebodnen, 

anu aRdgebodnen. 

aseTi iyo osirisi egvipteSi... 

TamuSi — babilonSi... 

mas Semdeg didi xani gavida. 

saukuneebma gadaiara. 

dro win wavida. 

Cveni droc, odesme kacobriobis xsovnasRa SemorCeba. 

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amgvaria vardobisTve, maisi — miwuruli gazafxulisa. 

ayvavebul yvavilebSi futkrebi zuzuneben. 

mercxlebi Tavis bartyebs Tavs dahxarian. 

xeze mReris molaRuri da, rogorc Cveni winaprebi gvarwmuneben, `biWo-gogiao~, 

gaiZaxis. 

sacaa bali da TuTa damwifdeba. 

qveyanas wiTeli yayaCoebi mosdebia. 

balaxi aTqvirebula. 

glexkacebi ukve TibvisTvis emzadebian. 

magram roca Tibva daiwyeba, aRar iqneba gazafxuli. Tibva zafxulisaa, 

Tibvis ambavi zafxulis ambavi unda gaxdes. 

jer mainc isev molaRurs movuminoT: marTla gaiZaxis `biWo-gogias?!~ 

xom ar mogewyinaT? 

xom ar gagvigrZelda Cveni moTxroba? 

Tu bolomde CaikiTxeT es pirveli Tavi, Tqvenc, cnobili arakis gmiriviT, 

erTxel mainc xom ar gaifiqreT, netav sul gazafxuli iyoso? 

arc minda rom gaifiqroT... 

sul gazafxuli ver iqneba... 

dro swrafad midis, weliwadis droni erTmaneTs cvlian, wlebi wlebs 

misdeven, saukuneebi — saukuneebs, aTaswleulebi — aTaswleulebs. 

isRa damrCenia SegaxsenoT, rom Cveni patara planeta, romelsac qarTvelebi 

dedamiwas veZaxiT (xedavT, ra didebuli saxelia, dedis saxels ukavSirdeba 

— deda da miwa...), mzis irgvliv brunavs, uzarmazari kaSkaSa cecxlis 

burTis irgvliv. mze gvawvdis siTbos, sinaTles, mzis wyalobiT icvlebian dronic 

da qarTvelebi mzesac dedas vukavSirebT. aseTi leqsic aris xalxSi SeTxzuli: 

`mze dedaa Cemi, 

mTvare mama Cemi, 

gundi da gundi varskvlavi 

da da Zmaa Cemi~. 

dedamiwa Tavisi RerZis garSemo brunavs da erTi Semobruneba erTi dRe- 

Ramea. dedamiwa mzis garSemoc brunavs da erTi Semovla mzis irgvliv erTi weliwadia. 

mze, Tavis mxriv, weliwadSi Tormet Tanavarskvlaveds gaivlis. am Tanavarskvlaveds 

xalxma ZvelTagan cxovelebis da misTvis nacnobi sagnebis saxelebi 

Searqva, raki dedamiwidan maTi ganlageba raRac sagnebs da cxovelebs miamsgavsa. 

es saxelebia: verZi, kuro, marCbivi, kirCxibi, lomi, qalwuli, saswori, 

Rriankali, mSvildosani, Txis rqa, merwyuli, Tevzi. 

berZnebma am Tanavarskvlavedis gzas `zodiaqo~, anu `cxovelTa wre~ Searqves, 

raki maTi umravlesoba cxovelTa figurebs miamsgavses. 

yovel TanavarskvlavedSi, am TormetTagan Cveni mze TiTo Tves `dahyofs~ 

da dedamiwis weliwadic Tormet Tved iyofa. 

weliwadi ki oTx drod iyofa. 

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pirveli ukve gaviareT — gazafxuli. 

sacaa zafxulic dadgeba. 

da vidre marTla dadgebodes zafxuli, barem esec ar dagvaviwydes: 

gazafxulis Tveebia: marti, aprili, maisi. 

TveTa saxelebis darqmevasac, raRa Tqma unda, Tavisi mizezi hqonda: 

marti romaul RvTaebas marss ukavSirdeba, marsi ki omis RmerTad iTvleboda, 

maincdamainc weliwadis am Tves ratom daukavSirda omis RmerTis saxeli, 

albaT, aravin icis. 

aprili — laTinur sityvas àperires~ ukavSirdeba. àperire~ — gaxsnas 

niSnavs, albaT wlis gaxsnas, dasawyiss, radgan Zvel romSi gazafxuli swored 

aprilidan iwyeboda. 

`maisic~ romauli warmoSobis sityvaa. qalRmerT maias ukavSirdeba. da 

arc aris gasakviri: maia ganaxlebuli bunebis RvTaebad iTvleboda da maisSi 

buneba xom marTlac sruliad ganaxlebuli saxiT warmogvidgeba. 

yovel Tves Zvel saqarTveloSic Tavisi saxeli erqva da Tavis mxriv, 

xalxuri saxelwodebac arsebobda. asea gazafxulis Tveebic: marts, ZvelqarTulad 

`mirkani~, xalxur saxelad ki mainc `marti~ erqva; aprils ìgrika~ erqva, 

xalxuri TqmiT, ki mainc aprili; `maiss~ ki Zvelad `vardobisa~, anu vardobis- 

Tve erqva. 

axla imasac gagaxsenebT, rom Tveebi kvireebisagan Sedgeba. TiTo TveSi 

oTxi kviraa. Tavad sityva `kvira~ berZnuli, ùflisas~, `sauflos~ niSnavs. qar- 

Tulad iTqmeboda `msgefsi~, `Svideuli~, raki kviraSi Svidi dRea: orSabaTi, 

samSabaTi, oTxSabaTi, xuTSabaTi, paraskevi, SabaTi, kvira. 

ZvelqarTulad orSabaTi iyo `mTovarisa~, samSabaTi — àriasi~, oTxSaba- 

Ti — èrmisa~, xuTSabaTi — àfroditisa~, paraskevi — `diosisa~, SabaTi — 

`kronosisa~, Tavad kviradRe — `mzisa~. 

raki giTxariT, rom Tavisi wriuli moZraobis gzaze Cveni mze yovel Tves 

ama Tu im TanavarskvlavedSi ìmyofeba~, am gazafxulze, Cven rom TqvenTan er- 

Tad gaviareT, mzem sami Tanavarskvlavedi movlo: `verZisa~, `kurosi~ da `marCbivisa~. 

male zafxuli dadgeba. 

Cveni mze `kirCxibis~ TanavarskvlavedSi Sedis. 

davemSvidoboT am Cvens gazafxuls, romelic erTad gaviareT. 

momaval wels sxva gazafxuli mova, msgavsi am gazafxulisa da mainc 

sxva. 

dro mudam win miiswrafvis. 

misi Semobruneba ar SeiZleba. 

da Cven, adamianebs, isRa dagvrCenia, rom gavyveT droTa dinebas. 

zafxuli 

`zurmuxtis taxtzed dajda zafxuli~... 

es qarTveli poetis, daviT guramiSvilis sityvebia, `mxiaruli zafxulidan~ 

amoRebuli. poeti zamTar-zafxulis brZolas aRwers, romelic, cxadia, 

zafxulis gamarjvebiT mTavrdeba. 

Zvelad, CvenSi xSirad iwereboda imgvari poemebi da leqsebi, romelSic 

weliwadis droni erTmaneTs ejibrebodnen. iyo Tveebis gabaaseba, aprili marts 

umtkicebda, me Senze ufro lamazi varo, aprils maisi ejibreboda. 

axla zafxuli dgeba. zafxulSi ki uamravi sazunavi gveqneba. yoveldRiur 

xalxur metyvelebaSi da zogjer literaturaSic, weliwadi (raRa Tqma unda, 

pirobiTad), or drodac, zamTar-zafxulad iyofa. amgvari dayofa weliwads or 

naxevrad warmogvidgens da albaT mixvdiT, rom zamTarSi is Tveebi igulisxmeba, 

roca civa, an roca jer mxolod gamozafxulda (daakvirdiT am sityvas — 

gamozafxulda da gazafxulda), zafxulSi ki daTbobidan acivebamde, rac kalendarul 

Tveebs SeiZleba arc daemTxves da imis mixedviT meryeobdes, Tavad 

weliwadi rogori gamodgeba (aki vityviT xolme, cudi weliwadi gamodgao — 

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anu Wirveuli, roca gazafxuli gazafxuls ar hgavs da TiTqos siciveebsac bolo 

ar uCans). aba axla amgvar gamoTqmebs daakvirdiT: mwyemsis coli ityvis, 

`venaxs vin gamiToxnis, Cemi qmari zamTar-zafxul cxvarSiao~. anda fexSiSvela 

biWs etyvian, `zamTar-zafxul erTnairad rogor dadixar biWoo~. Tu civa da 

cota Tbilad ar CavicviT, gvisayvedureben, `zamTari Sen ar ici da zafxulio~. 

amgvar gamoTqmebSi ori dro batonobs, ori mTavari dro — zamTari (civi) da 

zafxuli (Tbili, cxeli). gazafxuli da Semodgoma TiTqos amaT Soris rCebian, 

amaT mijnaze, raTa es ori mTavari dro erTmaneTTan daakavSiron da erTi didi 

weliwadi Seqmnan. 

axla didi weliwadis erTi `mTavari~ droa — zafxuli. 

aba gavxedoT im Tvalsawiers da isev mzera Cveni saqarTvelos mTavar 

qedze kavkasionze movataroT. Tu kavkasions isev Cemi soflidan gavxedavT, vnaxavT, 

rom qedebze Tovli sul damdnara da yvelafers erTi mTavari feri — 

`dabinduli qliavis feri~ dasdebia. magram Tu qedebidan cota qvemoTac CamovalT, 

alaznis vrceli veli dagvxvdeba gadasxvaferebuli. gazafxulze erTnairad 

mwvaned xasxasebda da am simwvanes dasdeboda mocisfro burusi, axla ki 

ferebi erTmaneTSi areulan, mwvanesa da cisferSi aqa-iq SemoWrila yviTeli. es 

ukve yanebis feria. mwvane jejilma yviTeli feri miiRo. daTavTavda yana. damZimebuli 

Tavi dabla daxara, rac imis niSania, rom male albaT mkac daiwyeba. yanebis 

garda, saTibebmac feri icvales. wiTeli yayaCoebi sxva balaxebSi Seerivnen 

da mTelma mindorma, msgavsad sayaneebisa, sxva feri miiRo. esec imas niSnavs, 

rom male Tibva daiwyeba. zamTarSi saqonels Tiva sWirdeba sakvebad da 

Tu amTaviTve ar movTibeT, ukve gvianRa iqneba. 

diax, gvianRa iqneba da sofelic sacinlad agvigdebs. 

zafxuli axla dgeba da jer mxolod saTibad gasulan mindorSi. aTiode 

vaJkaci Camdgara balaxSi. erT rigze gamwkrivebula. xelSi celebi uWiravT da 

yiJiniT miuyvebian mindors. balaxi miwaze efineba. mcelavebis kvals qalebi mihyvebian, 

qalebs fiwlebi uWiravT da im mocelil balaxs kargad Slian, nesti 

rom ar aiRos, ufro kargad gamoSres da dabululebuli zvinebad dadgan. 

ginaxavT Tivis zvini, `Tivis saxli~, mindorSi aqa-iq amowvdili, TiTqos 

`karaviao?~ `karvis~ Tavze joxis wversac amouyvia Tavi. es grZeli Woki amagrebs 

zvins, erT veeba, zogjer saxlistola gorgalad aqcevs da icavs, qar-wvimisagan 

rom ar daiSalos. TibaTvisa da mkaTaTvis mzeSi (anu ivnis-ivlisSi) bululebi 

sabolood gamoSreba. 

mere Camoivlian saZne urmebi... 

Tumca raRa urmebi... 

sul dagvaviwyda, rom dRes urmebi aRarsad aris, urmebis nacvlad manqanebi 

Camoivlian, am veeba zvinebs daSlian, Tivas manqanebze aitanen da fermebisaken 

waiReben. dRes asea, dRes urmebs veRar naxavT. esec drom moitana da nuravis 

davemdurebiT. manqanebis droSi vcxovrobT. manqanebs versad gaveqceviT. 

an ratom unda gaveqceT? magram aki SevTanxmdiT, rom me Cemi bavSvobisdroindel 

weliwadze mogiTxrobT, maSindeli weliwadis oTx droze, weliwadis òTxTavze~, 

raTa Tqven, Tqvenis mxriv, dRevandel droze mouTxroT Tqvens Svilebsa 

da SviliSvilebs. 

Cvens droSi ki uremi iyo mTavari. urmis droSi vcxovrobdiT. yvelaferi 

urmiT mihqondaT soflisken. 

amitom Seiqmna taatiT mimaval uremze amdeni leqsi da simRera. 

amitomaa ase cnobili, dRemde SemorCenili ùrmuli~. 

manamde ra xdeba sofelSi? 

manamde didi mzadeba iqneba da es mzadeba yanasTan da mkasTanaa dakavSirebuli. 

manamde leqsebi da simRerebic ki iTxzveba, radgan TaobiTve (anu 

odiTve, anu didi xnidan mokidebuli) ase yofila: leqsi da simRera garjis 

gverdi-gverd dabadebula. bevri leqsi da simRera oflis Rvris dros gaCenila. 

vidre marTla mka daiwyebodes, droa soflis ramdenime didad dafasebuli 

pirovneba gagacnoT. axla yvelaze meti saqme amaTa aqvT. mosavali, vidre 

beRlebSi dabinavdebodes, maT abariaT, maT Sescqeris mTeli sofeli, da, cxa- 

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dia, leqsebic axla maTze iTxzveba. am leqsebSi isini gamoCinebulni da gandidebulnic 

Canan, alag-alag ki xumrobiTac hkadreben imgvar rames, rac SeiZleba 

marTalicaa, magram mainc xumrobiT unda iTqvas. 

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ai, soflis gzaze menaxire modis... 

acvia qalamnebi, Tbili tyapuWi. axuravs boxoxa qudi. xelSi saxre uWiravs 

(koxtad gaTlili), zurgze guda hkidia. gudaSi, cxadia, sagzali aqvs. mTeli 

dRe mindorSi unda iyos da raRa Tqma unda, moSivdeba kidec. menaxires soflis 

saqoneli, anu naxiri abaria. Camoivlis menaxire dilaadrian da saxlebidan 

saZovarze gamodian Zroxebi, raTa TavianT menaxires saZovarze gahyvnen. mTel 

dRes menaxire mindorSi atarebs. saqonels mwyemsavs. TibaTve iwyeba da saqonelma 

saTibebi ar unda gadaTelos. yana ukve daTavTavebula da arc yanebSi SeiZleba 

saqonlis SeSveba. venaxebSi rom gadavidnen, venaxebsac gadakortnian, vazma 

ki es-esaa daiyvavila, wvrili marcvlebi gamoitana da jer umweo marcvlebi sulis 

Sebervazec ki miwaze cvivian, (amaze ityvian — vazi xrialSiao). erTi sityviT, 

menaxires asi Tvali da asi yuri sWirdeba. zogs ki hgonia, menaxire saqonels 

mindorSi gauSvebs, Tavad sadme CrdilSi miwveba, Tu sizarmace sZlevs, Zilad 

miegdeba, Tu arada salamurs aakvnesebso. SuadRisas, roca kargad Camocxeba, 

menaxire saqonels moagrovebs da an mdiaris piras Caiyvans dasarwyuleblad, 

an CrdilSi Sehyris, rom ar daisicxon. saRamoxans ki, roca mze ukve qedis 

wverze daeSveba da zemo niavi Camoiqrolebs, menaxire kvlav daadgeba soflis 

gzas, zantad mihyveba Tavis naxirs. aTasSi erTxel Tu romelime Zroxa Robeze 

SebobRdeba da xexilis tots miswvdeba, SeuZaxebs, ar gaZRa Seni muceli, cud 

balaxze myavdio? da ase, sakuTari Rirsebis grZnobiT, valmoxdili Sedis sofelSi. 

aqa-iq xalxs miesalmeba. 

viRaca raRacas hkiTxavs. 

isic, Tavs arc aiRebs, ise upasuxebs. 

saqoneli ki xan erT WiSkarTan akldeba, xan meoresTan. 

naxiri nel-nela iSleba da menaxires es aRar adardebs. 

saqonelma Tavisi saxli uimisodac kargad icis. 

gagaxsenebT: amgvar dros, Sebindebisas, sofelSi mudam dgas axali, qafqafa 

rZis suni. WiSkrebis gadaRmidan ki ismis, rogor wvelian Zroxas, rogor 

Cxrialebs kardalaSi rZe. 

* 

mevele ufro avi kacia, Tumca avs eZaxian, Torem SeiZleba arc aris avi. 

sofels qariviT Camouqrolebs da yoveli Camoqrolva kamaTiTa da ayalmayaliT 

mTavrdeba. guSin mindorSi viRacas saqonels waaswro, wanaxedze daiWira 

(anu im dros, roca saqoneli `sawanaxedo~ cud saqmes akeTebda — viRacis 

yanaSi an venaxSi gadasuliyo da Zovda) da axla unda gaarkvios tyuili da mar- 

Tali. patroni umtkicebs, Cemi ar iqnebodao, Zroxa Zroxasa hgavso. rogor arao, 

— dasWeqs mevele, — Sen Zroxas veRar vicnobo, maS Tvalebi ara mqoniao?! axla 

WiSkridan qali gamovardeba da daswyevlis, gagixmes eg Tvalebio, raRa Cemi 

saqoneli icanio? mere gauRimebs, modi, erTi Wiqa gadahkario. ezoSi Seiyvans da 

albaT yvelaferi mSvidobianad damTavrdeba. magram meveles mindorSi maSin ar 

gadaeyaroT, roca marTla raimes aSavebT. im dros mevele Seupovari da ukan 

dauxevelia. jer erTi maSin aisveteba Tqven Tvalwin, roca kacis WaWanebas ar 

elodiT, meorec, arafers dagiTmobT, radganac aq arc saxlis WiSkaria, arc diasaxlisis 

Rimili da arc is erTi Wiqa, romelic mevelem unda `Cacecxlos~. 

xo, modi da nu iqnebi avi. 

albaT amis gamo ar SeTxzula meveleze xalxuri leqsebi: aravin efereba 

da umReris meveles. 

am mxriv xalxi da moleqseebi or vinmes Tu anebivreben: Ramis mexres da 

guTnisdedas. 

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magram mainc yvelas Wirdeba mevele. 

gaxvalT Sua zafxulis gadaxrukul mindorSi da aucileblad SemogesmebaT 

viRacis Zaxili: 

— mevele! 

erTxel daiZaxeben, meored da am Zaxils rodi-rodis mohyveba mevelis 

pasuxic: 

— hee! 

Cemi xarebi xom ar Segxvedria? 

mere mevele dums. 

an ukve Sexvda xarebi da tyved waasxa, an axla midis maTTan Sesaxvedrad. 

* 

Ramis mexrec menaxires hgavs. imasaviT mSvidi da uTqmelia. imasaviT acvia. 

imasaviT saqonelTan atarebs Tavis dRe da moswrebas. mas RamiT mihyavs saZovarze 

saqoneli da Ramis mexrec amitom dauZaxes. dRiuri SromiT daRlili, najafari 

xarebi RamiT sZoven balaxs da RamiT isveneben. Ramis mexrea maTi megobari, 

megzuri da manugeSebeli. Ramis mexrem icis yvela biliki. ipovis karg balaxs, 

mere miwveba nabdis Zvelaze da Sescqeris zecas. caze, miriad varskvlav- 

Ta Soris, daexeteba Ramis mexres fiqrebic. es fiqri ufro metad dardiania, 

adamianis bed-iRbalze, sawyal kacze dafiqrebaa, Zalze xSirad ki fiqria zemoT, 

sofelSi darCenil col-Svilze, romelTac axla albaT tkbilad sZinavT. 

Ramis mexres Tvalwin Caivlis mTeli Rame da roca amova ciskris varskvlavi 

(amas Ramis mexres varskvlavsac eZaxian), mauwyebeli ganTiadisa, Ramis mexrec 

gamococxldeba, mxned mouxmobs saqonels, raTa, msgavsad menaxirisa, soflisken 

mimaval gzas daadges. 

es is droa, roca galobas iwyeben torolebi da zecisken, mzesTan Sesaxvedrad 

miiCqarian. 

amitom ambobs xalxuri leqsi: 

`torolas mainc ar movklav, 

bevric rom mqondes wamali, 

sawyali Ramis mexrisa 

is aris kargi mamali~. 

sofelSi mamlebi yivian, aq ki, mindorSi, torolebi galoben, mauwyeblad 

gaTenebisa. 

albaT es iyo Ramis mexres erTaderTi simRerac. 

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yvelaze bevri leqsi ki, rogorc giTxariT, guTnisdedaze SeTxzula. guTnisdeda 

Zvel saqarTveloSi, Zvel sofelSi mudam pativiT mosili kaci yofila. 

albaT imitom, rom Cven, qarTvelebs, ZvelTagan miwis moqmed xalxs, miwasTan Se- 

Widebul xalxs gveZaxdnen. da albaT imitomac, rom guTnisdeda puris momyvani 

kacia. is awveba guTnis saxelurs, misi ZaliT da RoniT Cadis miwis siRrmeSi 

saxnis-sakveTi, misi ofli iRvreba naxnavis msxvil beltebSi. eweva guTans xari. 

saqonels win qalic gauZRveba, aTasSi erTxel saxresac gadahkravs, ise, sasxva- 

TaSorisod, alersiT, danarCeni ki guTnisdedas Zalasa da Roneze, da Tu mar- 

Talni viqnebiT, kacobasa da patiosnebazec kidia. 

guTnisdeda albaT patiosani kaci iyo mudam. 

uamisod xalxi amgvar leqssa da simReras ar SeuTxzavda: 

`qalma sTqva gasaTxovarma: 

nu gamaTxoveb dedao, 

Tu mimce, iseT kacs mimec, 

rom iyos guTnisdedao~. 

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magram xumroba patiosan kacTan ufro SeiZleba da meore leqsis mTqmeli 

xumrobs: 

`guTnisdedas ra acxonebs, 

Tu ar Sava saydarSia, 

karg dReSi ki TiTona hxnams, 

mexres uxnavs avdarSia, 

Savi kameCebis codo 

ucvevia kalTaSia~. 

meRore dagvaviwyda, Rorebis mwyemsi, tyeSi moxetiale kaci, rkos mZebneli, 

mudam gazinTuli da amitomac soflisagan cota ar iyos aTvalwunebuli. 

etyoba meRores aklda sifaqize guTnisdedisa. 

amitom amboben albaT, cota ufaqizo kacze — meRoresaviT dadiso. daimaxsovreT 

es saxelebi, es xalxi, es sazogadoeba. es iyo Zveli sofeli, eseni 

iyvnen uyoleli, uqoneli, upovari, ubaraqo glexebi, romelTac arc xar-kameCi 

daudiodaT, arc xodabunebi gaaCndaT, da mainc soflisaTvis didad gamosadegni 

iyvnen. 

amasobaSi mkaTaTve mosula. 

siRaribeze fiqri axla ar SeiZleba. 

axla glexkaci mxolod mosavlis baraqaze fiqrobs. mosavali ki Znelze 

Zneli mosawevia. kargi mosavali mogebul brZolas hgavs. nu ifiqrebT, rom raki 

amdeni leqsi da simRera SeTxzula, CvenSi simReriT xnavdnen, simReriT mkidnen 

da simReriT mihqondaT Sinisaken Wirnaxuli, simRera amaT Soris, mainc raRac 

`bednier wuTebSi~ iqmneboda da TavisiT ibadeboda. Sroma ki mZime iyo. aba daakvirdiT 

erT xalxur leqssac: àzanbureli momkali me movkal, uxarelmao. — 

ara Sen mohkal arca me, mindorma mohkla grZelmao~. am `grZel mindorSi~ momkalis 

(anu yanis mkelis, puris momyvanis) sikvdilis mizezi mainc `grZeli mindoria~, 

is gauTavebeli Sromaa, romelsac msgavsad am mindvrisa, dasasruli ar 

uCans. 

meore leqsi gvarwmunebs, rom yanas Zlieri xeli sWirdeba, rom martoxela 

vinme, uZluri, an sulac dedakaci, yanas ver momkis, rom àn unda Zmasa Zma 

hyvandes, an kai Svili mamasa, an diswuli dedis Zmisa, is moumkides yanasa~. 

ai sxva leqsi: `rostom sTqva, yvela dafrinavs, buzi da buzankalia, yanas 

Tu kaci ara hyavs, darCeba mosamkalia~. 

erTi leqsi ki pirdapir gvixmobs: `sadaa meZneurebi, daiwyo xeleurebi~. 

xeleuri erTi xelis mosma momkili TavTavia, rac erT xelSi Caeteva vaJkac 

kacs; am xeleurebisagan meZneurebma Znebi unda dadgan, anu buCqebiviT Sekran 

erTad Tavmoyrili xeleurebi da namkalSi Caamwkrivon. es ukve Znebis aTeulebia. 

mere es aTeulebi kalosken wavlen, da raki SevTanxmdiT, rom yvelaferi 

am wignSi Zvel droSi xdeba, Znebic, raRa Tqma unda, Wriala urmiT daadgebian 

kaloebisaken mimaval gzas. 

aq mkaa da puri modis... 

es diadi wuTebia: puris dabadebis wuTebi. 

ityvian xolme, `puri arsobisao~ da es imas niSnavs, rom puri adamianis 

mTavari saarsebo ram aris, da is yovelivec, riTac varsebobT, puria. 

cxela. mze pirdapir yanas gadmomxobia Tavze. 

aTiode vaJkacs xelSi namgali uelavs. 

mihyvebian yanas da erTmaneTs yiJiniT amxneveben. 

da vidre isini yanis boloSi gavlen, modiT, Cven, TqvenTan erTad, purze 

vifiqroT. 

xalxma wlis mosavals `Wirnaxuli~ uwoda. sxva sityva ufro Rrmad albaT 

verc gamoxatavda im did Sromas, rasac adamianebi Sealeven xolme Tavis 

monagars, pirveli xnulis gavlebidan, aloobamde. 

aba daakvirdiT: èrT lukma purs mec viSovio~, — imedianad ityoda kaci 

da miT mTel cxovrebas gulisxmobda, gveubneboda, meti araferi minda, raTa 

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vicxovro am mzis qveSeTSi da SevZlo moyvasis siyvaruli, eris gamravleba, 

qveynis dacvao. `puri midevs, wyali midgaso~, — esec xalxuri Tqmaa da igulisxmeba, 

rom ojaxs araferi uWirs. `pur-marilian~ kacsac xelgaSlilsa da stumarTmoyvares 

Searqmevdnen. àm puris madlma, marTals vambobo~, — gulwrfel 

ficadac gamodgeboda. 

`ganiavebac~ erTi im sityvaTagania, rac purTan, xorblis mowevasTanaa dakavSirebuli. 

saRamoxans, kaloze, roca xeobidan zemo niavi wamovidoda, galewili 

puris ganiavebas iwyebdnen. niavi marcvals, anu `xvavs~, calke hyrida, bzes 

anu nalew namjas da CenCoebs — calke. `ganiavebam~ mere da mere sxva Sinaarsi 

SeiZina — raime Zvirfasis gaufrTxilebloba, uyairaTod, uangariSod da daufiqreblad 

xarjva, anu Zvirfasi ramis qarsa da niavs gataneba. 

qarTveli kacisaTvis puri TaobiTve Tayvaniscemis sagnad qceula, sauflo 

saqmed gamocxadebula: `xarma mxna, muSam damTesa, ufalma momiyvanao~, anu 

puri imgvari ram aris, romlis moyvanaSic TviT zeciuri Zalebi monawileoben, 

TviT uflis xeli ureviao. 

saqarTveloSi gvqonda uZvelesi, wminda qarTuli xorblis jiSebic. 

imis magaliTebic yofila, roca micvalebulisaTvis Tof-iaraRTan da 

WurWleulobasTan erTad, salewavi kevric CautanebiaT. gansvenebuli albaT miwis 

muSa iyo, mxvnel-mTesveli, puris momyvani. 

kevrsa da guTans naxavT saflavis qvebze amokveTilsac da Tu saflavze 

micvalebulis Sendobis leqsicaa amotvifruli, gavigebT, rom is micvalebulic 

amqveynad puris momyvani yofila, mouxnavs, dauTesia, moumkia, gaulewia da xalxisTvis 

uwiladebia. 

SemTxveviT Zirs davardnil purs saCqarod xelSi avitacebdiT, rogorc 

didedebma da papebma dagvariges, vemTxveodiT da Sin mivarbeninebdiT... 

ase iyo, da aTaseul welTa miRma ki ara, sul axlaxans, ormociode wlis 

win. ase iyo da imitom, rom puris yadrs yvelgan gvinergavdnen. puris madlze 

gviambobdnen qarTuli zRaprebi, saymawvilo moTxrobebi da leqsebi. erT Zvel 

saymawvilo Jurnals `jejilic~ ki erqva da bolos, TviT puris Tesva, mka, galewva, 

dafqva da cxoba xom erTi didi moTxroba iyo — Cvens Tvalwin dawerili, 

xatovani da diadi, Tavisi ubraloebiT. 

sxva romel sityvas rgebia wilad imgvari pativi, rom bavSvebTan, qveynis 

momavalTan SeedarebinoT? amgvari warCinebuli ki isev jejilia — bavSviviT 

safrTxilobeli, aTi Tvalisagan dasafaravi. 

drom, rogorc giTxariT, Cveni, sakuTriv qarTuli jiSebic mogvivlina: 

doli, TavTuxi... es jiSebi mTel qarTlis vakes faravda da mawivrobiTac gamoirCeoda 

da gemoTic (anu Semrgec iyo da gemrielic). amasTan erTad qarTul ji- 

Sebs sxva sikeTec hqondaT: Tundac mka da lewva dagvianebodaT, marcvali ar 

Cacvioda, yana ar Caimuxleboda da SiSianobis Jams tyes Sexiznuli qarTveli 

glexi Tavisi dolis puris imediT, an mogvianebiT gavidoda samkalSi, an ara 

da, cal xelSi namgals daiWerda, calSi Tofs da ise gahyveboda mesveurs (es 

xatovani xalxuri gamoTqmaa, rac imas gulisxmobs, rom kaci mkida da Tan Tvali 

iqiT eWira, mteri ar wamomeparoso, mtris dasaxvedradac mzad hqonda iara- 

Ri). 

qarTveli bavSvi, ginda qalaqeli yofiliyo, ginda sofleli, kargad icnobda 

`puris moTxrobas~. es moTxroba, rogorc giTxariT, mis Tvalwin iwereboda 

da amaRlebul ganwyobilebas badebda, puris mimarT pativiscemas da krZalulobas 

iwvevda. 

moTxroba ki iwyeboda im wuTidan, rogorc ki galewili puri Wriala urmebiT 

beRlebisaken wavidoda (beReli xisa iyo, puris Sesanaxad gankuTvnili) 

da gulmodgined gadairCeoda saTesle xorbali. saTesle xorbals didis pativiT 

Seinaxavdnen. roca RvinobisTve miileoda, mexreebi da guTnisdedebi saxnavad 

gavidodnen, gadarCeul TavTuxs naxnavSi moabnevdnen, mere farcxiT gadauvlidnen 

(grZel, magar morze fiCxis mZime totebi ekida. mors xarebi miaTrevdnen, 

da daTesil naxnavs gadauvlidnen. miwa iCiCqneboda, Tesli ki ufro Rrmad 

Cadioda xnulSi da miwiT ifareboda). 

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mere dafarcxul miwas ukve bunebis wyalobas miandobdnen, zecas Ses- 

Txovdnen Tanadgomas da elodebodnen zamTars. 

cota xanic da jer rom Semodgomac ar mileuliyo, amoiwvereboda mwvane, 

susti, xasxasa jejili. 

male Tovli movidoda da Tbil sabnad gadaefareboda amowveril jejils 

da jejilic gazafxulamde zamTris Zils miecemoda, rogorc axladSobili, 

ToTo bavSvi. 

gazafxulze, Tovlis dnobasTan erTad jejilic amoyelyelavdeboda, gadaRaRandeboda 

da maSin marTla jejiloba eTqmoda. 

jejili mTeli soflis sazrunavi da saalerso iyo, magram yvelaze ufro 

imas unda hqonoda asi Tvali da asi yuri, visac sofelma meveleoba ando, mevele 

iyo macneca da maxarobelic yanis TavdamZimebisa, mkaTaTvis moaxloebisa. 

Cven meveles ukve vicnobT. 

Cven meveles avi kaci SevarqviT da SeiZleba SevcdiT kidec. 

modi da nu iqnebi avi, mTeli soflis jejili, anu mTeli soflis puri 

Sen gabaria. 

mkaTaTveSi mamiTadi Seiyreboda, anu mezoblobisa da naTesaobis darCeuli 

vaJkacebi, visac mka SeeZlo, visac muxli da marjvena uWrida. mamiTads mesveuri 

hyavda da momkelebic mas mihyvebodnen. Znebi saZne urmiT (maRali Walebi, 

anu gverdis boZebi hqonda am urems, rom Zna blomad dateuliyo) mihqondaT kaloze 

da vidre galewavdnen, frTamoqceulebad (rogorc Tivis zvinebs) dgamdnen. 

erT frTamoqceulSi mravali Zna igulisxmeboda, radgan kod purs moiwevdnen 

misgan. 

mka Sromac iyo da zeimic, rogorc rTveli, rogorc xilis krefa, kaklis 

bertyva. mkaTaTvis mzeSi oflis Rvras enacvleboda simRera, SeZaxilebi, xumroba, 

puroba... erTmaneTze xelis SeSveleba, marTlac karg mezobloba-naTesaobas 

da saqmeSi gamodgomas niSnavda. 

rogorc cota zemoT moxmobil leqsSia naTqvami, martokaci yanas Znelad 

momkida. 

mkasac Tavisi lazaTi hqonda, ostatoba sWirdeboda da kargi momkeli 

mTel kuTxeSi iyo ganTqmuli. aki amitomac umReris xalxuri leqsi vinme anagel 

biWs, romelis `namglisa JRriali wyalgaRma gamodioda~. 

rogorc giTxariT, win mesveuri midioda da ukan momkelebi misdevdnen. 

aseT dros mkaSi dabadebuli `hopuna~ gaismis. dasZaxebs mesveuri da momkelebic 

erTmaneTs gadasZaxian. es gamxnevebis, gajibrebis da yanis boloSi gasvlis Jinis 

gamomxatveli SeZaxilebia. xan CayuCdeba `hopuna~ da am dros mxolod namglebis 

lawaluwi ismis, xan isev wamova da manamde gaismis, vidre momkelebi 

marTla ar gavlen yanis boloSi. 

xalxuri leqsebic TiTqos erTmaneTs afrTxileben: `sadaa meZneurebi, daiwyo 

xeleurebi~, `yanasa balaxovansa ar unda daxeduloba, TavSi Semokvra 

ulosi, boloSi gaxeduloba~. `xeluri da ulovo, Sen gaixare gulovo~. 

am leqsebSi sixarulsa da mxneobas vgrZnobT. momwodebeli da gadamdebia 

es mxneoba. 

erTi leqsi ki pirdapir gvafrTxilebs: `ZirSi mousvi namgali, Torem Tav- 

Tavi scvivao~. 

ai, am dacvenili TavTavis asakrefad mosdeven momkelebs `TavTavis mkrefavebi~. 

raRa Tqma unda, rom `TavTavis akrefa~ ise mZime ar aris, rogorc mka da 

mkrefavebic umeteswilad qalebi da balRebi arian. aqa-iq berikacebi gamoerevian, 

muxli rom aRar erCiT, magram arc Sin udgebaT guli. 

TavTavs krefen da namjiTve kraven patara konebad. kona konas emateba da 

dRis bolos ramdenime Znis odenad iyris Tavs. ai, amisi dakargva ki ar SeiZleba. 

purs gafrTxileba sWirdeba. TiToeuli marcvali Zvirad Rirs. Tumca aqac 

xdeba saamo gamonaklisi: TavTavebs zogjer gangeb toveben. mkis dros xan aq 

afrindeba mwyeri, xan iq. mwyerebi axla mravldebian da Tu kargad movuvliT na- 

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yanobs, bartyebian budeebsac wavawydebiT. torolebic aq arian, imaTac bartyebi 

unda daCekon, Tu ukve ar daCekes da sazrdo sWirdebaT. 

diax, mixvdiT, im oriode TavTavs frinvelebs utoveben sazrdod. 

mindori vrcelia. 

da Tu mivixed-movixedavT, ase gvegoneba, TiTqos mTeli sofeli yanaSi gamosula. 

mamiTadi gansakuTrebiT qvriv-oblebs wyalobda, radgan igive xalxuri 

leqsis TqmiT `yanas Tu kaci ara hyavs, darCeba mosamkalio!~ sabralo dedabris 

yanas ki Tagvni mkian, ulos lomni ugrexen, urems iremni abian, kevrze angelozebi 

sxedan da `wvrils xmaze dasZaxian~. aris am leqsSi erTgvari miusafrobis 

grZnoba (sawyali dedabris yanas patronad Tagvni gamosCenian), magram aris didi 

TanagrZnobac (sabralo dedabers yvela xels uwvdis da TviT kevrze mjdari angelozebic 

ki wvril xmaze dasZaxian). 

diax, miusafars da upatronos mamiTadi xels vaJkacurad uwvdida. 

gavixsenoT erTi leqsi, romelsac `Tinias mamiTadi~ hqvia, da poet rafiel 

erisTavs ekuTvnis: 

`mamiTadi hyavs Tinias, 

dRes aris misi lxinia, 

cibrutiviTa trialebs 

sawyalobeli Tinia~. 

Tinia erTi qvriv-oxeri, sawyali qalia. wviTa da dagviT gamouzrdia erTi 

biWi, isic mexre. erTi dRis miwa mouxnes da Tinias Turme saTesle xorbalic 

ar gaaCnda. 

CamoiTxova saTesle Tiniam, daTesa da yanaSi `RvTis Tvali~ datrialda: 

`TavTavma Tavi daxara, 

yvelam galesa namgali, 

Tinas ki guli uskdeba, 

vin misca imas momkali! 

Tu sanaxevrod sxvas misca, 

raRaa gasayofeli? 

Tu ara, Rone ara aqvs, 

misi Ronea sofeli. 

Tiniam Camouara sofels da `dilaadrian moadgnen karze rCeuli biWebi~. 

`hoopuaTi, kiJiniT 

moedvnen qvrivis yanasa, 

ar Sevxvedrivar mamiTads 

me arsad amisTanasa! 

Tina maspinZlobs guluxvad, 

moutania mWadebi, 

mawoni, ori dedali 

muSisTvis danamzadebi... 

cota ar iyos scxvenian, 

Rvino ara aqvs sawyalsa. 

magram zedized uzidavs 

mamiTads wyaros civ wyalsa... 

`hoopua~ da kiJini 

uxdeba qvrivis yanasa, 

ar Sevxvedrivar mamiTads 

me arsad amisTanasa~. 

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am ubralod, magram STambeWdavad daxatul suraTSi gvxiblavs poetis 

TavSekavebuli SeZaxili (àr Sevxvedrivar mamiTads me arsad amisTanasa~). poetisaTvis 

mTeli mamiTadi vaJkacur mniSvnelobas iZens: soflis `rCeuli biWebi~ 

sawyali Tinias yanas mkian... 

mamiTads, rogorc giTxariT, kalo mosdevs. 

kalo balRebis salxino iyo. 

warmoidgineT, xevispiras moSiSvlebuli, cirkis arenasaviT mrgvali adgili, 

sagangebod miwiT gadalesili da datkepnili. am miwaze imarTeba kalo. 

dilaadrian iwyeba Znebis CaSla. Znebi kaloze unda moifantos, raTa zed 

kevri ataron Ronierma xarebma an cxenebma. CaiSala Znebi da iwyeba mziani dilis 

molodini. xval rom RmerTi gawyres da wvima movides, yvelaferi ukuRma 

datrialdeba, TavTavs daasvelebs. kaloc dasveldeba da puri veRar gaileweba, 

anu namjasTan erTad ar daifSvneba, raTa xorbali calke gamoirCes da namja, 

anu ukve bzed qceuli Reroebi purisa — calke. 

magram RvTiT wvima ar modis. dilaa da ukve cxela. mzis amosvlisTanave 

abamen xarebs kevrSi da wvrilfexobiT (anu bavSvebiT) daxunZluli kevri kalos 

irgvliv daiZvreba. 

kevri brtyeli, TavSi odnav cxviraprexili magari da gamZle xea. formiT 

navsac waagavs, qalamansac da, SeiZleba — fexsacmlis lanCsac. Zirze gamokruli 

aqvs kaJis natexebi anu koxi, kenWebi, foladis patara `danebi~... da, 

roca kevrze bavSvebic dasxdebian, kevri damZimdeba da mis qveS, kenWebis, koxebisa 

da `danebis~ qveS, galewvas iwyebs namkali. namja bzed iqceva. TavTavi if- 

Svneba. xorbali CenCodan gamodis da, rac ufro metad uvlian xarebi kalos, 

rac ufro metad aWers mze, gacxelebuli namja ufro da ufro metad iSleba, 

vidre sul ar dauqcmacdeba da saRamoxans ukve bzed ar iqceva. 

mze Cadis. kalo ukve galewilia. yvelaferi TiTqos dasrulda. ganalewi 

kalos erT mxares arnadebiT grovdeba. danarCeni adgili ki mosufTavdeba, moigveba, 

moirwyveba, mokamkamdeba da iwyeba lodini zemo niavisa. 

zemo niavi raRaa? zemodan, mTidan unda Camoiqrolos am niavma, Camoiaros 

xeoba da kalos Tavs gadmouaros. ramdeni niavi daiqrolebs da kalos wamouvlis, 

imdeni aiyreba zemoT erTi didi niCabi namkali da is niavic Tavis saqmes 

gaakeTebs: Sindis simsxo TavTuxi calke cviva, bze calke midis. niavi arCevs 

TavTuxs da glexsac isRa darCenia, rom xorbali ukve beRelSi dabinavebulad 

CaTvalos. 

glexi ixdis nabdis quds da zecas madlobas swiravs, rom yana daixsna 

gvalvisa da setyvisagan, rom yvelaferi keTilad dasrulda. 

mere wisqvili, Ramis Teva, sarekelas ritmuli kakuni. 

mere Tone, puris cxoba. 

magram es yovelive mainc mere iqneba. es yovelive maSin gavixsenoT, roca 

zafxuli miileva da Semodgoma daiwyeba. 

jer ki isev cxela. jer mxolod mkaTaTvea da Cvens Tvalwin `puris moTxrobis~ 

Sua nawili iwereba. es Zalze Zveleburi moTxrobaa, rogorc Tavad gu- 

Tani, kalo, kevri, Tone, rogorc Tavad puri... es `moTxroba~ yvela qarTvels 

hqonda wakiTxuli da albaT puris movlac imitom icodnen. TviT imgvari sityvebi, 

rogoricaa `darkveva~, `ganmtkicva~, (anu wvril sacerSi gacra fqvilisa da 

yvelaze ufro wminda da TeTri fqvilis miReba) da sxvani, mowmobs xalxis udides 

zrunvas purze da puris moyvanis tradiciaTa Cveneul siZveles. am tradicias 

emorCileboda da pativs scemda — sofleli Tu qalaqeli (rakiRa qalaqic 

patara iyo da sofelSi Sezrdili), lixsiqeTeli Tu lixsaqeTeli, mTisa 

Tu baris kaci, iqac ki, sadac puri sul ar mohyavdaT. òlimpos RmerTebia, albaT, 

aseTi SoTebiT ikvebebodnen... ase uTqvams geronti qiqoZes, roca pirvelad 

qarTlSi, goris sadgurze, lurji maxobelis puris gemo gausinjavs. 

es Wkvianuri sityvebia da nu gavikvirvebT, rom qarTuli puri qarTvelma 

mweralma olimpos RmerTebis sakvebs Seadara. 

magram vici, rom gagikvirdebaT. 

an am sityvebma SeiZleba, sulac araferi giTxraT. 

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purze sityva gagvigrZelda... 

Tumca, kacma rom Tqvas, ratom? puri Rirs saimisod, rom imgvar wignSi, 

sadac weliwadis oTx droze mogiTxrobT, gamorCeuli adgili davuTmoT. 

vimedovnoT, rom puri ukve aviReT da beRlebSi davabinaveT. 

amiT damTavrdeba mkaTaTve... 

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magram win kidev zafxulia, sicxe, papanaqeba. Tu gvalva daiWira, Tu ise 

Cailia mTeli mkaTaTve, rom cam erTi namic ar gviwyaloba, maSin adgia glexkacs 

gasaWiri. TibaTvesa da mkaTaTveSi soflad uxarodaT kidec, wvima rom arsad 

Canda, — Tiva iyo asaRebi da yana mosamkeli, wvimebi xels SeuSlidaT, Tav- 

Tavi kargad ar daibraweboda. kalozec gaWirdeboda marcvlis gatareba cxrilsa 

da xaxalSi (orive msxvili, saxorble `sacrebia~) raTa TavTuxi calke gadairCes), 

gorvela mindvris mcenarea, Savi, kenWebiviT mrgvali nayofi icis da yanaSi 

ereva), miwa da kenWi ki calke. lewvis dros ra ar Seereva xorbals... xo, 

mkaTaTveSi uxarodaT kidec es cxeli mze, es uRrublo zeca... axla ukve zedmetad 

Camocxa, mze swvavs yvelafers, miwam piri daaRo, daskda da TiTqos aqa-iq 

napralebi gaCnda. am napralebis amovsebas erTi wvima arc ki eyofa, namdvili 

gaavdreba dasWirdeba, namdvili avi dari, anu ramdenime dRis gadabmuli wvima. 

am daxeTqil miwas axla ver uSvelis verc mcire nami, roca mze pirs ibans (amas 

maSin ityvian, Tu erTdroulad zecidan wvimac Camodis da Rrublis nafleTebidan 

gamoWyetili mzec anaTebs), verc JuJuna wvima, romelmac gazafxulis miwuruls 

ase gagvaxara da `didi mindori danama...~ axla kokispiruli wvima unda 

movides, imgvari, TiTqos cidan marTla didi Tixis kokebiT Rvrian wyalso. 

mze ki kvlav umowyalod acxunebs, ca mokrialebulia da Rrublis TeTri 

qulebi mxolod aqa-iq, mTebis wverebze gawolilan. es ar aris saavdro Rrubeli. 

saavdro Rrubeli ufro qufria, kurumi, muqi feri dahkravs da SublSekruli, 

muqariT gviaxlovdeba... muqariT-meTqi, imitom giTxariT, rom amgvari Rrubelic 

saSiSia, marto wvimas ar gvauwyebs. aki poetma gviTxra, rom buneba èrTferad 

mtvirTveli aris saqmis TeTris da Savisa, sadac pirimzes axarebs, iqav 

mTxrelia zvavisa...~ amgvarma Rrubelma setyvac icis, mrgvali, msxvili yinulebi 

rom cviva xolme cidan da erTbaSad, ramdenime wuTSi yvelafers Zirs dascems, 

anadgurebs. gansakuTrebiT ki venaxebs emtereba, ise gaZarcvavs vazebs, rom yur- 

Zens ki ara, foTolsac ar dautovebs. 

amgvaria buneba: lamazic, mkacric, lmobieric da Wirveulic. adamianis naamagars 

mudam elodeba safrTxe. ase iyo uwinac da asea dResac, roca TiTqos 

`davjabneT~ buneba, magram mis winaSe mainc xSirad gamovdivarT damarcxebuli. 

an iqneb arc SeiZleba bunebis dajabna da arc aris aucilebeli? 

iqneb bunebis xma unda gvesmodes da am xmas mipyrobilni mis nebasac vasrulebdeT, 

raTa meti pativiscema davimsaxuroT misi? 

niko lomours erTi moTxroba aqvs, `yovelis mxridan~ hqvia. iq aris aRwerili 

amgvari setyva. 

moTxroba imedianad iwyeba: mosavals kargi piri uCans. glexkaci Semodgomas 

elodeba, sixaruliT avlebs Tvals ukidegano vels, èrT didebul suraTsa 

adamianisa da bunebis ZalTa SeerTebul moqmedebisas~, sadac èrTnairadaa gadaSlili 

kalTa RvTisa~, sadac trialebs `madliani Tvali uflisa~. 

magram, marTlac, kaci bWobs da RmerTi iciniso, erTbaSad amovardeba qariSxali 

da wamouSens setyva: 

`kvlavac bevrjer minaxavs setyva, magram aseTi xSiri, aseTi msxvili ki 

jer arsad ar menaxa. ise wamogvyara, TiTqos setyviT savse uTvalavi tomrebisaTvis 

zecaSi pirebi mouxsniaT da Cveni soflis gaswvriv moupirqvavebiaTo. xexilis 

klertoebiT da foTlebiT mofina mTlad gareSemo adgilebi; kakali xom 

ise cvioda, rogorc Semodgomaze bertyvis dros Camodis xolme. uceb maRlidan 

CamoeSva frTebis modunebulis qneviT gvriti da uZravad daeca dedamiwaze. mas 

mohyva Tavdasisxlianebuli mtredi. setyvam ufro da ufro moumata da grialiT 

wamouSina kaklisodena marcvlebi. daretianebuli da mkvdari frinvelebi panta- 

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puntiT cviodnen maRlidan. iqve axlo Robis Ziras kurdRels bunagi hqonda. 

Sig wyali Sevardnoda da Tavzardacemuli, gazunzluli gamoxta iqidan da gaeqana 

vazebisaken, magram samiod gadaxtomis Semdeg sacodavad daiWyivla, daprowialda 

da uZravad gaiWima balaxebSi. setyva, Weqa-quxili, elva-qariSxali da 

yovelis mxridan movardnili niaRvrebi, TiTqos erTmaneTs aqezebdnen, erTmaneTs 

ejibrebodnen. Cveni pawia mdinare aRelda, gadmovarda napirebze da zRvasaviT 

moedo mTel venaxs. Tumca maRlobze videqiT, magram male saWirod gagvixda 

kakalze acoceba. CamovsxediT erT dabal totze da gulis caxcaxiT gadmovcqerodiT 

am meored mosvlis msgavs saSinelebas~. 

magram axla setyva gvaSoros. Tu Rrubeli wamova, wvimis Rrubeli wamovides 

da ara setyvisa. axla wvima gvWirdeba. gvalvaa. mindvrebs almuri asdiT. 

Crdilidan gareT ar gaisvleba. yvela suldgmuli Crdils etaneba, yvela natrobs 

erTi grili sio mainc wamovides, rom cota SvebiT amovisunTqoTo. Suad- 

Re mainc metismetad gausaZlisia da derefanSi an xis qveS migdebuli ojaxi SuadRis 

Zilsa da TvlemaSi wasula. mere mze cota gadaixreba, saidanRac dauberavs 

grili niavi, rac imas gvauwyebs, rom saRamo moaxloebula, mze Subis tarze 

ki aRar aris (anu SuadRisas zed Tavze ki aRar dagvnaTis), mTebisaken gadaxrila, 

im mxares, saiTac unda Cavides da gza dauTmos Rames. axla SeiZleba wamodgoma 

da ojaxic fxizldeba, axla rwyva unda daiwyos, morwyva Tu Svelis 

damskdar, nagvalv miwas. 

soflis Tavze mdinare gadadis, mdinaridan erTi toti gadmouyvaniaT da 

artaxebSi mouqceviaT, raTa gza iqiT miscen, saiTac surT, saiTac gaxdeba saWiro. 

es arxia. arxebidan ruebi gamodian da pirdapir bostnebSi, baRebsa da venaxebSi 

Sedian. wyals glexkaci unda gauZRves ToxiT, gezi da gza misces, raTa 

iqiT waiyvanos, saiTac ufro sWirdeba miwas. mTel sofels TiTqos Toxi uWiravs 

xelSi. aqeT dinjad baasoben, Toxs dayrdnobian, ru ki TavisiT morakrakebs, 

iqiT viRaca viRacas edaveba. etyoba, wyali gamxdara sadavo, Sen aki dilas 

morwye, axla me damanebe, Cemsas ufro sWirdebao. ra ici, rom Cemsas ara sWirdebao? 

— pasuxobs meore. vera vxedav, Tvalebi ara maqo? mere dava miwydeba. etyoba, 

morigdnen, etyoba, purisa ar iyos, wyalic Zmurad gaiyves. maS rogor? mezoblebi 

arian da mezoblobaSi Tu dava da Cxubi daiwyo, amaze dasaZraxi da 

sacinlad asagdebi sofelSi raRa unda moxdes. 

da modiT, barem imasac getyviT, rom am sofelSi aqa-iq nakadulebic morakrakebs, 

civi, wmida da TvalisaTvis metad saamo; erTiorgan ki Relec Caudis 

— patara, viwro xeoba, Tavisive patara mdinariT, romelsac mdinare ki ara, 

swored Rele eTqmis. 

axla TviTon sofelze vqvaT oriode sityva. sofelSi dava da Cxubi dasaZraxisia-meTqi 

giTxariT, da amaSi bevri ram vigulisxme. TaobiTve sofeli 

erT ojaxad iTvleboda. qalaqSi sxva aris. qalaqSi sul sxvadasxva kuTxis, 

rjulis xalxi iyris Tavs. es Tavmoyra TavisiT, yovelgvari kanonzomierebis 

gareSe moxda. zogi rodis Camosaxlda, zogi rodis. zogi guSin Camovida soflidan, 

zogis mama-papa Camosula da Tavsac swored imitom iwonebs, rom qalaqelia. 

sofeli sxva aris, sofeli myaria da misi fesvebi mxolod im miwasTanaa 

dakavSirebuli, romelzedac dgas, romelzedac odesRac aRmocenebula. naxevari 

sofeli mainc erTmaneTis naTesaobas warmoadgens. erT ubnad cxovroben biZaSvil-mamidaSvilebi, 

maTi ganayofebi, biZaSvilis biZaSvilebi. sofeli erTi 

mTliani naTesaobaa da saqarTveloSi ramdensac gindaT ipoviT imgvar sofels, 

sadac mxolod erTi gvaris xalxi cxovrobs, an didi-didi ori gvarisa, rac 

imas niSnavs, rom odesRac, didi xnis winaT erTi mravalricxovani ojaxi daSlila, 

gamravlebula da erT did soflad dasaxlebula. amis gamoc Zneldeba 

am sofelSi axali ojaxis Seqmna. mogvare mogvares ver moiyvans colad (es Cveni 

adaTia, Zalze wmida da vaJkacuri TavSekavebis gamomxatveli adaTi). amitom, 

sacole biWebs Tvali sxva, maxlobeli an Soreuli soflisaken gaurbiT, meojaxed 

gamosadeg qals iq eZeben, aqaur gogoebs ki iqaur biWebze aTxoveben. da raki 

sofeli erTia, myaria, erT naTesaobas da samezoblos warmoadgens, anu erTi 

ojaxia, ojaxuri cxovrebis wesi da adaTic unda daicvas. sofelSi ar SeiZleba 

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Cxubi, kinklaoba, gadamtereba, qurdoba, avazakoba. yovelive amas sofeli sastikad 

ebrZvis, mama-papaTagan wamosuli Tavisi dauwereli Tu dawerili kanonebiT... 

zafxulis papanaqebaSi mdinareSi Wyumpalaobas araferi sjobs. garSemo 

TiTqos qveyana iwvis, mdinaris gril talRebSi ki yvelaferi gaviwydeba, simxneve 

gemateba, axlad ibadebi. 

amgvar droze da mis cdunebaze mogviTxrobs sofrom mgalobliSvili Tavis 

moTxrobaSi `yayitas qurdi~. es mSvenieri moTxroba imitom gavixseneT, rom 

masSi uxilavi ZaliT SeigrZnoba zafxulis sicxe. TiTqos erTad gvgvris sigriles 

wyali, romelic rwyavs yayitas simindebs, mdinare, romelSic banaoben onavari 

biWebi. 

vin aris yayita? erTi Raribi glexi, — ganuyreli personaJi Zveli qarTuli 

moTxrobisa. 

yayitam Tavisi simindi morwya da axla imediT Sescqeris naamagars... 

siminds iqve mdinare frone (es mdinare Sida qarTlSia) Camoudis da swored 

am mdinareSi Seyrilan sabanaod biWebi. 

— àba vin ufro win gaixdis, vina? — mirbodnen bavSvebi morevisaken, ekamaTebodnen 

erTmaneTs da Tan qamrebs ixsnidnen~. 

am biWebSi ki erTi mainc yvelaze ufro gamoirCeoda celqobiT, romelsac 

efremas eZaxian. 

àurdauries wyali, romelic soflis biWebs aevso. zogi Widaobda, zogi 

kameCebze jdeboda, romlebic Cayriliyvnen morevSi da siamovnebis niSnad kudebs 

asxmartalebdnen. efremas saqonlis wvaleba Zlier uyvarda. Caacivda kame- 

Cebs: xan kudze moekideboda, xar rqaze daekideboda, aaborga mTeli saqoneli~. 

mwyemsi daemuqra, Camoexsen, Torem iseTs gadmogawnav am saxres, rom vai 

dedaCems davelie, iZaxoo. 

mze saSuadReod gadaixara da yayitamac Zils misca Tavi. 

swored am dros moxda, rac moxda: tolebis waqezebiT gaTamamebuli efrema 

yayitas simindebSi gadavida da taroebi daamtvria. 

dadga Rame. 

Semwvari naqurdali simindebi efremam mSoblebsa da patara das Camouriga... 

amas mosdevs zafxulis Ramis suraTi: 

`karga SeRamda, magram amomavalma badrma mTvarem gahfanta Ramis sibnele 

da qveyana aaspetaka. Tavisi Suqi svet-svetad CauSva Wala-venaxebSi da aTasfrad 

aabrWyviala. frones isedac kamkama wyalma ufro cimcim-kamkami daiwyo. 

am bunebis simSvenieres da sikekluces ufro alamazebda da fers aZlevda 

urmis Wriali da zed tkbili urmuli, romelsac meurme gulsaklavad mtrediviT 

aRuRunebda, hklaknida da Solts mardad uwkapunebda sayevris xarebs~. 

am dros karebs viRac moadga. 

es yayitaa. 

`moxuci yayita joxis bjeniT kibeze amovida. zurgze ekida didi kona simindis 

Reroebisa, romelic aivnis iatakze daagdo, qudi iRliaSi amoido da 

gulze xeldakrefili dadga. zurgi mTvarisken hqonda Seqceuli. aivanze mokuzulis 

yayitas Crdili wamodga. imis isedac TeTr Tmas mTvaris Suqze elvareba 

gahqonda. yayita uZravad idga, Tvalebi sisxls cremliT aevso, yelSi suli miebjina 

da ZlivsRa wamoiluRluRa: 

— saRamo karga yofnisao~. 

mere — yayitas Sendoba: 

ès erTi RvTisTvisac damivalebia da magaTTvinac mipatiebia naTel-mironobis 

xaTriT~. 

da bolos — `gawmenda~ patara Tamami gmirisa: 

`— ara, ziarebis madlma, Cemi brali ar yofila, mixam gamabriyva!.. 

waskda efremas TvalTagan cremli, mohyva qviTins da yayitas win daemxo~. 

am moTxrobaSi yvelaferia: SegrZneba soflisa, Tayvaniscema Sromisa, gamarjveba 

sikeTisa. 

gulubryviloao, — Tu giTxraT romelime dRevandelma `ganaTlebulma~, 

yuri ar miapyroT. es gulubryviloba warsuli saukunis `gulubryvilobaa~, ro- 

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melic aserigad mogvnatrebia da aserigad gvWirdeba. aq yvelaferi unda davijeroT... 

Tu es ar davijereT, cxovreba gagviZneldeba, verasodes davfiqrdebiT sakuTar 

codvaze Tu madlze da versodes vityviT, rom raRac davaSaveT adamianis 

winaSe... 

diax, unda davijeroT, rom efremas namdvilad waskda `TvalTagan cremli~. 

mohyva qviTins da yayitas win daemxo~. monaniebis cremli da imis win `damxobac~, 

vis mimarTac Sescode, saTakilo rodia. es wminda, vaJkacuri cremlia 

da amgvari cremli unda gveamayebodes kidec. 

roca am moTxrobas vkiTxulobdiT, Cven yvelaferi gvjeroda da amitom 

CagvrCa waruSlelad is SuadRis papanaqebac, is ankara, grili mdinarec Tavis 

mobanave biWebianad da kameCebianad, da is zafxulis Ramec, roca yayitas ìsedac 

TeTr Tmas mTvaris Suqze elvareba gahqonda.~ 

* * * 

gvalva ki mainc aSrobs miwas... 

maSin iwyeba `gonjaoba~. 

gaakeTebdnen kacis simaRle Tojinas. grZel Wokze (es tani iyo gonjasi) 

gadaajvaredinebdnen joxs (es xelebis magivrobas gaswevda) da mere Semosavdnen 

gonjas. daaxuravdnen quds. gaukeTebdnen nawnavebs, Camoacmevdnen qvabis Zirs, an 

taSts, daaxatavdnen Tvalebs, cxvirs, ulvaSebs, an yvelafers erTad... qali iqneboda 

gonja Tu kaci, amas mniSvneloba arc hqonda. mTavari sxva iyo — gonja 

unda TaviT fexebamde wyalSi gawuwuliyo. Tavs moiyrida gogo-biWoba, win is 

mouZRodaT, visac gonja-Tojina eWira. midiodnen da xmamaRla, mTeli soflis 

gasagonad mRerodnen: 

`gonjaoba moviare, 

gonja modga karsa... 

kars momdgar gonjas sofeli wyliT savse kokebiTa da vedroebiT egebeboda. 

wuwavdnen gonjas, wuwavdnen imaTac, visac gonja eWira da imaTac, vinc 

gonjas amalaSi iyo. amala ki ganagrZobda: 

aRar gvinda goraxio, 

RmerTo, mogve talaxio. 

anu, RmerTo, wvima moiyvane, es gvalvisagan damskdari gormaxebi talaxad 

aqcie da mosavals Seewieo. wyali ki isev Rvarad modioda kokebidan da rac ufro 

magrad gaJivdebodnen gonjac da misi amalac, imedic ufro meti iyo, rom 

marTlac didi wvima movidoda, RmerTi Seismenda vedrebas da mTel sofels 

nams gamougzavnida. 

iqneb marTla xdeboda saswauli? 

iqneb marTla esmoda zecas vedreba da marTla agzavnida miwaze nams? 

albaT asec xdeboda... 

Cveulebrivad ki gonja marcxdeboda, gvalva grZeldeboda da bolosRa, 

rodis-rodis movidoda wvima, radgan qveynad yvelafers aqvs dasasruli da adre 

Tu gvian gvalvac unda dasrulebuliyo. 

es wvima glexkacis zeimi iyo, agvistos wvima, gadamwvar baR-bostnebs xelaxla 

rom acocxlebda da masTan erTad imedic cocxldeboda. sofeli isev 

gamxiaruldeboda da es mxiaruleba gansakuTrebiT mTvarian RameebSi ixateboda. 

weliwadis am mcire dros, soflad saqme TiTqos cotaRaa. balaxi moTibulia, 

yana — momkili, aqa-iq lobios Tu glejen da mere qalebi lobios parkebs arCeven. 

yurZeni jer ar Sesula TvalSi. venaxic ramdenjerme ukve Seiwamla da gogirdic 

moefrqva. saRamoobiT saqme aRaraferia da saRamos garToba SeiZleba. 

viRaca fandurs gamoitanda. 

gamoCndeboda medole da megarmonec. 

`buzika~ da dairac iqve iyo. 

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qarTlis soflebSi amgvar saRamoebs `lxins~ eZaxdnen. lxins Tavisi mudmivi 

adgili hqonda, didi cacxvis an kaklis qveS, sadac or sabjenze gadebuli 

Camosajdomic iyo (gansakuTrebiT berikacebisaTvis), sadac skamebis magivrobas 

didi lodebi, an yorec swevda... 

lxini maSin iwyeboda, roca kaklis kenweroebidan amobrZandeboda mTvare. 

iyo Widaoba, cekva-TamaSi, Sairoba. vinme axtajana dedakaci cocxze gadajdeboda 

da, ali varo, gaiZaxoda. sxva, ufro Tamami qali, ulvaSebs gaikeTebda, boxoxa 

quds daixuravda, Sarval-xalaTSi an CoxaSi gamoewyoboda da gogoebs kargi 

vaJkaciviT iwvevda sacekvaod. vinc simReriT iyo ganTqmuli, imas, cxadia, unda 

emRera. es iyo lxini mTvariani saRamoebisa, romelic mcire xniT mainc yvela 

sxva sazrunavs da safiqrals gvaviwyebda. da Tu amas urmulic daemateboda, yovelive 

zRaprul saxes iRebda, Rame elegiur da idiliur samoselSi exveoda, 

Tavisi mxiarulebiTa da Tavisi utyvi naRveliT. urmis Wriali Soridanve ismoda 

da meurmis urmulic Soridanve nel-nela axlovdeboda. naRvliani da tkbili 

iyo es urmuli, romelsac ilia WavWavaZem `RuRuni~ uwoda. wamiT TiTqos 

mTeli samyaro miyuCdeboda da miyuCdeboda `lxinic~. stvenas Sewyvetdnen bulbulebi, 

yvelaferi gairindeboda da smenad iqceoda. 

xo, amgvari ùrmuli~ uyvarda ilia WavWavaZes. 

saqarTvelos didi megobari, germaneli moRvawe artur laisti igonebs: 

ìlias uyvarda agreTve glexuri simRera. xSirad, saguramoSi, aivanze, wigniT 

xelSi mdgari, maxloblad baRSi momuSave biWebis simReras siamovnebiT usmenda. 

ilias gansakuTrebiT ùrmuli~ uyvarda, metadre Rame. meurmis cxovreba Zlier 

afiqrebda, uTanagrZnobda adamians, romelic mTeli Tavisi sicocxle fexdafex 

dasdevda zant kameCebs da usmenda urmis Wrials~. 

meoregan artur laisti wers: `kaxeTi saucxooa bindisas, mzis amosvlisa 

da Casvlisas, mTvarian RameSic, roca mTel alaznis vels vercxlisferi sxivebi 

dahkaSkaSebs~. 

artur laistis am sityvebma qarTlis mTvariani Ramis `lxinidan~ isev 

alaznis velze dagvabruna, im velze, sadac daiwyo da gaiSala Cveni moTxroba 

weliwadis oTx droze. davbrundiT, raTa isev ilias TvaliT da guliT ganvicadoT 

zafxulis Ramis idumaleba da movisminoT is ùrmuli~, romelic did qar- 

Tvels mwerals, xalxma rom mTeli eris mamad aRiara, ase uforiaqebda suls. 

es ùrmuli~ `kako yaCaRis~ SesavalSi gaismis da Tu erTxel mainc mogvismenia, 

veRarasodes daviviwyebT. 

`yvelas eZina dRiT feTqavs raca, 

TiTqo daRlila miwac da caca!.. 

mxolod ki erTgan uremi mZime 

miWrialebda, gzas aRviZebda, 

da naRvlianad masze meurme 

mwuxars simReras dahRuRunebda. 

RuRuni igi CamrCenia guls, 

mwuxare aris, viT glovis zari, 

magram Tu naRvels mohbers daCagruls, 

uku-hyris kidec viT Rrubels qari~. 

SuaRame ukve gadasula da `lxinic~ nel-nela iSleba. berikacebi da dedabrebi 

yvelaze adre wasulan da albaT ukve sZinavT. sizmrad ki im wlebs xedaven, 

roca TviTonac axalgazrdebi iyvnen; cekvavdnen, mRerodnen, `cocxis 

cxenze~ jdebodnen. axalgazrdebic ukve emSvidobebian erTmaneTs da jguf-jgufad 

midian Sinisaken. maTi xma da SeZaxilebi xan romeli orRobidan ismis, xan 

romlidan. miyuCda doli da garmoni. Cxakuni Sewyvita fandurma. nel-nela siCume 

dgeba soflis Ramisa da ufro cxadad ismis bulbulis galoba. miZinebuli 

soflis Tavze zafxulis ca gadmomxobila, usazRvro da unapiro. mTvare sadacaa 

Cava da varskvlavebi mkveTrad cimcimeben. da am miriad varskvlavTa Soris 

micuravs Cveni planeta dedamiwac. micuravs SeuCerebliv, sulmouTqmelad, Ta- 

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vis mezoblebTan da Tavis dedasTan — mzesTan erTad. da masTan erTad miiCqaris 

droc, dedamiwis dro. 

magram Cven wamierad ver vgrZnobT am dros. am wamSi CvenTvis mxolod 

zafxulia, ufro zustad ki _ zafxulis erTi Rame. 

xvalindelma dRem sofelSi axali sazrunavi unda moitanos. 

xval mwyemsebis dasaxedad, anu sanaxavad unda wavideT mTaSi. 

xom gaxsovT, gazafxulze cxvris farebma rom Camoiares, maSin midiodnen 

mwyemsebi sazafxulo ialaRebze da mas mere imdeni saqme gvqonda, maT dasaxedad 

veRar movicaleT. cxadia, drodadro xan vin wavidoda, xan — vin, xan erTi 

mezobeli aakiTxavda, xan meore, Cven ki maTTan erTad ara vyofilvarT da vidre 

mTis viwro bilikebs SevuyvebodeT, modiT, qarTul kar-midamos gadavavloT 

Tvali... 

saxli qviTkirisa iyo. 

ezosac didi yore hqonda Semovlebuli. 

saxls rikulebiani, anu koxtad moxatuli, xeSi gamokveTili aivani ertya. 

Sin buxari iyo, nacvlad Suacecxlisa. 

did darbazSi ramdenime taxti idga da, cxadia, msgavsad oTaraanT qvrivis 

taxtisa, Wrelis fardagiT gadafarebuli. 

ezoSi, raRa Tqma unda, kakali Srialebda. 

ezos ukan — baRCa da bostani. 

ezos boloSi — beReli, sabZeli da gomuri. 

saxlis qveS — marani. 

venaxi? venaxi maSinac da axlac, soflis gareT icodnen, venaxebi soflis 

boloSi iwyeboda da alaznamde Cadioda. 

kaloebi? 

kaloc soflis gareT iyo, umeteswilad xevis pirad, sadac, rogorc giTxariT, 

saRamoobiT aucileblad unda Camoeqrola zemo niavs. 

Sinac da gareTac yvelaze sapatio adgili ojaxis papas ekuTvnoda. sufris 

TavSic is iyo TamadasaviT Camomjdari. iqve gverds dideda, Cveni bebo um- 

Svenebda, papas ganuyreli Tanamgzavri da meuRle. 

mere kacebi modiodnen, mere — rZlebi, sul bolos ki — Cven, romelTac 

wvrilfexobas gveZaxdnen. moxuci mTel saqarTveloSi iyo pativiscemiT mosili, 

magram gansakuTrebiT — mTianeTSi. svani `maxvSi~ ufross, winamZRols niSnavs. 

qora-maxvSi ojaxis uxucesia. maxvSs sakuTari sapatio skami, anu `sakarcxulic~ 

ki aqvs, romelSic mis garda sxva veravin Cajdeba. 

pativiT iyo mosili CvenSi dedamTilic. is ganagebda da ganasaxierebda 

ojaxis sindiss. vai im rZals, visac dedamTili av saqmeze waaswrebda, an eWvis 

TvaliT Sexedavda; maSinve imas Seaxsenebda, rom qals leCaqi saTbuneblad ki 

ara, sindis-namusisTvis axuravso. da, ra Tqma unda, rom yoveli qalis mziTevSi 

mTavari swored leCaqi iyo. leCaqs ixuravdnen dReobebSi, qorwilebSi, niSnobebSi, 

yovel sazeimo dRes. leCaqiT midiodnen wirvaze saydarSi. es leCaqi yoveli 

mandilosnis skivrs amSvenebda da bolos amave leCaqiT midioda qali im 

qveyanaSi. 

kacis samosSi mTavari Coxa-axaloxi iyo. erTi xeli Coxa mainc, mTeli Tavisi 

samSvenisebiT da akazmulobiT, yovel Tavmoyvare vaJkacs unda hqonoda, 

rac ar unda Raribi da uqoneli yofiliyo. Coxa vercxlisfrad iyo mosirmuli. 

welSi kargad gamoyvanili da Tu misi matarebeli Wabukic lamazi vaJkaci gaxldaT, 

CoxaSi gamowyobili, didebuli sanaxavi iyo. 

didedas Sin Talxi kaba ecva. wlebis manZilze mravali Wiri gadaxdenoda 

da Talxi kabac tradiciad damkvidrebuliyo. jeel biWebs, jer rom ojaxi ar 

SeeqmnaT, — Wreli xalaTi da farTo, glexuri Sarvali emosaT. fexze ki, rogorc 

maSin iyo miRebuli, koxtad amosxmuli qalamnebi ecvaT. rZlebsac da gogoebsac 

Wreli CiTis samosi SvenodaT da amodena ojaxi erTad, ganuyrelad 

cxovrobda. ase iyo maSin miRebuli, ojaxi didi unda yofiliyo, mravalricxovani, 

rac mraval mSromel marjvenas gulisxmobda. SromiT ki yvela Sromobda, 

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didian-patarianad. uSromeli vinme aqa-iq Tu gamoereoda da imasac mTeli sofeli 

dascinoda, leqsebs gamouTqvamda, beCav kacad monaTlavda. 

da mainc, sofelSi balRebs zrdidnen. mSoblebs gareT ufro meti saqme 

aqvT, vidre Sin. Sin didedaa darCenili da yvelaferi mas ekiTxeba, ra dros ra 

gaakeTos, ra dros sadilobaa, ra dros — samsaxuri, rodis gauSvas balRebi 

gareT da rodis mouxmos da Seaxsenos, rom ukve Ramdeba da droa `yvavi Tavis 

budeSi~ wavides. dideda ganagebs, ra dros Camojdes ymawvili ufrosebis wreSi 

da ra dros `gaiaros sufTa haerze~, radgan ufrosebi iseT rames hyvebian, rac 

ar iqneba kargi, rom ymawvilma axlave gaigos. gava xani, davaJkacdeba, daqaldeba 

da maSinac moeswreba. 

amgvari iyo didi qarTuli ojaxi. 

es ojaxi emzadeba axla mwyemsebTan wasasvlelad. 

biWebma aRkazmes cxenebi da xurjinebi gadahkides. wina kviras am cxenebiT 

mTidan yveli da kalti Camoitanes. axla baridan mTaSi sanovage miaqvT, — So- 

Ti purebi, bostneuli, nigozi, lobio, xaxvi, niori da kartofili, rac moenatreboda 

mwyems kacs, rasac mTaSi ver iSovi. fusfuseben rZlebi. dedamTili 

brZanebebs iZleva. papa aTasSi erTxel Tu Caereva saqmeSi, an mokiTxvas daabarebs 

vinmesTan, an cxenebze ityvis, gaufrTxildiT, xSirad daasveneT, aRmarTeb- 

Si ar arbeninoT, pirutyvia, magram Tqvenze kargada grZnobs yvelaferso. biWebi 

arxeinad exumrebian, nu geSinia, arafers vavnebT, Cven ki ar SevjdebiT, magaT 

SevisvamT zurgzeo. me eg rodis giTxariT, nawyeni rCeba papa, moxucda da xumrobas 

veRar igebs. qalebi Cumad abareben mokiTxvas qmrebTan da gulSi im dRes 

natruloben, rodis daiZvreba cxvari barisaken. 

am dabarebebSi da fusfusSi ukve mzec amosula da biWebi Cqaroben, dRiur 

veRar avalT binaze, Tu axlave gzas ar davadeqiTo. 

cxenebis qaravani gzaze gadis. 

aba Tqven iciTo, — guli ar uTmens papas. 

beboc locva-kurTxeviT misdevs qaravans da WiSkarTan Cerdeba. 

dedamTili erTi qoriviT gadaxedavs rZlebs da, Sin SediTo, etyvis, TiTqos 

eSinia, rZlebic ar gahyvnen qaravans da mTaSi ar avidneno. 

ojaxi isev mSviddeba. 

balRebs guli swydebaT, rom TviTonac ar gahyvnen cxenebs mTaSi, magram 

umcrosi, nabolara biZa amSvidebda, guli ar dagwydeT, xval sanadirod wagiyvanTo 

da balRebsac ukve aRar undaT mTa, xval sanadirod gasweven tyisken. 

qaravani ki ukve gascda sofels. 

gadaiara veli. gatopa mdinare. 

cxenebi Tavdaxrilni midian. xurjinebi mZimea. win didi gza eliT. aRma 

mimavali bilikebi xan xeobas mihyvebian, xan xevxuvebs gadasWrian da xan qed-qed 

gadadian. 

SuadRe wamosula. mTas mze ukve Zalumad aWers da biWebic SoltiT aCqareben 

cxenebs, rom daRamebam gzaSi ar mouswroT da bindisas ukve binebze avidnen. 

wyarosTan mcire xniT isveneben. pursa da yvels Seeqcevian. TiTo pamidors 

gaxleCen, kitrs gadatexaven, gemriel mTis wyaros xarbad mosvamen da 

kvlav ganagrZoben gzas. biliki ufro da ufro zemoT miiwevs. tyeebi qrebian da 

axla mxolod mwvane balaxiT mosili mdeloebia. ha da ha, sacaa, qedis Tavze 

moeqcevian. 

saidanRac ZaRlebis yefa ismis. 

es imis mauwyebelia, rom ferma ukve axlosaa. 

es is ZaRlebi arian, faras kudSi rom mosdevdnen da Tan aqeT-iqiT icqirebodnen, 

vinmem raime ar Semogvkadroso. 

ZaRlebis yefa sul ufro axlodan moismis. 

qaravani Cerdeba. wina cxenTan mdgarma ufrosma biWma icis, rom wamic da 

bilikis mosaxvevidan kldispiras gamovardeba fermis yvelaze avi daraji, gamovardeba 

yefiT da iqve, cxenebis qaravnis Soriaxlos, miwaze gaerTxmeba: 

Cvenebi yofilan! 

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ferma qedzea SeyuJuli. erTi patara qoxi mwyemsebisaTvis da — baki saqonlisaTvis. 

qoxi fiqali qviTaa nagebi da zemodanac an fiqali aqvs gadaxuruli, 

an Tiva. uqoxod mwyemsuri cxovreba ver gadaivlis, miT ufro Tu ferma 

sadRac zemoTaa, cisa da miwis Sesayarze. qoxSi yveliT savse tomrebia, uwin 

rom sacaloebs eZaxdnen. sacalo tomaraze didia, ufro uxeSi da ufro tevadic. 

CanaxSi fqvilia, da yoveldRe Tu ara, or-sam dReSi erTxel mainc, Rumel- 

Si an sulac cecxlispira did lodze mwyemsebisaTvis puri da xmiadi cxveba. 

iqve xaxvisa da nivris gala (anu asxmula) hkidia. CawiTlebuli wiwakac aqvea. 

qoxis garSemo Tvlemen qofakebi da sakmarisia fermis iqiT vinme ucxom Caiaros 

an cxeniT an qveiTad, rom qofakebi isariviT mowydebian adgils da qvemoT gaen- 

Tebian, vidre mwyemsebis stvena da tuqsva ar miswvdebaT, ras gagiJdiT, Cven dagvacadeT, 

Cven ufro viciT, vin mteria da vin moyvareo. 

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dilaadrian cxvari bakidan gamohyavT da saZovarze mierekebian. es is 

cxvaria, wina dRes rom Camowveles da gaparses kidec. saZovarze cxvars erTi 

mwyemsi mihyveba. is adgas Tavze mTel faras, is aRviZebs da amxnevebs qofakebs. 

man unda miapyros yuri Rameul Cqams, yovel gafaCunebas, cxvris SeSfoTebas, 

raTa droulad mixvdes, saidan elis faras safrTxe. 

mere ki — isev baki da isev Sroma dilidan daRamebamde. 

fermaSi mTeli dRe ise gadis, kaci gverdze gasaxedad ver moiclis. jer 

dilaadrianad ciskris varskvlavi isev caze rom iqneba, cxvari balaxze unda 

gaistumron. nawili cxvrisa bakSi unda daarCinon da, rogorc ki kargad ina- 

Tebs Tu parsvis dro damdgara, parsvas Seudgebian mwyemsebi, gakoWaven cxvars 

da duqardiT misdgebian, raTa TeTri, fafuki qaTibi gaxadon da Zvirfasi matyli 

calke daaxvavon. 

mere ki yvelis amoyvana... yvelis amoyvanas didi ostatoba sWirdeba. yveli 

gemrielic unda iyos, zomierad yuaTianic da lamazic. nu gagikvirdebaT, silamaze 

yvelafers sWirdeba, aba warmoidgineT, sad iklo-baklod moWyletili yveli 

da sad koxtad gamoyvanili kveri, Soridan rom TeTr gogras mogvagonebs 

da naoWebic ise Caudis, TiTqos sagangebod dauTvlio. ra Tqma unda, ufro didi 

ostatoba cnobil gudis yvels sWirdeba, romelsac sagangebod CayviTlebuli 

(erbos nakvalevi) feri da aseve sagangebo gemoc unda hqonoda. 

gudis yveli saTuTi amosayvania. misi amomyvani yovel wvrilmanSi kargad 

unda erkveodes, yvelafers mama-papurad akeTebdes. 

haiharad gudis yvels ver amoiyvan... 

gana marto gudis yveli? da kidev ramdeni rame alamazebda cxovrebas? 

ra Tqma unda, gudis yveli da bevri ram sxvac yoveldRiuri yofis 

wvrilmanebia, magram am wvrilmanebSic xom Cans Zveli kultura? 

namdvil kulturebs mudam TavisTavadi, TviTmyofadi xalxebi qmnidnen. 

nu gagikvirdebaT, Tu getyviT, rom iseTi ubralo ramec, rogoricaa gudis 

yvelis amoyvana, xalxis kulturis marTlac mcire, magram arcTu umniSvnelo 

nawilia. 

yoveli `wvrilmani~— erT did, saerTo kulturas qmnis... 

magram davbrundeT fermaSi. 

ai, yveli ukve amoiyvanes da iqve, binaSi, sagangebod gamzadebul xis Taroze 

gaamwkrives. marili moayares da albaT male SeSreba kidec... mere Caawyoben 

gudebSi an sacaloebSi. mere baridan amovlen cxenebi. yveli xurjinebSi gadainacvlebs. 

gadahkideben am mZime xurjins cxenebs da bilikze daeSvebian. 

Tixis patara qocoebi savsea kaltiT. 

kalti raRaa? 

rZes rom safuars miscemen da xaWosmagvari masa Sratisagan calke gamoiyofa, 

ai is aris sayveled gamosadegi. magram arc Srati gadaiRvreba. Srats sagangebod 

aduReben da axla isic moigdebs xaWosmagvar arcTu Zalze yuaTian, 

magram sasiamovno naRebs, romelsac gaaciveben da miirTmeven. erboSi moxraku- 

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li kalti ufro gemrielia. Tu erbo ara gaqvs, uamisodac gaxval iolas...~ `yveli, 

puri da keTili guli~ xaWozec iTqmis da kaltzec. 

movwveleT cxvari. 

amoviyvaneT yveli. 

gadavarCieT matyli. 

movaduReT kalti. 

da amasobaSi daRamda kidec. Soridan ZaRlebis xmauri ismis. fara brundeba 

binaSi. mwyemsebi xel-pirs ibanen da savaxSmod emzadebian. marTlac rogori 

amindi iqneba amaRam? vaJa fSavela aseT dros ityoda: `daRamda, wvrilni 

varskvlavni, ayvavdnen, dasxdnen cazeda, mTvare ki jer arsada sCans, ar dagvna- 

Tois Tavzeda, jer Tu ar gauRviZia, isev Tu sZinavs mklavzeda, jer gamarjoba 

ar uTqvams Semomjdars goris fxazeda~. 

xo, mTvare jer ar sCans. 

jer marTla ar uTqvams gamarjoba, goris fxaze Semomjdars. 

magram es varskvlavebi zogjer gvatyueben. 

uecrad, rogorc mTaSi icis, erTbaSad wamova Savi Rrublebi da daiwyeba 

wvima. Weqa-quxili azanazrebs mTebs, elva xan erT xeobas gaanaTebs, xan meores 

gadaswvdeba. TiTqos qveyana iqceva da bakSi miyuJuli cxvris farac SiSiT 

TrTis. am dros erTmac rom Tavi daaReros da sibneles Seerios, mTeli fara, 

rogorc cxvars sCvevia, daufiqreblad mihyveba, Tundac is erTi ufskrulisaken 

gadaiCexos. 

mwyemsi am dros frTxilad aris. nabadi mousxams, kombali uWiravs (kombali 

mwyemsis ganuyreli iaraRia, xis grZeli, magari joxi, romelsac qvemoT kau- 

Wi aqvs, raTa cxvars ostaturad gamosdo fexebSi da roca gsurs, maSin daiWiro). 

garSemo uvlis faras. fxizloben ZaRlebic. mere gruxuni ufro da ufro 

Sors midis, TiTqos caze etlma gadaiara da axla ukve Tvals miefarao. mere 

ciskidurze erTi patara varskvlavi gamoCndeba, rac imas gvauwyebs, rom ca ukve 

àWrelda~, Weqa-quxilma gadaiara da wvimac Tan mihyva. 

mere, sadRac, qvemoT, bnel xeobaSi, mgeli aymuvldeba. 

ZaRlebi yefiT gaenTebian. 

mwyemsebi dasWyivian ZaRlebs da aqezeben, aba Tqven iciTo. 

mglis xmac miwydeba da kvlav siCume Camowveba. 

dResac yvelaferi keTilad dasrulda... 

fermaSi cecxli Canavlda. 

nabdebze miwolili mwyemsebi axla CurCuliT-Ra laparakoben, TiTqos 

eSiniaT Ziri aravis daufrTxono. garSemo ki mxolod mTebia da Zexorcielis 

Cqamic ar ismis. 

raze laparakoben mwyemsebi? 

TavianT col-Svils igoneben. sakuTari saxli da ojaxi enatrebaT. 

da vidre mTaSi, fermaSi varT, am sigrileSi verc vgrZnobT, qvemoT rom 

kvlav zafxulia da cxela. 

aq ki marTla grila. 

RamiT civa kidec. 

Rame Znelad gaivlis ise, cota mainc rom ar wamowinwklos. maSin fermaSi 

Suacecxli inTeba. viRac mwyemsi fandurs aCxakunebs. viRac basri xanjliT 

xorcs kepavs. viRac coms zelavs. cecxlze didi gamuruli qvabi dgas da wyali 

TuxTuxebs, xinklisaTvis emzadebian. 

xinklis keTeba mTaSi zeimia. es imas niSnavs, rom uCveulo dRea, gansakuTrebuli. 

Cvenc am uCveulo dRes davemSvidoboT mwyemsebs. 

erTi-ori dRiT avediT mTaSi da barSi ki TiTqos ukve raRac Secvlila. 

aqa-iq ukve moCanan sicxisagan mimWknari foTlebi. gaxunebulan zafxulis xasxasa 

ferebi. CayviTlebula xili. orRobeebis piras mayvlebi muqlurjad gadaferilan. 

gogo-biWebi kalaTebs mwife mayvliT avseben. Tu tyispirebs gavuyvebiT, 

ukve Sindic Semwifebula. tyis pantebsac SehparviaT yviTeli feri da aqa-iq Zir- 

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sac CamouyriaT nayofi. amas ukve Soridanve vigrZnobT, roca jer panta arc ki 

gvipovia, magram raRac damaTrobeli surneleba mainc SemogvefeTa. yviTlad da 

wiTlad moCanan tyemlebic, leRvebi zed orRobeebze gadmoxrilan da marTlac 

gudebiviT gadmoukidiaT guda-nayofi. da mainc, jer Semodgoma isev Sors aris. 

Semodgomis namdvili dasturi jer ar gvinaxavs. 

modiT, gadavcdeT orRobes da ufro iqiT, gadaRma venaxebisaken gadavixedoT, 

sadac vazebi erTmaneTs miuyvebian. jer kargad movusminoT: aqa-iq adamian- 

Ta xmebic ismis. erTi venaxidan meoreSi elaparakebian erTmaneTs kacebi. mere 

qalis xmac gamoereva. uceb balRebic gadaikiskiseben. raRac molodinis grZnoba 

gamefebula irgvliv. da es molodini igrZnoba adamianTa xmebSic, im balRebis 

gacinebaSic, zafxulis miwurulis gaxunebul ferebSic. 

da ai, erTbaSad SemogvefeTeba is, rac yvelaze ufro utyuari dasturia 

Semodgomis mobrZanebisa. 

yurZnis mtevani! 

yurZeni TvalSi Sesula... 

ras niSnavs `TvalSi Sesvla~? aqa-iq mtevnebs ukve yviTeli feri SeparviaT. 

zogan TiTo marcvali gamorCeula, zogan mTeli kufxali. cadia, jer kidev 

adrea, jer ar Camtkbara, ar CaSaqrebula mtevani, magram `TvalSi Sesvla~ ki 

marTla dawyebula. mivideT axlos da xeli SevaxoT am pirvel mtevans, rTvelobis 

pirvel macnes; miveferoT, masSi miwis madlia da mzis gulis siTbo. am 

mtevanze fiqrSi gavida mTeli naxevari weliwadi... 

magram aq SevCerdeT. rTveli jer ar mosula da, cxadia, jer arc Semodgoma 

damdgara. rTvelis ambavze maSin getyviT, roca Semodgoma marTla dadgeba, 

roca gafrindebian mercxlebi, roca... 

magram iqneb ukve gafrindnen mercxlebi? 

iqneb ise wavidnen, Cven verc ki SevamCnieT? 

iqneb raRacaze gavanawyeneT da daumSvidobeblad dagvtoves? 

an iqneb Cven viyaviT ise gulgrilni, rom verc ki gavigeT, rodis Semoufrines 

ukanasknelad Tavis budes, mTel Cvens ezo-kars, SeuerTdnen TavisianTa 

gunds da gaswies, mercxlebi xom Zalze adre gvtoveben? 

da Tu marTla wavidnen, aq, venaxSi, soflidan moSorebuli amas ver gavigebT. 

mercxali soflis Svilia, Cveni kar-midamos mdgmuri da uimaTobas maSin 

mivxvdebiT, Tu bude carieli dagvxvdeba... 

venaxSi rCeba Semodgomis winamorbedi siCume. es is droa, roca yvelaferi 

molodins Seupyria. molodinis dReebi hqonda gazafxulis pirsac da zafxulis 

pirsac. ver ityvi, amgvari dReebi kalendarulad Tvis romel dReebs em- 

Txveva. isini Tavad unda moixelTo da ganicado, Tavad unda Sexvde sadme, an 

mTaSi an barSi, an venaxSi an baRSi, an sulac sakuTari saxlis aivanze, roca 

Sens winaSe zafxulis Ramis saocari siCume iqneba, roca aqa-iq, bostnispiras 

gaielveben cicinaTelebi, varskvlavebi ki ise mkrTalad iqnebian gabneulni, 

TiTqos nislSi CaZirulano. 

oo, albaT amgvar RameSi Caiqrola im `kudianma varskvlavma~, ase rom SeaSfoTa 

luarsabi da darejani, romelTac es ambavi TavianTi rZlisagan, elisabedisagan 

Seityves. amgvar RameSi warmoadgines Seqspiris mdabiorebma mdidarTa 

Sesaqcevad TavianTi SeTxzuli piesa ubeduri piramusis da Tisbes siyvarulze, 

`zafxulis Ramis sizmarma~ ki mTvaris SuqiT gaabrwyina lizandris da helenis 

vnebani da eWvi ar aris, amgvar Rames moxda is sabediswero Sexvedrac kapuletebis 

saxlis aivanTan, roca romeom pirvelad gaumxila julietas Tavisi jer 

argagonili siyvarulis saidumlo. an iqneb sulac amgvar RameSi daibada mocartis 

cnobili `Ramis serenada~... xo, iq zafxulis Ramis idumaleba da nazi 

ferebia da musikac iseTi gamWvirvale, rom ar dairRves jadosnuri siCume Ramisa. 

iqneb siCumec iseve aucilebelia, rogorc cxovrebis mdinareebis xmauri? 

guSin venaxSic amgvari siCume idga. TiTqos raRac sitkbo iRvreboda 

sulSi. es sitkbo mzedakruli mtevnebidan, tikebiviT daberili leRvebidan, wengoSemWknari 

kaklebidan da cisferi RoRnoSoebidan modioda. 

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aba yuri kargad miapyariT... Semodgoma Semxmari foTlebis faCi-fuCiT Cumad 

gviaxlovdeba. 

...Cqara gavswioT soflisaken, mercxelbma ar gagvaswron. zafxulis mRelvarebaSi 

garTulebma verc ki SevniSneT, rogor dagvcildnen bolo xans, ra 

xSirad ikribebodnen, TiTqos raRacaze bWobdnen, raRacis samzadisSi iyvnen. ra- 

Ra raRacis, es Soreuli, Tbili qveynebisaken Zneli da saxifaTo mogzaurobis 

samzadisi iyo. Cven verc ki SevniSneT, rogor Sekres jgufi mama mercxlebma da 

wasasvlelad ganemzadnen, maT ki deda mercxlebi mihyvnen. 

wavlen, gadaivlian cxra mTas da cxra mdinares, rogorc zRaprebSi ityvian 

xolme. gzad ras da viRas ar Seeyrebian. bevri verc miaRwevs aRTqmul 

qveynamde da, cxadia, verc ukan dagvibrundeba. 

viCqaroT da davemSvidoboT! ukanasknelad SevavloT Tvali, ra naRvlianad 

Semoufrenen SeCveul kar-midamos, SeCveul saxl-kars. 

mindvrebi ukve moTavda da orRobeebi daiwyo. ai, Cveni ubani, ai, Cveni saxli, 

ai, xis aivani da mercxlis bude... 

wasulan! gafrenilan! 

carielia bude! 

neta ra gaifiqres, roca emSvidobebodnen? 

iqneb damSvidobeba sulac ar iyo da arc araferi ufiqriaT. daunaneblad 

datoves aqauroba da wavidnen, raki bunebis idumalma enam, ise, rom Tavadac ar 

icodnen, ra xdeboda, ase ukarnaxaT? 

magram Cven adamianebi varT da yvela suldgmulSi adamianur suls ve- 

ZebT. 

Cven gvinda, rom mercxlebsac wasvla daenanoT da sevdiT daemSvidobon 

saxl-kars, sadac erTi lamazi gazafxuli da zafxuli gaatares. 

Cven es ufro unda gvjerodes… 

uamisod verc isini iqnebian mercxlebi da verc Cven viqnebiT adamianebi. 

idiliuria zafxulis damdegis mwvane da lurjyviTeli ferebi, zafxul- 

Si gaismoda `guTnuric~ da `Tibluric~. idiliuri iyo zafxulis Rameebic, Tavisi 

ùrmuliT~ da `lxiniT~. idiliuri da mxiaruli iyo TviT gvalvaSi gamar- 

Tuli `gonjaobac~... magram nu gegonebaT, rom garSemo yvelaferi simReriT da 

mxiarulebiT xdeboda. zafxuli, pirvel yoflisa, garjaa da, rogorc giTxariT, 

amitom hqvia Semodgomis mosavals `Wirnaxuli~. xnulSi mudam iRvreboda guTnisdedis 

ofli. ofls Rvridnen momkelebic da mTibavebic. glexkacs marTlac 

`yovlis mxridan~ sdarajobs safrTxe mZime, momqancveli Sromis wyalSi Cayrisa. 

`Tu wuTisofels erTis wuTiT Tvali mouxuWe, ise gagTelavs, rogorc didoeli 

leki nabadsao~, — es oTaraanT qvrivis Segonebaa da mTlianad miesadageba 

glexkacisa da bunebis Widilsac. aq Tvalis moxuWva ar SeiZleba. gamarglul 

yanaSi Tu meore dResac ar Seiare, isev wamoyofs Tavs balaxi da jejils gadaefareba. 

Tu wyali droze ar miuSvi, gvalva daxrukavs yvelafers. gaToxnilze 

kvlav aiSleba Salafa da simindebs daCagravs. xolo venaxi... bevrma scada eangariSa, 

magram zustad veravin mixvda, ramdenjer unda moeferos, gafurCnos, moaSoros 

namkvrevi (anu foTolTa gverdiT wamozrdili norCi ylortebi), ramdenjer 

gauxsnas `cis TaRi~ (anu grZlad wamozrdili Rerebi gadaWras, raTa mzem 

kargad daxedos mtevnebs). soflel kacs ar unda eSinodes arc wvimisa da qarisa, 

arc Weqa-quxilisa, arc mzis dakvrisa. is mzad unda iyos yvelafrisaTvis da 

yvelafris winaaRmdeg hqondes nacadi Tavdacvis iaraRi, saukuneobiT gamocdili 

da nawrTobi. da raki yoveli wigni, unda Tu ar unda avtors, mainc Segonebis 

mizniT iwereba, mec minda mcire Segoneba SemogkadroT: roca xelSi puris 

naWers aiRebT, Tu Zirs dagivardebaT, rogorc geneboT, nu emTxveviT, Tqven xom 

sxva saukunis Svilebi, meoce saukunis Svilebi brZandebiT, magram gaxsovdeT, 

rom im erTi puris naWris Seqmnaze, (diax, Seqmnaze) mravali adamianis mZime 

Sroma daixarja. roca xelSi mtevans aiRebT, isic gaixseneT, rom im erTi mtevnisaTvis 

glexkaci asjer mainc mivida vazTan, gasxla, gadaakava, aaxvia, morwya, 

Sewamla, mokrifa, da bolos Tqven mogarTvaT. da, rac mTavaria, Tu vinmem Wiqa 

Rvino gamogiwodaT da dabejiTebiT giTxraT, samSoblos sadRegrZelo amTaviT- 

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ve unda iswavloTo, ai, maSin ki namdvilad ar dagaviwydeT, rom samSoblo pirvel 

yovlisa Sromaa. 

mSromeli qali iyo oTaraanT qvrivi da amiT jabnida sxva glexebs. mTeli 

Tavisi dRe da moswreba Sromobda moxuci guTnisdeda da xalxs apurebda. 

mSromeli qali iyo Tinia da misi mamiTadic gamrje biWebisagan Seikriba. 

mSromeli kacia is ilia papac, yvelaze adre rom daadga venaxis gzas, ise adre, 

rom sofeli jer gazafxulis mosvlas arc ki eloda. dadgeba Semodgoma da am 

ilia papas, rogorc giTxariT, isev SevxvdebiT, SevxvdebiT rTvelSi, roca sofeli 

Wirnaxulis mowevas daiwyebs. 

amgvar SromaSi, Zalze mZime SromaSi gadioda CvenSi zafxuli. 

mZimea Sroma dResac. 

verc manqana, verc sxva ram ver cvlis ubralo ambavs: adamiani Tavad unda 

mivides jejilTan, xeli alersiT gadausvas da garSemo balax-bulaxi Semoacalos. 

egreve adamiani Tavad unda eaxlos vazs da gumaniT mixvdes, ra stkiva 

da ra uWirs. 

am saqmeSi manqana uZluria. 

amitom, grialeben Tu ar grialeben Cvens venaxebsa da yanebSi, baRebsa Tu 

bostnebSi manqanebi, sofeli mainc sofelia da sofluri Sroma — mZime Sroma. 

grZeli da mosawyeni Segoneba xom ar gamogvivida? 

magram sxva romeli Segonebaa saxaliso da gasarTobi? 

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agvisto iwureba. Semodis bebo da gagvaxsenebs, rom xval fericvaloba 

dRea. bebos sityvas didi Zala aqvs da yvelani xvalisaTvis vemzadebiT. 

xalxur yofaSi fericvaloba dRe mosavals ukavSirdeba. amieridan buneba 

fers icvlis, zafxuli gzas uTmobs Semodgomas. am dRes xdeba yurZnis, xilisa 

da xorblis kurTxeva. fericvaloba dRemde venaxSi yurZens aravin mowyvetda. 

am dRidan ki SeiZleboda vazebTan misvla da TiToorola mtevnis xilad gamor- 

Ceva. 

bebos TqmiT, feriscvaleba dRec qristes ambavs ukavSirdeba. am dRes moxda 

fericvaloba. pirvelad am dRes gamoecxada qriste Tavis mowafeebs RvTaebrivi 

saxiT. dResaswauli ki dResaswaulia, miT ufro Tu igi xalxSi qristes 

saswaulamdec arsebobda da, xalxis rwmeniT swored mosavlis, bunebis feriscvalobas 

ukavSirdeboda. 

xval kvlav gavswioT venaxisaken. movZebnoT is ferSecvlili mtevani, 

rTvlis macne, da sevdiT vifiqroT zafxulTan ganSorebaze. 

sevdiT ratomao? 

imitom, rom, rogorc giTxariT, dro ar Cerdeba, dro mudam win miiswrafvis. 

es zafxuli aRarasodes ganmeordeba, am zafxuls, TqvenTan erTad rom gavatareT, 

veRarasodes SevxvdebiT. 

da raki giTxariT, rom Tavisi wriuli moZraobis gzaze Cveni mze yovel 

Tves ama Tu im TanavarskvlavedSi imyofeba, am zafxuls, ivnisSi, ivlisSi da agvistoSi, 

Cven rom TqvenTan erTad gavatareT, mzem sami Tanavarskvlavedi gaiara: 

`kirCxibi~ 

`lomi~ 

`qalwuli~. 

ìvnisi~ romaelTa RvTaeba ìunonasTan~, nayofierebis qalRmerTTanaa dakavSirebuli, 

Zvelad `marialisa~ erqva, xalxurad — ìvanobisTve (TibaTve)~, 

ìvlisi~ romaeli imperatoris iulius keisris pativsacemad daerqva am Tves, 

Zvelad `Tibisa~ erqva, xalxurad — `kvirikobisTve (mkaTaTve)~; àgvisto~ romaeli 

imperatoris saxels — avgustusis saxels ukavSirdeba, Zveleburad — 

`qvelTobisaa~, xalxurad — `mariamobisTve~. 

Semodgomis damdegs Cveni mze `sasworis~ TanavarskvlavedSi Seva. 

bunebam feri icvala. dadga dro, roca gaielvebs idumali meufeba raRac 

axlisa... yvelaferi weliwadis mesame drois, Semodgomis molodins Seupyria. 

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aRac unda Seicvalos, `raRac~ moxdes. Tavi davajeroT, rom Cven jer kargad 

arc viciT, ra moxdeba, rogori iqneba dro, romelic zafxuls Secvlis, rogori 

ferebiT moirTveba zafxulis mzisgan gaxunebuli erTiani feri, ras mogvitans 

axals dro, romlisac jer mxolod saxeli viciT. 

es saxelia `Semodgoma~. 

da vidre marTla Semodgoma dadgebodes, agvistos am miwurvils, roca 

yurZens jer mxolod ecvala feri da mercxlebic jer mxolod axla gafrindnen, 

minda gavixseno didi amerikeli mwerali uiliam folkneri. folknerma dawera 

erTi kargi wigni (sxva mraval karg wignTa Soris), romelsac àgvistos na- 

Teli~ hqvia. da roca mwerals hkiTxes, rogor daibada wignis saTaurio, kacma, 

romelic didi mwerali iyo da bunebis didi Svilic, romelsac uyvarda tye, 

mindori, cxenebi, nadiroba, yvelaferi, rasac mSobliuri buneba hqvia, gaixsena: 

erTxel, agvistos miwurvils, RamiT, me da Cemi meuRle aivanze visxediT da 

uceb meuRlem Tqva — namdvili agvistos naTeliao... ras niSnavs agvistos naTeli? 

dainteresda mwerali... raRac idumals, Seucnobs, dros, romelic arc erT 

dros ar ekuTvnis, romelsac arc feri aZevs da arc saxeli aqvs. 

mere Tavis erT CanawerSi Tu interviuSi mwerali ambobs: 

Sua agvistoSi, samisisipoze, erT-or dRes agrildeba xolme. uecrad Semodgomas 

gigrZnobs tani da irgvliv Suqi ise ucnaurad brwyinavs da krTis, 

TiTqos dRevandeli ki araa, droTa wiaRidan modiso. am SuqSi Zveli saberZne- 

Tis im olimpidan gadmosuli favnebi, satirebi, RmerTebi budoben... es SeiZleba 

lina groufs ukavSirdebodes, radgan am qals mosdgams raRac warmarTuli — 

cisqveSeTSi arsebuls Soris yvelaze didi siame — bavSvis yolis survili. ai 

yvelaferi, rasac es dasaxeleba aRniSnavs — ubralod Suqis aTinaTia, Suqisa, 

romelic Cvensaze ufro xanieria. 

favnebi da satirebi! 

Zveli berZnuli dResaswaulebis ganuyreli gmirebi... 

magram jer dResaswauli ara gvaqvs... jer mxolod agvistoa. dResaswaulebi 

Semodgomaze daiwyeba, roca mosavali dabinavdeba da adamianebi erTmane- 

TisaTvisac moiclian da samxiarulodac. jer mxolod am àgvistos naTels~ 

davjerdeT, romelic raRac idumals gvpirdeba... 

àgvistos naTeli~ drois is mcire gaelvebaa, romelic ar ekuTvnis arc 

Semodgomas, arc zafxuls. masSi aris raRac waruvali da maradiuli. amgvari 

maradiuli dro, albaT, weliwadis yoveli drois mijnazea da albaT bednieria 

is, visac misi gaelveba ar gamoepareba. albaT, amgvari drois gaelveba iyo is 

patara tyis Citic, romelic SiSvel totze ijda da idumali vnebiT eloda gazafxuls. 

axla, àgvistos naTelis~ meufebisas, zafxulis didi mxiarulebis 

Semdeg, wamiT SekrTa, TviTonac jer ar icis ratom, yvelas gaSorda, martod Camojda 

totze da gairinda. 

Semodgoma... 

jer mxolod saxeli viciT misi. 

Semodgoma 

Semodgoma rTvliT iwyeba, glexi kacisaTvis iwyeba rTveliT. TqvenTvis 

ki Semodgomis macne pirveli seqtemberia, swavlis dawyebis dRe, sazeimo. ra xania 

am dRisaTvis mzad iyaviT. wignebic SeiZineT, CanTac. vinc TqvenSi ufro bejiTia, 

visac swavla marTla uyvars da skolisaken wasvlac ar ezareba, is xSirad 

midioda im wignebTan, Caalagebda CanTaSi da isev amoalagebda, gulSi ki im 

dilaze ocnebobda, rodis gaudgeboda skolis gzas, rodis Sexvdeboda amdeni 

xnis ganSorebis Semdeg, tol-megobrebs da maswavleblebs. 

swavlis dawyeba vizeimeT da axla droa, rTvelzedac vifiqroT. 

rodis iwyeba rTveli? 

ilia papa tyeSi midis... is ilia papaa, gazafxulze, yvelaze adrianad rom 

daadga venaxis gzas, gasxvla unda daviwyoo da sofeli misZaxoda — ilia papav, 

ra dros sxvlaa, jer isev Tovli devs, yinvam ar mouWiros gasxlul vazs, 

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ar gagifuWos, ra geCqarebao... is pasuxs ki ar iZleoda, TavisTvis gulSi fiqrobda 

— Cemi saqmisa me vicio, Tqven muSaoba gezarebaT, zamTris netar-yuCoba 

da Zil-RviZiloba gagitkbaT da ar ki iciT, rom venaxi ra xania gelodebaTo... 

venaxs guSinac daxeda, guSinwinac da imis winac. yurZeni TvalSi Sesula, 

mosavals cudi piri ar uCans da rTvelic karzea momdgari. papa axla tyeSi midis, 

savenaxe godrebis dasawnavad, rac imas niSnavs, rom Semodgoma marTla 

damdgara. 

godori rTvelSi sWirdeba. yurZens rom mokrefen da kalaTebs gaavseben, 

venaxis TavSi gaitanen. iq ki, godrebis mTeli jari Camwkrivebula. yurZeni am 

godrebSi iyreba da, roca yvela godori gaivseba, an imdeni, erTi uremi rom daitevs, 

marnis gzas gauyeneben. ase iyo winaT, Cveni bavSvobis rTvelSi. maSin 

godrebisa da kalaTebis dro iyo. kalaTebsac ilia papebi wnavdnen da godrebsac. 

avidoda papa tyeSi, Tan patara walds da sasxlav makratels waiRebda. jer 

kargad daisvenebda, suls moiTqvamda da saqmes Seudgeboda. moimaragebda blomad 

wvril wnelebs. yalibs gaakeTebda (ra siganisac godori unda yofiliyo); 

Sindis an Txilis msxvil wnelebs Zirebs wauTlida da im yalibze CaurWobda. 

es `manebi~ iyo godrisa. mere daiwyeboda dawvna, kargad amoyvanili truSuli 

RobesaviT iwvneboda, mijriT, Tanabrad da lamazad (esec mTavari piroba iyo, 

— godris silamaze). `Robe~ nel-nela amodioda da bolos, kacs rom saqamremde 

moswvdeboda, Tavic unda gadawvnoda. amoyvanil kedlebSi, manebs Soris, papa 

axal, Ronier wnelebs CaurWobda da godris meore kedlisaken gadaxrida, raTa 

axla iq Caemagrebina da zed, SigadaSig, wvrili wnelebic Caewna. ase gadagrexili 

da Cawnuli Tavi godrisa ixureboda da amiT TiTqos saqmec Tavdeboda... magram 

jer erTi imis Tqma ver movaswariT, rom es Tavi ki ar aris godrisa, Ziria. 

papa daswvdeba godors, moaryevs. miwaSi CarWobil manebs zemoT amoswevs da roca 

godors TavdaRma Caabrunebs, is Tavi godris Zirad iqceva, Tan ise mtkice 

Zirad, erTi marcvali yurZenic rom ar gauva. godors gverdebTanac TiTo adli 

Rrmuli darCenia, xelis SesaSveleblad, roca janiani biWi aswevs da mxarze 

xvneSiT gaigdebs, orma sxvam Ronieri xelic unda SeaSvelos. aswevso? riTi aswevs? 

nu geSiniaT, ilia papa amazec axlave izrunebs. jer im wvetebs waaWris 

godors, miwaSi riTac iyo CarWobili, mere axal wnelebs aiRebs da boZebs Soris 

karga magrad Caiyvans, raTa gadagrixos da is Tavdapirveli wnelebic, ri- 

Tac godris amowvna daiwyo, kidev erTxel Caamagros. bolos ki godris cal 

mxares (vigulisxmoT rom ukana mxares) or magar dawnul yurs Seabams, an erT 

saxelurs, magram yurze ufro magars, raTa im janian biWs, visac es saqme endoba 

— aweva godrisa, cota mainc gauadvildes. 

gauadvildeso, arc es gviTqvams haiharad. godori patara ar aris. as kiloianze 

naklebi godori godrad ar iTqmis, zogSi ki asoci da cota meti yur- 

Zenic Cadis. Tu asianze pataraa da Tanac gacilebiT patara, godris sapatio saxels 

kargavs da rogorc pataras SeSvenis, cota alersiT, albaT cota Rimili- 

Tac, godrulas dauZaxeben. es godrulac saWiroa, simindis texaSi, mzesumziris 

venaxebidan amosatanad, xilisa, lobiosa Tu kaklisaTvis. 

kidev rasa wnavs papa? jinura kalaTas, didsa da tevads, lastebs, xaxals, 

cxrils, cxavs, WaWis gasawur kalaTas... 

namjisas? namjis saqme qalebma ician, imaT xels ufro gamouva grZeli, 

mrgali Tu kidobnuri kalaTa... kargad daalboben namjas da ise daiwyeben 

wvnas... bolos ki kuwubebsac gaukeTeben, silamazisaTvis, dasamSveneblad... es saqalo 

saqmea, Tavisi saqmisa TviTonve ician. 

ilia papa godorsa wnavs. mwvanea tye. jer Semodgomis siyviTle arafers 

etyoba. siyviTle ki ara, wiTlad Rvivian Sindebi. SeyviTlebula panta, sadRac 

aqve, Soriaxlosaa da papam es adgilic iqneb amitom airCia. pantis surneli 

aqamde aRwevs. frinvelebs jer isev Jriamuli gaudiT. ager zRmartlic Semsxvilebula, 

Tumca mwifobamde jer Sors aris. aqeT rom modioda, xom sul mayvlianebi 

gadmoiara papam. mTeli orRobispirebi mayvliT iyo gadalurjebuli. Tu 

dRiur daveSvi Sinisaken, balRebs davukref da wavuRebo — gaifiqra. mere, wvna 

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om daiwyo yvelaferi gadaaviwyda — Sindebic, mayvlebic da is surnelebac, 

romelic Soriaxlos mdgari pantebidan modioda. 

mTavari mainc moaxloebuli rTveli iyo. 

papas dawnuli godrebi male dagvWirdeba. godrula da kalaTebi ki 

dResvea saWiro. simindis texva gvaqvs, kaklis bertyvac daviwyeT. rTvlamde yvelaferi 

unda moviTaoT, raki rTveli erTi dRis saqme ar aris. rTvels mere 

aTasi ram mohyveba da Tanac aRarc simindi icdis da kakalic xom sul gadairia, 

wengo daskda, broweulis qerqiviT daaRo piri da RamRamobiT, Tu yurs miapyrobT, 

rogorc ki sio Camouqrolebs, xan aq Camovardeba dakrolili kakali, 

xan iq... 

simindic aRar icdis, taroebs Tma sul gauxundaT (Tu gauWaRaravdaT), 

fuCeCidan Tavi amoyves da kbilebi dakriWes, simindis satexadac dilaadrianad 

mivdivarT da sadRa aRar mivdivarT dilaadrianad. Sroma diliT iwyeba, mzis 

amosvlamde, rogorc ki inaTebs. dilis Sromaa baraqianio, — ityvian xolme sofelSi. 

mivdivarT urmiT an `taWkiT~. uremSi, cxadia, xarebia Sebmuli. taWkaSi 

— cxeni an saxedari, da, raRa Tqma unda, yvelaze mxiaruli mogzauroba mainc 

saxedriT gvelis. miCaqCaqebs saxedari da davWyiviT. isic guls ar itexs, fexs 

ar anelebs, viTomda ra aris es gza CemTviso, simindebSi jer ar vyofilvaro? 

CagiyvanT, mere, vici, Tavs damanebebT da saRamomde Cems nebaze viqnebi, da Tu 

Wkuac vixmare (saxedaris Wkua vin Tqva, maSinve gavugebdiT) taroebsac mivwvdebi 

da pirs Cavigemrieleb axali, rZiana taroTio. 

marTlac, CavidodiT simindebSi (ase veZaxdiT adgils, sadac simindi gve- 

Tesa) da saxedarsac gavuSvebdiT. mere iwyeboda texa... TiTo siminds sami-oTxi 

taro mainc Tu hqonda, Tanac jiSiani taro, karg mosavlad iTvleboda. vtexdiT 

taroebs da Sua simindebSi, xan aq, xan iq, fuCeCisagan gaTavisuflebuls da kbilebdakreWils, 

vagrovebdiT. bebos aqac Tavisi saqme hqonda: dauSales, magram 

ar daiSala da simindebSi dabali, mindvris lobio daTesa. mokled mogviWra, 

axla ar gindaT, zamTarSi mogindebaTo da marTalic gamodga. axla dadis bebo 

da lobios krefs. winsafari aukecia da lobios parkebs imaSi iyris. gaavsebs 

winsafars da zemoT, simindebis TavSi rom godrula dgas, imaSi Cahyris, mere 

isev dabrundeba da krefas ganagrZobs. xval am lobios parkebs mzeze gaSlis. 

kargad rom Sexmeba, did joxs aiRebs, gaSlil lobiosTan moikeceba da dascxebs 

joxs, TiTqos kalosa lewavs, lobios kalosao. parkebi nel-nela ixsneba 

da lobios marcvlebic CairCeva... mere parkebs calke gadaswevs bebo, marcvlebs 

calke gamoarCevs. marcvlebs gaaniavebs, gaasufTavebs da isev mzeze gaSlis. 

parkebs ki did xaxalSi Cahyris, samfexa skamze Camojdeba, xaxals win daidebs 

da saTiTaod arCevs, ra ari marcvlebi ar gahyveso. amazec dascinian, rac Sen 

saxre urtyi, raRa darCebodao... darCenila! da dRis bolos bebo siamayiT aCvenebs 

yvelas marcvlebiT gavsebul xaxals, romelic parkebisagan gamorCeula. 

aki ar darCeboda, es narCeni aTjer mainc gamogaZRobTo — xumrobs bebo da 

lobios baraqas im narCevsac umatebs. 

es yovelive mere iqneba. dRes ki kvlav simindsa vtexT. win zlazvniT miviwevT. 

ukan kacebi mogvyvebian da namgliT Cexen nasimindars. es fuCeCia da sazamTrod, 

xar-kameCis sakvebad gamodgeba. muxlis simaRleze darCebian mxolod 

uxeSi Reroebi, magram imaTac male daglejen, moagroveben da dawvaven, raTa 

mogvianod, zamTris piras aqauroba gadaxnan da gazafxulze isev Tesva gaCaRdes. 

taroebi grova-grova yria. Camoivlian da godrulebiT gzisken gazidaven... 

saxedari? saxedari sadRaa? da bebosac axla gaaxsenda, rom is wuwki taroebs 

miswvda da gabrazebulma papam mindorSi gaagdo. magram saxedari morCilia, vidre 

Zebnas dauwyeben da magradac datuqsaven, TviTonve modis Tavdaxrili, darcxvenili 

da cota ar iyos SeSinebuli. magram yvelani icinian. saxedris danaxvaze 

xom yvela mainc sicilis xasiaTze dgeba da saxedaric mSviddeba. dgas da 

elis, rodis Seabamen taWkaSi. Sebma ki jer mainc cota adrea. bebos Tadarigis 

ambavi ar iciT? dilas, aqeTobisas, arc didi qvabi daviwynia. cecxli ukve gau- 

CaRebia, nedli, jer isev Wyinti simindebi calke gadaurCevia da axla ixarSeba 

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taroebi. yvelani moxarSul siminds elian. dgas surneleba axali tarosi. magram 

isev bebo yoCaRobs da ambobs, rom moxarSul simindze ufro gemrieli nakverCxlebze 

Semwvaria. maSin gadaqeqaven cecxls, miswi-mosweven did muguzlebs 

da nakverCxlebze taroebs miawvaven. mcire xani da daiwyeba tkaca-tkuci, rac 

imis mauwyebelia, rom taro ukve ibraweba. ismis SiSini, rac gvaniSnebs, rom taros 

axla cota gverdi unda SevucvaloT. ukve Semwvari mxare aqeT gadmovwioT, 

Seuwvavi ki cecxls mivumarjvoT, oRond ise, rom kvamlma ar dahkras, ar alan- 

Zos, Tavisi gemo ar misces. taro unda saamod dawiTldes, rogorc wiTldeba 

broweulis kani gviani Semodgomisas, arc umad darCena SeiZleba, arc dawva... 

amgvarad mTavrdeba simindis texva. 

darCa misi dacexva, qeCeCis calke gadarCeva, marcvlisa calke... 

da raki yvelafers amqveynad mze uyvars, marcvalic mzeze unda gavSaloT, 

raTa gamxmari da safqvavad gamzadebuli, didi tomriT wisqvilis gzas gavuyenoT... 

magram es mere iqneba, narTvlevs da Cvenc wisqvilSi maSin wavideT. Tanac 

amodena siminds erTbaSad verc davcexvavT. taroebisaTvis sasiminde gvaqvs, 

ezos boloSi, xis oTx fexze Semdgari, gverdebze amownuli (niavma rom kargad 

imoZraos da taroebi ar Caxurdes) da wemodan koxtad, kramitiT an TiviT gadaxuruli. 

kramiti ki sjobs, samudamoa, male ar gafuWdeba. sasimindes patara, 

viwro kari aqvs datanebuli (isic xisa an lastisa), da iqve xisave kibea midgmuli. 

Seyrian taroebs sasimindeSi, kars gamoiketaven, gadarazaven (razac, cxadia, 

xisaa) da sazamTrod Seinaxaven. 

axla ki marTla mTavrdeba simindis ambavi, magram aqve unda gamogitydeT, 

rom wvrilfexobas, anu Tqvenodenebs, simindis texa mainca da mainc dids arafers 

eubneboda. ai, sul sxva iyo kaklis bertyva. amas elodnen didis lodiniT 

da iqneb rTvelze aranaklebadac. sakuTar kakalze vin ras ityvis, isic rom gaegoT, 

sadRac, soflis TavSi kakals bertyaveno, mTeli soflis balRoba iq 

daedeboda da iqauri didedac Cxubobda, ra ambavia, geTayvaT, TiTom ro TiTo 

kakali moitacos, aRarc ram dagvrCebao. 

kaklis mbertyavi ukve mosula, janiani da mosxletili biWia, uSiSic Cans. 

amodena kaklis kenweroze asvlas gabeduli biWi sWirdeba. kakals yvela ver dabertyavs. 

totebze magrad unda moikido fexi da marjvenac kargad amuSao, rom 

gareT gawvdil foTlebSi kaklebi ar migemalos. biWs xelSi `xalxa~ uWiravs. 

`xalxa~ grZeli Wokia, tyeSi saguldagulod naZebni da gamoTlili. `xalxa~ 

grZelic unda iyos da msubuqic, marjved rom moiqnio da male ar dagRalos. es 

`xalxa~ am biWis iaraRia. da Tu ojaxs kargi `xalxac~ aqvs, iseve saamayoa, rogorc 

kargi culi da bari, kargi guTani, kargi godor-kalaTi. adis biWi kakalze 

da rogorc ki pirvel totze fexs moikidebs, xalxa momawodeTo, daiZaxebs. 

miawvdian... da daiwyeba bertyva. jer dabliTa totebs Camobertyavs, mere nel-nela 

zemoT da zemoT miiwevs. bolos ki sul kenweroze moeqceva da ai, maSin daiwyeba 

bebos qoTqoTi. nuRa waxval, Svilo, zemoT, xo xedav, kenwero lerwamiviT 

iRuneba, oxradac darCenila, kaklis gulisaTvis gana sasikvdilod memetebio. 

nu geSinia, bebo, — arxeinad iZaxis biWi da foTlebSi mimalul kaklebs 

xalxas urtyams. cvivian kaklebi da mojarul gogo-biWebs Jriamuli gaudiT. 

Tan bebos exmarebian akrefaSi, Tan dros ixelTeben, brtyel qvaze Camosdeben 

dakrolil kakals da naWuWs Waxani gaudis. gamoanaTebs nigvzis TeTri lebani 

da gogo-biWebi erTmaneTsa staceben. bebo yvelas amSvidebs, oRond Cumad, nu daamtvrevT, 

ai, movkrifoT, moTavdes yvelaferi da kaklebiT me TviTon agivsebT 

jibeso. 

kaklis garSemo foTlebi mofenila. aqa-iq wvrili totebic Camotyda. mere 

ra? kakali didia, as welze metisa iqneba. bebos rac Tavi axsovs, es kakalic 

ase dgas da amodenaa. mgoni mamamTilis mamam dargoo, ambobs bebo da isev kenweros 

Sescqeris. ras iyurebi, bebo, foTlebis meti aRaraferi darCao — CamosZaxis 

biWi. SarSanac magre ambobdi, magram Tebervlamde Camodioda kakalio, — 

exumreba beboc. Tebervlamde Camodiodao? mere ra? Tundac Camodiodes. nayofi 

SerCes kakalsac, venaxsac, xilsac... raRaca unda darCes, yvelafris srulad ga- 

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mokrefa ar SeiZleba. yvelas Tavisi sargo unda davutovoT da, rac mTavaria, 

frinvelebs, romelnic aq darCebian da romelTac didi zamTari eliT. 

gogo-biWebi agroveben kakals da didi kalaTebiT marnis saCexSi miaqvT. 

iq miwaze yrian da kvlav iqiT garbian, saidanac movidnen. raTa foTlebis grovaSi 

areuli kaklebi isev eZebon. amasobaSi, cxadia, ukve dabindebula kidec da 

daRlili kaklis mbertyavi Tan ofls iwmends, Tan nabdis qudis qveS CamoSlil 

qoCors isworebs. dideda Sinisken epatiJeba. gana imitomao — TavpatiJs idebs 

biWi, magram yvelam icis, rom am daRlili biWisaTvis alalia kargi vaxSamic da 

erTi boTli Zveli Rvinoc. yvelani wasul-wamosulan. marto erTi patara gogocuna 

darCenila kaklis ZirSi da wvrili xmiT Wyivis: 

`CvenebianT kikolas 

dResa aqvs kaklis bertyva, 

jari, celqi bavSvebis, 

meserad Semoertya~. 

Sin ukve cecxli anTia... tablaze (anu dabal xis magidaze, romelsac xisave 

samfexa skamebi aqvs Semodgmuli) gauSliaT moxarSuli dedali, SoTebi, niori, 

xaxvi. iqve, cecxlTan, saduRarSi lobio qoTqoTebs. dgas Semodgomis suni 

da rogorc ki kaklis mbertyavi biWi tablas Semoujdeba, bebos xis langariT 

Semoaqvs axlad darCeuli TeTri, qaTqaTa nigozi. 

— male rTvelic mova, — ambobs biWi da Wiqas avsebs. 

— raRa darCa, — karzea momdgari, — udasturebs maspinZeli. 

— age, ilia papa raxania godrebsa wnavs, — icinis patara biWi. 

mere erTi-ori sadRegrZelo ismeba. dideda kaklis mbertyavs aZalebs, ai- 

Re es nigozi, Seni naamagaria, Senze ufro vis ekuTvniso. biWi balRebs eZaxis, 

iqve rom TamaSoben taxtze da nigozs imaT uwvdis. bebo icinis, daanebe, biWo, 

Tavi, rac dRes magaT nigozi Wames, amaRam raRa daaZinebTo. balRebi icinian da 

yiraze gadadian. 

biWi SeTvreba da wamodgeba. 

beboc aRar aZalebs, daRlilia, Tanac cota gadahkra da Sin wavideso, sacaa 

SuaRamec wamova, balRebsac eZinebaTo. 

biWi gadis da mTeli ojaxi miacilebs. 

bebo navTis lampiT (maSin navTis lampa iyo) ezos unaTebs, Tan gasZaxis, 

arsad ar gadauxvio, pirdapir Sin wadi, rame ar mogewios, me ar dambraldeso. 

— ukve acivda, kaco! — ismis sibnelidan biWis xma. 

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ùkve acivda~, — esec imis mauwyebelia, rom Semodgoma marTla movida. 

da mainc rodis iwyeba rTveli? raRa Tqma unda, maSin, roca mTeli sofeli, 

didian-patarianad, venaxebSi gaikrifeba. es moxdeba seqtembris SuaxanebSi 

anu, Zveleburad, enkenisTveSi. mere enkenisTves RvinobisTve mohyveba. am Tvis saxeli 

rTvelTan iqneba dakavSirebuli, raki Rvino nayofia rTvelisa. da mainc 

rodis iwyeba rTvelio, Tu daiJinebT, Sors gamxedvare mopasuxem iqneb asec 

giTxraT, — jer kidev maSin, roca gazafxulze Tovli yvelgan arc ki gamdnara, 

roca enZelebic jer mxolod aqa-iq amowverilan da is Cveni ilia papac sasxlaviT 

xelSi pirvelad gava venaxSi. isxvleba vazi, `tiris~ vazi da swored am 

tirilis dRidan glexkaci venaxidan veRar gamovao... iqneba am pasuxSic iyos didi 

WeSmariteba, rakiRa, marTlac, Tu im gazafxulis dRidan mokidebuli, enkenisTvis 

Sua ricxvebamde, glexi Tavze ar daadgeba venaxs, Tu dilidan saRamomde 

vazebSi ar itrialebs, rTvels arc baraqa eqneba, arc silamaze, ver gaxdeba 

zeimi, ver miiRebs imgvar saxes, rogoradac gvaxsovs, rogoradac Caxatula qar- 

Tveli kacis cxovrebaSi — msuye ferebiT, jansaRi, mCqefare ritmiT, SemodgomisaTvis 

Cveuli Tbili mziT, didi, saWirnaxulo imediT da damSvidobebis sevdiT. 

magram aki vTqviT, rom amqveynad yvelas Cven-Cveni rTveli gvaqvs, yvelas rTveli 

ise iwyeboda, rogoradac samaradJamod CagvrCenia xsovnaSi. 

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ilia papam ukve dagviwna godrebi da kalaTebi. magram jer kidev sada 

xarT? papas erTTavad an waldi eWira xelSi, an dana. Tlida da raRas aRar 

Tlida: xis xonCebs, saTaTare kovzebs, niCbebs, culis, Toxis da baris tarebs, 

qafqirebs da aravin gaigos, Cumad getyviT — Sibaqebsac, ai, imas, akvnis bal- 

Rebs rom sWirdebaT, vidre raRac-raRaceebs iswavlian... da risi gamoTla ar 

SeeZlo papas. misi xelidan gamodioda tabaki (puris mosarTmevad), xoni (comis 

mosazelad), varcli (esec comis mosazelad da gamomcxvari SoTebis Casawyobad), 

gobi (sakalatoze saqmisaTvis), kodi (xorblisa da fqvilis Sesanaxad), jamebi, 

CamCa da ra aRar. xis gamoTla advili saqmeao. gvarwmunebs erTi qiziyeli 

ostati: `vinc ki guls daudebs, swavla Zalian advilia. mec viswavle da gavake- 

Te kidevac. Cveulebriv papa aswavlis patara SviliSvils, radgan gverdze uzis 

da imorCilebs sxvadasxva saqmeebisaTvis. isic bavSvia, uyurebs da swavlobs. 

didobaSi Tu gasawylda, SeiZleba gaakeTos da gayidos, magram iSviaTia. roca 

daberdeba, isic maSin mohkidebs xels papis xelobas. saberikaco saqmea. Sinidan 

gareT veRar gadis da erToba, Corknis~. 

iqneba Cveni ilia papac daberda? 

es rom geTqva, ewyineboda, da karga xanic icocxla. 

ra papa iyo... 

welSi waxrili. Sublze qaTqaTa qoCriT. daZenZili nabdis qudiT. daZar- 

Rvuli xelebiT da gaxunebuli qereWiT... sul sadRac moCqare, najafari, muxlCauxreli. 

xo, ilia papam ukve dawna godrebi da kalaTebi. 

Cven vicodiT da giTxariT kidec. rogor gamohyavda ostats Tavisi qmnileba. 

qmnileba... 

ise gaatarebda wnulis gvirists, ise CuqurTmasaviT xlarTavda xazebs, 

ise axvevda Sindis wnelebs miwaSi CarWobil manebze, rogorc Tavad vazis rqa 

exveva Wigos. wnuls xan axlodan Caacqerdeboda, xan Tvals moWutavda da Soridan 

gaxedavda, rogorc Tbili qveynidan dabrunebuli mercxali Tavis budes da 

koxtad mownuli godoric mercxlis did budes waagavda. 

is dRe ki ukve sazeimoc gaxldaT, roca ilia papa urmiT wavidoda tyeSi 

(im adgilze, romlis arsebobac mis garda albaT aravin icoda) da godrebiT 

daxunZluli uremi saRamoxans zlazvniT Camoivlida ubanSi. godrebi darbaislurad 

idgnen uremze. aqa-iq godrulebic wamowoliliyvnen mxarTeZoze. urmis 

Walebze jinura kalaTebi (veeba, Ripiani kalaTebi) ekida, iqve patar-patarebic 

konwialobdnen balRebisTvis. balRebsac xom unda eswavlaT krefa, moesurvilebinaT 

vazi da rTveli. 

moizlaznebodnen kameCebi. 

urems win miuZRoda welSi moxrili papa. 

mxarze Sindis saxre gaedo da ainunSiac ar agdebda Robeze momdgar gamxiarulebul 

xalxs, raki gulSi TviTonac mxiarulobda. 

rTveli swored karze iyo momdgari. 

fericvaloba ukve gavida. marTlac yvelaferma feri icvala. atmebs ufro 

daebrawaT loyebi. saferavi xom jer cisfrad gadaiReba, mere da mere ufro Ca- 

Savda. rqawiTels qarvisferi moeZala. glexi kaci venaxidan fexs aRar icvlis. 

xan erT vazTan miva, xan meoresTan, xan mezoblis Robes moadgeba da momijnaves 

eTaTbireba — marto TviTon xom ar daiwyebs rTvels, rTveli yvelam erTad 

unda daiwyos, mezobels arc Zalian unda gauswro da arc Zalian CamorCe. roca 

Seni venaxi zeimobs, iqiTac zeimi unda iyos, Torem marto sakuTari zeimi raRa 

zeimia. yvela raRac mRelvarebas Seupyria. TiTqos ha da ha, sacaa mesame zars 

Camoreken, farda aixdeba da warmodgena daiwyebao. 

da TiTqos marTla zari Camohkreso, uceb erTianad, erTxmad dasZaxebs 

mTeli sofeli. 

rTveli iwyeba! 

aba is Rame ar ginda gaaTeno? ara da ar gadis es grZeli Rame, ara da ar 

Tendeba. naTesavebi da moyvrebi ukve Camosulan. esec rTvlis wesia, marto erTi 

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ojaxi rTvels ver gaswvdeba, sxvac unda wamogexmaros da mere im sxvas Senc 

SeaSvelo xeli. Camosulan! gadmosulan! erTi Jriamuli gaudiT. balRebic CamouyvaniaT. 

kalaTebic gadmoutaniaT. yvelani xvalindel dRes elodebian. 

papa ukve venaxSia. 

guSin Ramesac iq iyo. wina Ramesac. yurZens icavs papa... 

manamde ki yurZens ìcavdnen~ safrTxobelebi. 

ar ginaxavT safrTxobela? arc venaxebSi, arc simindebsa da mzesumzireb- 

Si, arc blis xeze? safrTxobelas maSin akeTeben, roca sacaa yurZeni unda damwifdes, 

mzesumzira Semovides, an simindma taro gaikeTos. midixar da Soridan 

xedav venaxis an yanis Tavze wamomdgar raRac molandebas... kacia? ar aris kaci... 

Tojinaa? kacsa hgavs da kacze didic aris. diax, Tojinaa. 

msgavsad gonjasi, gvalvis dros rom Seqmna xalxis Teatralurma fantaziam, 

safrTxobelac gadajvaredinebuli joxebisagan gakeTda... mere Caacves Sarvali, 

xalaTi, daaxures qudi, gaukeTes ulvaSebi, xelSic joxi daaWerines da 

venaxis SuaSi, maRal sarze miamagres, viTomda sulel frinvelebs kaci egonebaT, 

SeeSindebaT da yurZens aRar Seeseviano. magram frinvelebi arc ise sulelebi 

arian. erTi xanoba marTlac cota moridebiT Sescqerian am daupatiJebel 

stumars, mere gabedaven da Soriaxlos Cauqroleben, bolos erTi, yvelaze Tamami, 

mxarze Seaskupdeba da albaT gulSi Caicinebs, Tan sxvebs aniSnebs, nu geSiniaT, 

marTla kaci xom ara ggoniaTo. dabolos yvelani safrTxobelaze Camosxdebian 

da mxiarul Jivil-xivils atexen. is Tamami ki metsac ubedavs: safrTxobelas 

zed qudze daaskintlebs... 

es yvelam icis, imanac, vinc safrTxobela dadga da imanac, vinc Soridan 

RimiliT Seavlebs Tvals. magram safrTxobela mainc unda idges, is `Wirnaxulis 

moTxrobis~ ZvelTaZveli personaJia. 

venaxSi qoxi dgas, koxtad mownuli, lastis karebiT da xisgan gamoCorknili 

taxtiT. taxtze Tivaa dagebuli. `muTaqac~ xisgan gamouTliaT. qoxic TiviTaa 

daxuruli da ise ostaturad, rom wvima Sig ar Cava. kavebze (kavebi, icodeT, 

SemWvartlulia) namgali, celi, waldi da erTi patara kalaTac hkidia. 

kuTxeSi Canaxi dgas, xilis Sesanaxad. aqeT, taxtis win, xisave magidaa, sufris 

gasaSlelad. Sua qoxSi ki nacecxluria, aqeT-iqiT lodebSemodgmuli. nacecxluris 

Tavze rkinis jaWvi hkidia, rkinisave kauWiT, rom qvabi Camohkido. qvabi 

sadRaa? iqve, kedlidan kedlamde gadebul xis Taroze, qvabic da WurWelic, — 

zogi — xisa, zogi — Tixisa. sxva? sxva ra aris qoxSi? cota SeSa da cota Zveli 

walami, cecxlis asanTebad da gasaTbobad. 

axla am qoxSi aTevs papa rTvliswina Rames da imasac ver dauZinia, xvalindel 

dReze fiqrobs. 

`xvale~ ki arada ar modis. 

mTvare raxania Cavida, sacaa ciskris varskvlavic amova. sigrile riJraJisa 

wamovida. aqeT papa fxizlobs, zemoT, sofelSi ki — misi jalabi da gansakuTrebiT 

balRebi. soflidan mamlebis yivili ismis. soflis konturebi bnelSi 

nel-nela ikveTeba, dilam ar mogaswroT, xarebi raxania Seabes, papac ukve fexze 

iqneba da albaT aqeT iyureba, nu alodinebTo, sanam venaxSi CavalT, mzec amova, 

mzem ar dagaswroT adgomao. 

balRebi pirs ibanen. 

qalebi sanovages alageben. 

xarebi moTminebiT icoxnebian. 

cxenic `taWkaSia~ Sebmuli. 

aris namdvili dilis Jriamuli. 

yvelaferi marTlac mzada yofila. 

sacaa mzec amova gadawiTlebuli mTebis iqidan. 

— yvelaze mTavari gvaviwydeba! — xmamaRla iZaxis viRaca da yvelani 

aqeT-iqiT ixedebian, mainc ra dagvaviwyda da Tanac yvelaze mTavario. magram veravin 

verafers mimxvdara. is ki, vinc es daiZaxa, eSmakurad icinis, mere Setrialdeba 

Sin da elodebian, aba ras gamoitans, ra gvaviwydebao...… 

akvani! da masSi Cakruli patara, Cxavana biWi. 

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TvelSi esec unda wamoabrZanon da Tanac Tavis akvnianad, esa yofila 

`yvelaze mTavari~. aba marto xom ar daarCenen, amis gulisTvis ki Sin vin dar- 

Ceba? verc bebos etyvi, rTvelSi ar wamoxvideo, verc am biWis dedas da deidamamidebs. 

rTveli yvelasia da TviT am biWisac, akvanSi Cakrulisa, romelmac ar 

uwyis, ra aris rTveli, magram mainc wamosvla unda. 

Cven saidan viciTo? 

maS ra atirebs? 

raRa axla gaaba tirili, roca amodena xalxi dainaxa? 

raRa maSin, gaCumda, roca Tavis akvnianad uremSi yvelaze win, yvelaze sapatio 

adgilze, TviT meurmis gverdiT daabrZanes? 

axla ki marTla wasvlis droa. 

aba, vin win, vin ukan! 

godrebi ivseba balRebiT da godrebi axla ki marTla mercxlis budeebs 

hgvanan: budebidan iWyitebian pirdaRebuli, Wyipina bartyebi. 

yvelaferi rTvlis ritmSi eqceva. 

da vidre uremi (mainc zlazvniaa uremi) venaxSi Cava, gadavixedoT aTaswleulTa 

iqiT, gavixsenoT samiaTasi wlis brinjaos sasxlavi, namgliseburi 

danebi, kaxeTSi napovni. sami aTasi wlis win, Tu ufro adrec ara, am miwaze usxlavT, 

yurZeni mouyvaniaT, Rvino CauwuravT. doqebi, xeladebi, jamebi, fialebi, 

kaTxebi — esec am miwis wiaRSia napovni, da marto aq ki ara, sad aRar, saqar- 

Tvelos baris romel kuTxeSi ar SexvdebiT vazis nakvalevs. 

sami aTasi wlis winandeli yurZnis wipwebi Cvens droSi naxes ufliscixis 

axlomaxlos. etyoba, im Rvinis narCenebia, iqaur kacs samsxverploze rom 

miutania patara doqiT. iqve, kldeSi nakveTi sawnaxlebi Zveli welTaRricxviT 

pirveli aTaswleulis xnisa. an gavixsenoT ufro Zveli dasturi `vazis didebisa~ 

— vanSi napovni qvevri, iqve, samareSi Catanebuli brinjaos qamari da zed 

amokveTili ori meinaxe, erTmaneTs rom Wiqas ujaxunebs. aqeT, qarTlSi, mcxeTa- 

Si gaTxrili uZvelesi marnebi, iqiT — varZiis sawnaxlebi... 

qarTvelTa pirveli ganmanaTleblis, wminda ninos jvaric, qristianuli 

rwmenis es simbolo `Seiqmna nasxlevisagan vazisa~, anu walmisagan, vazis rtosagan. 

saqarTveloSi mravlad gabneul monasterTa garSemoc venaxSi mofusfuse 

berebsa vxedavdiT. homerosis òdiseaSi~ odisevss aietis sasaxleSi, anu kolxTa 

mefis sasaxleSi, Cveni dRevandeli dasavleT saqarTvelos miwaze, uxvad 

umaspinZldebian saamo sasmeliT — RviniT. apolonios rodoseli, Zveli berZeni 

istorikosi — amave sasaxleSi xedavs vazis talavers, sadac `dauSreteli Sadrevani 

moCuxCuxebda~. mematianeTa cnobebSi, sadac aTasgvari Widili, sisxlis- 

Rvra, SfoTi da vnebaTaRelvaa, mainc vxvdebiT vazs, venaxs, Rvinos: `da iyo qar- 

Tlsa Sina puri da Rvino friadi~; iyo kuTxe `venaxovani~, `venax-xiliani~, `Rvino 

keTili da gemoiani~; `venaxi dablari da venaxi maRlari~; `nadimobdnen mefesTana 

da urTierTTana, da amisaTvis uwyodnen moyvroba, naTesaoba, lxinTalxinoba 

da WirTa-Wiroba~. xelisufalTa Soris, mefis karze, vxedavT sapatio 

tituls: meRvineTuxucesi... 

da iqve (amas kargad daakvirdiT, arc amisi daviwyeba gvmarTebs): gmoba 

memTvraleobisa, `nadimobasa Sina moswrafe mefeebisa~, ioane bolnelis qadageba 

Rvinis smis wessa da adaTze, sikeTesa da siaveze. sabas `swavla simTvralisaTvis~, 

rogorc dagmoba uzomo smisa, RviniT gamoTayvanebisa. 

sulxan-saba orbeliani sagangebod gvafrTxilebs: 

`hoi, Rvinis sma boroti da memTvraleoba aRsavse sibilwiTa, romlisa mier 

daecnen mravali wmidani kacni da amis mier STacvien safrTxesa Zniad gansanirebelsa~. 

`memTvrale mizezobs da ityvis stumarTmoyvareobasa da Sewyalebasa. ara, 

Zmao, ara ars memTvraleoba stumarTa da moyvasTa moyvareba, aramed friadi si- 

Zulvili~. 

`TqvenTa sayvarelno, ganekrZaleniT zedsa-zeda Rvinis smasa da maradis 

simTvralesa, vinaiTgan mTvraloba ars Tavi yovlisa codvisa da SemZinebeli 

usjuloebasa zeda usjuloebisa. stumari istumreniT sixaruliTa, sviT Rvino 

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zomierad da WameT tabla keTilad, moyvasni SeiyvareniT ucodvelad da keTilsa 

uyofdeT da nu borotsa~. 

ase gvmoZRvravs saba da iqve, misTvis Cveuli saxieri naxatiT, ubraloebi- 

Ta da iumoriT gvixatavs augian stumar-maspinZels, uzomo galeSvas: 

`Seiyvan saxlTa SenTa kacsa brZensa da keTilad mxedvelsa, patiosnad 

goniersa da tkbilad moubarsa, daugeb tablasa, ara zomier asmev da arca sawyurvalTa 

asmev da gardareviT aWmev da asxam Rvinosa, viTarca yvibarTa Sina. 

moeRebis sibrZne RmrTisagan miniWebuli da aRerevis Tvalni keTilad mxedvelni, 

arRara esmis alersi sxvaTa da TviTubnobs viTarca xeli. odes aRivsos, iwyos 

jloyinad da aRmoTxevad, viTarca Txierman, pirgan xsnilman~. 

kaci Txieri (dRes rom tiks eZaxian) ar aris. kaci kacia da Rvinis smaSic 

TavSekaveba da sibrZne marTebso — amgvaria Cveni brZeni moigavis moralic. 

saqarTvelos marCenali mudam iyo yana, vazi da tye. 

aoxrebis maxvilic, pirvel yovlisa, am samebas musravda. 

vazis fasi kargad moexseneboda Temur-lengsac da Sah-abassac, yvelas, 

vinc ki Cvenken maxviliT daZrula. maTi maxvili, soflebTan erTad, vazsac 

anadgurebda, wvavda da aCanagebda. 

maS vazi ar yofila marto vazi, anu mcenare, romelic yurZens iZleva. vazi 

Cveni didi istoriis nawilic yofila da mas iseve sWirdeba gafrTxileba da 

movla, rogorc saukuneTa cecxlSi gamotarebul Cvens istorias. 

da vidre amas vfiqrobdiT, vidre vazze Seqmnil wignebs vixsenebdiT da 

saukuneTa iqiT gadaxedvas vcdilobdiT, is sarTvlo daZrula. gogo-biWebiT daxunZluli, 

godrebiTa da kalaTebiT Tavmobmuli urmebi ra xania venaxebSi Casulan. 

mzec ra xania amosula da qarvisferi mtevnebi axla oqrosfrad brwyinaven. 

rTveli dawyebula! 

jer erTi-ori dedakaci dawinaurebula da yurZnis `morCeva~ dauwyiaT. 

`morCeva~ raRaa? 

vidre erTianad Seudgebodnen krefas, venaxSi yurZnis `morCeva~ ician, 

zamTrisTvis Sesanaxi, sajagne an mosakiTxavad gasagzavni yurZnisa. raki `morCeva~ 

hqvia, raRa Tqma unda, rom Sesanaxad da mosakiTxavadac yvelaze ufro saTvalio 

yurZens arCeven, Txel, msxvilmarcvala mtevans (kumsi mtevani advilad 

iWyliteba, mgzavrobas ver uZlebs da male fuWdeba), rom furclis xralze, suroze 

an bawarze moxerxebulad aikinZos. akinZul mtevnebs jagnebs eZaxian. jagans 

mere vnaxavT, roca rTveli morCeba da sxvenSi aviparebiT. jer ki yurZens, 

saRs, saTvalios da morCeuls, rogorc giTxariT, cimcim awyoben kalaTebSi, mere 

egreve waiReben soflisken. ara, arc urems andoben, arc miT ufro zorba avtomanqanebs, 

— dainjRreva, daiJeJeba da aRar Seinaxeba, ha da ha, oriode dRe 

Tu gaZlebs... yurZeni ki, sul cota, saaxalwlod mainc unda gvqondes, sufris 

dasamSveneblad. `morCeul~ yurZens aucileblad xeliT unda venaxidan saxlSi 

atana, frTxilad, moferebiT gaSla lastze da jagnebad akinZva. 

balRebs yvelaze ufro Cxisa da akidos aWra uyvarT. Cxa vazis didi totia, 

Tavadac datotvili da zed aTiode mtevani mainc abia. akido erTi patara 

rtoa da, rogorc wesi, zed mxolod ori mtevania Camokidebuli, TiTqos sasworiao. 

Cxa da akidoc saTvalio yurZnisagan irCeva, esec zamTrisaTvis Sesanaxad 

undaT, akinZva ar sWirdeba da, raki totzea gamobmuli, TiTqos Zalac gadaecema, 

sixasxases did xans inarCunebs. Cxa da akido unda gavatanoT im naTesavebs 

da moyvrebsac, rTvelSi rom moviwvieT, raTa xeli daimSvenon, xelcarieli ar 

gavistumroT vazis zeimidan. 

akidosa da Cxis aWrasac codna sWirdeba. Cxa papam unda aWras, samamule 

rqa rom ar miayolon gamoucdelma axalgazrdebma. xvalindel dRezec xom am- 

TaviTve unda vifiqroT? vazs xom ar davazaralebT? aWril Cxasa da akidos iqve, 

vazis TavTiT, sarze dahkideben da saRamoxans, morCeul yurZenTan erTad, 

Sin waiReben. 

ase, damaTrobel mzeSi (rTvels Tu mziani dRe ar daudga, rTveli aRar 

iqneba) vazis surnelSi gadis mZime jafiT, magram xalisiT, amaRlebuli ganwyo- 

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ilebiT, siciliTa da iumoriT savse mTeli dRe. da, ra Tqma unda, sarTvlo 

Tikanic ikvleba. da, ra Tqma unda, iqve venaxSi gabneul wvril pamidvrebsac 

krefen Tiknis Casaxrakad. da ra Tqma unda, gamrje da gamfrTxile didedac Civis, 

ra ambavia amdeni Cxa da akido, cota qvevrzedac ifiqreT, Casawuric xo unda 

darCeso, es CurCxelao, es badagio, sxva Tu araferi, kacebs Rvino xo unda- 

To... es ise, sityvisaTvis, didedam aucileblad unda gagvafrTxilos, Torem Casawuric 

rCeba, sabadagec da saCurCxelec. 

cikani ukve daklulia. mze ukve Subis tarzea. merTvleni cota daiRalnen, 

mgoni moSivdaT kidec. vidre kacebi im veeba godrebs vazis foTlebs afareben, 

qalebi, venaxis TavSi, qoxis win sufras Slian. qoxSi cecxli anTia, jaWvze 

SemWvartluli qvabi hkidia da orTqli amodis. aqeT sxva cecxlia, iq Samfurebs 

Tlian da mwvadebs ageben. dgas modaRuli xaxvis, pamidvris, nivrisa da qinZis 

suni. sufra mwvane balaxze iSleba. doqebiT moaqvT SarSandeli Rvino, an maWari, 

winaswar, saadreo yurZnisagan sagangebod rTvlisTvis Cawuruli. 

saadreo yurZeni ki blomad iyo... 

da ra jiSi aRar iyo, ras aRar aRnusxavs qarTuli mevenaxeobis Zvelis- 

Zveli matiane. 

xuTasze meti jiSi iyoo, — amboben. 

axla saxelebi naxeT, im ankara RvinosaviT morakrakeben, yelyaryara suridan 

rom gadmoeSveba Tixis jamSi: 

brola, sanTela, vardisfera, oqroyurZena, Tavcecxla, yurwiTela, rqawi- 

Teli, saferavi, Tavkveri, kviristava, marcvala, xarisTvala, yornisTvala, CiTa, 

SavTxila, mtredisfexa, mxargrZela, mtevandida, devisTvala, CitisTvala, 

ZvelSavi, kaknatela, kraxuna, maisa, adreula, saadreo, samaWria, saRvine, saTvalio, 

samarxo, saCurCxele, saismula, colikauri aragvispiruli... da kidev romeli 

ara, ra ferisa, ra gunebisa da ra formisa...…saxelebSi cxadad ikiTxeba sadauroba, 

daniSnuleba, xasiaTi, feri, surneli, garegnoba yurZnisa. isini TiTqos 

gizidaven, giwveven da Senc survili giCndeba, yvelas gaswvde, yvelasTan 

mixvide, yvelas miefero. 

netav SeiZlebodes maTi erTad TavSeyra. 

es iqneboda yvelaze didebuli saZmo. 

es iqneboda qarTuli vazis yvelaze ufro mravalxmiani simRera. 

axla venaxis saxelebi... 

sad ar Sendeboda venaxi da adgili mis saxelsac gansazRvravda. da rogorc 

sxva yoveli, es saxelebic lamazi unda yofiliyo, JReradi, lakonuri da 

bevris mTqmeli, saxelebs, ise rogorc yovelgvar sityvas, Tavisi siZvelis ieri 

dahkravs. rac ufro ZvelisZvelia saxelwodeba, miT ufro daxvewilia da natifi 

misi forma, miT ufro naTlad gamoxatavs im sagnis an movlenis Sinaarss, rasac 

odesRac daerqva. asea venaxebis saxelebic. aba daakvirdiT: gorivenaxi — anu is 

venaxi, maRlobze rom gauSenebiaT; didvenaxi — anu farTobiT didi, rac imas 

adasturebs, rom mis patrons mcire, patara venaxic hqonia, SeZlebuli kaci yofila; 

Sigavenaxi anu is venaxi, romelic iqvea, saxlTan, da ara soflisgan mo- 

SorebiT, rogorc mravlad gvxvdeboda saqaTveloSi; bolovenaxi — anu is, soflis 

boloSi rom gauSenebiaT; Walavenaxi — TavisTavad gvimxels adgils, WalaSi 

gaSenebuli venaxi varo. Zirvenaxi — albaT, ojaxis mTavari marCenali venaxi, 

romlis patronsac sxva, wvril-wvrili venaxebic eqneboda; ferda venaxi — 

daferdebul adgilas gaSenebuli venaxi... ase esmodaT es saxelebi iq, Cvens sofelSi 

da sxva kuTxeebSi SeiZleba amav saxelebs sxva Sinaarsic edo, Cemi fiqriT 

ki, rac giTxariT, mTlad tyuili ar unda iyos. 

mere amas mosdevs marani. Rvinis sawuri da dasawmendi, Rvinis Casasxmeli 

da Sesanaxi WurWeli da aqac igrZnoba daxvewiloba, feri da pewi sityvisa, 

grZnoba mSobliuri enis siRrmisa, formisa da Sinaarsisa. SeiZleba zogi saxeli 

ucxoc iyos, saidanRac Semosuli, xalxebi xom erTmaneTs mudam esesxebodnen 

sityvebs da esec arc erTi enisaTvis ar iTvleboda saZraxisad. ena im sagnis 

Sesatyvis saxels ufro qmnis, romeli saganic am enaze molaparake xalxma 

Tavad Seqmna an sxvebze ufro metad sWirdeboda. visac zRva ar akravs, zRvas- 

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Tan dakavSirebul saxelebs ver Seqmnis, albaT sxvisgan unda isesxos. udabnoSi 

ver daibadeba sityvebi: rcxila, muxa, Sindi, ifani da sxva. da CvenSiac, rac maranTan 

an WurWelTan dakavSirebiT gvisesxia, yvela ukve qarTuli enis stiqiaSi 

moqceula, yvelaferi erTad qarTuli marnis samyaros qmnis. 

gava cota xanic da Cven am maranSic SevixedavT, iq, sadac am saRamos yur- 

Zeni daiwureba, qafqafiT wamova tkbili wveni, sadac miwaSi CaudgamT veeba qvevrebi 

— naxelavi anageli, vardisubneli, iyalToeli, SroSeli ostat-meWurWleebisa. 

meWurWleTa niWsa da ostatobas dauxvewavs da cecxlSi gamouwrTvia 

mravalgvari xelada Tu Careqa, sawde Tu kula, sura Tu jami, gozauri, kaTxa, 

farfala, WinWila Tu `marani~. 

iq, venaxis TavSi gaSlil sufraze ki mxolod xeladebi da jamebia. ukve 

RiRinSi Sesulan, maWariviT aduRebula samoyvro da saalerso sityva, mere am 

maWars mohyveba mcire `mravalJamieri~, sadRegrZelo soflisa, yurZnis momyvanisa, 

vazisa, mtevnisa... Tu didedam daacalaT... 

magram dideda ukve qoTqoTebs: aq saqeifod ki ar movsulvarTo. jer naxevari 

dRe gavida da naxevari venaxic ar dakrefilao, dabinavebac xo undao. vin 

aikidos godrebi, vin dawuros, Tu pirSi ena aRar SegrCebaTo. dilamde xo sul 

wvnad iqca, qars gavatanoT amdeni jafao? agi dagikaliT cikani, kacebo, CaixeTqeT 

muceli da krefa gavagrZeloT, bindisas ki wavideT, godrebi gvelodebian, 

vinRa gamoCndeba imaTi amwevi, qveyanas rTveli aqvso. 

kacebi fexs iTreven. 

da mainc sufra aiSleba. 

rTveli rTvelia da Tavisi adaTi aqvs. 

ukve Sebindda. im vaJkacma biWebma, romelTa imedic yurZnis krefisas hqondaT, 

marTla ivaJkaces, askiloiani godrebi aswies da urmebi datvirTes. mere, 

zemoT, sofelSi, marnis karTan CamoiRes da dasawurad Caamwkrives. yvelani 

daRlilebi arian, Tanac vaxSmis suni trialebs... magram rTvelma ar icis daRliloba, 

male sawuravs moitanen, sxva mezobelTan yofila, da wurvas daiwyeben. 

Tu ase ar moxda, mTel Rames godrebidan wveni idinebs da danakargi, erTi litrac 

rom iyos, danakargia. erTi litra sufTa, Tavankara Rvino an badagi, iseTive 

pativsacemia, rogorc mTeli qvevri. 

Cven ki, vidre sawuravs moitandnen, modiT, maranSi SevideT da kargad mivixed-movixedoT. 

marani saxlis sardafSia, an saxlis gverdiTaa midgmuli... marani ficrulic 

ari, anu ficriT nagebi, da qvitkirisac, anu kiriTa da qviT naSeni sqeli 

kedlebiT. ficruli marani Raribi glexisa iqneba, meti ver moaxerxa da amiTac 

iolas gadis. sardafisa da qvitkiris marani ufro SeZlebul glexs gamouvida: 

aba, CavideT maranSi da jer Tvali SevaCvioT sibneles. fexi arafers wamovkraT, 

aqve kiris TaxCaSi (patara niSia, kedelSi aTasgvari wvrilmanis Sesanaxad datanebuli) 

mdgari lampa avanToT. avanTeT da maranma ufro idumali saxe miiRo. 

Crdilebi dagrZeldnen, kedlebze cxvris tyavebi da xurjinebi ixateba... es im 

xurjinebis da tyavebis Crdilebia, kedlidan kedlamde gabmul Tokze rom hkidia. 

aqeTa kuTxeSi xaxvisa da nivris galaa, aqve rom dasWirdeT. iqiT wiwakac 

Rvivis wiTlad. esec aqve dasWirdebaT. raSi dasWirdebaTo? TiTo Wiqa Rvinis 

asawevad da am saxl-karis dasalocad. stumari rom mova, Tu maranSi Caiyvan, patara 

qococ unda mouxado da Wiqa Rvino SesTavazo saWaSnikod, Sesaferi siamayiT, 

aba, gasinjeT, ra Tavankara Rvino davayene, ucodveli da ubiwoo. da Tuki 

Rvino Seismeba, msubuqi misatanebelic saWiro gaxdeba. diasaxlisi xom SoTsa 

da yvels aucileblad mogvaSvelebs, vidre zemoT avidodeT da marTla sufraze 

davsxdebodeT. iqiT, marnis siRrmeSi, sawnaxeli dgas, xisa, an Tu marnis patroni 

marTla SeZlebulia, qviT naSeni. aq unda dawuron, Rvino da wveni am milidan 

gadmovides, sawnaxelis kuTxeSi rom gamouyvia Tavi. 

maranSi mainc qvevria mTavari mbrZanebeli da yvelafris baton-patroni. 

qvevrebi miwaSi arian Cadgmuli. maTi mxolod qudebi moCans, anu sarqveli, 

brtyeli, mrgvali, Tixisagan gamomwvari, arcTu mZime, acrTu msubuqi. sarqvelebi 

axla moCanan, Torem, Rvino rom daiduRebs, sarqvelebsac miwas miayrian. zo- 

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gi qvevri didia, darbaiseli, Ripiani, imodena, rom Sig mec Tavisuflad Cavetevi 

da Tqvenc CamoxvalT, xuTiode gogo-biWi. da Tu piri davaReT da simRerac daviwyeT, 

qvevri imodena bans gvetyvis, aT momReralsac gauWirdeba; zogi qvevri 

pataraa, momcro, qvevrs ki ara, qocos eZaxian da zogjer miwaSic ki ar deben, 

iqve, marnis kuTxeSi miayudeben da lobios an simindis Sesanaxadac iyeneben. 

im qvevrebs, romlis siRrmeSi Casvlac moviwadineT da ise gavTamamdiT, 

simReris dagugunebac ki mogvinda, jerjerobiT sZinavT. yurZnis wurvas elian. 

marnis kedelze hkidia sarcxi, xapiri, xelCafi, orSimo, saTxevle, wberi. 

es yovelive TandaTan dagvWirdeba. sarcxiT qvevri gairecxa da jer isev etyoba, 

rom svelia da namuSevari. sagangebod, gamZle jiSis mcenares — krazanas 

arCeven, Sekraven da mere rkalad moxrian. xelis Casakidsac gaukeTeben, rom advilad 

movixmaroT. Cava welzeviT SiSveli kaci qvevrSi, Causxamen sufTa 

wyals, Caawvdian sarcxs da iwyeba recxva. ismis sarcxis Sriali. daRlili da 

gaoflili kaci aTasSi erTxel Tavs amoyofs qvevridan da daiZaxebs, CamiSra 

yeli, Tu Rvino ar gemetebaT, wyali mainc momawodeTo. beboc, ra Tqma unda, iqvea, 

amovides da mere dalios ramdenic unda, vin uSliso, emand qvevrSi ar CaixrCos, 

codva ar datrialdeso. papa damyolia da Rvinis nacvlad qvevris mrecxavs 

axlad motanil civ wyals awvdian. egre mteri dagecaloTo, gamoclis 

qvevris mrecxavi litrians da isev Caimaleba, isev gaismis sarcxis ritmuli 

Sriali. 

yurZniT savse godrebi marnis farTo karebs (kari muxisganaa gamoTlili) 

bindisas moadgebian. bindisas ki ara, gvarianad iqneba SeRamebuli. jer urmis 

Wrials gavigonebT, mere WiSkars gamoaReben da biWebis sicili da gadaZaxilgadmoZaxilic 

dairxeva. didis ambiT Semova pirveli godori. dideda sanTlebs 

umatebs da sinaTlec matulobs. Tu sawuravi manqana aqvT, wurva maSinve daiwyeba... 

didi ram ar unda. manqanas Tavze mozrdili yuTi aqvs damxobili, sufTaa 

da tevadi. Cahyrian yurZens da marjve biWebic saxelurs atrialeben. daWyletili 

yurZeni qvevrSi RvarTqafiT Cadis. 

Tu sawnaxelSi vwuravT, moTxroba ufro grZelia, dinji da nelad mavali. 

jer xuTiode marjve da sufTa biWi unda SearCion. sufTa, aba, ra, fexebic 

kargad unda dabanon da, roca sawnaxeli yurZniT kargad aivseba, biWebi Sig Caayenon. 

gadaxveven erTmaneTs xels, TiTqos ferxuls cekvaveno da mxiarulad gadi-gamodian 

sawnaxelSi. yurZeni nel-nela Zirs iwevs, mtevnebi nel-nela erTmaneTSi 

izilebian, CenCoebi da klerti ufro cxadad ikveTeba, wveni ki sawnaxelidan 

xis RarSi Cadis. 

amgvarad wuravdnen Cveni mama-papani yurZens da, etyoba, arcTu urigo Rvinos 

ayenebdnen, raki, kvexniT nu vityviT da Cveni Rvinoebi ganTqmuli yofila. 

sawnaxliT wurvas ufro meti Sroma sWirdeba, magram xalisic metia. yvebian 

xolme viRac biWze, romelsac sawnaxelSi ar uSvebdnen, mag fexebis patrons 

yurZens ver gandobTo. biWi amtkicebda, ra Cemi bralia, Savad gavCndi, Savi 

fexebi maqvso. bolos CauSves da roca dRis bolos biWi sawnaxelidan TeTri, 

gaqaTqaTebuli fexebiT amovida, marnis patroni Turme TavSi xels icemda, 

ra wyalSi Cavyare mTeli mosavalio. magram es albaT maranSi dabadebuli xumrobaa, 

radgan sicili yvelgan gvWirdeba, miT ufro iq, sadac mZime, damRleli 

Sromaa da sadac erTi gacineba ise gamogiyvans daRlilobidan, TiTqos jer 

araferi gagekeTebinos. 

daiwura yurZeni. gaivso qvevrebi. ara, mTlad ar gavsebula. jer qvevris 

bolomde gavseba ar SeiZleba. Tu ratomao, axlave mivxvdebiT. jer dawurulma 

wvenma unda daiduRos, maWrad iqces, daduRebas ki qvevrSi adgili sWirdeba. er- 

Ti dRe araferi da meore dRidan qvevri ukve Cum Srials iwyebs, TiTqos butbutebso, 

TiTqos raRacas Civiso. WaWamac TiTqos zeviT wamoiwia da Tu aqamde 

bnel qvevrSi araferi Canda, axla cxadad vxedavT. erTi-ori dRec da xmauri 

ufro Zlierdeba. maWari qvevrs yelSi moswolia da ise qafqafebs TiTqos cecxlze 

SeudgamTo da ha, sacaa maWari qvevridanac gadmova. maSin aiRebs xelSi 

ojaxis patroni saamisod gamoTlil `maWris joxs~ da daurevs qvevrs. pirvelive 

darevaze qvevri Svebas igrZnobs. erTs mZlavrad amoixvneSebs da maWari qve- 

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moT daiwevs. Tu aqamde gadmosvlaze iyo, axla isev Tavis doneze dadgeba, TiTqos 

veRarc ki vxedavT. iqiT sxva qvevri apirebs gadmosvlas da imasac dawynareba 

sWirdeba. isic amoixvneSebs da mcire xniT CaCumdeba, raTa mere da mere isev 

daiwyos wamosvla, isev amofuvdes da TuxTuxiT gagvagebinos, rom kanSi aRar 

eteva, gadmosvlas cdilobs, SfoTavs da adgili ver upovia. 

ase grZeldeba mTeli kvira... 

da roca yvela darwmundeba, qvevrebi Cawynardnen da damSviddneno, moitanen 

kaklis an leRvis msxvil foTlebs da qvevris pirebs daafareben. mere am 

foTlebze rbilad daaxuraven sarqvels. sarqvels miwas miayrian da karga xniT 

qvevrs aRaravin Seawuxebs. qvevris amoyvanas da gamowvas karga xani dasWirda da 

qvevrma icis, ra aris moTmineba. axlac moTminebiT elis, rodis daiwmindeba mis 

mucelSi maWari, rodis Cava leqi qvemoT da wminda Rvino zemoT darCeba. amas 

dReebi ki ara, kvirebi sWirdeba. da roca es xani gava, aiReben patara Toxs da 

sarqvelze moyril miwas gverdze gadaxveten. mere aseve frTxilad, sagveliT 

gadaasufTaveben sarqvels da qvevris yelis misadgomebs. sarqvels frTxilad 

moxdian da iqve miawvenen... 

dawmendila! im amRerebuli maWris nacvlad axla qvevrSi Tavankara Rvino 

dgas. xo, ukve Rvinoa, Rvino hqvia. qoTqoTa, mduRare maWari Rvinod qceula. 

magram es ar aris bolo. 

Tavankara, dawmendil Rvinos sxva qvevrSi gadaiReben, RviniT is qvevric 

pirTamde galiclicdeba da isev daixureba, raTa ufro metad daiwmindos, ufro 

Tavankara gaxdes, Tavisi namdvili feri daidos, marTali da patiosani Rvinis 

feri. da ase moxdeba or-samjer, vidre axali welic ar dadgeba da vidre sufraze 

is Rvino ar mova, rac maspinZels saamayod CaeTvleba, vidre qvevri, roca 

sarqvels movxdiT, marTla sarkesaviT ar SemogvanaTebs da masSi ar airekleba 

Rvinis momyvanic, stumaric, da TviT mTeli es marani, Tavisi SemWvartluli 

kedlebiT, sarcxiT da orSimoTi, saTxevliT da xelCafiT. 

qvevrebi da qocoebi zomiTac nair-nairia da daniSnulebiTac. im sofelSi, 

sadac Cveni òTxi dro~ gaivlis, `zedaSe~ iconen, SeTqmuli qvevri. an saaxalwlod, 

an jaridan biWis Camosvlis dros, an avadmyofis gamojanmrTelebis mere 

Tu moixdeboda `zedaSes~ sarqveli, ise ara, ise tabudadebuliviT iyo, mTavaria, 

vis ra hqonda SeTqmuli. is ki ara da qali maranSi SesvliT ki Sevidoda, 

magram qvevrs ver gaekareboda, qvevri sakaco saqme iyo da ara sadiaco, qvevrs 

mxolod kaci edga Tavze da kaci uvlida. 

zedaSes axdamde ki jer mainc Sorsaa, jer qvevrebi mxolod axla iwyeben 

butbuts. guSin ara gvqonda rTveli? guSin ar davwureT yurZeni? aTasi saqmea 

marnis gareT, marans papac eyofa, itrialos qvevrebs Soris da Tu romelimem 

ukve daiwyo qoTqoTi, droze mixedos, droze daawynaros, saqme ufro marnis gareT 

aris, saCexSi da saToneSi. balRebs iq ufro miuxariaT. sabadage ukve moumzadebiaT 

da saTaTare wvenic ukve duRs did cecxlze. yvelani TaTaras gasakeTeblad 

gamzadebulan. es qalebze iTqmis, Torem bavSvebi marto erT rameze 

fiqroben, — rogor SeuSviron TiTi axlad amovlebul CurCxelas da rogor 

waiRon pirisaken is gemrieli TaTara, romelsac xumrobiT Turme `sklinti~ Searqves. 

saTaTare guSin moduRda, axlad dawuruli yurZnis wveni did qvabSi Caasxes 

da didxans aduRes. moxades Tavze mogdebuli leqi da qvabSi dawmendili, 

TafliviT tkbili wveniRa darCa. 

saTaTaredac karga xania emzadebodnen, aba TaTara uCurCxelod rogor 

iqneba da ai, maSin, kakali rom daibertya. qalebma saguldagulod gadaarCies 

is kaklebi, romelsac Talxi feri ar dahkravda, da sufTa, TeTri nigvziT iqneboda 

gamotenili. kakali mzeze gaaxmes. daamtvries da nigozi gamoarCies. mere 

nigozi lastze dayares da oriode dRiT kvlav mzeze gafines. gamSrali nigvzis 

lebnebi oTx nawilad daWres da TiTo mtkavel magar Zafze CurCxelebad 

aasxes. magram oTx nawilad daWra savaldebulo rodia. CurCxelac mravalgvaria, 

arsebobs Txeli CurCxela da arsebobs msxvilic, romelsac gorgomiWelas 

eZaxian. gorgomiWelad oTxad daWril nigozs ki ara, mTel lebans asxamen da, 

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cxadia, TaTaraSi amovlebuli, Tu gansakuTrebiT orpiradac amoavle, msxvili 

da yuaTiani gamodis. orpirad amovleba raRaa? jer Cveulebriv TaTaraSi amoavleben 

CurCxelas, mere, cota rom SeSreba da CurCxelebis amovlebac TiTqos 

damTavrdeba, CarCenil TaTaras wvens daamateben da ufro gaaTxeleben. am Txel 

TaTaraSi avleben ukve erTxel amovlebul CurCxelebs da orpirad amovlebulic 

amas hqvia. zogs ufro Txeli, calpirad amovlebuli CurCxela moswons. 

zogs _ orpiri, kacia da guneba! Tadarigiani diasaxlisi ki ersac gaakeTebs da 

meoresac. yvelas is unda gaawvdino, rac guliT unda. xo, cota win gaviWeriT. 

asxmul CurCxelebs axla saTaurebs gaukeTeben. saTauri ufro magari Zafia, bawaria, 

kanafia. CurCxelidan morCenil erTi TiTis dadeba Zafze magrad mouWeren 

orad mokecil bawars da saTauric amas hqvia. am saTaurebs wamoacvamen sagangebod 

gaTlil da gasufTavebul Wigoebze, roca ukve amoivleba CurCxela. 

`skintlebi~ ki saamisod Sedgmul garandul ficrebze Camoixveweba, Tu, ra Tqma 

unda, balRebma ficrebamde Casvla daacales da saloki TiTi gzazeve ar daaxvedres. 

nigozi ukve asxmulia. 

aduRebul wvens fqvili moukides da axla kargad unda moSuSdes, fqvilis 

gemo rom ar daetyos. 

moSuSebas ki maSin Seatyoben, roca TaTaras beberebi daaCndeba, xan aq, 

xan iq, beberebi daskdeba, TaTara mkerds zemoT amoswevs da erTi kargad amoixvneSebs, 

ase karga xans grZeldeba. TaTaras duRili sWirdeba da bolos, nelnela 

gamoukeTeben cecxls, romelic Tavidanve ar iyo Zlieri. is ki arada, zedadgaris 

Tavze gafenil Tunuqze nacaric ki eyara, cecxlma erTbaSad ar atkucos 

da dawvas TaTarao. muguzlebs aqeT-iqiT gadahyrian. miwaze sagangebod gaSlian 

did nakverCxlebs da zed TaTaris qvabs daadgamen ( es qvabic sagangeboa, 

sqeli, veeba, `Tangira qvabs~ rom eZaxdnen), raTa sicxovele karga xans SeinarCunos. 

TaTara ar gacivdes, ar gasqeldes da CurCxelis amovleba ar Seferxdes. 

gadmodgmuli qvabis win CurCxlis ostati moikecavs da iwyeba amovleba. 

CurCxelis amovlebasac rogorc yvelafers amqveynad, ostatoba sWirdeba. 

am dros iwyeba bavSvebis Jriamuli. 

am dros wveTaven CurCxelebidan is sanukvari `skintlebi~. 

gavlebuli CurCxelebi ki, Wigoebze Camokidebuli da jariskacebiviT Camwkrivebulni, 

sagangebod ikaveben TavianT adgils. es TavianTi adgili sadRaa? 

ezoSi, mzis gulze. aki giTxariT, rom yvelafers mze uyvars da maT Soris Cur- 

Cxelasac. oTx maRal orkap boZs miwaSi Rrmad CaarWoben. orkapze Wigoebs gasdeben. 

Wigoebze ki CurCxlis joxebs, Tavis CurCxelebianad, gadahkideben da 

mzes miuficxeben. pirvelad aris Zneli, sanam CurCxela svelia da erTmaneTs 

SiSi ekvris. cota xanSi CurCxelebi SeSreba da RamRamobiT saCexSi advilad Seitanen. 

Sreba mzis gulze CurCxelebi. 

erTi dRe, ori dRe, mTeli kvira da metic. 

Sescqerian balRebi ndomiTa da alersiT. 

da bebom icis, rom axla marTebs meti sifrTxile: vinmes sulma ar was- 

Zlios da CurCxelas kudi ar moaWamos. mere ra gemrielia SemSrali kudi! magram 

ra maxinjia da Seuxedavi ukudo CurCxela! da Tu erT mSvenier dRes sadme 

dalanda bebom ukudo CurCxela, es imis niSania, rom viRacas sulma marTla 

wasZlia, sifrTxile unda gaaskecdes da sityviTac mkacrad iTqvas, rom es saqcieli 

wesier balRs ar ekadreba, rom axal wlamde, vidre Tovls ar Camoyris, 

CurCxlis Wama codvaa da sulwasulobis gamo RmerTi dagvsjis, rom aTasgvari 

xilia garSemo, yurZeni ginda, msxali, atami, vaSli Tu ragindara da am dros 

CurCxelis kudebze nadiroba veraferi vaJkacobaa. is `vaJkaci~ ki (amodena bal- 

RebSi mainc etyoba romelia), albaT gulSi daircxvens da sakuTar Tavs aRuTqvams, 

rom, rac ar unda sulma wasZlios, dReis amas iqiT CurCxelebisken gamxedic 

ar aris. 

magram mainc gaixedavs… 

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Znelia Tavs moerio. 

maSin bebo kidev erTxel Seaxebs xels CurCxelebs da ityvis, rom SiSis 

gamo ki ara, ukve dro damdgara, rom CurCxelebi Camoxsnan da sagangebod Sekeril 

parkSi daabinaon, miT ufro, rom Zalze Tu gadaxma, Saqars aRar moigdebs... 

CurCxelebs Camoxsnian da TeTr, qaTqaTa parkebSi Caalageben. 

parkebs Tavs moukraven. 

da roca xani gava da marTla axali weli mova, roca didis ambiT gaixsneba 

parki, erTbaSad SemogvanaTebs CaSaqrebuli da TeTrad `daTrvTiluli~ 

CurCxelebi, maSin ki vityvi, rom bebo sulac ar yofila Zunwi da is, rac oriode 

Tvis win gviTxra, aucileblad unda eTqva. 

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amgvarad mTavrdeba Semodgomis erTi moTxroba — `rTveli~, moTxroba 

Tavad cxovrebaSi, bunebaSi, imgvari, rogorc namdvilad arsebobs. gindac ar 

daiweros qaRaldze, ar daixatos tiloze, es moTxroba sinamdvilis moTxrobaa 

da bednieria is, visac misi wakiTxva marTla moTxrobasaviT SeuZlia. 

Semodgomis `moTxrobebidan~ (cal-calke moTxrobebi vuwodoT rTvels, 

kaklis bertyvas, simindis texvas…) erTi feradovani moTxrobaa `xilTa qeba~. 

ase xilis krefas uwodeben im uamrav leqsebSi poetebma rom SeTxzes da maTSi, 

msgavsad Tveebisa da weliwadis droebisa, sxvadasxva xili erTmaneTs ejibreba. 

msxali amtkicebs, me vjobivar yvelaso; vaSli ambobs, Cemi badali araferia 

qveyanazeo; atams arc erTi ar moswons da Tavis Tavs ufro maRla ayenebs. am 

Sejibrebasa da `gabaasebaSi~, ra Tqma unda, ironiasac Tavisi wili udevs. yvelaferi 

iumoriT aris Seferili, qveteqsti ki is gaxlavT, rom gabaasebis personaJebi 

amaod ejibrebian erTmaneTs: yvela xili kargia da yvelas Tavisi dro 

da adgili aqvs. 

xilis krefac didis ambiT iwyeba. xilsac sagangebo gafrTxileba sWirdeba, 

vaSli, msxali, atami saTiTaod unda moikrifos, odnav mainc Tu daiJeJa, 

aRar Seinaxeba. saRi xili ki ojaxs axal wlamde da imis merec unda gahyves. 

xeze mozrdilebi adian, kalaTs avseben da kaviT Zirs awvdian. kalaTidan xils 

an yuTebSi alageben frTxilad da moferebiT, an godrulebSi. egreve frTxilad 

Sinisaken miaqvT da mSral adgilas, umetesad sxvenSi awyoben. xilis wasa- 

Rebad saxedars araferi sjobs, mainc isev dagvWirda es Cveni najafari saxedari, 

misi sidinje da sidarbaisle! gadahkideben saxedars or patara godrulas 

xurjiniviT da isic nela, auCqareblad daadgeba soflis gzas, Tuki, xilis ba- 

Ri an sofels aris mocilebuli, an venaxSi gvqonda Carigebuli atami Tu msxali. 

midis dinjad, icis, rom xili miaqvs da isic icis, rom Tu fexs aaCqarebs, 

ityvian, marTla suleli yofilao. 

zogierTi msxali adre ikrifeba, gamoucdel kacs gaukvirdeba kidec, 

jer ra dros dakrefaa, pirSi ar CaiSveba, magaria da feradac mwvaneo. magram 

es sazamTro jiSebia msxlisa. daalageben amgvar msxals sxvenSi da ramdenime 

kvira rom gava, aba adiT da sakuTari TvaliT naxeT... 

maxsovs, erTi msxali icoda Cvens sofelSi, moxdenili da cota ar iyos 

idumali saxeliT `Tamromsxali~. mrgvali iyo, mwvane, arc Zalian msxvili, arcTu 

wvrili, roca vkrefdiT, zed ar Seixedeboda, kaci ifiqrebda, marTla pir- 

Si ar CaiSvebao. magram, albaT msxalic fiqrobda, damacadeT, Cemi droc dadgebao. 

Tan saxeliTac amayobda. CvenSi yvelafers Tamar mefes ukavSirebda xalxi 

da saxelebis warmoSobis gulubryvilo mCxrekels SeiZleba efiqra, es msxali 

Tamar dedofals uyvardao, verc gaamtyunebdi, SeiZleba hyvareboda! magram xalxi? 

hkadrebda ki Tamar dedofals Tamrod moxseniebas? Zneli dasajerebelia. an 

iqneb vinme Tamros uyvarda, an vinme Tamros edga es msxali mTel am kuTxeSi 

pirvelad? iqneb im Tamros alersi mis msxalzec gadaitanes kvimatma Tayvanismcemlebma? 

SeiZleba, yvelaferi SeiZleba... utyuari ki is aris, rom msxalma Tavi 

Cvenamde moitana. xo, dakrefdnen mwvanes da ramdenime kviris mere, rom gadaxedavdiT, 

gaocdebodiT _ yviTlad enTo, rogorc kargad Semosuli Semodgomis 

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ia. gemo? wveni? amaze nuRaras maTqmevinebT, Tamromsxals, Tu sadmea kidev, 

Tqven TviTon unda gausinjoT gemo... 

axla venaxis atami? venaxis atams imitom veZaxiT, rom venaxebSi gvedga, 

aqa-iq, mwkrivebs Soris, an venaxis TavSi. atami maRali ar izrdeboda da raki 

TiTo-orola idga, vazs ver daCrdilavda, es an TeTri, an yviTeli atami gaxldaT. 

an. saxravi (anu romelic Suaze ar ipoboda), an `saxeCi~. `saxravi~ mainc 

sul sxva iyo, gansakuTrebiT TeTri saxravi... TeTri atmisaTvis TiTqos ra feria, 

magram is sul sxva siTeTre iyo, swored TeTri atmisferis siTeTre... 

gemos nuRar mkiTxavT... 

maSinac ki, roca rTveli gaCaRdeboda da mwife rqawiTels araferi Seedreboda, 

ise rogor gaivlida mTeli dRe, rom im atmebisTvis xeli aravis Seewodebina. 

saxeC atams ki Tonisaken waabrZanebdnen saCired. magram Toneze mere, Cirebzec 

mere, roca Wirnaxuli dabinavdeba. 

iyo kidev zamTris gulabi. 

isic maSin ikrifeboda, roca jer kidev ar Camwifebuliyo, magram maSinve 

iWmeboda. maSinve ar iyo cudi... mere imasac daedeboda biisferi da Catkbiluli, 

Semrgo wvenic Caudgeboda. 

raki bia, anu komSi vaxseneT, barem vTqvaT, rom komSic Semodgomura xilia 

da ulamazesi xilTa Soris. msxalic daikrifeba, vaSlic, wvrili xurmac, 

qarTl-kaxeTSi rom icis, bia ki mainc dgas, Ramis sicivesa da TrTvilsac uZlebs. 

aqa-iq foTlebi SemosZarcvia da ukve wvenCamdgari nayofi yviTlad anTia. 

foTlebic SeyviTldeba da komSi isev ase idgeba, vidre bolos da bolos imasac 

ar Camokrefen da sxvenis gzas ar gauyeneben... 

mainc ra aris es sxveni, yvelaferi iqiT midis, kaklidan moyolebuli da 

komSiT damTavrebuli? netav rodis avalT im sxvenSi? 

isev win gaviWeriT... jer sxvenSi aravin agviSvebs. jer adrea, axal wlamde 

dideda sxvenze kibesac ar migvadgmevinebs. 

magram iqneb movaxerxoT rogorme, Cumad avZvreT da Tvali gadavavloT? 

vnaxoT mainc ras warmoadgens es sanukvari sxveni da ise, rom kvali arafrisa 

davtovoT, kvlav Zirs CamovideT... 

es ra macdunebeli fiqria. ra dros sxvenia, `xilTa qeba~ arc ki dasrulebula. 

erTi msxali movitoveT, xeWeWuri msxali, yvelaze gamZle da yvelaze sagviano. 

ukve miiwureba Semodgoma, yovel diliT, Sinidan rom gamovalT, ezoSi 

TrTvili devs. TrTvili xom iciT ra aris, Wirxli, RamRamobiT edeba aremares 

da SeiZleba isic ki gegonos, Tovli mosulao. magram rogorc ki dRe fexs moimagrebs, 

TrTvili TvaldaxelSua qreba da isev Semodgoma imarjvebs zamTarze. 

ai, am dros, roca ukve civa da foTlebic SrialiT cvivian xeebidan, dacarielebul 

totebSi, msgavsad biisa, jer isev moCans xeWeWuri — SeyviTlebuli, 

kanmagari, magram TafliviT tkbili msxali. 

amboben, cotasRa udgas xeWeWurio. 

Cveni bavSvobis sofelSi ki blomad edgaT. 

da Tu marTla cotaRaa, Tu sadme naxoT, aucileblad sTxoveT mynobis 

ostats, rom dagimynoT xeWeWuri da isev gaamravloT. 

xeWeWuriT xom ar davasruloT `xilis moTxroba~? iqneb ekuTvnis kidec 

es pativi, ZvelTaZveli jiSia, dRemde mosuli, erTgvarad egzotikuri, Tavisi 

gamomwvevi saxeliT. magram aris èrTi vinme~, visac guli daswydeba, erTi sityviTac 

ar momixsenieso. leRvze ar vambob, leRvi ukve moilia, TeTri leRvic, 

Rvina leRvic da Savic, gadamwifda, daixeCa da ase, TiTqmis gaRimebuli Semogvcqeroda. 

axla Semagrebuli, wvrili kakrafa darCa aqa-iq da imasac mokrefen. 

raSi gamodgebao? adamiani yvelafers gamoiyenebs. am Semagrebuli leRvebidan 

deda murabas gaakeTebs da, Tu xval diliT krefa daiwyo, ar gagikvirdeT. dar- 

Ca is, vinc gvian Semodgomaze mefobs baRSi — broweuli, mzisagan saxealanZuli 

da SewiTlebuli. jer gazafxulze misi yvavili mefobda, yvelasagan gamor- 

Ceuli, aravis msgavsi, poetebisgan saxelganTqmuli broweulis yvavili... axla 

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Tavad nayofi iCemebs pirvelobas, gansakuTrebiT isini, romelTac mouswriaT da 

win gamomxtaran, piri gauRiaT da wiTeli marcvlebi gamouCeniaT. amiT broweuli 

gvauwyebs — sxva nayofSic wiTeli marcvlebi maqvs, mzad var, momwyviteT 

da wamiyvaneT, vici bolo mainc es ariso. damarcxebuli broweuli gvbardeba. 

albaT, misTvisac sevdis momgvrelia ase erTbaSad danebeba, magram amgvaria buneba, 

bunebis wess versad gaeqcevi. 

`xilTa qebaSi~ mTeli Cveni ezo monawileobda. Cven CavrgeT an davamyneT 

es xeebi. zogi sul axlaxans, zogi — wlebis winaT; Cven ki ara, Cvenma mamebma 

da papebma. magram xexils Tavisi Soreuli winaprebi hyavs da maTi Zaxili mudam 

idumalad Caesmis. yoveli xilis winapari uwin tyeSi cxovrobda, tyidan `mova- 

SinaureT~, SevagueT Cvens ezo-kars da imgvarad vaqcieT, rogoradac dRes gamoiyurebian. 

xilis `Soreuli samSoblo~ tyea. da axlac rom moiaroT uRranebi, 

ras ar SexvdebiT imgvari saxiT, rogorebic odesRac iyvnen Cveni baRis axlandeli 

binadrebi. tyeSi TiTqmis yvelaferia: xeebze gasuli veluri yurZeni, tyis 

wvrili Txili, panta, maJalo da ra aRar... 

raki sityva tyeze Camovarda, etyoba, is dRec dadga, rom bolos da bolos 

gavswioT saocnebo tyisaken. 

Cvens siyrmiseul warmodgenaSi tye dakavSirebuli iyo did, maRal xeeb- 

Tan da cxovelebTan, alebTan da qajebTan. tyeSi marto wasvla rogor iqneboda? 

vaiTu wyaros pirs uceb oqrosferTmian als gadaeyaro, mogajadovos da gadagibiros. 

vaiTu saidanme mgeli an daTvi gamoxtes... vaiTu… magram mainc ratom 

aris es SiSic ki ase mimzidveli? ratom gavcqeriT tyes da vocnebobT, rodis 

wagviyvanen mamebi da papebi, biZebi da ufrosi Zmebi tyeSi? 

tyis samyaro idumalebiTaa moculi da iq adamians mraval imgvar rames- 

Tan moelis Sexvedra, rasac sxvagan versad naxavs. 

guSin papam Tqva, xval tyeSi unda wagiyvanoTo. saxlSi Jriamuli atyda. 

tyeSi wasvla patara ambavi ar ari, bevri-bevri weliwadSi erTi-orjer Tu gve- 

Rirseba iq wasvla. Tavad ufrosebi dadian, an SeSis mosaWrelad, an fiCxis Camosatanad, 

an sokoze, Cven ki ar mivyavarT. aha, papam CvenTvisac rogorc iqna moicala. 

rTveli moaTava. Wirnaxuli daabinava. mosavali cudi ar iyo da, etyoba, 

karg xasiaTzea, tyeSi Cveni wayvanac gadawyvita. 

modi da amaRam daiZine! netavi axla ar eTqva, netavi dilaadrian wamoveyareT 

loginidan da àba, tyeSi mivdivarTo~, — daeZaxa. vwevarT da xvalindel 

dReze vfiqrobT. ra iqneba iq, daburul tyeSi? ras vnaxavT axals, romeli xili 

Segvxvdeba? mwvane iqneba tye Tu ukve SeyviTlebuli? am fiqrebSi Zili mainc 

Tavisas akeTebs da sul axlaxans CaZinebulebs ukve Cagvesmis papis xma: aba, vin 

ari yoCaRi, vin modis tyeSi, CaicviT, gelodebiTo. Cven erTbaSad wamovcvivdebiT, 

saxeze civ wyals SevisxamT (ukve civa, magram papas arafers vagrZnobinebT), 

pursa da yvels, dedam rom ZaliT SemogvaCeCa, jibeSi videbT da ezoSi CavrbivarT. 

iq ukve gvelodeba da mere vin? Cveni saxedari! — es ufro metad gvamxiarulebs 

da ezodan gavdivarT. win papa midis, mere saxedari misdevs. saxedars ki 

Cven mivyvebiT, qalamnebSi gamowyobilni da gaxarebulni. 

qalamnebSi ratomao? an qalamnebi ra iyoo? qalamnebs saqonlis an Roris 

tyavisagan amoasxamdnen. fexze kargad wamovicvamdiT da tyavisave TasmebiT SevikravdiT. 

qalamans win aprexili Wvinti hqonda, da Zvelebur navs hgavda, wignebSi 

rom ginaxavT daxatuli. qalamani msubuqi iyo da sasiarulod Zalze mosaxerxebeli. 

qalamnebs windebze vicvamdiT. windebs ki tolaRebiT vikravdiT. mere 

daadeqi gzas da ramdenic ginda iare, fexs araferi mogkveTs, Znelad daiRlebi. 

xo, axla fexze es qalamnebi gvacvia, zemoTac tyavis saTbilobeli da papas 

amayad mivyvebiT. da, raRa Tqma unda, rom Cvenda gasabrazeblad Cvens papas 

romeliRac sxva papa gadmosZaxis: sad migyavs eg balRebio?! tyeSio! — pasuxobs 

papa. emand mgelma ar mogtacoso! 

esRa gvindoda? tye isedac mglebis samalavi gvegona da gulSi cota ar 

iyos gveSinoda kidec. magram es SiSi mxolod wamiT gaielvebs. aq ar ari papa, 

Tavisi kombaliT? es rom mgels Caartyas, sulsac gaafrTxobinebs. aqve ar ari 

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Cveni saxedari? is sxva papac, mgels rom axsenebda, icinoda... maS saSiSi araferi 

yofila. 

sofeli gadaviareT. mere WalaSi CavediT da biliks zemoT avuyeviT. Wala 

savse iyo qacvebiT. qacvebi gadayviTlebuliyo da mkrefavs eloda. ufro zemoT 

nagvianev Jolos dasdeboda mowiTalo-movardisfro, da isic mkrefavs uxmobda. 

`mkrefavebic~ Sors ar iyvnen — tyis Citebi Tavze esxdnen da, rogorc ki dagvinaxavdnen, 

wamoiSlebodnen, axla sxva WalaSi gadaifrendnen. 

mere Walidan biliks isev ferdobze avuyeviT da axla sasaflao gamoCnda. 

sasaflaoc ukan movitoveT. 

mere daiwyo jagnari. lurjad livlivebdnen kvrinCxebi. 

jagnars buCqnari mohyva. 

mere warafebi... mere axoebi... 

buCqnari nel-nela maRldeba da gza ukve tyeSi Sedis. xeebi ukve zemodan 

dagvcqerian. Cvenc, cota ar iyos, daRla mogveZala, erTi suli gvaqvs sadme CamovsxdeT, 

magram papa ukanac ar iyureba. arc saxedari ixedeba ukan, Cveni dardi 

aravis awuxebs da Cvenc, meti ra gza gvaqvs, unda moviTminoT. aki SarSanac ase 

iyo, viareT, viareT da bolosRa davisveneT. da albaT, axlac ase iqneba, davisvenebT 

maSin, roca wyaro gamoCndeba. 

cotac da marTla gamoCnda wyaro. da raRa Tqma unda, papa xvneSiT moixsnis 

gudas, balaxze miagdebs (am gudaSi CvenTvis wamoRebuli sagzalia) da ityvis: 

cota davisvenoTo... marTla, am sagzlis wamoReba ar undoda papas (TavisnaTqvama 

kaciao, — bebo ityvis xolme), sagzali rad gvinda, Semodgomaa, tye 

mSiers aravis daarCenso, — aiCema da gudas xels ara hkidebda. magram bebom 

Tavisi gaitana da kargic qna. axla papa amayad xsnis gudas da balaxze alagebs 

purs, yvels, Semodgomis SeqaSebul pamidvrebs, kitrisa da nivris wnils... patara 

xis jamsac iRebs da wyaros SeuSvers. gvawvdis, raki suli moiTqviT, dalie- 

To. Cvens saxedars ki dro uxelTia, iqve buCqebs misdgomia da ukve gemrielad 

nayrdeba. 

Cven vsauzmobT. 

axla Tqven aq iyaviT, — ambobs papa da walds iRebs, — me fiCxs movagroveb, 

Tu ramem SegaSinoT, damiZaxeT, Sors ar waval — da ise, rom pasuxs ar 

ucdis, buCqebs Seereva. Cven, cota ar iyos, SiSi gvipyrobs, magram viciT, rom papa 

Sors ar wava da marTlac aqve, Soriaxlodan ismis, rogor agrovebs fiCxs 

da waramara gvexmianeba kidec: xom araferi gindaTo... Cvenc raRa Tqma unda, araferi 

gvinda, imis garda, rom papam male moiTavos saqme da isev CvenTan dabrundes. 

cota xanic da raRac kakuni gvesmis. 

ai, papac gamoCnda fiCxmokidebuli da, SiSi rom ar Segvetyos, ise vekiTxebiT, 

ra akakunebs, papao? papa usmens, aqeT-iqiT ixedeba da zemoT, wiflis xeze 

gvaniSnebs, — aba, SexedeT, ra akakunebso: 

kodala, Wreli, koxta kodala! xes misdgomia da dafuturebuli qerqidan 

Wia gamohyavs. 

— magasac unda cxovreba, — ambobs papa da isev buCqnarSi gauCinardeba. 

mere lawaluwi ismis. romeliRac nadirma gadairbina. mgeli ar iyos! 

mere lawaluwi ufro axlovdeba da Cven marTla gveSinia. 

TiTqos Cvens gulSi ijdao, papa Soridan gamogvZaxis, ar SegeSindeTo, es CvenebianT 

giaa, Rorebi dahyavs tyeSi, rkos aWmevso. 

male giac gamoCnda. masac kombali uWiravs da Tbili tyapuWi acvia. Rorebi 

mTel tyes mosdebian da imaTi Rrutuni da lawa-luwi karga Sors ismis. Cven ki 

axlaRa vxedavT, rogor mofenila miwa muxebidan Camocvenili rkoTi. 

cota iqiT wiflebi dgas da gia gveZaxis, — modiT, wifeli miirTviT, gemrieliao! 

Cven iqiT gavrbivarT da wiflis nayofiT vivsebT jibeebs. 

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gias uxaria, Tan Rorebs dasWyivis, Tan gveubneba, ai, wiflis ukan, wablebic 

dgas, imis gadaswvriv ki imdeni Sindi da zRmartlia, Tqveni saxedari ver moerevao. 

Cven gvixaria, gvinda gaviqceT, magram gia gvafrTxilebs, papas moucadeT, is wagiyvanT, 

tyeSi advilia dakargva da mgeli SegWamTo. mglis xsenebaze isev vCumdebiT 

da tyes vusmenT 

kodala isev xes ukakunebs. 

mere raRac facxa-fucxi ismis da cxadad vxedavT: wiflebs Soris amozrdil 

naZvis tots rogor Camohkidebia grZelkuda ciyvi. jer Semogvcqeris, mere uceb 

SekrTeba da Tvalis daxamxamebaSi naZvis kenweroze moeqceva. iqidan sxva xeze 

gadaxteba da gauCinardeba. 

kurdReli? kurdReli sadRaa? 

gias TqmiT, kurdReli mSiSaraa da egre advilad ar gveCveneba. 

mgeli xom ar aris mSiSara? 

ara, magram mgeli dRisiT adamians gaurbis, sadRac uRranebSi imaleba. 

mela? tura? 

mela da tura eSmakebi arian, aqve rom iyvnen, TvaliT ar gveCvenebian, an Cven- 

Tan ra egulebaT? ai, zamTarSi, Zalian rom moSivdebaT, soflamde Camovlen, saqaTmes 

mieparebian da mere TviTon ician... 

maS aqauroba savse yofila tyis binadrebiT. 

xo, tye savsea binadrebiT. 

papa kvlav gamoCndeba da fiCxi moaqvs. did konas miwaze daagdebs da oflmoreuli 

quds ixdis. Camojdeba. isvenebs. gias sagzals SesTavazebs. asea wesi, gzad 

Tu Semogeyreba, ucnobi Tu nacnobi, Tu sagzali gaqvs, aucileblad unda SesTavazo. 

es tyis kanonia da imisac, rom soflebisagan da qalaqebisagan daSorebuli 

adamianebi, sadac ar unda Sexvdnen erTmaneTs, erTbaSad megobrdebian, sagzali 

erTbaSad saerTo xdeba da, ise daSordebian erTmaneTs, TiTqos didi xnis 

axloblebi yofiliyvnen. is ki ara da, es adgilebi, axla rom vzivarT, wyaros 

piri da TviT es wyaroc, odesRac raRac mSobliuri gaxdeba. wlebis mere, aq 

rom gamoviaroT, uTuod gagvaxsendeba dRevandeli dRe: aq viyaviT. aq davisveneT. 

aq davnayrdiT. aq Segvxvda meRore gia. aq gamogvarTva erTi yua SoTi da 

yvelis naWeri. aq gviTxra madloba da gaudga Tavis gzas, gaireka Tavisi Rorebi... 

maS es adgili ukve mSobliuria, rogorc saxli, sadac odesRac gvicxovria. 

marTla mSobliuri rom gaxdes, kargad mivixed-movixedoT. xo, tyes ukve siyviTle 

Sehparvia. es Cumi Srialic imas niSnavs, rom ukve xeebidan foTlebi cviva. 

gava mcire xani da ufro blomad wamovlen xeebidan. maSin iqneba namdvili Tova 

yviTeli da wiTeli foTlebisa. maSin, Tu aqaurobas kvlav vewveviT, xeebi ise 

idgebian, TiTqos almurSi arian gaxveulnio, TiTqos iwviano. maSin `tyis simRera~ 

ufro sevdiani iqneba. 

gadavixedoT iqiT, giam rom migvaswavla. tye marTla savsea wiTeli SindebiT. 

zRmartlic damsxvilebula. davkrefT, waviRebT, gavSliT fardagze da erT-or 

kviraSi Camwifdeba. dakrolili wablic ukve tyapa-tyupiT Camodis xidan da yvi- 

Teli foTlebis xaliCas efineba. Cumad iyaviT, nu yiJinebT, tyes siCumec uyvars 

da cxadad gaigebT, jer isev ra mxiarulad JivJiveben tyis Citebi. mivixed-movixedoT, 

iqneb sadme Svelic gamoCndes. iqneb qorbuda iremma gadairbinos biliki. 

iqneb yvelaferi erTbaSad, erTi wamosvliT vixiloT, rac ki tyeze wignSi wagvikiTxavs 

an zepirad gagvigonia. iqneb qvemoT, wyarospiras marTla binadrobs 

ulamazesi ali da maSin gamogvecxadeba, Tu dagvimartoxela? magram garSemo 

mxolod siCumea da mxolod Citebis JivJivi ismis. isini ki, vis gamoCenasac veliT, 

gvemalebian... 

rad gvemalebian? 

tye cocxalia da tyis binadarnic iseve ganicdian sicocxles, rogorc adamianebi. 

amboben, udabnosac aqvs Tavisi silamazeo. sali kldeebis silamaze Cveni TvaliTac 

gvinaxavs. tye ki mainc sul sxvaa. tye dedamiwis mTel sicocxles TiTqos 

erTbaSad ganasaxierebs. mec mivlia da albaT Tqvenc, datotvil bilikebze. 

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Cagvixria muxli civ wyarosTan. gavrindebulvarT tyis siCumeSi. gagvigonia kodalas 

kakuni da gugulis Zaxili... erTbaSad movuyaroT Tavi mTel am STabeWdilebebs, 

ferTa da xmaTa mravalferovnebas da aJRerdeba didebuli simfonia 

tyisa. 

adamians daafiqrebs daxavsebuli lodi, sadme tinebze amosuli martoxela xe. 

sixaruls hgvris nakaduli, mdinare, sadRac moulodnelad Sexvedrili patara, 

kamkama tba. bunebis uxilavi xeli marjved xmarobs funjs da saWreTels, faqizad 

wers da aqandakebs, da, rogorc yvela qmnileba, bunebis qmnilebac ver 

itans udier Sexebas. udieri xeli umalve arRvevs harmonias. 

Òra aris Cveni yoveldRiurobisaTvis tye? 

dRes adamianebi gafacicebiT agroveben aTasi juris kunZebsa da totebs, balaxebsa 

da xavsebs, kenWebsa da qvebs; surT, rom qalaqis erTferovan binebSi gamarTon 

sakuTari `tye~, esmodeT misi xma da SeZlon masTan ganmartoeba. Zalze 

Segviyvarda xis sawolebi, xis jamebi da fialebi. magida gvinda davimSvenoT 

xis nivTebiT. aRarafers vambobT imaze, rom Tavad magidac da skamic xisgan 

gvaqvs gamoTlili. xiT vapirkeTebT kafe-restornebs, Teatralur darbazebs da 

yvelafers, sadac adamianebi TavSesayrelad midian xolme. 

da bolos, xe rom ar yofiliyo, ver daistambeboda TviT es wignic, sadac axla 

didis ambiT gelaparakebiT tyeze da xeebze. 

asea dRes. ZvelTagan? 

tye gvifaravda qarisa da sicivisagan. gvinaxavda wyaroebsa da nakadulebs. sa- 

Taves aZlevda mis mdinareebs, asuldgmulebda nadir-frinvels. rogorc davinaxeT, 

tye iZleoda Sindsa da pantas, wablsa da maJalos, zRmartlsa da fSats, 

Txilsa da rkos. tyeSi Wrida glexkaci savenaxe da sabostne sarsa da Wigos, 

sagodre wnels, sawnaxlis mors. xisgan iTleboda wisqvilis Rari, urmis Walebi 

da tabiki, uReli da konkila. tyidan Camogvqonda saxlis Tavxe, anu sayvave, 

saxlis kavi... xisgan iTleboda Cvilis akvani, maxvSis sakarcxuli da darbazis 

dedaboZi. dedaboZze (romelic aucileblad muxisa unda yofiliyo) ikveTeboda 

natifi CuqurTmebi, rqagadagrexili irmebi, gafrenili arwivebi, gatyorcnili 

isrebi, guldakodili jixvebi. es CuqurTmebi gadadioda xis skivrebsa da zandukebze, 

yoveldRiur yofaSi gamosadeg nivTebze, romelTac, garda imisa, rom 

gamosadegi unda gamxdariyo, lamazi ieric unda hqonodaT. 

tye swevda zogjer taZris magivrobas, `xatis tye~ iyo is wmidaTawmida, sadac 

uwminduri guliT da xeliT Sesvlis ufleba ara gvqonda, da, Tu Sexvidodi, 

mxolod imitom, rom codvaTagan ganwmendiliyavi, tye iyo saxizari, meore saxli 

da darbazi, rogorc duRabiT nagebi cixe-koSki, roca mteri modioda, vidre 

laSqari momxvdurs sazRvarze Cauxteboda, moxucebi, qalebi da pirtitvela 

yrmebi tyeSi ixiznebodnen, mSobliuri tye ifaravdaT, aZlevdaT sazrdos, unergavdaT 

moTminebas, da mteric, soflebisa da qalaqebis aoxrebasTan erTad, Tavis 

movaleobad Tvlida gaeCexa tye da venaxi — upirvelesi marCenali qarTveli 

kacisa. 

amitom aRar gikvirs, rom im adgilas, sadac, mematianes TqmiT, àra ars wyali, 

aramed ipyroben wvimisagan kldis WaTa Sina da smen mas, ara ars tye, aramed 

ZeZvi~, uceb sadme gamoanaTebs nuSi, gareuli vazi, panta, maJalo, Txili... 

diax, tye marto Cveni cxovrebisa ki ara, TviT sicocxlis nawilia da bednieria 

is, vinc Seumcdarad ismens tyis xmas, visTvisac metyvelia misi dumili, visac 

SeuZlia masTan saubris gamarTva. 

amgvari bednieri kaci iyo poeti vaJa-fSavela. 

`vaJas tye~ mTrTolvarea, xan SfoTiani, xan mSvidi da gayuCebuli, vaJas tye 

mReris, fiqrobs, tiris, kamaTobs, Civis, mogonebebs eZleva da zogjer mSfoTvare 

sizmrebsac xedavs. marTavs qorwilebsa da niSnobas, koncertebsa da poetur 

paeqrobas, aq bulbuli saamod mReris da Suriani Cxikvi enas atartarebs, ra ambavia, 

ra sul magas amRerebT, sxvebi riTi varT magaze naklebio. am tyis wiaRSi 

Cliqebs imagrebs umweo nukri, moZmeTa sixarbis msxverpli xdeba beberi mgeli 

totia. aq xeebsa da yvavilebs vnebianad uyvarT, vnebianad eZlevian sicocxlis 

siyvaruls da ganSorebis sevdas. aqac gadi-gamodis maWankali, dairxeva xmebi 

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da Wori... axalgazrda xeebi amayad ucqeren xmel wifels da hgoniaT, rom Tavad 

sul axalgazrdebi iqnebian, beberi wifeli ki ukvdavebis erTaderT imedsRa eb- 

RauWeba — alersiT ufereba mis ZirSi amosul norC ylorts. `vaJas tyeSi~ iqmneba 

`Svlis nukris naambobi~, ìa~, `mTis wyaro~, `fesvebi~, da bolos mindia, 

romelsac gulTamxilveliviT esmoda quCis da dekas, wiflis da gugulis-kabas 

idumali CurCuli. 

mTis wyaro saSinel sizmars naxulobs. 

`vnaxe, viTom viRupebodi. gvalva, didi gvalva damdgariyo. balaxni, xeni, Cemni 

mSobelni damWknariyvnen. mec davmSraliyavi TiTqmis. Rabua, lamazi `wisflisCita~ 

Camofrinda verxvis totidam da undoda Cems gubeSi banaoba, magram veRar 

daisvela frTebi da daiwyo tirili. vxedavdi amas da guli mikvdeboda, sad 

waxvel Cemo madlo-meTqi, — vluRluRebdi — damWknari diyi, Supya, Sambi, arCi, 

cacxvi da urZani — yvelani erTad SfoTavdnen: — `mivaSveloT wyaros wyali, 

ar dagviSreso!~ mawvdidnen foTlebidam, totebidam, fesvebidam TiTo-orola namobiT, 

magram veRarasa mSveliden, Tanac viTom miwam piri miyo da dausrulebels 

ufskrulSi unda davRupuliyav. SemeSinda da gamomeRviZa~. 

monadireebma xar-iremi mokles. 

`mxcovani xeebi — cacxvebi, muxebi, Telebi, bokvebi, verxvebi, wiflebi, aryebi, 

ifnebi da sxva da sxvani viSviSebden, yvelam erTad gaigo, Tumca karga daSorebiT 

idgnen, erTimeoreze, TavianTi sayvareli Svilis sikvdili. tye aris irmis 

deda, ZuZus tye awovebda, akvans tye urwevda, sabnadac tye exureboda~. tye ki 

tiroda da ambobda: `vahme Cemo saxelovano Svilo, borjav, rodisRa aRvzardo 

SenisTana Svili, rqiTa da taniT damSvenebuli, SeniT vamayobdi da dReis Semdeg 

visiTRa viamayo?!~ mosTqvamda tye da Tanac cremlebs afrqvevda~. 

uRran tyeSi mosuli patara lurjTvala ia Civis: 

`ra Seubralbelia kaci? rasac ki dainaxavs, unda rom Tavis sasargeblod moixmaros. 

albaT ver afasebs Cvens silamazes! Cven win kacma gamoiara, cals mxarzed 

culi edo, meorezed Tofi ekida. miadga erTs mSveniers totgadarTxmuls 

wifels, dauSina culi da waaqcia. sabralo, rodesac waiqca, daikvnesa. Cvens 

iqiT guguliskaba amosuliyo da jer xmels, Camosuls foTols ar amoscileboda. 

rodesac xe waiqca, gadiyreina zevidam foTlebi da wiTlad gamobWyvinda, 

cremlebi dasxmoda CaRrmavebuls gulSi~. 

erTi suleli kodala ki, romelic Wia-RuebiT savse futuro xes misdgomia, arxeinad 

TavisTvis bWobs: `netav, sul gadaxmes mTeli tye, aTaswilad is ajobebso... 

ùh, ra droebas gavatarebdi!..~ `samoTxe maSin damyardeboda qveyanaze — 

Wia-RuebiT aivseboda mTeli es aremare da... iqeife, biWo! gahkar da gamohkar niskarti 

dRe da Rame~... 

vaJa-fSavelas poemaSi mindias gasvla bunebaSi warmodgenilia, rogorc adamianisa 

da bunebis erTianobis zeimi. is aucilebeli harmonia, razedac kacobrioba 

amdeni xania ocnebobs. mindia miTosidan, Zveli Tqmulebebidan gamoxmobili gmiria 

da amdenad —maradiuli: 

`roca ki gazafxuldeba, 

gamoiRviZebs qveyana, 

silaRe, simxiarule 

daseirnoben yvelgana. 

gaCndeba CirTi, yvavilni, 

ekonebian mwvanesa, 

mindia gafacicebiT 

sul mimoivlis mTa-velsa. 

yvela mcenares da mRilsa 

is egebeba salmiTa, 

bunebac vaSas uZaxis, 

mdidrad morTuli almiTa. 

yvavilni yel-gadagdebiT, 

daxatulebi kalmiTa 

`mindias gaumarjoso~, 

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erTxmad atexen yiJinsa, 

xeebi foTlebs arxeven, 

buneba iwyebs bibinsa~. 

da erTxel... mindiam uRalata bunebas. da bunebamac maSinve Suri iZia. amieridan 

buneba mindias Tavis saidumlos aRar umxels, bunebis ena mindiasaTvis gaugebaria. 

buneba Ralats ar gvapatiebs, — amgvaria ZvelTuZvelesi Tqmulebis morali. 

vidre Cven `vaJas tyeze~ vfiqrobdiT, papam da SviliSvilebma moiares tye, er- 

Tguli saxedari fiCxiT datvirTes da soflisaken daeSvnen. 

amieridan es dRe am patara biWebs arasodes daaviwydebaT. 

brundebian papa da SviliSvilebi tyidan da axla sxva Jriamuli esmiT. cotac 

da bilikze qalebi gamoCndebian, mxarze didi kalaTebi SeudgamT da mxiarulad 

raRacas gasZaxian ukan CamorCenilebs; esalmebian papas da kalaTebs mcire xniT 

Zirs dgamen. ramdeni ram daukrefiaT qalebs: Sindi, tyemali zRmartli, askili... 

visac ra sdomebia da vinc risTvis wamosula. Tqvenc SegxvdaT rameo? ra Segvxvdeboda, 

daukrefavi aRaraferi dagrCeniaTo, — xumrobs papa. Cven ras gavwvdebiTo, 

— icinian qalebi, — swored iqauroba, sadac Tqvenca yofilxarT, 

savsea SindiTa da tyemliTao. mogve eg saxedari, avkidoT, vera xedav, Zlivs movaTrevT 

kalaTebso. da axla papa icinis, — mTeli tye, Sin migaqvT, es saxedari 

ras agivaTo. 

da ase, siciliT emSvidobebian erTmaneTs. 

papa da SviliSvilebi dawinaurdebian. qalebi ukan rCebian... 

es vinRa ari? vinRa wamoadgaT Tavze bindisas? 

monadire qoria! 

marTla qoris msgavsi, marTla qoriviT mzirali da moulodneli. 

mxarze didis ambiT gaudvia Tofi, papas da SviliSvilebs gamomcdelad uyurebs, 

tye marto Tavisi samflobelo hgonia da am samflobeloSi rom `sxvebic~ 

SemoWrilan, guli gadmovardnaze aqvs. 

magram papa risi papaa? — mudam mSvidi da auRelvebeli. 

sada hyofilxar, ra mogiklavso, — ekiTxeba, Tan gulSi fiqrobs, amas nadiric 

ar miekareba saTofezeo. 

qorias danaxvaze maxsendeba Cveni Sveli da aRar vamtyuneb Cvenebs, rom is Sveli 

tyeSi ar gauSves, am qorias lukma ar gaxades. 

Sveli gazafxulis erT dRes mogviyvanes. 

ar gadavaWarbeb, Tu getyviT, erTi muWa iyo-meTqi. ramdenime dRisa Tu iqneboda. 

metyeve waswydomoda da xelSi aeyvana. vin icis, deda arca hyavda, vin icis, sul 

marto iyo, msgavsad vaJa-fSavelas Svlis nukrisa. 

metyeve xom monadire ar ari? 

metyeve tyeSi Tofs ar gaisvris, Tu vinmes SeSineba ar unda (is vinme uTuod 

tyisa da tyis binadarTa mteria), Tu Tavs nadiri ar daesxa. metyeves sakuTari 

qoxic aqvs tyeSi da am qoxis kari mudam Riaa. iqve devs asanTi, cota SeSa da 

fiCxi. SeiZleba nabdis Zvelac dagxvdeT, Tu gza agebneT da aqamde moaRwioT, 

Rame mSvidad gaaTeneT, cecxli daanTeT, gaTbiT da dilaze mec geaxlebiTo. amgvaria 

metyevis qoxi da Tu arasodes gagiTenebiaT Rame im qoxSi, girCevT, erTi 

Rame mainc gaaTenoT. mTeli Ramis tyis cxovreba Tqvens gonebaSi gadaiSleba. 

bindisas Citebi Sewyveten WikWiks da siCume Camodgeba, mere cota xniT bulbulic 

igalobebs. bolos isic gaCumdeba da ifiqreb, ha, mTelma tyem Zils misca 

Tavio. Soridan mdinaris CxrialiRa ismis, sadRac axlos nakaduli morakrakebs, 

da TiTqos isic grZnobs Ramis siCumis idumalebas, isic xmadabal CurCulze gadadis. 

amboben, erTi piroba, ganTiadisas mdinaresac CaeZinebao da, albaT, isinic 

CaiZineben. sadRac Sors Wotma daikivla. buebma erTmaneTs gadasZaxes da 

isinic miCumdnen. axla ki marTla Camodga tyis Ramis siCume. 

magram ai, zed qoxTan raRacam SliginiTa da totebis lawaluwiT gadairbina. 

icodeT, es daTvia. burtyunic xom gesmiT, saWmels eZebs, etyoba gabrazebulia, 

sakbilo versad upovia, verc sadme fuRuro unaxavs, rom Tafli amoesvlipa 

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(futkrebi tyeSic pouloben fuRuros da Tafls imzadeben), verc Txili upovia, 

verc sxva ram xili mougdia xelT. daTvi Cava xevSi da gadaikargeba. TiTqos 

isev Camodga siCume da uceb tura daiwyebs kivils. dedakaciviT kivis, ase ggonia, 

mSvelels uxmobso, namdvilad ki Tavisianebs eZaxis da isic sakbilos 

eZebs. gareT Tu gaixedavT, SeiZleba orma Tvalmac SemoganaToT, es mela mobrZanebula, 

SiSi arafrisa aqvs, qoxis win dayuncula da Semogvcqeris, iqneb mec 

rame sakbilo vipovoo. yvela raRacas eZebs. nadirobis, mopovebisa da motacebis 

Rame damdgara. 

erTbaSad, sadRac raRaca daiymuvlebs. 

ymuili idumalia da Soridanve gvafrTxilebs, merideTo: 

mgeli! 

mglebi uxmoben erTmaneTs, jarad rom Seikran da sadme cxvris faras an saZovarze 

gasul saqonels daecnen, magram amaze zamTarSi getyviT, roca TovliT 

gadaileseba mTa-bari. 

mglebi ymuian da maT ymuilze mTeli tye inabeba, yvela am ymuils usmens. tyeSi 

axla mxolod es ymuili mefobs. 

metyevis qoxSi ki cecxli Canavlda, qoxis urduli gadavketeT da nabdis Zvela- 

Si gaxveulebma Zils miveciT Tavi. magram tyis Cqami, xan axlos, xan Sors darxeuli 

mainc ar gvaZinebs, vidre bolos da bolos marTla ar CagveZineba da er- 

TbaSad sul sxva xmauri ar gamogvaRviZebs: 

isev Citebis galoba! 

dila moaxloebulia, xeebis kenweroebi mzis Soreuli sxivebiT SewiTlebula. 

frinvelTa orkestri dilis mobrZanebas sayovelTao galobiT xvdeba. 

cotac da metyeve gvestumreba… 

ai, am metyevem mogviyvana is umweo Svlis nukri. 

jer rZes vasmevdiT. 

mere nekeris Wama vaswavleT. 

nel-nela wamoizarda da erTbaSad Sveli gaxda. 

uceb Cveni ezo ecotava, Tavawyvetili sirbiliT asjer mainc Semourbenda iqaurobas. 

axteboda buCqebs, gadadioda malayebs, daiqanceboda da CrdilSi miegdeboda. 

vxedavdiT, rogor ufeTqavda ferdebi, veferebodiT da vgrZnobdiT, ra Zalumad 

uZgerda guli. 

mere ezos gareTac gaixeda. 

mere xevSic Cavida. dadgeboda xramis pirad da SuadRidan moyolebuli mzis 

Casvlamde, gascqeroda SoreTs. 

SoreTSi moCanda tye. 

erTxel ZaRlebi daedevnen. gamoiqca, didedas kalTaSi Caujda, kiseri kiserze 

gadaaWdo da ZaRlebs niSnismogebiT gaxeda, aba xeli maxeliTo. 

vuyvardiT. 

erTmaneTTan `saubaric~ SegveZlo. 

da mainc is zne dasCemda: idga xramis piras SuadRidan moyolebuli mzis Casvlamde 

da gascqeroda SoreTs, sadac moCanda tye. 

sisxli yioda mis arsebaSi da tyisken uxmobda. 

ra icoda, rom, nebiT Tu uneblieT, misi samSoblo Cveni patara ezo gamxdariyo. 

tyes miuCvevels tyiurni daCagravdnen da maSin iq veRar daifaravda didedas 

Tbili kalTa. 

mas Tavisi saidumlo gauCnda, rasac aravis gvimxelda da, rasac mxolod xramis 

piras mdgari, tyisken mzirali TvaliT gamoxatavda. 

aman guli dagvwyvita da SeSinebulebma, kidev ufro rom ar dagvewyvita guli, 

sxvagan gavamweseT. 

man bina daido WavWavaZianT baRSi, winanadalSi. 

meti raRa undoda, WavWavaZianT baRi cotaTi hgavda tyes. 

iq Cvens gazrdil Svels, Cvenis fiqriT, mcire bedniereba unda epova. 

magram, etyoba amaSic movtyuvdiT. 

male momkvdariyo. 

es iyo didi xnis winaT. 

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da vidre amas vixsenebdiT, Cveni papa da SviliSvilebi daemSvidobnen monadire 

qorias da Sinisaken wamovidnen. 

Sin ukve Relavdnen, sada xarT amden xanso, papas tuqsavdnen, barem mokali es 

balRebi vera xedav, rogor daqanculano. papa Tavs imarTlebda, daqanculan ki 

ara, saxedarze win egeni morbodneno. 

wyali ukve gauTbiaT da did gobSi balRebs fexebs banen. mere iwyeba vaxSami, 

sufraze moaqvT koWobSi amozelili cxeli lobio, axali, SuSxuna maWari, mwnileuli, 

xili. 

ra gemrielia yvelaferi... 

ra gemrielia es daRlilobac. da ra gemrieli iqneba Zilic... 

* 

amasobaSi ki Semodgoma ganaxevrebula. enkenisTve, anu seqtemberi gasula da 

RvinobisTvec sacaa gava. mosavali venaxebidan da mindvrebidan, baRebidan da 

bostnebidan Sinisaken wamoviReT da axla vabinavebT. da, rogorc ityvian, Tu 

erTi patara zafxuli kidev gamova, sofeli sxva saqmeebisTvisac moiclis, ga- 

CaRdeba Semodgomis dResaswaulebi, niSnobebi, qorwilebi, mTidan dabrundebian 

mwyemsebi, adamianebi erTmaneTisaTvis moiclian da iqneba gadanaxuleba-gadmonaxuleba. 

axla ezoSi movataroT Tvali. vnaxoT Semodgomis ezo. 

Semodgomis ezo feradovania, TiTqos mxatvrisagan sagangebod Seqmnili. warmovidginoT 

Zveleburi saxli, myari qvitkirisa, kramitiT gadaxuruli da rikulebiani 

aivniT damSvenebuli. Tavad es saxli ukve warsuls ekuTvnis. axla amgvar 

saxlebs aRar ageben da amitom sagangebod Seqmnilis STabeWdilebas moaxdens 

Tqvenze. rogorc ki ezoSi SexvalT, maSinve gasaSrobad gamofenil CurCxelebs 

SeavlebT Tvals. CurCxelebi jer mxolod wiTlad Ruian. Robeebze namgliT aWrili 

simindis fuCeCi miuyudebiaT, esec gasaSrobad gamotanili da mzis gulze 

mificxebuli, yviTeli taroebi erTmaneTze gadaubamT da, msgavsad yurZnis akidosi, 

aivnis boZebze CamoukidiaT, aqvea yurZnis jagani, gala nivrisa da xaxvisa, 

wiTeli wiwakis asxmula, yviTeli zafrana... ezoSi gafenil fardagze kakali gauSliaT, 

cota iqiT — lobio da dafxvnili simindi. yvelafers mze sWirdeba, 

mzeze gamoSroba da gamoyvana. sasimindedan yviTeli da TeTri taroebi ikriWebian. 

beReli xorbliTaa savse. sabZelSi bzea. iqve saTive dgas da maRali zvini. 

baRSi xbo icoxneba. marnis, sabZlis da beRlis saxuravebze gogrebi. suraTi 

sruli ar iqneba Tu ar vityvi, rom marnis kari farTod gauRiaT da iqidan axali 

maWris suni gamodis... da yovelive erTad aRebuli, qmnis feradovan suraTs, 

romelzec mxatvars feri ki uxvad gaunawilebia, magram yvelaferi mainc erTi 

miznisTvis, erTi saTqmelisTvis daumorCilebia: es Wirnaxulis silamazea. 

silamazisaken ltolva adamianis ZvelTaZveli Tvisebaa, yofaSi damkvidrebuli 

silamaze ki saukuneTa manZilze yalibdeba, tradiciul iers iZens, ixveweba da 

Cvenamde modis rogorc dasrulebuli xelovnebis nimuSi. zvins dgams glexkaci 

da es ostatis xeliT dadgmuli zvinia, wuns ver dasdeb, proporciebi daculia, 

adgili — didebulad SerCeuli, zvini aucileblad aq unda iyos, amis gareSe 

suraTi, romelsac `Semodgomis ezo~ hqvia, srulyofili ver iqneboda. ai, 

am gogrebis ganlagebasac ki ostati sWirdeboda, gamoucdeli xeli ise daaxvavebda, 

Tavsa da bolos ver gaigebdi, aq ki yvelaferi gaTvaliswinebulia, kompozicia 

arsad irRveva. mzes mificxebuli gogra aucilebeli detalis mniSvnelobas 

iZens, an es tikic, anu Txieri, raRa axla dasves marnis karTan da Tanac 

samfexa xis skamze, darbaisluri RipiT, rom aqaurobas swored simaZRris da siuxvis 

feri dasdos. Tumca Sig jer araferi asxia, magram tiki mainc didebulad 

gaberila da imgvarad Semogvcqeris, TiTqos mis gareSe aqauroba arafrad eRireboda, 

da kacma rom Tqvas, marTalic aris, es tiki `Semodgomis ezos~ aucilebeli 

detalia. iqiT, saCexSi rom WurWeli CaumwkrivebiaT, Camuqebuli ferisa, 

esec sWirdeba aqaurobas, radgan mis Tavze Camokidebuli grZeli, yviTeli asxmula 

zafranisa, ufro CaxCaxa fers iZens, ufro ikveTeba siyviTle. asevea foni 

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Jangisferi kramitisa, yviTeli gogrebis ukan rom gadaRebila. xo, es namdvili 

ostatis xeliT Seqmnili suraTia. 

axla gzidan xmauri ismis da xmaurSi ikveTeba erTi sityva: WurWeli! 

WurWlis gamowvas saqarTvelos yvela kuTxeSi TiTo-orola sofeli misdevs. 

erT kuTxeSi erTi sofelia ganTqmuli, meoreSi — meore, da im soflebSi gamomwvari 

WurWeli saukuneTa manZilze hyofnida saqarTvelos. kaxeTSi vardisubani 

da iyalTo iyo ganTqmuli da iqauri ostatebi, qiziyelebTan erTad, amaragebdnen 

im mxares, imereTSi dResacaa cnobili SroSis WurWeli. rogorc ki suramis 

uReltexils gadavalT da ubisas gavcdebiT, TvalSi SemogvanaTebs gzis 

piras Camwkrivebuli nair-nairi doqebi, xeladebi Tu jamebi. es kopwia imeruli 

WurWelia, yelmoRerebuli da amayad mzirali. da am WurWlidan wamosuli wyaros 

wyali an Tavankara Rvino, TiTqos mTeli bunebis xmas gamoscems, rakrakebs, 

rogorc wyaro mTvariani Ramis siCumeSi. 

axla albaT iyalToeli an vardisubneli meWurWleebi Camogvividnen. 

Cveni oTxi drois ambavi xom kaxeTis sofelSi gaivlis. Saraze mZimed modis didi 

uremi. uremSi, cxadia, xarebi SeubamT. Walebze kidev maRali lastebi aqvs 

mikruli da oTxiv mxriT SemoRobil uremSi awyvia veeba kokebi da kokurebi, 

litrianebi da WinWilebi, mawvnis da mwnilis qilebi, jamebi da jamfilebi. 

lastis Tavze amoCril manebze wvrili WurWeli gamoukidiaT, aq ufro saymawvilo 

WinWilebi Warbobs. WinWila raRaa? patara, erTi cida WurWeli, romelSic 

erTi Wiqac Zlivs Cava, magram wvrilfexobas ki Zalze sWirdeba, amTaviTve rom 

Sromas mieCvios, wyalze wasul didedas an dedas TviTonac sakuTari WurWliT 

gahyves da Tavisi wili civi wyali miitanos. erTi sityviT, WinWila momavali 

Tebroleebis WurWelia. 

`Tebrole midis 

wyalzeda, 

koka udgia 

mxarzeda~. 

WurWels rogorRa swvaven? esec mTeli moTxrobaa. magram sityvas Zalze gagvigrZelebs, 

marto erTi vTqvaT: lazaTianad! yvelaferi, rac kacis xelidan gamodis 

da rac yoveldRiur yofaSi gvWirdeba, aucileblad lazaTiani, anu lamazi 

unda yofiliyo, ai axla, ar urmis Walebzec, lazaTiani WurWeli gamoufeniaT: 

koka. didi kokura. xelkokura, sura. suranitra — maRlebi, dabalyelebi, pirviwro 

da utuCo. mere modis dabalwylis xelada, cotaTi pirgadaSlili, tuCiani. 

mere nitra — pirviwro, maRalyela, raTa wylis smis dros wyali nitris 

yelSi ixrCobodes da ruyruyebdes, ris gamoc Turme ruyruya nitrasac eZaxian. 

bavSvebisaTvis ki, rogorc giTxariT, patara WinWila, — nitrisnairic da xeladisnairic. 

ufro darbaislurad Semogvcqerian (cxadia, uremi gaCerda, WurWeli 

CamoiRes da saCveneblad iqve, Sarispiras gamofines, amasobaSi xalxic mogrovda 

da gaCaRda vaWroba) Rvinis WurWlebi: Cafi, Cafura, xelCafi, doqi, orxeladiani, 

samxeladiani, gozauri — yvelas Tavisi cali yuri abia da patrons elodeba, 

wamiyvaneTo. maT ukan qilebi Camwkrivebulan: qocoqila, Ziriqila, calyura 

qila mawvnisaTvis, oryura qila erbos Sesanaxi da amitom erbos qiladac wodebuli, 

sajero qila, anu didi mawvnis qila, saduRari qoTani, patara pirgadmoSlili 

koWobi — kerZis gasakeTeblad, cxadia, umetesad lobiosi. axla saxaSe 

(puris xaSis, safuaris Sesanaxad), axla jamebi: jamfila, arjamani, qaTmisaWmeli, 

kerZis Camosarigebeli jami... 

ai, ramdeni ram SeZlebia Tixas. 

amasobaSi Cvenma mezoblebma WurWeli Camoiriges. arc patarebs dawyvites guli 

da imaTac dauTiToves WinWilebi. yvelani wavid-wamovidnen, meurmeebma konkila 

gamoacales urems (xarebs rom mcire xniT daesvenaT da simZimeakidebulni ara 

mdgariyvnen, urems konkila, an Ronieri boZi Seuyenes, romelic urems maRla 

swevs da uReli xarebs aRar awvebaT) da imav ZaxiliT ganagrZes gza: WurWeli! 

WurWeli! 

SuadRe ukve gadasula da papas saToneSi fiCxis kona moaqvs. 

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es imas niSnavs, rom dRes Tone gaxurdeba da purs gamoacxoben. 

magram vidre puris cxoba daiwyebodes, gavixsenoT is dRe, roca wisqvilSi wavediT. 

es axlaxans iyo, Wirnaxulis dabinavebam gadagviyola da safqvavisTvis 

veRar movicaleT. safqvavi ki dagrovda — jer is xorbali, mkaTaTveSi rom 

did beRelSi SevinaxeT, mere is simindi, agvistos damlevs rom movtexeT, taroebi 

gavaSreT, sacexvelaze davcexveT, marcvali gadavarCieT da isev mzeze gavfineT, 

kargad gaxmeso. kargad Tu ar gaxma, ise wisqvilSi ver waviRebdiT, ar 

daifqveboda, cudi fqvili gamovidoda da mWadic daRrejili. aba, daRrejili 

mWadi vis uyvars? iqac ki, sadac puri mefobs da mWads xilad Tu miirTmeven, 

mWadic, rogorc yvela sxva ram, gulmisasvlli da koxta unda iyos. koxta Wadebs 

davacxobTo — gansakuTrebiT dasavleTSi ician Tqma da Tanac Tixis kecebSio. 

qarTl-kaxeTSi ki, msgavsad purisa, mWadsac ToneSi acxobdnen, Tumca keci 

vin akrZala, visac piris gemo hqonda, iman kecis yadric kargad icoda da 

kecSi gamomcxvari mWadisac. 

es simindi mainc Zlivs gadavarCineT, arc es ari advili mosayvani. amasac sul 

fereba unda, Toxna, balaxis Semocla da rwyva. nami uyvars siminds. arc es davakeliT, 

magram axla sxva mteri gamoCnda _ frinveli, rogorc giTxariT, safrTxobela 

davudgiT da is safrTxobelac arafrad Caagdes. da bolos — daTvi! 

zRaprebSi da leqsebSi `daTunia-drunCa~ uwyinari, keTili vinmea, arafers dagi- 

Savebs, qomagi kia, keTilsa da avs Tavisi mokle WkuiTac kargad arCevs, magram 

icodeT, magari wuwkia! rogorc ki simindi Semovida da sakbilo gamoCnda, Sua- 

Ramisas moadgeboda yanas da daiwyebda faCi-fuCs, Tan burdRunebda, albaT, sibneles 

uCioda, verafersa vxedavo. Tu gaugebdnen, daafrTxobdnen, magram mezvre 

da mevele sul mis lodinSi xom ar iqnebodnen? mere is iyo da safrTxobelac 

dadges. cota xans uyura, gulSi albaT gaecina, afofxda, Camoxsna da nakuw-nakuwad 

aqcia. mere ReleSi sarekela daudges, daTvs atyuebda, ar moxvide, sulieri 

varo, sarekelasac erTi-ori dRe uyura, bolos frTxilad miuaxlovda, 

isic amoiRo wylidan da miamtvria. xafangic daudges, magram ar motyuvda, mosaklavad 

mainc ver gaimetes, raRa darCa, mobrZandes, gana ra unda Wamos imdeni, 

CaixeTqos muceli, sacaa taros movtexavTo. 

ase moviyvaneT simindi da axla wisqvilaSi migvaqvs, didi sacaloebi (anu uxeSi 

qsovilisagan Sekerili tomrebi) xorbliT aris savse, momcroebSi da toprakeb- 

Si ki simindia, TeTri — calke, yviTveli — calke. 

mewisqvile, cxadia, berikacia. 

asea miRebuli imTaviTve. 

Tanac Tma sul fqviliT aqvs daTrTviluli. 

fqvili mosdebia mTel wisqvilsac, xis farRalala kedlebs, kars, kramitis saxuravs, 

Sexval Tu ara... Sexval ki ara, Soridanve gecema wylis xmauri. es mdinaris 

wyali Cxrialebs RarSi, rom dolabi daabrunos. Rari grZelia, maRlidanve 

daSvebuli da wylis Zalac Zlieria. mrgvali, koxtad gaTlili, mZime wisqvilis 

qvebi nela brunavs, nela imitom, rom kargad daifqvas Tu Zalian aCqardeba, 

fqvili wminda ar gamova. 

marcvali xvimiraSi iyreba. xvimira xisganaa Sekruli, zemoT farToa da TavRia, 

qvemoT wvrildeba, pirdapir qvis Sua nawils, muWis simsxoze rom gauxvretia 

qvismTlels, Tavze dahkidebia da iqidan nel-nela uSvebs TiTo-orola marcvals, 

nela, magram gabmiT, amaSi exmareba sarekela, romelic qvaze xtunaobs 

da Tavad icis, ramdeni marcvali CauSvas xvimiridan. 

da, raRa Tqma unda, rom qvismTlelic sagangebo ostatia da advilad ver iSovi, 

wisqvilis qvis kodva (ase hqvia) Znelia. ar gagigiaT, naTqvami, Tunda qva makodineT, 

oRond eg saqme amaSoreTo. 

wisqvilis damdgmelic ostatia da TviT mewisqvilec, romlis simarjvezec didadaa 

damokidebuli, rogor fqvils waviRebT dilaze saxlSi. 

dilazeo? 

maS mTeli Rame gagviTenebia wisqvilSi! 

xo, aq unda viyoT. axla sacaa imisi jeri Camoifqveba, vinc Cvenze win movida 

wisqvilSi, mere Cveni daeyreba, Tanac simindi ifqveba da nasimindarze Tu dav- 

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fqviT, ar ivargebs puris fqvili. sagangebo gawmenda sWirdeba nasimindar xvimras 

da qvas. 

ai, morCa yvelaferi. mewisqvile xvimraSi ixedeba da xedavs, ro aRaraferia, gareT 

gadis da mcire xniT wyals gadaugdebs, rom wisqvilma daisvenos, tyuilma 

xaxunma qvebi ar gacviTos. 

mcire xanic da Cveni xorbali sufTa xvimraSi iyreba. 

amasobaSi mamaCvens sagzali amoulagebia, mewisqviles gamaspinZleba unda. mere 

ra, rom minds aiRebs (mindi Cveni xorblis nawilia, mewisqviles gasamrjelod 

rom unda davutovoT), wesi mainc wesia, adaTs dacva sWirdeba, Tanac uamisod, 

tkbili sityvis da dalocvis gareSe, ra gaiyvans Semodgomis amodena Rames. da 

marTlac iwyeba guliTadi saubari sawisqvilo saubari, wynari, monotonuri, 

rogorc monotonuria TviT xma dolabisa da wylis Cxrialisa. 

sadRegrZeloTa Soris (Cven ukve `gvZinavs~, Tbili nabadi gvaxuravs da Tavi 

jirkze gvidevs, magram mainc yvelaferi gvesmis) erTi is ari, romelic gamoiTqmeba 

survili, rom fqvili kargi gamovides da patrons sasikeTod moxmardes, 

sul lxinSi da qorwilebSi daecxos SoTebi. 

fqvili, etyoba, kargi gamovida, 

Sin waviReT da dRes ukve, cxoba iwyeba. 

dilaadrianad bebom saxaSedane xaSi anu safuari comi amoiRo, kargad gaaTbo 

da fqvilSi dauwyo gaxsna, fqvili da wyali nel-nela ereva da varclic nelnela 

ivseba, comi did xans ziles, xan deda zelda, xan bebo, Tavisi damWknari 

xelebiT. daiqancnen, maggam mainc kmayofilebis Rimili ukrTiT, kargi comi movzileTo. 

axla coms gafueba sWirdeba, safuari da marili Siga aqvs. zemodan 

Tbilad, tomrebiT SefuTnian da ramdenime saaTs egre toveben, da roca dRis 

bolos tomrebs gadaxdian da coms xeliT gasinjaven, yvelaferi cxadia: comi 

afuebula. xels rom daaWer, isev zemoT amodis da amgvari comiT gamomcxvar 

purze albaT veravin ityvis, ufuariao. 

amasobaSi Tonec gauxurebiaT im fiCxiT, papam rom CamoutanaT tyidan. 

walmiT maSin gaaxureben, roca venaxebi gaisxvleba da walami eqneba, anu vazebze 

SeWrili zedmeti totebi, walmiT gaxurebul Tones ufro aqeben. walamze 

Semwvari mwvadic ufro sapatio mwvadad iTvleba, Cven ra viciT, visac piris gemo 

kargad moexsenebaT, albaT, esec imaTi mogonilia. 

ali amovardeba da ukve mTeli ubani gaigebs, rom Tone xurs. 

mere ali nel-nela Canavldeba da Tonis Ziri wvrili nakverxelebiT gaivseba, 

TviT Tonis kedlebi ki alisfrad varvardebian, rac imis dasturia, rom kedlebi 

kargad gaxurda da puri ar Cacviva. 

mere aiReben marilwyals da gaxurebuli Tonis kedlebze sagveliT moasxureben 

TuTqs, anu nacars moayrian. didi simxurvale ar misceso da iwyeba cxoba, bebo 

comis patar-patara gundebs aiRebs da SoTis formas aZlevs. deda ToneSi gadawveba, 

moiqnevs coms da... miekra kedelze! es ra Zneli yofila puris cxoba... 

dedas almuri asdis saxeze, roca ToneSi Caixreba, gveSinia, Sig ar Cavardes, 

magram ara, es wlobiT naswavli saqmea da dedac ukve daostatebula, daRliT 

daiRleba, magram ToneSi ar Cavardeba. 

tyap! 

da erTi SoTi RadarSi Cavarda! 

iyos, xels ar axleben. 

ise ver gamoacxob, erTi mainc rom ar Cavardes. amas kuti puri hqvia. naRverdalSi 

TavisiT gamocxveba da imasac amboben, namdvil SoTze ufro gemrieliao. 

marTla, sul dagvaviwyda gveTqva, rom vidre SoTebis cxoba daiwyeboda, oriode 

lavaSic Caikra. jer erTi imitom, rom Tone gamoscades, aba mzad aris Tu 

ara kargi SoTis gamosacxobado, meorec, — aseTia wesi. 

wess ki wlebi da zogjer saukuneebi qmnian. 

rogorc ki lavaSi Caakres. mTel aremares moedo axali puris suni. ukve binddeba, 

xalxs saqme ara aqvs da aqeTken ixedebian, saTonedan (saTone erTi ukedlebo, 

kramitiT gadaxuruli fardulia), deda gasZaxiT, modiT, ra Soridan iyurebi, 

lavaSi gafxriweTo. isinic TavpatiJs aRar daideben da modian. qalebi 

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arian, dedakacebi. kacisa ki ara da ymawvilis miSvebac ar SeiZleba TonesTan, 

cota sasacilo mizeziT, aq rom ar iTqmeba. amis gamo daiTxoves TviT erTi 

wlis gogiac, Zlivs rom dabancalebs da qalebi icinian, magisgan raRa gindaT, 

ras gviSavebso. 

am sicilSi moaqvT mwnili, erTi xelada Rvino, ra Tqma unda, yveli da xili... 

cxveba puri, iTqmeba aTasi ram. puris surneli axla ukve mTel ubans mosdebia. 

SoTebic ukve gamomcxvara, dabrawula, kinWutiT (Cangalia grZeli rkinisa, puris 

yuaSi CasarWmeli) da astamiT (isic rkinisaa, qvemoT viwro, danasaviT piri 

aqvs da gamomcxvari puris Casafxekad xmaroben) xdian da am dros, roca ganwyobilebac 

xalisiania da sulSic erTi Wiqa Rvino Casaxlebula, Tvali mzirad 

unda gqondes, axlomaxlo Tu vinme gaivlis, aucileblad unda miawodo cxeli 

SoTi da erTi Wiqa Rvinoc SesTavazo. 

ase iyo maSin... 

roca puri moixdeba, erTxelac msubuqad amoaprialeben Tones da napuralze axla 

mWadebi cxveba. 

bolos ki... risTvisac dilas aqeT ki ara, ori dRea emzadebodnen, Cirebis Cakidebaa. 

winaswar Cxirebi damzadda. 

esenic papam gamoTala tyeSi, 

leRvisa da atmis CirisaTvis grZeltotiani Cxirebia saWiro. 

warmoidgineT patara xe da misi gabarjuli, Tavwamaxuli, gaTlili totebi, am 

totebze Camoageben dafcqvnil atams an leRvs. dafcqvnils imitom, rom ufro 

tkbili gamovides, CamiCisaTvis ki mokletota Cxirebia saWiro. toti imsigrZe 

unda iyos, razec erTi kargi yurZnis mtevani Camoekideba. Cirebi asxmulia da 

naRverdalSi axla kedlebis gaswvriv kramitis patara natexebs yrian, raTa Cxiris 

Ziri am natexze Cadga, Torem Tu pirdapir naRverdalSi moxvda, daiwveba da 

SeiZleba aaldes kidec, ase nel-nela Cahkideben asxmul Cxirebs da, roca amas 

morCebian, zemodan gasdeben xarixaze gadakidebul yurZnis CurCxelebsac, raTa 

esec CamiCad iqces da CamiCis CurCxela amovavloT, magram es, ra Tqma unda, ma- 

Sin xdeba, roca saTaTared vemzadebiT. 

es ari da ubanSi axla Semwvari xilis surneli dgeba. 

es sul sxva surnelebaa, marTla Semodgomuri, aTas sxvaSi gamosarCevi da dauviwyari. 

mere? 

atami da qliavi araferi, mere leRvis Cirs sWirdeba fereba. 

aiRebs bebo brtyel sip qvas da fardagze dadebs. iqve moimarjvebs filTaqvas, 

gverdiT moidgams badags da Semwvari leRviT savse xonCas. jer sip qvaze badags 

gadausvams, mere TiTo cal leRvs dadebs da filTaqviT mrgvalad daabrtyelebs, 

leRvebi erTi zomisa unda iyos, rom koxtad aisxas. 

ginaxavT leRvis Ciri, bazarze asxmuli, mTlianad Saqris mtverSi gaxveuli? 

es Saqris mtveri ar unda iyos. badagSi gabrtyelebuli leRvi TviTon unda Ca- 

Saqrdes da amgvari feric TviTonve daidos. 

ra dagvaviwyda? 

xo, marTla, gogra da simindi, magram es maSin, roca ToneSi Cxirebi ar gveqneba 

Casakidi. 

xokera gogras Suaze gaWrian da pirdapir RadarSi Caamxoben pirqve. 

aqve, nakverCxlebze iwveba simindis taroebic. 

bolos ki `puris moTxroba~ imiT mTavrdeba, rom isev mezobeli gvaxsendeba. 

roca mTeli saqme morCeba da Tonesac Tavisi saxuravi gadaefareba (Ciris Cxirebi 

Sig ari). bebo Cadebs sacerSi an xonCaSi erT-or SoTs da yvelaze axlobel 

mezobels gadaawvdis. ase iyo winaT. 

puris surneli, pirvelyovlisa, mezobels miswvda. 

samezoblos ki Tavisi wili aqvs. 

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dReebi ki marTlac Semodgomuria. 

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yvelani amboben, rom wels Semodgoma Tbilia da zamTramde erTi `patara zafxuli~ 

kidev gamovida. mze alersiania da did-patara mzes eficxeba. yvelani gareT 

gamofenilan. qalebi calke Woraoben, kacebi imaze bWoben, rodis Camoitanon 

tyidan SeSa. es mze nu gatyuebTo, erTi wamoqrolva da zamTaric karzeao. 

qalebSi viRaca ityvis, rom mavansa da mavans dRes niSnoba aqvs. viRaca xiTxi- 

Tebs, gaasaRes rogorc iyoo (avyias ra gamolevs). sxvebic uborotod gaicineben 

da axla kacebs gadasZaxeben, ar dagpatiJeso? niSnobaSi raT unda davepatiJneT, 

sacaa qorwilic iqnebao, qorwils ufro grili dRe uxdeba, zamTrispiri, Rvino 

rom pirdapir janSi wavideso. xumroba grZeldeba da axla uremi gamoCndeba (nu 

dagaviwydebaT, Cveni bavSvobis Semodgomaze uremi iyo did pativSi), didi qvebiT 

datvirTuli, rac imas niSnavs, rom viRaca saxls aSenebs, meurme Cerdeba da 

yvelani ekiTxebian, kedlebis amoyvana rodis daiwyeo, qarTuli kramiti sad 

iSoveo. sada da iyalToSi an vardisubanSi, ar iciT, sada wvaven karg kramitso? 

kalatozi vina gyavTo? mavanio... yvelani icinian (Tu cudi kalatozia) an yvelani 

Tavs iqneven, kargi ostatia, gamrjea, marto cisken ar iyureba, rodis Cava 

mze, rom vaxSmad davjdeo. qalebi sxva kalatozs gaixseneben, iman ro iciso, 

dajdeba da gaabams, dilamde wrupavs Rvinos, imisi gaZRoma ar iqnebao, meore 

diliT jer isev Zil-buranSia, mova da axla arays Cacecxlavso. eex, sadRa arian 

Zveleburi ostatebio (maSinac Zvels mistirodnen) an durglebi sadRa ariano? 

mere sxva qali ityvis — Cemi mamamTili ar gaxsovT, ra durgali iyoo, imisi 

gaSalaSinebuli ficari sarkesaviT krialebdao...…rogor ar gvaxsovso, kargadac 

gvaxsovso... da isev sicili. modi da gaige, raze icinian! 

axla yvelani saxlis aSenebaze laparakoben. 

viRaca andazas ityvis: `saxli avage, Tavi wavageo~, rac imas niSnavs, rom saxlis 

ageba advili ar ariso. axla sxva wamoeSveleba — `saxlsa didi comi unda, 

asi fuTi safanelio~ da yvelani xarxareben — eg colzea naTqvamio, etyoba, 

Seni coli ver gaimeteo. axla is droa, romelimem Tqvas, aba tyuilad ras 

iqavebT mag enas, dedakacma lobio Sedga, mwnilica gvaqvs, Rvino xo Tqvenc 

iciT da jandabas, barem wamodiTo, viRaca SeaSvelebs — erTi-or samwvades mec 

wamogiRebTo da gaiCarxa saqme. 

magram vidre marTla Seibudebdnen (ukve saRamoc wamoeparaT), gzaze Cardaxiani 

uremi gamoCndeba. pirvels male meore mohyveba, meores mesame... da ukve balRebis 

yiJinic ismis, urems adevnebian da gaiZaxian: 

— SegewioT! 

— SegewioT! 

urmidanac mxiarulad pasuxoben: didi madlobao, Tqvenc SegewioT wminda giorgis 

madlio. 

Cardaxiani urmebi daZrulan, rac imas niSnavs, rom mTel Cvens mxareSi gabneul 

eklesiebs Tavisi mrevli unda mieaxlos. 

— saiTken gagiweviaT, SegewioT imisi madlio, — locaven qalebi. 

balRebi ki isev sazeimod dasWyivleben: 

— SegewioT! 

— SegewioT! 

urmebs fardagi aqvT gadafarebuli. jer wnelebiT gadaurkalavT `saxuravi~, mere 

fardagi miumagrebiaT. urmebSi logini da nabdebia dagebuli da iseTi siTbo 

modis, ifiqreb, netavi mec gamaxvia im Tbil nabdebSi da alaverdobaSi wamiyvanao. 

urmis Tavze `farani~ hkidia. kofosTan sagzali awyvia. sadRac WuWrutanidan 

batkani iWyiteba da `bes~ gaiZaxis. SeTqmuli batkania, albaT daklaven 

da Seswiraven, Walze cikanic gamoubamT da baka-bukiT mihyveba Wriala urems. 

Soriaxlos ZaRlebi modian. isinic ar dautovebiaT Sin, Tan wamouyvaniaT. kacebi 

da qalebi qveiTad modian da, Tu daiRlebian, albaT mereRa Seibudeben im 

Tbil uremSi. 

gza ki grZelia. ori-sami dRe da Rame unda iaron, aqa-iq daisvenon, cecxli daanTon, 

ivaxSmon, Tvali moatyuon da kvlav gza gaagrZelon, vidre bolos ar gamoCndeba 

TeTri taZari. 

netavi Cvenc wagviyvana! 

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netavi im mura qofakTan erTad mogvatara amodena gza, Ramis Cumi gza, idumalebiT 

savse. 

netavi Cvenc gagvxvia Cardaxis urmis siTboSi, romelic sul sxva siTbod gveCveneba. 

netavi Cvenc gvaocneba im Soreul taZarze, sadac dagvxvdeba mRvdeli, aswevs 

jvars da dagvlocavs. 

sxvebi midian, Cven ki ara, 

da Cven isRa dagvrCenia, kvlav mivaZaxoT Cardaxian urems: 

— SegewioT! 

— SegewioT! 

magram axla sxva Cardaxiani urmebi gamoCndnen. 

ase iqneba mTeli Rame, ase ivlian gadabmulad da TiTqmis dausruleblad. 

mTvariani Rame mainc daudgebodeT... 

wvima mainc ar SexvdebodeT. 

Tumca ra? wvimiani Ramec kargi iqneba. wevxar uremSi, fardagiani Weri gicavs. 

Tbilad gaxveulxar nabadSi, gareT ki wvims... 

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axla ki dadga is dRe, rom karga xnis naocnebari avisruloT: 

sxvenSi unda aviparoT. 

aparva ra sakadrisiao, — ityviT da marTalnic iqnebiT da arc iqnebiT marTalni. 

aparva imitom, rom dideda ar gviSvebs: ra dros sxvenSi asvlaa, aqedanve rom 

dasWamoT yvelaferi, gazafxulamde raRa gagvyveso? SarSan, aRdgoma dRes, yur- 

Zeni da msxlebi rom gamogiCineT, kargad agitydaT Jriamulio? jer ezo isev 

savsea xiliT (sadRaa savse?) da sxvenSi agiSvebTo? Tanac TaobiTve egre Tqmula, 

axal wlamde sxvenSi asvla ar SeiZleba, ha da ha, Soba dRemde, arc CurCxelas 

gaxlevinebT xels, arc CamiCs da arc Cirebso. 

didedas naTqvami kanonia. 

da Cvenc, sxva ra gza gvaqvs, morCileba gvmarTebs. 

Tanac `TaobiTve egre iyoo~. 

da mainc unda aviparoT sxvenSi, sawuwkrad ki ara, ise, Tvalis mosatyueblad, 

cnobiswadilis dasakmayofileblad. 

vadac daTqmulia: 

dideda rom mzis Casvlis win xbos dauwyebs moferebas (amas yoveldRe sCadis) 

swored maSin gavqrebiT, mividgamT kibes da sxvenSi aviparebiT... Tumca ara, kibe 

ar gamodgeba, am maRal kibes Sin ise ver SevitanT, didedam Tvali ar Segvaswros. 

maSin karadaze davdgamT skams, skamidan avfofxdebiT da sxvenis sarqvels 

xeliT mivwvdebiT. avxdiT da... 

mere Cven viciT. 

saxlis Werze sxvenSi asaZromi iyo amoWrili da xis xufiT Tavdaxuruli. kargad 

Tu ar daakvirdebodi, SeiZleba verc SegemCnia, magram asaZromi arsebobda 

da Cvenc kargad vicodiT misi arseboba. 

Sin aravin ar ari. yvelani sadRac gakrefilan. ai, dideda Cacucqda xbosan da 

dauwyo alersi. xma aqac gvesmis, Cemo aseTo da iseToo, Cemo niSav, Cemo xuWu- 

Wao, aba erTi eg Wkviani Tvalebi maCveneo. ra dawirpluli xaro... ras ar eubneba, 

Cven ki mivfofoxavT. skamis sazurgeze vdgebiT da ha, saZromis xufs vawvebiT. 

`xufi~ jer jiutobs, mere erTbaSad aiweva da gadaixdeba (cali mxare anjamebiT 

aqvs dabmuli, rogorc `kars~ ekadreba): veWidebi Weris ficrebs, mTeli 

taniT zemoT miviwev da ha, ukve sxvenSi var... axla biZaSvils vaniSneb, nu geSinia, 

amodi-meTqi da xels Camovuwvdi. is aqeT-iqiT ixedeba da marTla eSinia. 

bolos, raRa Tqma unda, amodis... 

Tvali binds nel-nela eCveva. 

sxvenis mcire sarkmels vaRebT da... 

es ra samoTxe yofila?! 

daicaT, jer suli moviTqva. 

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mivayuradoT, didedas xom arafeori gaugia. 

ara, dideda Tavis fuCinasTan ganagrZobs alerss. 

ai sxvenic: 

jer yurZnis CxebiT, akidoebiT da jagnebiT daviwyoT. 

saxlis sayvaveze (mTavari Tavxe, yvelaze mZlavri, romelsac kavebi eyrdnobian, 

kavebze ki mZime kramitebi Camwkrivebulan) lursmnebi CaurigebiaT da am lursmnebze 

hkidia yurZnis jagnebi, Cxebi da akidoebi. jagnebs TavSi patara oTxkuTxa 

qaRaldebi aqvs `saxuravad~ Camocmuli. es ras daiWers? swored rom ar 

unda daiWiros! miepareba kavebidan gadasuli Tagvi jagans, Tavisi mokle WkuiT 

fexs moikidebs im `saxuravze~ da tyap! — Zirs Camovardeba. esec Taviseburi 

`maxea~, msgavsad safrTxobelasi da sarekelasi. 

yurZeni ukve SemWknara, magram mainc kargadaa Senaxuli. aqeTa kuTxeSi msxlebi 

gaufeniaT, is msxlebi, jer isev mwvane rom daikrifa, axla ki narinjisfrad gadayviTlebula. 

iqiT vaSlebia, zogan — loyawiTeli, TuraSauli, zogan — CayviTlebuli 

sxvenis SuaSi dakrolili kakali dazvinula. kidec imitom ismis 

Ram-RamobiT kaklebis Cxriali. albaT Tagvebs gaubamT buqnaoba da hgoniaT, rom 

mTeli es qoneba imaTia. Weris kuTxeSi erTmaneTze gadawnulan simindis taroebi, 

boloSi ki ras aRar gaarCevs Tvali: akvani, gamousadegari kidobani da zanduki 

(xo ar gadaagdeben, egdos, vin icis rodis dasWirdebaT). Zirgaxvretili 

varcli, qvabebi, CaJangebuli sinebi da doqebi. yvela Zveleburi, yvela Zvelis- 

Zveli yvela gamousadegari, magram mainc gamosadegi, radgan sxvenis sibrZne amgvaria: 

gamousadegari nivTi ar arsebobs, odesme SeiZleba yvelaferi dagvWirdes. 

biWos, es ra gdia bnel kuTxeSi? 

Zveleburi dambaCa! Savi CaJangebuli... 

ra iqneba, rom gavisroloT? 

ara, dideda gaigebs da daviRupebiT... 

es raRaa? 

`buzika~ — patara garmoni, Tagvebisagan daxruli da Camtverili, aba gavwioT! 

daiwripina da CaCumda… frTxilad, aravin gaigos! 

eg raRa iqneboda? albaT daira... axla marto CarCoa misi, sacrismagvari CarCo, 

tyavis guli. etyoba, Tagvebma gamoWames. 

esao? oo, — `wuwka lampa!~ konservis qilis msgavsi Tavi gauxvretiaT da patruqis 

magvari raRac CaurWviaT: nu geRimebaT, bebo ambobda es `wuwka lampa~ 

rom Camoitana Cemma mamamTilma Telavidan, mTeli sofeli amodioda sanaxavado. 

netavi sul aq gvamyofa... 

mere ra, Tu xeli arafers exleba? qurdebi xom ara varT? aq mxolod cnobiswadilma 

amogviyvana. mainc ra aris im saocnebo sxvenSi, sadac Soba-axalwlamde 

fexis amodgma ar SeiZlebao?.. 

magram qvemoT raRac xmauri ismis. 

cotac da didedam dasWeqa: aq ra ambaviao? es skamebi vin aRmarTa karadis Tavze, 

an sxvenis kari vin Sexsnao? aba erTi gamomxedos, romelia is vaJkacio! magram 

vaJkacebi ukve vimalebiT da sxvenis bnel kuTxeSi viyuJebiT. dideda wamiT 

Cumdeba, mere skamebis raxa-ruxi iwyeba, rasac mSvidi xmac mohyveba: brZandebodeT 

manda, me ra menaRvleba, dagixuramT CamosaZroms da vnaxoT erTi, rodemde 

gasZlebT mSier-mwyurvalni, ra didi mecixovneni Tqvena myavxarT, mzis Casvlamdec 

ver moiTmenT, fSrukuniT damiwyebT Zaxilsao!” da Cvenc, meti raRa dagvrCenia, 

marTlac fSrukuniT viTxovT patiebas, aRTqmas vdebT, rom Soba-axalwlamde 

ki ara, es raRac sxvenia Tu dardubala, fexsac aRar amovadgamT... da, raRa 

Tqma unda, rom didedac didsulovania (erTi xanoba ki viTom Cafiqrda, viTom 

vyoymanobo, da es èrTi xanoba~ sakuned gveCvena), CamobrZandiTo, gvepatiJeba 

da Tan Cvens mama-biZebs gasZaxis, erTi damixedeT amaT vaJkacobaso, Tqvenc mogrovdiT 

mezobleboo. mezoblebi ar modian ( da arc didedas daupatiJia isini 

xmamaRla) da Cven nel-nela, ise, rom yvelas Tvals varidebT (`daxeT, rogor 

miaqvs piri miwiskeno,~ — dagvZaxis gamarjvebuli dideda), skamze movikidebT 

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fexs (amaSi ukve yvelaferi gexmareba), iqidan rbil taxtze movadenT tyapans da 

pirdapir ezoSi gavrbivarT. 

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kidev ra xdeba Semodgomaze? yvelaze mTavri lamis dagvaviwyda: Semodgoma 

qorwilebis droa. biWma Tu gogo Seiyvara da gogosac surs, rom biWisa iyos, 

an Tu gaZvra-gamoZvra maWankali da biWis mSoblebs STaagona, rom mavanisnairi 

gogo dedamiwis zurgze ar dadis, mzes eubneba Sen Cadi, me unda amovideo, gogos 

mSoblebs ki umtkicebs, ra Wkviani, ra tanadi, ra Tvaladi biWi meguleba, 

ro Sexedav, ityvi, netav Sens mSoblebso, bolo uTuod qorwilisaa. erTmaneTis 

TvalTvali zogjer mTeli weli grZeldeboda. qalianni ambobdnen, — ra mouTmenloba 

agitydaT, Semodgomamde aRar daicdiTo? vaJianni, kvira ar gavidoda, 

qalis mSoblebs uTvlidnen, mzad iyaviT, rogorc ki Rvinos CavwuravT, qorwili 

unda gvqondeso. isini ki — jer dawndes Rvinoo. dawdena raT unda, gana Sar- 

Sandeli ar dagvrCao? sawyenad ki ar gviTqvams, Cvenc dagvrCao. da am davaSi da 

orazrovan sityvaTa TamaSSi mainc iniSneba qorwili da Tanac aucileblad SemodgomiT. 

qorwilSi unda naxoT Rvinis amoReba, puris cxoba, qadebi da nazuqebi, 

Zroxis bRavili bakSi (dakvlas upireben), qaTmis kriaxi da indaurebis yapyapi, 

mopatiJe kacis sirbili, marto erT sofelSi ki ara, axlomaxlo da Soreul 

soflebSic: ama da am ricxvSio, ama da am kacis ojaxSio, qorwili imarTebao. 

aba, Tqven iciT, gadmodiT, Sinaurebi xarT, an dapatiJeba raRaT gindaTo, magram 

mainc gatyobinebTo... 

ase iyo maSin, Cvens droSi. 

vici, rom axla sxvanairadaa, aRar `dampatiJes kaci~ darbis, aRarc Setyobinebaa 

Zveleburi. axla iqac telefonebi reken, depeSebi igzavnebian da mosawvev 

baraTebzec bednieri wyvilia Coxasa da qarTul kabaSi gamowyobili. 

Coxasa da qarTul kabas viRa icmevso? 

vicmevT, ise, warmodgenis gasaTamaSeblad... 

Cvens droSi ki TiTo xeli Coxa da qarTuli kaba, Tavisi leCaq-CixtikopiT, 

yvelas hqonda zandukSi saguldagulod Senaxuli, movlili da dauTovebuli, 

mosirmuli Coxao, ityvian, xolme, welSi koxtad gamoyvanili, TviT Seuxedavsac 

rom gaakoxtavebs da TvalSi gamoaxedebs. kaba ki sinazisa da kdemamosilebis 

SemZeni, erTi dRisa, erTi bednieri dRisa. kacma rom Tqvas, Cvens sofel- 

Sic aRar icmevdnen aRarc Coxas, aRarc qarTul kabas. maSinac samuzeumo eqsponatebad 

qceuliyvnen. marto klubSi sWirdebodaT warmodgenebis gamarTvis 

dros. maSin Camoivlidnen xolme àrtistebi~ kardakar da vis Coxa-axaluxs amrTmevdnen, 

vis kabas, vis dawnul dalalebs, Cixtikopsa da leCaqs, vis ki fardags 

scenis Sesamkoblad. 

arc amgvari warmodgena iciT ra aris? 

Cvens droSi ki didad iyo miRebuli. 

Seikribeboda aTiode kaci, sadme iSovida piesas (es an ìavnanam ra hqmna~ 

iyo, an `patara kaxi~, an `xanuma~ anda `jer daixocnen, mere iqorwines~), imarTeboda 

repeticiebi, iyo didi mzadeba da am mzadebaSi CarTuli gaxldaT mTeli 

sofeli, daixateboda dekoraciebi, scenaze dadgamdnen namdvil xeebs, viTomda 

tye ariso da namdvil faTaloebSi gamoyofdnen Tavs lekebi, romelTac patara 

qeTo unda moetacaT... 

Cven warmodgenaze wavediT, qorwili ki ukve dawyebula. maxarobeli ramdeni 

xania movardnila, `modiano!~ — dauZaxia da doli da garmonic axmaurebula. 

yvelani patarZlis molodinSi yofilan, gansakuTrebiT ki mezoblis gogoebi, 

vnaxoT erTi, gaRma soflidan rom moiyvana gogo, Cven gvjobia Tu arao. 

jobnisa ra mogaxsenoT, magram dawunebiT ki ver dauwunebiaT da yvelaferi 

mSvidobianad damTavrebula. 

patarZali erTi xanoba daimorcxvebs. 

mere cota moSinaurdeba da ezoSi gava. 

mer Robis gadaRmac gadaixedavs da dobilebs gaiCens. 

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mere yvelaferi Tavisi gziT wava. 

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qorwili moviTaveT da axla Roris dakvla ar dagvaviwydes, dekemberSi, 

siciveSi, qoni calke unda ojaxs, SaSxi calke, mTeli wlis samyofi da mawieri. 

Rori ukve Casuqebula. vinc SeZlebulia, erTi ki ara, ori, sami da metic daudis 

ezoSi, vinc ara, misTvis erTi Roric qonebaa. daabotebs, Rrutunebs, mTeli 

Tvea, rac simindis marcvals aRar daajeres, salafavzec miuSves (daRerRili 

simindisagan ukeTebdnen, msgavsad fafisa). ra icoda sawyalma, risTvis asuqebdnen, 

ras upirebdnen. 

bolos dadga es dRec. 

daWera daupires. 

raRaca igrZno da gaiqca. 

gamoedevna xuTi vaJkaci, ezos kuTxeSi moimwyvdies, Tavs daesxnen, gakoWes 

da mere yvelaferi erT wamSi moxda. 

axla did varclSia fexebafSekili da zemodan mduRare wyals asxamen, 

jagars aclian, sagangebod RvreWen. 

aba, sukebi aqeTo... 

gul-RviZli aqeT, yaurmisaTvis CavyaroTo. 

garecxva raT unda, egreve cxlad unda Caikuwoso... 

ubanSi dgeba saamo suni. 

mezobels axlac ar iviwyeben da miawvdian samwvades. 

mere mama aiRebs kidev samwvades, gaaxvevs qaRaldSi da `zavotze~ midis... 

arc `zavoti~ iciT ra aris? 

aris saxdeli! 

esec winaT iyo... 

aryis saxdel `zavots~ uTuod xevSi dgamdnen, riyeze, sadac wyalic udgeboda, 

wyali sWirdeboda gamoxdas. wyalSi unda gaiaros WaWis cxelma or- 

Tqlma da maSin wamova patara milidan wanwkariT erTnaxadi arayi. 

Rumeli, cxadia, SeSiT xurdeba. 

drodadro im SeSis nakverCxlebi Tbebian RamRamobiT da am nakverCxlbzeve 

SiSinebs axlad dakluli Roris mwvadebi. da vidre mama Tavis Zmakacebs mwvadebiT 

umaspinZldeba, vidre kvlav dalocvaa mosavlisa da Wirnaxuulisa, Sin 

sxva fusfusi atexila: Roris dakvla uxinklod ar Caivlis, aba, Sen gexerxeba 

dakuwvao, papas uTxres da papamac SearCia saxinkle rbili xorci, zomierad 

mWle da zomierad msuqani gaSala sqel, gaSalaSinebul ficarze, aiRo basri 

xanjali da daiwyo xorcis dakepva. iqiT ukve comi moezilaT qalebs da axla 

saxinkled wvril-wvril comis naWrebs sagangebod abrtyelebdnen, wamSi Sezavdeba 

xorci (cota mwvanili, cota wiwaka, cota xaxvi) da moxveuli xinkali tyapatyupiT 

cviva ukve aqafebul marilwyalSi. 

xinkals oc naoWze naklebi ar unda hqondes, Tu ocdaxuTamde aiyvans gamocdili 

ostati, mTlad ukeTesio, saxelganTqmuli mexinkle gaxdeba da amiT 

mxolod jafa moematba: roca ki xinkali moenatrebaT, yovelTvis imas moaxvevineben, 

Sen yvelaze kargad icio. 

Tqven marto Wama iciTo? 

mondomebiT ki etyoba, bevrjer moundebaT, zamTari win ari... 

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ase mTavrdeba Cveni Semodgoma. 

raRa darCa? 

sacaa Tovls Camohyris. 

dilaobiT ukve daTrTvilula midamo. 

kavkasionis qedebi gadaTeTrebula da Tovli nel-nela qemoT da qvemoT 

Camodis. 

modiT, erTxelac wavideT venaxebisken da davemSvidoboT Semodgomas. 

dResac mziani daria da Cvenc mivdivarT. 

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gzaze gadavdivarT. mTidan mwyemsebi brundebian. isev mouZRvis faras vaci. 

isev modian xurjingadakidebuli cxenebi da isev mohyvebian avad mzirali 

qofakebi, didi sixarulia. didi salmianoba. miwodeba erTi jami Rvinisa, SoTebisa 

da gudis yvelisa, dalocva da mxiaruleba, mwyemsebs xelSi balRebi uWiravT, 

ase monatrebulni da sizmrad qceulni. namdvili alersis dRea. iqiTa 

ezoSi viRaca Tivis zvins asworebs. Saraze Cairbens cxenosani, albaT mopati- 

Jea, niSnoba an qorwili iqneba. yvelafers yviTel-wiTeli feri aqvs, yvelafers 

Semodgomis miwurvilis mTvlemareba mosdebia. is saubaric, Robis gadaRmidan 

rom ismis, xmadabalia da raRac dabindul fiqrebSi CaZiruli. 

sofeli mTavrdeba da venaxebi iwyeba. venaxebs gadaRma mindvrebia. mindorSi 

guTneuli gauSviaT da xnaven. Semodgomis siyviTleSi axladmoxnuli miwis 

Savi feri SemoiWreba. 

mze xan gamoixedavs, xan RrublebSi gaexveva. 

venaxebi carielia. foTlebi cviva da siCumeSi gvesmis maTi faCuni. foTlebi 

Camodis xeebidanac. da mainc. aba kargad daakvirdiT, aba `gorgora~ nar- 

Tvlev venaxSi SerCenili mtevnebis Zebna movawyoT. Tumca Zebna raRad unda, ga- 

SiSvlebul vazebSi ukve yvelaferi xelis guliviT moCans. ai, is mtevani, 

rTvlis dros rom foTlebs amoefara da miyuCda, axla amaod ixedeba, saxealanZuli 

da CaSaqrebuli, axla hgonia, rom yvela saSiSroeba ukan darCa da Tamamad 

SeuZlia yeli moiReros; ager kidev meore mtevani, vazis Wigos amofarebuli; 

iqiTa rigebs gadaswvriv — kidev erTi, ra saamo, ra qarvisferi, ra tkbili! 

venaxis boloSi SiSvel totze vaSli da msxali SerCenila. kaklis qveS ukve 

foTlebs gaudiT SariSuri da xan aq, xan iq fexi edeba totidan Camocvenil 

kaklebs, SemWknari leRvebi totidan gixmoben, iq ki, sadac mindvrebi iwyeba, wi- 

Teli akilebi da RoRnoSosferi kvrinCxebi gepatiJebian. 

ra mzea, ra siCumea, ra mTvlemareba da ra molodini... 

magram es mze da es mTvlemareba didxans aRar gastans. 

daiwyeba JinJvla da wvrili, Semodgomis gauTavebeli wvimebi. 

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axla iq, tyeSi wvims. iqac zamTris molodinia. 

xeebidan Tovlis msxvili fTilebiviT cvivian wiTel-yviTeli foTlebi. 

mousvenari ciyvebi daxtian totebze,… foTlebSi xan ra gaifaCunebs xan ra, mere 

wamova nisli da xis wverebs CamoeZenZeba, xelis gawvdenaze aRaraferi Cans. 

garSemo dumilia, marto kodalas kakuni, Relidan wamosuli wylis Cxriali da 

foTlebis cvenis xma ismis. sorodan Txunela gamoZvreba, miixed-moixedavs da 

isev soroSi Sevardeba. 

aseT dros vaJa-fSavela dawerda: 

àmosdis xeebs foToli, 

iZrcveba mTeli buneba, 

naRvliT imsWvalvis da fiqriT 

cxovelT-frinvelTa guneba~…. 

is Citi ki, gazafxulis piras raRac naTlis molodiniT Sepyrobili rom 

ijda xis SiSvel totze, isev gamoCnda nislebi zemoT wavidnen da axla Citis 

Tavze wvrili wvima cris. Citis arsaiTken mimavali mzera mxolod molodins 

gamoxatavs. es ukve zamTris molodinia, naRvliT da fiqriT gamsWvaluli molodini. 

Citi garSemo ixedeba: mTeli tye ukve SiSvelia. 

am dros erTi wiTeli foToli moswydeba xis kenweros da nela, Cumi oxvriT 

eSveba miwisken, raTa moZmeTa Soris daidos bina. 

Semodgomis ukanaskneli foToli... 

magram es mxolod im naRvlianma, zamTris molodiniT Sepyrobilma Citma 

icis. 

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** 

Cvenc kvlav sevdiT davemSvidoboT Semodgomas. 

sevdiT ratomao? 

imitom, rom dro ar Cerdeba, mudam win miiswrafvis da es Semodgomac 

aRarasodes ganmeordeba, am Semodgomasac, TqvenTan erTad rom gavatareT, veRarasodes 

davibrunebT. 

Tavisi anderZi dagvitova da samudamod wavida. 

mermis rom Semodgoma mova, is ukve sxva Semodgoma iqneba, Semodgoma, magram 

mainc sxva. 

Semodgomac sami Tvisagan aikinZa. 

seqtemberi laTinuri sityvidan modis `septem~ Svids niSnavs da es Tve 

marTlac meSvide iyo Zvel romaul kalendarSi. 

noemberic Zveli romauli kalendridan modis, raki `novem~ laTinurad 

swored cxras niSnavs, anu mecxre Tves. 

Zvelad saqarTveloSi am Tveebs erqva: 

axalwlisa (Zvelad seqtemberSi iwyeboda axali weli). 

sTvlisa. 

tiriskoni. 

xalxuri saxelwodebani ki amgvaria: 

enkenisTve. 

RvinobisTve. 

giorgobisTve. 

da raki winac giTxariT, rom Tavisi wriuli moZraobis gzaze Cveni mze 

yovelTvis ama Tu im TanavarskvlavedSi imyofeba, am Semodgomaze, Cven rom 

TqvenTan erTad gavatareT, mzem sami Tanavarskvlavedi gaiara: 

`saswri~. 

`Rriankali~. 

`mSvildosani~. 

gaviareT cis amodena sivrce Cvens patara planetasTan erTad, romelsac 

dedamiwa uwodes. 

damTavrda Semodgoma da axla zamTars velodebiT... isRa dagvrCenian gavaciloT 

rac lamazi iyo da rac SeiZleba veRarasodes vixiloT. 

sicocxlis warmavlobaSic aris Taviseburi silamaze... 

gvtovebs Semodgoma da gzas uTmobs imas, vinc aucileblad unda movides. 

warmavlobis sevdiT Sepyrobili patara Citi, nawvimar tyeSi, SiSvel xis 

totze martodmarto, naRvlianad elodeba zamTars... 

zamTari 

Tovli mosula! 

vidre amas sixaruliT SevZaxebdeT, an kidev bebo an mama CagvCurCulebdnen 

yurSi dilaadrianad, aba, gadaswie sarkmlis farda da gareT gaixedeT (gareT 

ki yvelaferi axlad mosuli TovliT iqneba gadaTeTrebuli), erTxelac, da 

albaT Cvens òTx droSi~ ukanasknelad, Tvali movavloT im vrcel vels, romlis 

iqiTac kavkasionis mTebi dayudebulan. mTebze ukve karga xania daTova. mere 

Tovli qvemoT da qvemoT Camovida, axla ha da ha, dRe-dReze veliT, vidre 

aqac, Cvens soflamdec CamoaRwevdes. 

yvelaferi zamTris molodins Seupyria: mTidan SeSa moaqvT da ise modian, 

TiTqos zamTari fexdafex mosdevT. molodini igrZnoba maSinac, roca viRaca 

sadRac eSureba, sadRac eSureba aTiode Citic, erT mwkrivad dawyobili, da 

Cven ar viciT, amaT mainc sadRa eCqarebaT, Citebi xom ra xania gafrindnen da 

albaT kidec CaaRwies im qveyanas, sadac Cvenebur zamTars gaeridnen, Rrublebic 

midian, isinic Cqaroben, da Cven ar viciT, an imaT saiT gauweviaT. TiTqos 

yvelam raRacis moaxloeba igrZno. ase xdeba xolme Weqa-quxilis an wvimis win, 

roca sadacaa wamova msxvili winwklebi da vCqarobT Tavis Sefarebas, im wamSi 

TiTqos qveyana gairindeba, Cqami ar ismis. sio ar iZvris... 

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da ai, Camodga ukanaskneli wuTebi molodinisa. 

nuTu ver movixelTebT im wuTebs, roca cidan TeTri fantelebi wamovlen? 

nuTu Tvals ver SevaswrebT im pirvel fantelebs, vidre dedamiwaze daecemian 

da mere, erTmaneTis miyolebiT wamosulni, mTel aremares gadaaTeTreben? 

magram Tovli jer mainc ar modis. 

etyoba, moulodnelad mova, Cven rom verafers gavigebT im dros. 

da ai, dilaadrianad viRaca CagvZaxis: 

Tovli mosula! 

es uCveulo, magram nanatri xmauri gaRviZebs. viRaca viRacas gasZaxis, vi- 

Raca pasuxobs. es xmauri arc erT sxva xmaurs ar hgavs. raRac sazeimoa, gansakuTrebuli, 

raRac moxda imgvari, rac iSviaTad xdeba: 

Tovli mosula! 

aki karga xania velodiT, magram mainc TiTqos moulodnelad mobrZanda. 

wuxel mosula, Cumad, Zils rom miveciT Tavi, dauwyia da dilamde yvelaferi 

gadauTeTrebia. 

papas niCabi gamoaqvs da TovlSi biliks kvalavs, bebo eCxubeba, Tbili 

rame mainc moixureo, beRurebi daTovlil totebze frTxialeben da Tovls pirdapir 

papas ayrian Tavze. saCexi da aivanic daTovlila da deda cocxiT hgvis. 

SeSa ukve daxerxili da dapobili gvaqvs da buxari saamod RuRunebs, garSemo 

siTeTrea, pirveli Tovlis siTeTre. es TeTri feri da gadaTovlili kar-midamo 

samudamod unda davimaxsovroT, radgan cota xanic da pirvelyofili silamaze 

dairRveva: viRaca ezos gadaTovlavs, beRurebi totebidan Camohyrian Tovls. gaikvaleba 

bilikebi, SeiZleba uceb mzec gamovides da gzebi atalaxdes. es Tovlisferi 

siTeTre da Tovlis siCume erTi gaelvebisaa, magram xsovnaSi samudamod 

CasarCeni. 

aki vambobdi, saSobaod mova Tovli-meTqi, — ambobs bebo, — TaobiTve egre 

iyo, saSobaod dasdeboda xolme, papa dascinis, mziani SobadRe jer ar ginaxavso? 

kargi saSobaod Tu ara, saaxalwlod mainco, — uTmobs bebo, axalwlamdec 

raRa darCao. 

Soba-axalwelze saubari dilidanve iwyeba. yvelani im dReebisaTvis emzadebian. 

mezoblianT Tandilas qoxic emzadeba. Raribia Tandila, erTi ninuca 

yavs — eSmakobiT savse coli da sxva aravin. Svilebi msoflio omSi daexoca. 

ra axali weli unda daudges, magram isic emzadeba, erTi mWle Rori yavda 

Zlivs moasuqa da axla ver gadauwyvetia, rodis ajobebs _ saSobaod daklas 

Tu saaxalwlod, gadmova ninuca Tavis daqalTan, Cvens bebosTan da, rogorc ganaTlebuls 

da `saRmrTo werilSi~ ganswavlul qals, ekiTxeba, rodis ufro 

RvTsinieri iqneba Roris dakvla, saSobaod Tu saaxalwlodo, bebo tuqsavs, Tu 

RvTisnieroba ginda, saSobao marxva rad dagaviwyda, Tu arada riT veRar gaigeT, 

RmerTs xorcielis Wama rom ar uyvarso, RmerTs tkbileuliT unda miegeboTo. 

tkbileuli sadRa gvabadiao — icinis ninuca da icis, rom amiT bebos 

Seaba eJvani. dRes ara xval bebo, yvelasgan dafarulad, an Tafls gadautans 

— gozinayi gaakeTeo, an badags da Taviseburad etyvis — badagi mainc ver Seinaxe, 

erT dReSi rom iciT yvelafris mucelSi Cayrao, albaT arian erT sicilSi, 

mujlugunebis wakvraSi da ninucas locva-kurTxevac iqvea — mravali 

axali weliwadi gagiTenos RmerTmao. 

da mainc, wamosvlis win, ninuca kvlav gamoedevneba bebos da kvlav hkiTxavs, 

rodis ajobebs Roris dakvla, saSobaod Tu saaxalwlodo. 

bolos mainc saSobaod daklaven. 

TiTqos gangebo, Tandilas Rori, rogorc ki xelsa staceben, mTeli soflis 

gasagonad Wyivis, qveyanas uxmobs — miSveleTo. 

da Tandilasac uxaria, mTel sofels esmis, — Tandilac Rorsa klavs... 

swored saSobaod movida didi Tovli. 

Cven amas zogjer `namdvil Tovls~ veZaxiT, uxvs, erTbaSad mosuls, mTel 

aremares rom gadaaTeTrebs. 

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Soba-dReSi qristes Soba igulisxmeba, ocdaxuTi dekemberi Zveli stiliT 

da dekembers xom qristeSobis Tvec hqvia Zveleburad. 

didi zeimis dRe iyo. 

mTeli saqristianos zeimi. 

yrma iesos Soba beTlemSi sagangebod aRiniSneboda yvelgan, da cxadia, 

Zvel saqarTveloSic, rogorc ZvelTaZvel saqristiano qveyanaSi. 

** 

modiT, Cven Tovlis mosvla vnaxoT. 

aki ise dado, rom verc SevavleT Tvali, ZilSi viyaviT wasulebi. gaTenda 

da TeTrad iyo mTeli sofeli gadalesili, xo, axla isev nel-nela wamovida 

fantelebi da ha, xvavianadac daiwyo bardna. Sinidan ukve simRera gamodis, Cven 

ki cota movcildeT saxl-kars da soflis iqiT gavixedoT. ra msxvili faniteelebia, 

TiTqos bebos daCeCili matylis fTilebiao, ra uTvalavi, ra xvavrieli! 

Camodis cidan da bolo ar uCans, Savad mzirali saxlebisa da xeebis fonze es 

TeTrad dawinwkluli farda Tovlisa yvelafers zRapruli idumalebis samos- 

Si xvevs. ra siCume Camovarda! yurs Tu kargad miapyrob, mxolod fatelebis 

SrialiRa ismis. simRerac miwyda. aRarc culs akakunebs vinme, aRarc xbo gasZaxis 

dedas, aRarc WiSkari Wrialebs: nuTu mTeli sofeli mxolod imitom garindula, 

rom bunebis am saocari da idumali naxatiT sulSi CaRvrili naTeli samaradisod 

dairCinos da Tqvas: movedi da ra ar minaxavs, marto is rad Rirda, 

TeTrad rom bardnida, me ki videqi da garinduli vusmendi fantelebis Srialso. 

amieridan, roca ki zamTari gagvaxsendeba, roca ki zamTari mogvenatreba, 

Tvalwin swored es suraTi SemogvanaTebs: Savi saxlebisa da xeebis win TeTrad 

dawinwkluli Tovlis farda... 

** 

Sobas mohyveba axali weli... xalxi galaRdeba. moxSirdeba qeifi. misvlamosvla. 

zamTaria da saqme ara aqvT, da rogorc vaJa-fSavela ityvis, sisxli 

afuvdeba ZarRvebSi. gaadvildeba muStis xmareba, Camovardeba SuRli, SeZuleba... 

magramo, ambobs aqve mwerali, aman SeiZleba bevri-bevri didmarxvamde gastanoso. 

didmarxvaSi ki... didmarxvaSi Serigeba unda moxdes usaTuod, manam ar Serigdebian, 

ziareba, wminda saidumlo arc erTs maSfoTars ar ergeba.~ sofels mtkiced 

axsovs jer kidev Zvirfasi sityva ieso qoristesi: ùkeTu Seswirvide Sesawiravsa 

sakurTxevelsa zeda da mun mogexsenos Sen, rameTu Zma Seni gulZvir 

raimea Senzed, dauteve Sesawiravi igi sakurTxevelsa zeda, warved da daege 

pirvelad Zmasa Sensa, moved da Seswire Sesawiravi igi~. 

mainc ras ambobs es Segoneba? imas, rom Soba-axalweliwadi, didmarxva da 

TviT mTeli zamTari fiqris dro yofila, sakuTar sulSi CaRrmavebis dro da, 

rac mTavaria, moyvareze, anu sxvaze fiqris droc. Tu vinmesTvis, nebiT Tu uneburad 

guli gitkenia, zamTris grZeli Rameebi da Tovliani dReebi axla imas 

CagCurCuleben, rom droze mixvide moyvasTan, xeli gauwodo da uTxra, rom yvelaferi, 

ramac guli atkina, daiviwyos, samudamod gaatanos am Tovls da am zam- 

Tars. Tu es ar moxda, maSin TqvenTvis zamTars amaod Cauvlia, maSin zamTari 

fiqrisa ara yofila da aRarc zamTari eTqmis. 

bednieri dRea axalwlis dRe. albaT, yvelaze bednieria im oTx droSi, 

erTma welma rom unda gaiaros. saaxalwlod, ase gvgonia, mTeli wlis manZilze 

vemzadebiT. saamdReod gvinda yvelaferi, rac ki ram kargi gagvaCnia: saaxalwlod 

yvelaze Tvaladi xili yvelaze Zvirfas megobrebs, naTesavebs da moyvrebs. 

axal wlamde xels arafers gaxlebinebTo, — imuqreboda dideda, arc 

sxvenSi gviSvebda, arc kidobans gvakarebda da aha, es axali welic modis... 

didedam sxvenze kibe miidga. sxvenis viwro asaZromi didis ambiT axsna da 

dideda maRla apirebs asvlas. aqedan mama wamodga, iqidan deda, rZlebmac xma 

amoiRes, aba rogor iqneba, dedi, zemoT Seni asvla, an fexi dagicdes, an im sibneleSi 

sadme waiqce, Cven ar gvendobi, Cven Senze naklebad gadavarCevT gadasar- 

Cevso? magram dideda yurs aravis ugdebs... papa icinis miuSviT, ar iciT, ra Ta- 

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visnaTqvamaa, magas ra waaqcevs, mTeli sxveni xuTi TiTiviT iciso. didedac ufro 

jiutobs, ratom maSin ar damiSaleT asvla, jagnebi da xili rom amqonda, 

ratom dabinavebaSi ar iyaviT marjveni, Camotana yvelas SegiZliaTo, rTvelSi 

yvelani xalisianebi xarT, Toxis aReba gezarebaTo. magram aravis araferi 

swyins, yvelam icis, dideda dRes Zalze karg gunebazea d xumrobs. esec rom ar 

iyos, axal wels wyena rogor SeiZleba, axali weli wyenis daviwyebis, Rimilisa 

da alersis droa. 

sxvenSi asvla didedasaTvis `rTvelia~, rTveliviT gansakuTrebuli da 

sazeimo. yvelani, didian-patarianad, vCumdebiT, raki viciT, rom dideda, rogorc 

ki sxvenis idumal sibneleSi gauCinardeba, maSinve CamogvZaxebs, aba, Tqvenc amodiT, 

biWeboo. `biWebi~ Cvena varT, SviliSvilebi, swored isini, visac didedam 

sxvenis gaqurdvaze mogviswro da ise Segvarcxvina, ukuRma ar Segvsva virze da 

sofelze ar Camogvatara, Torem arc araferi dagvaklo. asec icodnen uwin, Tu 

vinme rames daaSavebda, Sesarcxvenad da Tavlafdasasxmelad virze Sesvamdnen 

da uban-uban Camoatarebdnen. magram, etyoba, Cveni celqoba mainc mxolod celqoba 

iyo da amodena Sercxvenad ar Rirda. 

Cvenc avfrinavT kibeze da maSinve vuCinardebiT bnel, xaxadaRebul sxven- 

Si. 

iq ki isev samoTxea, Tumca sibneliT bnela, zamTris Rrubliani dRis Ca- 

Ramebuli naTeli erTi bewo sarkmlidan, viwro saCiteebidan da sayvavis RriWoebidan 

sxvenSi Zlivs aRwevs. dideda asanTs iRebs da xelis faTuroiT `lampas~ 

eZebs. gakravs asanTs da lampis ali avardeba. mkrTal, yviTel naTelze ufro 

CayviTldebian msxlebi da vaSlebi, komSebi da yurZnis jagnebi. dideda dgas da 

Tavis samflobelos amayad gadascqeris. TvalebiT ealerseba. mere iRebs kalaTs 

da iwyebs yvelaze ufro Tvalmisasvleli xilis SerCevas... 

qvemodan raRacas amogvZaxian. 

xan erTi biZa, xan more, xan erTi Zalo, xan meore, Tavs amohyofen sxvenSi 

da raRacas amboben. magram Cven aravis vusmenT, Cven pasuxs ar viZleviT. Cven gaamayebulni 

varT, rogorc amodena simdidris, anu saocnebo sxvenis baton-patronni. 

ase gvgonia am sxveniT moxda dasruleba erTi didi weliwadisa. es iyo 

yvelaferi da mosaxdeni moxda, am dRes velodiT, sxvenSi modioda yvelaferi, 

rasac gazafxulidan Semodgomamde Cveni fiqri eltvoda, sxvenze vocnebobdiT, 

Cvenc da aha, aqa varT! aqa varT rogorc qurdebi ki ara, rogorc baton-patronni 

yvelafrisa, aq aris dideda da Cven is gamorCeuli xalxi varT, visac didedam 

misca neba am yvelasagan gamorCeul wuTebSi aq iyos. ra kargi yofila zam- 

Tari! 

ra kargi yofila sxveni! 

netav sul zamTari iyos... 

magram dideda Tavis saqmes moimTavrebs, Cven raRacas dagvavalebs da 

amiT erTbaSad gvagrZnobinebs, rom sul zamTari ver iqneba da sul sxvenSi 

yofnac qarafSutobaa da meti araferi. 

sxvens rom movaTavebT, axla maranSi SevdivarT. 

iq kidobani gvelis, CurCxelebiT, CamiCiTa da CirebiT savse kidobani. dideda 

iqac win migviZRvis, mere Cven mivyvebiT, Cvens ukan qalebi modian, oRond 

cota moSorebiT, cota Soriaxlos. dideda kidobanTan Cerdeba, qalebs gadmoxedavs, 

ras SemogvcqeriT, saqme dailiao, ramdeni ramaa saaxalwlod mosaswrebi, 

wadiT, mixedeTo da qalebic krZalviT daiSlebian. 

dideda winsafris jibeSi iqeqeba, bolos didis ambiT amoiRebs Zvelebur 

gasaRebs (es sapatio gasaRebi mxolod didedas abaria) da kidobnis xvrelSi 

uyris. 

kidobani zrialiT iReba. 

aha, saocrebav! 

marTla ra yofila es axali weli... kidev kargi, didedas davujereT da 

axal wels davucadeT, ase rom ara, amas xom Cveni TvaliT vera vnaxavdiT, es 

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damaTrobeli suni badagisa da xilisa xom mTeli cxovreba ver gagvyveboda sagzlad... 

qalebi saToneSi gasulan. 

saaxalwlod SoTebi da lavaSebi cxveba. 

nazuqis comi Cakvras elis. cotac da xilis da badagis surnelebas nazuqis 

sunic SeerTvis. 

magram es vin arian, Tonis kedlebze rom gamoukravT da iqidan Semogvcqerian? 

basila! 

xelgaSlili gvilocavs axal wels. 

gabotila. 

CamiCisagan gakeTebul Tvalebs gvipaWunebs. 

guTnebi, waldebi, culebi, barebi... 

Sroma rom dagvebedos imitom... 

jara, TiTistari... — es, etyoba, gogoebisTvis cxveba... 

da ai, dadga axalwlis Rame. puri ukve gamocxva. nazuqebi da qadebic 

mzad aris. Tvalebs aWyets `basila~, puris xmlebi da TiTstarebi xonCaze dabrZanebulan. 

buxarSi SeSa ufro saamod tkacunobs da oTaxsac ufro aCiraRdnebs. 

mamam marnidan axladamoRebuli Rvino amoitana. bebom kedelze yurZnis 

jagani, Cxebi da akidoebi Camokida. erTi gorgomiWela CurCxelac buxris Tavze 

Camokonwialda da sufrazec saamod Carigdnen vaSlebi da msxlebi, broweulebi 

da Cirebi. da iqve, imaT Soris gamoCnda tyidan Camosuli Camuqebuli da Catkbilebuli 

zRmartli. es ra yofila axali weliwadi, ramodena xili daxvavda da 

Tanac ra lamazad arigebul-Carigebuli! 

magram is, rac yvelaze mTavaria, jer axla keTdeba. deda RumelTan trialebs 

da oTaxSi imgvari suni dgas, rac mxolod axal wels SeiZleba igrZno, 

— mduRare Taflis suni. nigozi ukve dauWriaT da Txilis gulebic TeTrad 

RadRadeben. Tafli rom kargad daduRdeba, am nigozs TaflSi Cayrian da, kargad 

rom moSuSdeba, ficarze daageben. netavi SeiZlebodes axlave xelis Cavleba 

im raRac gozinayisa, mTeli weliwadi rom gvpirdeba deda. an TaflSi moxaluli 

Txili gvagema manam, vidre axali weli marTla movidodes... magram dedamac 

rom moadunos sifxizle, mainc verafers gavxdebiT. viciT, TiTebi dagvefufqeba 

da dedac amitom ambobs arxeinad, netavi suli wasZlevdeT da xels waatandnen, 

mere naxon, rogor unda wuwkobao. 

ex. rad gvinda gozinayis tyuilad cqera, sul erTia, axali weli axali 

welia da jer gozinays TiTsac ver davakarebT. isev is gvirCevnia, gavigoT, mama 

ras akeTebs, ra saqme wamoiwyo imgvari, rom zedac ar gviyurebs. ai, wamodga da 

walosTan mivida. farda gadaswia da Seixeda, netavi ras eZebs im waloSi? iseTi 

ra Seunaxavs, Cven rom ar viciT? 

viciT, rogor ar viciT... 

Tofi! 

swored Tofia is, ris gamoc aqamde walos axlosac ver vekarebodiT, 

radgan bebom Tqva, Tofi imgvari ram aris, erTxel eSmakic dateniso. ver gavigeT, 

ra gviTxario, — vuTxariT maSin bebos da manac, rogorc icis, dabejiTebiT 

agvixsna: datenil Tofs, Svilo, mamaTqveni waloSi ar Seinaxavs, magram vai 

Tu eSmakma datena, Tqven ki Caxmaxs TiTi gamosdoT da gagivardeTo? eSmaki sad 

ari? waloSi ra unda eSmaks, magram mainc veridebiT walos, cduneba icocxleT, 

didia, magram iqiT gaxedvac ar gvinda. 

mamas gamoaqvs Tofi, samfexa skamze Camojdeba da jer gadaxsnis, gadaatrial-gadmoatrialebs, 

mere Cvrebs moimarjvebs da Tofis gawmendas iwyebs... 

gulmodgined, CakirkitebiT wmends mama Tofs. aiRebs da isev gadaxedavs lulas. 

papa icinis, ra balRiviT ealersebi, romeli monadire Sena xar, erTxel gaisvri 

da mermis axal wlamde aRarc dagWirdebao, mamac ujerebs papas, erTxel kidev 

gaxedavs, aiRebs or msxvil tyvias, lulaSi Cadebs, Tofs gaasworebs, miixed-moixedavs, 

miva da zed taxtis Tavze, xaliCaSi CarWobil lursmanze Camohkidebs. 

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Cven vdgevarT da Tofs SevcqeriT. 

aba, mixedeT Tqvens saqmesao, — Tavze xels gadagvisvams mama da meti ra- 

Ra dagvrCenia, Tvals vaSorebT im saidumloebiT savse Tofs, oRond is aRar viciT, 

Cveni saqme ra aris am axalwlis Rames da ras unda mivxedoT. 

modiT, Cveni kata — taso vaTamaSoT. 

taso gaberili zis da Tavsac ar gviyadrebs, etyoba, isic saaxalwlo 

fiqrebSia CaZiruli. 

modiT, gareT gavixedoT, vin icis gareT ra xdeba. 

gareT civa da viciT, rom ar gagviSveben. 

biWos, axla ki raRaca moxdeba: 

WiSkarTan viRaca iZaxis, 

_ ojaxiSvilebo! 

axali weli gvestumra! — davZaxiT Cven da sixarulisagan lamis davluri 

davuaroT. 

— axali weli ki ara, is ar gindaT, — CurCulebs bebo da gareT ixedeba, — 

vici, vinc iqneba... 

— jangira iqneba, loTi, — ambobs papa da mamas Sescinis, aba Sen ici, Seni Zmakacia 

da aqeifeo. 

kari iReba da oTaxSi marTla jangira Zia Semodis. kunapetiviT Savi, wvermoSvebuli, 

alewili da TvaldaWyetili. 

— mama ucinis — rac ar unda iyos, stumaria. 

dedasac eRimeba. 

papa Tavs Rirseulad ukravs. 

bebo civad esalmeba da axic aris, — ra dros mosvla iyo (SemoeRetebao — ityvis 

mere bebo, roca jangira Zia bolos da bolos moifiqrebs da Sin wava), ar 

icis, rom axal wels yvela Tavis ojaxSi unda Sexvdeso, sanam axali weli ar 

SemobrZandeba, arc Wiqis aweva SeiZlebao. romeli axali weli marTla eg loTi 

myavs, rom Tavze dagvadgao. 

jangira alewila, ojaxs gaumarjoso, — sWeqs da xelSi ki araferi uWiravs. bebom 

icis, rom am àrafersac~ jangira male moinaklisebs, ityvis, es ra ojaxia 

Tu erT Wiqas mainc ar damalevinebTo da marTlac ase xdeba: jangira sWeqs da 

bebo ukve xmamaRla buzRunebs, morCa, am weliwadSi veRar gavixarebT; Tu droze 

ar daaCqara gzas baraqa da mekvled dagvijda, ukuRmarTi weliwadi dagvidgebao. 

papas ecodeba jangira da Rvinos usxams. 

jangira sadRegrZelos iwyebs: erTi, isao, im mTisao, am barisao, rac ram baraqaao, 

keTili guli maq, gana ukeTuri varo... 

bebo uCxubeba, ra yaWiviT gaabi, dacale da Sen gzas ewie, axalma welma aq ar 

mogiswros, ojaxSi unda Sexvde, TaobiTve egre Tqmulao. 

ojaxSi ra mindao? — brazobs jangira, — aq ra, Cemi ojaxi ar ario? maS visiao? 

bebo icinis, — Senia, swored Seniao da jangiras nazuqs awvdis. jangira axla 

erTbaSad `mravalJamiers~ daaquxebs. bans arvin aZlevs da Cven gadmogvxedavs, 

CvenRa varT imisi ukanaskneli imedi, — aba balRebo, axali welia, bani dasZaxeT, 

— bdRvinavs da Cvenc sicils veRar vikavebT. ratomac ara? Tu jangira Zias 

egre unda, Cvenc davWeqoT `mravalJamieri~, mamac agvyveba, dedac da papac... 

bebo? bebos dana pirs ar uxsnis. 

Cvenc SaSvebiviT vaRebT pirs da `mravalJamiers~ davZaxiT. jangira bans dagvbRavis. 

bebo sul cecxldeba, jangiras saxeloze eWideba, magisTana mravalJamieri 

marto simTvraleSi gamoadgebaTo, Cvenze eubneba da jangira erTbaSad 

Cacxreba: 

— gana isa... naTlided... 

jangira CurCulebs... — keTili guliTao... sxvam raT unda damaswros Tqveni dalocvao... 

egre keTilad gvemSvidobeba, Tavs gvikravs da, karTan SeCerebuli, 

xmamaRla ambobs: 

— mTel sofelSi, Cemze adre Tofs veravin gaisvris: 

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— isev siCume Camodgeba da ukanasknelad dasWeqs jangirac: 

— raT unda gaisrolos? axali weliwadi Cemia! 

— jangira midis. 

— mama acilebs da Sin siciliT brundeba... 

— axla yvelani icinian. 

— cota xanic da soflis Tavze gadaiquxebs jangiras Tofi. 

— axali weli ki jer isev Sors ari. 

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axla Tqven axal weliwads naZvis xiT xvdebiT. 

`naZvis xe~ datvirTulia girliandebiT da brWyviala mosarTavebiT. yvelaferi 

anTia, yvelaferi elavs — `girCebic~, `msxlebic~, `vaSlebic~, `yurZnis mtevnebic~ 

da, raRa Tqma unda, `varskvlavebic~. naZvis xe wina dRes, ufro sworad 

axali wlis mobrZanebis wina saaTebSi irTveba, raTa, roca saaTi Tormetjer 

dahkravs, yvelaferi erTbaSad aanTos da sazeimo elferi miiRos. 

uwin Cven ise gvegona, TiTqos yovelive amas tye gvigzavnida im namdvil naZvis 

xesTan erTad, romelsac namdvili wiwvebi hqonda da sunic naZvisa asdioda. 

gvqonda ki sofelSi naZvis xe? 

iyo ki maSin amdeni bryWviala mosarTavi da girliandi? 

ara yofila. 

da saaxalwlodac isev bunebis imedada vrCebodiT: 

idga tyidan Camotanili naZvi. 

totebze ekida namdvili msxlebi da vaSlebi, namdvili CurCxelebi...… 

aqa-iq TeTrad moCanda bamba (viTomda Tovliao). 

da enTo oriode pawia sanTeli. 

Cven esec gvixaroda da gvjeroda, rom yovelive tyidan iyo gamogzavnili mekvle 

papas mier. mniSvneloba ara hqoda imas, rom naZvis totebze Camokidebul 

xilsac vcnobdiT, mTavari iyo dajereba, mTavari iyo TamaSi saaxalwlo warmodgenisa. 

unda dagvejerebina mekvle papac da mis mier xurjiniT gamogzavnili 

nobaTic. unda CavbmuliyaviT TamaSSi, romelic sagangebod, swored CvenTvis wamoewyoT 

dedas, mamas, papas, bebos da SeTqmulebiviT garigebodnen im viRac uxilav 

mekvles, romelic axla, am siciveSi, sadRac daTovlil tyeSi iyo da mTvares 

Sescqeroda, raTa droze dasdgomoda gzas da zustad saaxalwlod moeRwia 

Cvenamde. 

nela gadioda dro... 

jer SuaRame ar iqneboda damdgari, rom mama kedlidan gadmoiRebda im Tofs, 

axalwlis Sesaxvedrad kargad rom gawminda. axla, oTaxis kuTxeSi mdgari, 

eloda raRacas, raRa raRacas, axali weli unda mosuliyo da swored axal 

wels eloda Tavisi datenili TofiT. mere ufro da ufro mouTmenloba ipyrobda 

da waramara saaTs Sescqeroda, Zvelebur, gugulis saaTs da Cvenc arasodes 

ase mouTmenlad ar davlodebivarT im patara guguls, romelic ha da ha, unda 

gamovardniliyo sarkmlidan da daeZaxa: `gugu!~ 

aha, gamoxta, aha, daiZaxa! 

mama gadis saxlis aivanze da Tofs isvris. griali Tofisa mTel im aremares 

SesZravs, sofelze gadaivlis da, TiTqos niSani miscao, mamas Tofs mTeli ubnis 

meTofeni uerTdebian. Tofs yvela isvris, mdidaric da Raribic, didi jalabis 

patronnic da martoxelanic. ojaxma Tofi aucileblad unda gaisrolos, 

avi sulebi daafrTxos, axal wels kari gauRos da mSvidobiani mosvla usurvos. 

maxsovs es griali Tofebisa. es CaxaCuxi. es mkrTali naTeli, yoveli saxlis 

Tu qoxis sarkmlidan rom gamokrToda da sawyali petre uRaribesi, uqoneli, 

mudam raRacis momCivani da momlodine, Tofic ki rom ar gaaCnda avi sulebis 

dasafrTxobad da Tavis erTi bewo saCexSi gadmomdgari, mTeli ubnis Tofebis 

xmas yviriliT uerTdeboda: èhe-heee!~ gasZaxoda sibneles petre da Tan 

cols uxmobda, gareT gamodi, vera xedav, modis axali weli zaTqiTa da grgvinviTo, 

mivexmauroT, miveferoT, iqneba rac Zvelma ar gaimeta, aman mainc gaimetoso. 

petres coli — ninuca qmars rom eCxubeboda, Sin Semo, kaco, ra turasaviT 

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gahkivi, Tu kaci xar, Tofi gaisrole, Tu ara da daircxvine mainc, Seni yviriliT 

axali weli sul ar daafrTxo, gverdiT ise ar Cagviaros, Cveni saxlisken 

piric ar moabrunoso. es vicodiT yvelam. es yvirilic yvelas gagvegona. is sityvebic 

wlidan wlamde meordeboda. amitom iyo, rom erT did tyvias mama lula- 

Si Cadebda, Caxmaxs Seayenebda, RimiliT gaswevda petres saxlisken, avidoda mis 

aivanze da petres aivnidanac daiquxebda Tofi! amitom iyo, rom axalwlis dilas, 

bebo, tabakze dawyobili nairnairi nugbariT, pirdapir ninucas qoxisken 

gaswevda (didi daqaloba hqondaT), axal wels miulocavda da karga xanic dar- 

Ceboda... ras akeTebdnen iq? qeifobdnen — Rvinos wrupavdnen Tu bebos miwvdil 

xils miirTmevdnen? an iqneb tirodnen kidec? — es aravin icoda. arc Cven da 

arc TviT petrem, romelic, aseT dros, Tavis mxriv aucileblad Cveni ojaxis 

stumari iyo. 

win gaviWeriT. 

petres ojaxis sacodaobam dagvaviwya axalwlis Ramis zar-zeimi, romelic nelnela 

miwyda. Tofebi daicala. eSmakeuli dafrTxa da axalma welma, ise, rom 

ezo oTxiv kuTxiv xsnili hqonda, Cvens ojaxSi Semoabija. iqiT, did darbazSi, 

magidas Semousxdnen deda, mama, bebo, papa da Wabuki biWebi. yvelani Sin arian, 

mTeli jalabi. axal wels yvela Tavis ojaxSia, stumrianoba mere iwyeba. axla 

xmadabla laparakoben, nel-nela wrupaven Rvinos (saxvaliod Tavs inaxaven), Seeqcevian 

saWmels da tkbileuls, Cven ki am sazeimo siCumeSi ukve Tvlema gvereva. 

axali weli ki movida, magram jer ar mosula mekvle. jer ar daukakunebia 

saxlis karze... 

es xval moxdeba, dilaadrianad... 

meore diliT — swored mekvles Zaxilze viRviZebT. 

mekvle vin gveyolebao, mTeli wina dReebi axali wlisa, amaze iyo laparaki. 

ai, SarSan ro mekvle gvyavda, kargi fexi hqonda, mosavalic kargi movida da 

arc vinme gamogvclia xelidano... 

arc ro avad gamxdara vinmeo? 

vin iyo SarSan mekvleo? 

vina da CvenebianT patara biWi, — giorgio... 

maS raRa gvaq saZebni, isev CvenebianT vuTxraT, dilaadrianad gamoawyon da gamogzavnono. 

axla swored es giorgi dgas Ria karTan gaRimebuli. 

jer garedan dauZaxia: ojaxiSvileboo! 

mere, kari rom gauRes — `Semovdgi fexi, gwyalobdeT RmerTio!~ (rogorc daariges). 

amasobaSi Cvenc wamovcvivdiT loginidan da mekvles garSemo SemovexvieT. 

mekvlemac aiRo da tkbileuli Camogviriga. 

(sxva dros, vici, ar gaimetebda). 

bolos TviTonac taxtze daabrZanes. garSemo sul nair-nairi tkbileuli Semoudges 

da swored maSina Tqva Cvenma mekvlem giorgim is, rac sxvebma ki daijeres 

(sxvebi icinodnen), magram Cven ara: gindaT Tu ara, axali weli me varo. 

Sena xar, maS vinao? — isev icinodnen Cvenebi. yvelaze ufro ki bebo icinoda 

da taxtze dabrZanebul giorgis dasZaxoda, biWo, nu farTxaleb, darbaislurad 

ijeqi, Tore wels kruxic ifarTxalebs da kvercxebs sul dagvimtvrevso. Cven 

xom metic ar gvindoda da axla am `kruxma~ gagvagiJa. Tanac iman, rom giorgi 

marTla giorgi iyo, Cveni mekvle da axali weli varo, tyuilad iCemebeda. da 

aravin icis, saqme riTi damTavrdeboda, Tu ara isev Cveni bebo, SuaSi rom Cagvidga, 

gagvaSvela da gviTxra: ra gaCxubebT, ai, mec gagimzadeT tkbileuli, 

Tqvenc wadiT mekvled, daabereT giorgiani da Tqvenc àxali weli~ iqnebiTo. 

amis Tqmaze yvelani Jivil-xiviliT wamovcvivdiT da, roca bebom patara, TeTrtilogadafarebuli 

xonCebi saTiTaod dagvaWerina, mezoblebisa da moyvrebis 

gzas gavudeqiT. 

raRa gzas, gadaviareT ezo, gadavWeriT orRobe da Cvenc daviZaxeT: 

— ojaxiSvilebo! 

maSinve gamogvegebnen. 

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gaivlis dReebi da Cven isev axali wliT viqnebiT gabruebulni. 

axali wlis sixaruli sxva yvelafers dagvaviwyebs. SeiZleba isic ki gvegonos, 

rom am qveynad mxolod sixaruli sufevs. uzrunvelyofa da udardeloba mogve- 

Zaleba. aki vinatreT, kidec, netav sul axali weli iyoso... magram am sixarulSi 

Turme ramdeni ram gamogvrCa. Cven gugulis Zaxils velodiT da marto imis fiqrSi 

viyaviT, rodis aiRebda mama Tofs da aivanze rodis gavidoda. mere Cvenc 

gavcvivdiT da vusmendiT, ra baTqa-buTqi ismoda zamTris mokrialebul civ, 

mTvarian RameSi da sul dagvaviwyda papa da bebo, romelnic am dros buxarTan 

isxdnen da axali wlis mosvlas xmis amouReblad elodnen. netavi raze fiqrobdnen, 

netavi rad iyvnen daRonebulebi? ras niSnavda maTTvis Zvelis gacileba? 

ras elodnen axlisagan? rad dauZaxaT dedam, Tqvenc gamodiT, naxeT, ra ambavia 

aRa mahmad-xanis Semosevas hgavso, — magram isini arc ki wamomdgaran, kvlav uZravad 

isxdnen erTmaneTis gverdiT, erTmaneTs mxarmibmulni da buxris cecxls 

Cascqerodnen. ras eubnebodaT iseTs es buxris cecxli, vidre Tofis xmauri da 

yiJina etyodaT? 

es axali wlis sevdaa. 

amas Tqven jer ver mixvdebiT. 

saamisod cxovrebis grZeli gza unda gaiaroT da siberis moaxloeba igrZnoT. 

amTaviTve ki cudi ar iqneba, gaxsovdeT: axali wlis sixarulis gverdiT arsebobs 

axali wlis sevda. am sevdas, Tqvengan dafarulad atareben papebi da bebiebi. 

Tqven am sevdisagan jer Sorsa xarT, Tqven jer gareT gadiT... 

gareT zamTris mziani dRea. aq aTasgvari mxiaruleba gvelis... 

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zamTris `mTavari saqme~ gundaobaa. gundaoba xelCarTuli brZolaa. brZolis 

vels gamarjvebuli is tovebs, vinc bevri mowinaaRmdege gaxvia TeTr TovlSi. 

magram yvelaze ufro is gundaoba hgoniaT vaJkacuri, aTiode biWi rom moiyris 

Tavs da gogoebs Causafrdeba. am dros, Tu marTla vaJkaci xar, gunda wyliT ar 

unda daasvelo, zedmetad ar unda gaamagro, rom gogos araferi avno. gunda 

msubuqi unda iyos da msubuqad moefinos imas, visac amdeni xania gulis fancqaliT 

elodi. ra Tqma unda, yiJinas rom dascem, mofrTxilebazec Znelad ifiqreb, 

magram sircxvili ar agcdeba, Tu Seni rCeuli Sin atirebuli mivida da 

Zmebs SesCivla, damilurja loyao. gundis saxeSi mortyma rogor SeiZleba! gunda 

marTla brZola ki ar gaxlavT, xumrobaa, gasarTobi da mxiaruli xumroba. 

magram zamTris mravalgvar gasarTobSi gundaobac male mogwyindeba. 

cigaoba ki sul sxvaa, — mouwyinari da ufro amyoli. 

ciga Seni xeliT unda gaakeTo: ori swori msxvili ficari aiRo, Ziri gluvad 

gausufTao da wverebic imgvarad aumrgvalo, rom TovlSi cxviriT ar wavides. 

mere zemodan Txeli ficrebi daakra, saxeluradac erTi Tasma Seaba da cigac 

mzad aris. sacigao adgili xom viciT. SarSanac iq vcigaobdiT, SarSanwinac da 

imis winac. sacigao adgili Cveni ferdobia, Sua ubanSi, an ubnis TavSi. yvela 

ubans Tavisi ferdobi aqvs da cigaobac iq imarTeba. aris Sejibri, zemodan daSveba, 

kotriali, TovlSi amosvra, dajaxeba, vin wina da vin ukana! daeSvebi, mihqrixar 

da zamTris civi haeri saxeSi gcems TiTqos gagwkeplao. amasac arafrad 

agdeb da ase ggonia, haerSi mivfrinav an meranze gadamjdari velze mivqrivaro. 

bolos CaeSvebi xramisken da amokotrialdebi. 

axla ar ginda isev zemoT asvla? fexebi TiTqos aRar gemorCileba. es cigac 

aRar mogdevs, magram yvelani zemoT midian da Senc, meti ra gza gaqvs, sxvebs 

xom ar CamorCebi, unda waxvide. 

mere yvelaferi isev Tavidan iwyeba. 

Soriaxlos gogonebi dganan da Semogcqerian. ici, rom arc imaTTvis aris sulerTi, 

vin win iqneba da vin ukan. ici, rom imaTac hyavT TavianTi rCeulebi da 

am rCeulTa Soris ar SeiZleba Senc ar iyo... 

magram is ra wamomarTula zed gzis piras? vin dadga, vin gamoZerwa, rogora 

hgavs kacsa... kacia da arc ari kaci... 

Tovlis kaci! 

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yvelani gavrbivarT da Tovlis, kacs garSemo vexveviT, vaTvalierebT, gvinda 

rom namdvil kacsa hgavdes. is ki namdvilic ari da arc ari namdvili. viRacas 

Tovlis didi `qva~ upovia da kaci iqidan gamouZerwavs. `qvis~ mopoveba ki ar 

aris Zneli. aiRe patara gunda Tovlisa, cota Seamagre, mere miagde Tovlze da 

daiwye agoreba am gundisa. agorebuli gunda, rac axal da axal Tovlis fenas 

ikravs, Sens Tvalwin diddeba da male ise mZimdeba, erTi aRar eyofi, Tu sxvac 

ar mogveSvela, amodena Tovls Zvrasac veRar uzam. mere is `sxvebic~ modian da 

nel-nela, xvneSiT mogoravs es Cveni burTi Tovlian vakeze, vidre mTlad ar 

damZimdeba, qvasaviT ar Camkvrivdeba da vidre Sesafer adgils ar movuZebniT. es 

adgili ki aucileblad gamosaCeni unda iyos, sadac meti gamvlel-gamomvlelia. 

Cven Tovlis Zegls vdgamT, Zegls ki mudam sapatio adgili Sehferis. 

mere mova niCabiT ostati, `saWreTelsac~ moiyolebs da iwyeba Zerwva. 

jer zedmet Tovls CamovacilebT da am veeba gundas tanwerwetas gavxdiT. axla 

xelebi gvWirdeba da xelebsac gamovZerwavT. kacs xom Tavic unda hqondes da 

TavisaTvis, sxva, ufro momcro gundas avagorebT, axla saxe iZerweba. cxvirad 

an naZvis girCs mivabamT saxeze, an patara Tunuqis mils. Tvalebs naxSiriT Cavu- 

SavebT. naxSirisave eqneba warbebi. tuC-kbilsac naxSiris natexebiT gavuwyobT... 

raRa darCa? kacia da qudic aucileblad unda exuros. miT ufro, rom zamTaria, 

uqudod Sescivdeba kidec, gansakuTrebiT RamiT, roca mowmendil caze varskvlavebi 

dasxdebian da yinvac mouWers. da aha, qudic! viRaca Zirgavardnil, 

Jangian vedros moarbeninebs da Cvens Tovlis kacs Tavze axuravs. Jangiani eZaxe 

da mouxda kidec. dgas darbaislurad, doinjSemoyrili, cxvirabzekili, Tavisi 

`fafaxiT~ da darbaiseli kacisaTvis cota ar iyos Seufereblad ikriWeba. 

Cven garSemo davrbivarT da varT erT yofaSi. 

viRaca gundas isvris. 

viRaca Cxubobs, emand Tovlis kacs ar moartyaT, cxviri ar moaZroT, isedac 

didi dRe ar uweriao... 

marTlac, wamic ar gasula da viRacis gunda Tovlis kacs xels Camotexavs. `moqandake~ 

jer nawyenia, mere aiRebs Tovls da xels isev miabams... 

da mainc, ratom ar uweria didi dRe? zamTari zamTaria, magram mzes mainc Tavisi 

gaaqvs. Cveni Tovlis kaci nel-nela dnobas iwyebs, jer yurebi daupataravdeba, 

mere Tavi, bolos sulac daileva da ai, maSin ki dgeba dro, rom gundebiT 

masac SeeTamamon da yvelaferi dasruldes... 

ras izam, amqveynad yvelafers Tavisi dasasruli aqvs. 

axla kakanaTi? 

kakanaTic zamTris TamaSia, magram gunda-cigasaviT uwyinari ki ara, cota ar 

iyos sevdiani. dasasruli aqvs sevdiani, rasac TamaSi arc eTqmis. kakanaTi nadirobaa, 

Citebze nadiroba. Citebi ki ufro metad is beRurebi arian, romlebic 

zamTrobiT ar gvRalatoben, sicives arafrad agdeben, CvenTan rCebian da Cven- 

Tan erTad elodebian gazafxulis mosvlas. 

Citebs lastsac ugeben. aiReben patara lasts da erT mxares joxs Seuyeneben. 

joxs qvemoT, wverze, grZeli kanafi aqvs gamobmuli. kanafis wveri Cven, Soriaxlos 

mimalulebs (sabZelSi, gomurSi, an saCexSi) gviWiravs. lastis qveS satyuaria 

mofenili — qeri an Svria, xorbali an simindi. beRurebs SiaT. zafxulSic 

sul saxlebis garSemo trialeben da zamTarSi xom lamis Sinac Semovidnen. rogorc 

ki Tvals mohkraven, lastis qveS sakenki `daviwyebiaTo~, jer frTxilad 

dazveraven midamos, mere lastTan moiyrian Tavs da sxvebsac mouxmoben. modiT, 

movgrovdeT, naxeT, ras mivageniTo. bolos yvelaze ufro guladni lastis qve- 

Sac SeZvrebian... jer davicadoT, jer bevrma moiyaros Tavi, jer bevri guladi 

mogrovdes... da roca lastis qveS marTla blomad moiyrian Tavs beRurebi, gamoswev 

kanafs da lasti qveS daiyolebs beRurebs. vinc gadarCa, gadarCa, erTba- 

Sad moswydnen miwas da gafrindnen. vinc lastma daitana... 

sastiki `TamaSia~. 

aki giTxariT, TamaSi arc eTqmis... 

`kakanaTi~ raRaa? amaze erTi moTxroba movisminoT iakob gogebaSvilis `bunebis 

karidan~. moTxrobas swored `kakanaTi~ hqvia: 

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`Sua zamTaria. gareT sTovs da Zalian civa, magram me da Cveni patara biWi vasua 

am ambavs sruliadac arafrad ar vagdebT da boslis karTan atuzulni Zalian 

gul-modgineT vuyurebT erTs aTiode nabijze dagebuls kakanaTsa. kakana- 

Ti sruliad damalulia TovlSi, garda samiode puris marcvlisa, romelnic asxmulni 

arian da elian eSmaks beRura Citebsa... mofrindeba patara eSmaki Citi, 

dainaxavs marcvalsa, miva, Cahkravs, Cahkravs... kap... daecema kakanaTi da CaeWireba 

kiserSi rkali Cvens patara Cituniasa. 

Cven sul-ganabulebi vuyurebT kakanaTs patara WuWrutanidam. 

Citebma daiwyes kakanaTTan mogroveba. erTi maTgani gamogogda kidec kakanaTisken, 

aur-Cauara mas, ipovna mis axlo oriode puris marcvali da erTbaSad ylan- 

Wi gaadina. ai, daupirdapira kakanaTsac da... Cahkra erTi... Cven sixarulisagan 

yelSi sisxli mogvawva. gulma Zaga-Zugi dagviwyo. 

— `momeca!~ — iZaxis vasiko, — `momeca, sacaa daecema!~ da rac SeuZlian, iWyiteba 

WuWrutunaSi. magram am dros kakanaTis dacemis xmis magier moismis 

fr..r..r.. da Citebi aiSlebian. imaTma amSlelma, erTma viRacam, axmaxma, nabadSi 

gaxveulma kacma arxeinad Camoiara kakanaTisken, TiTqos aq araferiao,wamohkra 

kakanaTs Tavisi totyi fexebi da amoagdo Tovlidan. 

— `mogtydes kiseri, gagixmes fexebi!~ — misZaxis mas ukan gul-daTuTquli vasiko~. 

veraferi daiWires biWebma. 

xan vin SeuSalaT xeli, xan vin... 

èg aris, kakanaTzed iare, Svilo kakanaTzed! eg gacxovrebs ai!~ — meubneba mamaCemi. 

— àhyolixar mag giJ biWsa da mTeli dRe dasdevT Citebsa!~ 

da raRa Tqma unda, rogorc yvela moTxrobas, rac ki iakob gogebaSvils `bunebis 

karSi~ Seutania, Tavisi mTavari saTqmeli, mohyveba. moTxrobis dasasruls 

patara gmiri ambobs: 

`da amitom, mamiCemis sityvebis Semdeg, vdgevar gaocebuli erTs alagas da vfiqrob, 

Tu raT aris Cemi amxanagi vasua giJi da kidev raRac saSinels `cxovrebazed~, 

romelsac mamaCemi magonebs yovel cis-mare dRe...~ 

moTxroba TiTqos `Segonebis~ gareSe darCa, magram Cven mainc viciT, ras niSnavs 

kakanaTi, ratom aris vasiko `giJi~ da ras niSnavs sityva `cxovreba~... 

uWirs zamTarSi yovel suliers, — kacsac da pirutyvsac. 

vinc gaisarja da zafxuli mZime SromaSi gaatara, iman xo, Tavi zamTarSic SeiZleba 

gaitanos, misTvis zamTari sixarulis momgvrelic iqneba... magram visac 

cota sarCoRa darCa sazamTrod? 

magram Rimilis gareSe arc zamTari Caivlis. RimiliT gviyveba erTi igavi erTi 

ojaxis cxovrebaze... sizarmaciT iyo cnobili es ojaxi. mTeli zafxuli ise gaivlida, 

arafers inaRvlida zamTrisaTvis. erT xels ar gamoiRebda, marto fanduri, 

simRera da mxiaruleba uyvardaT. da swored maSin, pirvel Tovls rom Camohyrida, 

mTeli ojaxi damwkrivdeboda da pirs mindvrisaken izamda. sofelma 

winaswar icoda, raca xdeboda da siciliT misZaxoda, saiT gagiweviaT, romel 

moyvrebTan misdixarTo? maSin moixedavdnen mobuzulni, siciviT akankalebulni 

da ityodnen: batonian xodabunebSi mivdivarT, TavTavi unda avkrifoTo. 

TavTavis krefa ukve iciT, rac aris. 

SeiZleba am arakSi cota ram gazviadebuli iyos, cota ram sicilisaTvis mogonili, 

magram xelTupyar da zarmac ojaxs ki kargad gvixatavs. 

zamTarSi uWirT nadir-frinvelTac... 

roca mTa da tye, mdinare da Wala gadalesilia TovliT, roca yinvas gauTangavs 

yvelaferi, yoveli sulieri mainc adamianisken iswrafvis, adamianisgan 

elis xsnas. 

im wels didTovloba iyo, mTaSi yvelaferi gaqra, xis totebsac ki veRar mokvnetda 

suldgmuli da erTbaSad tyis binadarni soflisken daiZrnen. 

erTma iremma Tavisi sicocxle adamianis sindiss da adamianur bunebas miando. 

wamovida. gamohyva tyis bilikebs, gadmoiara mindvrebi da orRobeebi da wynarad, 

TiTqos guSinac aq iyoo, sofels moadga. swored iq gadmouxtnen xorcisa da 

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sisxlis mwyurvali `vaJkacebi~ da erTmaneTSic ciloba atyda, vin dainaxa pivelad, 

vin Seaswro Tvali da pirveli tyviis uflebac vis hqonda. 

iremi ki modioda, rogorc ganwiruli, dinji, fexauCqarebeli da mTeli arsebiT 

soflis sibrZnes mindobili, yuradRebas aravis aqcevda. 

albaT am simSvidem ixsna igi aucilebeli sikvdilisagan. 

is moadga WiSkars da gaCerda, rogorc Cerdeba saRamo xans saZovridan mobrunebuli 

marCenali Zroxa. 

WiSkridan aseve auCqareblad gamovida papa, jer gaxevda `stumris~ danaxvaze, mere 

irems WiSkari gauRo. 

iremi ezoSi Sevida. 

papam, TiTqos guSinac am stumars umaspinZldebodao, sabZlidan gamoitana erTi 

iRlia Tiva da irems dauyara. 

iremma erTi gadaxeda WiSkarTan mdgar `vaJkacebs~ da Tivisken daixara. 

im wuTSi dedamiwaze is harmonia sufevda, razec ase ocnebobs vaJa-fSavelas 

Svlis nukri. 

TviTon tye, TviTon buneba indobs ki adamians? 

iqneb indobs kidec... 

wlebis win, mTis erT sofelSi, patara biWi daikarga. erTi kvira eZebes da versad 

ipoves. mere ZebnaSi mTeli qveyana Caeria. bolos miagnes. wiflis msxvil, 

xavsian totze ipoves miZinebuli. 

ram gadaarCina erTi kviriT dakarguli biWi? 

marto tyis xilma? wablma da maJalom, pantam da Sindma? 

iqneb mSobliurma tyem ver gaimeta Tavisi Svili... 

da, ginda Tu ara, unda daijero, rom im gzaabneul biWs Tavis sazrdos sTavazobdnen 

xeebi. nanas umRerdnen muxis da Telis foTlebi, amxnevebdnen mTis wyaroebi. 

iqve, axlos, darajad edgnen Svlebi da irmebi. Tu safrTxe eloda, Tavs 

dasZaxoda da aRviZebda Cxikvi. qednebi ki gzas aswavlidnen, Tavqve dahye mdinares 

da mdinare aucileblad barSi Cagiyvanso. 

magram biWi patara iyo da ar icoda xeebis, wyaroebis, frinvelebis ena. maT enas 

swavlobs sibrZneSi Sesuli mindia, raTa es sibrZne Cvenc gagviziaros, Tu, ra 

Tqma unda, movisurveT am sibrZnis gaziareba da Tu guldawyvetilni, an sulac 

gagulisebulni ar gavbrundiT Sinisaken imis gamo, rom is tyidan wamosuli 

iremi moxucma papam Seivrdoma da ar dagvaneba mosaklavad. 

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dRisiT Tovs. RamiT ca mokrialdeba da yinavs. 

magram cxovreba Tavisi gziT midis. ymawvili swavlobs, glexkaci muSaobs: qalebi 

sarTavs da jaras Semosxdomian, papa da dideda zRaprebs hyvebian. bal- 

Rebs kvlav uxariaT Tovli. ratom mainc da mainc balRebs? didebsac uxariaT! 

swored glexs uTqvams Tovlze: àmis ukeTess ras naxavs kacis Tvalio, vici, 

rom zamTars Tovlians Tan mosdevs mosavalio~. ase yofila, ase Tqmula: Tovliani 

zamTris mere kargi mosavali modiso. Cven ki ukve viciT, rom sofleli 

kaci, ra drosac ar unda iyos, zafxuli Tu zamTari, mudam mosavalze da Wirnaxulze 

fiqrobs, es aris misi saqme — pur-Rvinos moyvana, Wirnaxulis moweva, 

qveynis dapureba. 

Cveni mTavari saqme raRaa? 

swavla! 

`swavlis Ziri mware iyo~ da es ymawvils maSinve unda scodnoda, roca pirvelad 

saswavleblis gzas gauyenebdnen. aman daawerina niko lomours leqsi yinvisa 

da patara mowafis brZolaze: 

`TovliT dafenils trials mindorsa 

TiTqos Rrma ZiliT wasZineboda, 

da xSirsa tyesa, Cadr-wamosxmulsa, 

saxe sruliad gaSeSeboda...~ 

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zamTaria da am siCumiT moculs mindorSi yinva TandaTan Zlierdeba, mefurad 

dabrZandeba da Tan Tvals ar aSorebs datkepnil gzas, iqneb vinme mgzavri gamoCndes 

da win davxvdeo. 

àgera kidec gzaze gamoCnda 

bavSvi wignebiT iRliaSia! 

Cqari nabijiT, cocxali saxiT 

micunculebda is skolaSia. 

yinvam maSinve misken mimarTa 

da mrisxanebiT gadudga wina: 

bavSvo, sulelo, mswrafl miaZaxa, 

girCev axlave dabrunde Sina~. 

patara mowafe, cxadia, ar epueba yinvas. Cvenc masTan erTad gvciva, masTan er- 

Tad viyinebiT, bolos ki masTan erTad swrafad movkurcxlavT skolisaken. 

bavSvma sZlia yinvas, bavSvma da swavlis wyurvilma! 

bolos ki gvaxarebs leqsis striqonebi: 

`mirbis patara, mirbis da... ager 

skolis fanjara, cecxlis Suqica! 

sul daaviwyda maSinve imas 

yinvac da misi baqi-buqica~ 

* * * 

axla zamTaria. gaTenda da yurSi CagZaxian, adeqi, cecxli ukve davanTeT, Tbilad 

Caicvi da skolaSi gaiqeci, ar dagagviandeso. Senc viTom ar gesmis, gulSi 

fiqrob, netavi erTxel mimalulina Tvali am Tbil loginSio. magram yvelani 

Cqaroben, xan deda dagadgeba Tavze, xan bebo, xan papa. Tan viTom geferebian, 

Tan gemuqrebian, Tu ar wamodgebi, icode, axlave mamaSens davuZaxebTo. mamisa 

gerideba da cota geSinia kidec, Tvals ifSvnet, amTqnareb, izmorebi, aqeT-iqiT 

ixedebi, viTomda axlaRa gavige, ra gindaTo da wamodgebi. cecxli marTla daunTiaT. 

oTaxSi Tbila. Senc Tbilad icmev, Tavzec Tbil quds ixurav, CanTaSi 

SoT purs da yvels Caideb, bebo erT vaSlsac moayolebs da ukve rixianad, vi- 

Tomc araferiao, gareT gadixar. 

gareT Tovli devs. wuxel isev mouTovia. WiSkramde ki gaukvalavs papas, swored 

SenTvis, skolaSi adrianad iqneba wasasvlelio, magram WiSkris iqiT? nakvalevic 

rom ara Cans? bevri-bevri, erT urems gaevlos an cxenosans da imis nakvalevs 

axla Sen unda mihyve, midixar da Tan gulSi geamayeba, marto xar, mefe 

xar mTeli am miCumebuli, daTovlili midamosi. aTasSi erTxel yvavi dagCxavlebs 

kaklidan da, TiTqos gangebo, Tovls Sig kiserSi Cagayris. Sen viTom brazob, 

yvavs gasWyivi, am TovlSi sad unda moigdo kenWi, Torem kenWsac esrodi da 

isev gzas ganagrZob. xan micuraob, xan garbixar, xan isev fexs Seaneleb da fiqrob: 

ra lamazia es oxeri Tovli! 

cota xanic da Saraze vasiko gamovardeba. 

iqiTa ezodan nodara morbis. 

axla ukve samni varT. erTmaneTs xelsa vkravT, TovlSi vagoravebT, Tu TavdaRmarTs 

wavadeqiT, CavimuxlebiT da mivsrialebT. 

heheheee! gaumarjos zamTars! gaumarjos Tovlis fantelebs. 

ager skolac da aJivJivebuli bavSvebic. 

erTada varT da arc Tovlisa gveSinia, arc yinvisa. 

gadavdivarT skolis gzaze da modis Cveni aniko maswavlebeli. gulze rveulebi 

miuxutebia, rogorc icis xolme, da erTs cerad gadmogvxedavs. Cven Tavebs davxriT 

da gverdze gadamdgarni mivesalmebiT. isic Tavs dagviqnevs, Cagvivlis da 

Cvenc, meti ra gza gvaqvs, Cumad, fexakrebiT gavyvebiT mis kvals. 

egeTia skola da swavla. 

aniko maswavlebelic gviyvars da Cveni skolac. 

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isic xo, Cveni ar iyos, dilaadrianad adga da am muxlamde TovlSi aqeT wamovida. 

CvenTvis ar wamovida? 

an es CvenTvis ar mosula dilaadrianad skolaSi, Cveni daraji svimana, mocinari, 

Zalze keTili kaci? CvenTvis ar aunTia Rumeli, ra ari, movlen da siTbo 

daxvdeTo? mere ra, rom Rumeli male Caiwva da SeSac cota gvaqvs, dasvenebaze 

SemovexveviT garSemo da vTbebiT. gogoebi gveCxubebian, Cven migviSviTo, magram 

yurs vin ugdebs, vidre isev maswavlebeli ar Semova da ar ityvis, kacebi xarT 

da gogoebiviT exveviT Rumelso. mere isev zari dairekeba, CamovrigdebiT im gadaxunebul 

merxebze da iwyeba `sufTa wera~... 

bindisas yvelani erTad gavrbivarT Sinisaken. sicivea, magram Cveni Jriamuli mainc 

mTel sofels edeba, nametnavad maSin, Tu Cveni ariTmetikis maswavlebeli 

daro ar gamoCnda, surdo Seeyara da gakveTili gagvicda. o, rogor gviyvars im 

wuTebSi daro maswavlebeli, Sinac ki veaxlebodiT da vkiTxavdiT, rogor 

brZandebiTo, magram Sin misvla ar SeiZleba, Sin xlebas ver gavubedavT. 

Caval Cvensa, vecemi erT jam lobios. bebo meCxubeba, nela Wame, Seirge, sad geCqareba, 

swavlas xom morCio, magram yurs vin ugdebs? vici, ratomac meCqareba, 

magram xom ar vityvi? ai, garedan ukve stvena ismis. vici, vici, vinc ustvens. vaniko 

mobrZanebula, yelze didis ambiT Surduli Camoukidia da maniSnebs, Citebze 

sanadirod wavideTo. aba ras daumalav da, beboc ukve yvelafers xvdeba, gareT 

gamodis da vanikos ealerseba, Sin SemobrZandi, ra gare-gare dadixar, ra 

xania Seni xma aRar gamigiao, sxvafriv rogora brZandebi, rogor gikiTxoTo. vici, 

rasaca niSnavs es `brZandebi~ da saiTac umiznebs bebo. bolos TaviT fexamde 

Seavlebs Tvals vanikos da xels Surdulze utacebs, es raRa jandabaao? ra 

olariviT Camogikidnia, romeli mRvdeli Sena xaro? aki giTxari, am Citebs daanebeT 

Tavio. mag xocva-Jletas, aiRoT da sakenki dauyaroT, ar girCevniaTo? isinic 

sulierebi arian, sicocxle imaTac uxariaTo. 

vuyureb vanikos da vici, sacaa, tirils daiwyebs. 

netavi ar itiros! 

Citebs vin aRar dasdevs, raRa Cven gvekrZaleba, raRa Cven gavxdiT TiTiT saCveneblebi? 

Zalianac kargi — vaniko ar tiris... gabutuli gabrundeba, zurgs Segvaqcevs da 

Sinisaken midis. 

samagierod me aRar minda aRarc amaTi lobio da aRarc amaTi mwnili, wamovxtebi, 

taxtze pirqve mivegdebi da vtiri. 

ra gatirebso? 

romeli ra matirebs, Zmakaci saxlidan gamigdes... 

vitire da gavCumdi. papam gamaCuma da papaze ufro isev bebom, ai, is rom Tqva, 

damidges Tvali, im balRs lobioc ki ar davusxi, vin icis, rogor moundao. 

axla isev Zveleburi beboa da meti ra gzaa, gulSi yvelaferi unda vapatio. 

* * * 

mTeli ojaxi Sin ari. 

cecxlTan isev koWobi miudgamT. koWobi Tixis patara qoTania, lobios mosaxar- 

Sad sagangebod gamomwvari, da axla Sig mxiarulad TuxTuxebs saxvalio lobio. 

cecxlze raRa dgas? iqneb simindi mogvexarSa? taro ki ara, darCeuli, 

TeTri simindi, mTeli dRe rom unda xarSva. meore dilisaTvis ki ise gadaiSleba, 

rogorc bati-butma icis. an iqneb korkoti ixarSeba? magram sakorkote xorbals 

axla RerRaven, xelsafqvavze. 

xo, lobio TuxTuxebs da simindi ixarSeba. Tu vinme karze daiZaxebs da stumrad 

Semoivlis, im damarilebul lors gamoaCenen, Roris dakvlis dros rom Caawyves 

did kasrSi, axla ki cecxlis kvamlze iboleba. yvelic iqve gudaSia, da 

imitom hqvia gudis yveli, mwyemsebma Camoitanes mTidan. kidev ra Camoitanes 

mwyemsebma? matyli! da bebom es matyli sagangebod gaasufTava da dawewa. dawewil 

matyls axla buxris piras CeCavs. saamisod mama-papas saCeCeli gamougonia. 

saCeCeli ficrisaa. ficris sadgamze ficrisave konusi aqvs dakruli. konusis 

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Tavze mtkavlis sigrZe basri lursmnis `kbilebi~ aqvs or rigad gayolebuli. 

bebo fardagze mokecila. cali fexi saCeClis konusSi Seurgavs (asea wesi, ase 

damagrdeba saCeCeli) erTi muWa dawewili matyli auRia, saCeClis kbilebze Camoagebs, 

gamowewavs da isev Camoagebs. xels alersiT gadausvams da isev Tavidan 

Camoawewavs... da ase, vidre matyli ar daiCeCeba, anu vidre bambasaviT TeTr fafuk 

fTilas erTxelac ar gadausvams xels (TiTqos marTlac miealersao) da 

gverdiT modgmul xonCaSi ar Cadebs. 

saRamoa. gareT civa. erTi biZa fandurs aCxakunebs, meore Tofs amzadebs. nadiri 

soflis gare-gare daZrwis da Tofi Tan unda mqondes, tyeSi mivdivaro. sacaa 

daRamdeba da aRarc mezobelma Semoixeda. mowyeniloba RamesaviT Semodis 

Sin. papa fiqrebSi wasula. neta raze fiqrobs? iqneb gazafxulze? iqneb imaze, 

am gazafxuls an moveswrebi da an arao. Tu asea, oriode sityva vuTxraT papas, 

fiqridan gamoviyvanoT, gavamxiaruloT. an modiT, raRas vucadoT da Tavisi kbila 

siyrmis megobari davupatiJoT, gaerTobian, moigoneben im mTisas da am barisas. 

magram papa Turme amas Cvenze adre fiqrobda da siCumeSi ismis misi wynari 

xma: `wadi, biWo, Tedos uTxari, aqeT gadmovides~. biWi garbis, bebo saCeCels 

Tavs anebebs. Tedos gadmosvlas patara sufra sWirdeba, iqve, buxris piras, tablaze 

gaSlili, Tavisi mwniliT, SoTi puriT, yveliT, bolokiT da, raRa Tqma 

unda, erTi xelada RviniT. oRond sul ar dalion... bolo xans papas Rvino 

aRar uxdeba, mere mTeli Rame wuxs da SfoTian Zil-RviZilSia. papas stumars 

vaxSami bebom unda gaumzados da aramc da aramc sxva vinmem. ase iyo TaobiTve 

da ase iqneba, vidre bebos muxlebSi Zala aqvs da fexze triali SeuZlia. 

rZlebi daCeCil matyls arTaven, raTa mere bawari windebad, paWiWebad, CiTebad, 

TaTmanebad, Salebad gadaiqces. 

ufrosi rZali xelis wisqvils misjdomia. es wisqvilic fardagze devs da qveS 

TeTri, qaTqaTa sufra aqvs dagebuli. `Cveulebrivi wisqvilia~, oRond patara, ha 

da ha, or mtkavelze cota meti sigane Tu eqneba. qvac oria, erTi qvemoTa, meore 

zemoTa. zemoTa qva, cxadia, gulamoWrilia da qvemoTa qvidan amoCril msxvil, 

magar paloze Camocmuli. xisave saxeluri aqvs, isic qvis amoRruntul napirSi 

magrad Camjdari. patarZali xorbals xvrelSi yris da saxeluriT qvas atrialebs. 

mZimea wisqvilis qvis triali, Tundac xelis wisqvili iyos... im saqmes ake- 

Teb, rasac did wisqvilSi wyali akeTebs, dolabsac abruneb da xvimiris magivrobasac 

Seni muWa swevs. safqvavi, cxadia wminda da gamtkicebuli ver iqneba da 

xelsafqvavs es arc moeTxoveba. sakorkote iRerReba da korkots swored xorblis 

RerRili sWirdeba... ase ifqveba marilic, im cnobili aRzevanidan motanili 

marili, razedac qarTuli leqsi ambobs: àRzevans waval marilze, marils 

movitan brolsao, jer dedas gadavexvevi, mere Svilsa da colsao~. 

Sors iyo es aRzevani da Tanac urmebiT midiodnen. leqsi umReris Svindas da 

giSeras (xarebia), romelTac iseTi uremi mihyavT, as qvabsac ki gauZlebs. RerZi 

wiflisa aqvs, Tvlebi kaklisa, ube ki larTxebiT da dandlebiT gadabmuli. 

aRzevanidan urmebis qaravani marilis qvebiT datvirTuli brundeba. qvamarils 

damtvreva sWirdeba, mere ki dafqva... axla, sakorkotes rom morCebian, marilis 

dafqvas Seudgebian. buxarSi ki isev tkacunobs cecxli, isev TuxTuxebs lobio. 

mwvanilebic ukve CauWriaT, xaxvic, amouzeliaT kidec da oTaxSi sakmazis saamo 

surneli dgas. karTan xveleba ismis da aha, Tedoc mosula, papas siyrmis megobari. 

papa erTbaSad icvleba, fiqri sadRac ifanteba. mTel oTaxSi xalisi SemoiWreba. 

buxaric gamxiaruldeba. erTmaneTs ras ar exumrebian. Cven aRaravis vaxsovarT. 

xval? xval raRa iqneba? 

xval qalebi dasxdebian da qsovas daiwyeben, da Tanac bebos mkacri meTvalyureobiT, 

radgan, bebos TqmiT, qsova ubralo saqme ki ar aris, ostatis saqmea. Tu 

ostati ara xar naqsovi ki ara, najRlardi gamogiva. 

kidev kargi, biWebsac ar gvaqsovineben. bebom Tqva, ra biWis saqmeao da sixaruliT 

aRar vicodiT, ra gveqna. ai, Cveni daia nuca ki ZaliT dasves fardagze, 

xelSi Cxirebi da bawari misces, gverdiT mousxdnen da eubnebodnen, es Tvali 

unda gamoiRo da is Tvalio. netavi es `Tvali~ raRaa? nucas fardagze guli ar 

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udgeboda da, albaT fiqrobda, netavi rodis wamovxtebi da biWebs gareT gavyvebi 

saTovlaodo. 

ijda fardagze, Tan xelSi saqsovi Cxirebi eWira, Tan cremli Camosdioda, Tan 

Tvali Cvenken eWira. es Cvenebi ki... Tavze edgnen da tuqsavdnen, aba, ras akeTeb, 

magre giTxariTo? 

Tan sacodavi iyo nuca, Tan sasacilo. 

mas mere, roca ki etyodnen, aba, gverdiT mogvijeqi da qsoveo, sul sicili gvindoda 

da gareT gavrbodiT, bebo Cxubobda, daicaT, gazafxuli dadges, Tqvenc 

gamogiCenT saqmeso, Tumca raRa gazafxuli, axlave gaiqeciT da SeSa damiWeri- 

To. SeSa daWrili ar ario? — veubnebodiT. ari, magram me Tqveni daWrili mindao. 

netavi xma ar amogveRo... 

Cvenma nucam ki erT dResac dagviZaxa, raRaca Wreli naqsovi gviCvena da gviTxra: 

ai, me movqsoveo. 

ar davijereT! 

Tu gindaT, windasac mogiqsovTo. 

viciT, ver mogviqsovs. amwinebze saCeCelTan dasves, matylis CeCva unda eswavlebinaT 

da xeli pirdapir saCeCelis kbilebze Camoago. is tiroda, Cven vicinodiT 

da bebo axla Cven mogvda, ra gacinebT, Tqveni da gamwarda da iciniTo? rad Camoigo 

TiTebi, visi brali iyo? guSin kidev TiTistari ver daabzriala da axla 

imaze gavicineT da isev Cven gagvamtyunes, daicadeT, qveyana erT dRes ar 

aSenebula, naxeT, Tu yvelaferi kargad ar iswavloso. aba, Tqven wadiT da vazi 

gasxaliT, Tu gasatyepad ar gagixdeT saqme da Tu nucam Tqvenze ar icinoso. 

amaze papa ambobs: 

— vazTan magaT rogor mivuSvebo. 

da axla nuca icinis. 

iqneb marTla mogviqsovos nucam windebi? 

ra viciT... 

kargi ki iqneba Wreli windebi. 

gavalT biWebSi da vityviT, Cvenma dam mogviqsovao. 

vici, ar dagvijereben. 

ar dagvijereben da nu dagvijereben. 

Cven xom gvecodineba, ra yoCaRi da gvyavs. 

* * * 

ras ar inaxavs maxsovroba... axla, roca zamTars vigoneb, TiTqos xsovnis burusidan 

gamodis zamTris grZeli Rameebi. skolidan brundebi, moxedvac ver moaswari 

da ukve Ramea. es Rame gaiweleba da Tu an mezobeli ar gewvia, an Sen ar 

gadaxvedi sadme, aRar ici, ra gaakeTo. fanduris wkaruni mogwyinda. TiTqos 

aRarc buxris cecxli tkacunobs mxiarulad. aRarc kata garTobs da aRarc 

fardagze kotriali. yvelani Sina varT. mama taxtze wamowveba. bebo da papa TavianT 

adgilze, buxris piras Camosxdebian. bebo saqsovs moimarjvebs, papa joxze 

Camoeyrdnoba. TiTqos raRacis molodinSi varT da ai, dedas wigni moaqvs... 

aba, axla wigni wavikiTxoTo, mravalmniSvnelovnad ambobs da lampas miimarjvebs. 

umcrosi da-Zmebi katas eTamaSebian, magram imaTac tuqsaven, modiT, 

Tqvenc aq CamosxediT, yvelam unda movisminoT, amaze kargs sad ras gaigonebTo. 

CamovsxdebiT da iwyeba... 

ramdeni ram wavikiTxeT, rac es zamTari dadga da grZeli Rameebi daiwyo. an wina 

zamTarSi? adre xo bebo gvikiTxavda! aiRebda `bunebis kars~ da daiwyebda: 

`daTikos mercxlis WikWiki Zlier uyvarda~. 

magram luarsabTan da darejanTan mainc veravin mova. rac Cven vicineT... sicili 

rom dacxreboda, papa ityoda, aba eg adgili Tavidan waikiTxeTo da isev vicinodiT. 

papas yvelaze ufro sut-kneinas oinebi moswonda, bebo lamaziseulze 

xiTxiTebda, mama luarsabis Zmaze — daviTze javrobda, viTom egec kaciao! da 

ise javrobda, rom axla mamaze vicinodiT. Tqveni ar vici da balRebs ki Zalian 

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gviyvardnen oriveni — luarsabi da darejani, Cveni mezoblebi rom yofiliyvnen, 

sul imaTsa viqnebodiT. 

zamTris grZeli saRamo ki midis da sacaa, SuaRamec wamova. deda kiTxvas amTavrebs. 

sicili dacxra. luarsabi da darejani uremSi Casxdnen da TeleTis gzas 

daadgnen. lamaziseulic Casves da isic unda waiyvanon. umisod ver gaZleben. 

danarCeni? danarCeni xvalRam iqneba. vnaxoT, gasWris Tu ara TeleTis salocavi. 

mere isev wignze laparakoben. 

netavi vin igonebs amisTana ambebs da leqsebs? — vfiqrob me. 

bebo natrobs, netavi Cven SviliSvilebsac uyvardeT wignio. 

papa ambobs, Tuki Cven gviyvardao? 

da bebo axla amaze icinis, romeli didi mwignobari Sena myavdio. 

papa Tavs idebs, rom wigni (anu wera-kiTxva) jer isev balRma, Tavadis ojaxSi, 

mojamagireobisas iswavla. 

bebo tols ar udebs da umatebs, rom wigni papaze ufro adre icoda, TviT 

mRvdlis colma, fofodiam aswavla da roca papam kiTxvac ar icoda, bebom 

`saRmrTo werili~ zepirad daimaxsovra. 

esec Sejibrebas hgavs da mTeli ojaxi icinis. 

mas Semdeg didi xani gavida... 

maSin ra vicodiT, rom papas da bebos marTlac hqoniaT saamayo. vin icoda im 

dros wigni? vis SeeZlo `saRmrTo werilis~ zepirad daswavla, an `vefxistyaosnis~ 

gadawera? 

es iyo didi xnis winaT da mogonebac isev burusSi iZireba. 

* * * 

zamTari ki TiTqos ar iZvris. dro TiTqos gaCerda. 

ratom daemsgavsa erTmaneTs dReebi? ratom iqca molodinad yvelaferi? ratom 

gvinda, rom raRac Seicvalos? es fantelebic, es gaSiSvlebuli xeebic, zamTris 

mTeli mxiarulebac momabezrebeli rad gaxda? Tovls vnatrobdiT da Tovli 

aRar gvinda, yovel diliT vixedebiT sarkmlidan da guldawyvetilebi vambobT: 

isev Tovs... 

dReebi erTferovani xdeba. 

yoveli dila erTmaneTs hgavs da arc saRamo gvpirdeba raime gansakuTrebuls. 

erTi ram niSani mainc gamoCndes, rac gvagrZnobinebs, rom zamTari gadis da axlovdeba 

is, romlis saxelsac ukve natvriT vambobT: gazafxuli. 

gazafxuli ki mainc ar Cans. 

soflis Saraze aTasSi erTxel Tu gaivlis vinme. yvelani Sin SeyuJulan. sofels 

gareT mze Tu gamoityuebs, mze ki sadRac Rrublebis miRma midis Tavis 

gzaze da Cven verc vxedavT. 

vinme mainc gamoCndebodes. is vinme saxlebidan sxvebsac gamoityuebs. 

ai, isic... jer cxeni moCans burusian gzaze, mere xmac gvesmis... mere cxenis patronic 

gamoCndeba. viRacas tyidan saTari moaqvs. saTari veeba xea, ZirSi moWrili 

da cxenze gamobmuli. etyoba ojaxs SeSa ar eyo. gazafxulis mosvla gaWianurda 

da axla saTari moaqvT, SeSad rom daxerxon, daapon da saxli gaiTbon. 

saTaris danaxvaze jer erTi WiSkari iReba, mere meore. baasi xmadabalia, am burusis 

da am nislis Sesaferi: sad mosWerio, yoran kldesTano... didi Tovlebiao? 

didia, magram Camotana SeiZlebao. wifeliao? wifelia, magram xmelia, SeSad 

gamodgebao. cxenma rogor aTriao? zemoT uWirda, TovlSi fexi efloboda, rac 

tyidan gamovediT, ara uSavso. 

cxeni gzas ganagrZobs. saTari mixrialebs gayinul Saraze. WiSkarTan gamosulni 

Tvals gaayoleben, mere xmauri miwydeba da mcire xniT gareT gamosulni isev 

Sin Sedian. 

netavi kidev vinme Camoivlides... 

rogor ara? ai, modis kidevac! 

monadire qoria! 

qorias danaxvaze yvela WiSkari erTbaSad iReba da jer Soridan, nislSive gas- 

Zaxian, aba mogvaxsene, ra mogaqvs, ra mogiklavso, mere xelcarieli qorias da- 

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naxvaze sicili gaismis. qoria jer ibRvireba, neta Sin SexvidodeT da Zvlebs 

gaiTbobdeT, nadiroba ra Tqveni saqmeao. mere daiwyebs, am TovlSi sad vivlidi, 

saqamremde mwvdeboda, gana Tqven ro gzazec ar gamodixara, egreao? monadiris 

wesia, dRes xelcarieli modis, xval sadme irems waawydebao. Sen wawydio — qoqolas 

ayrian qalebi, iremi ra Seni saqmea, Seni mosaklavi iremi saRa darCa, ege, 

egeni xoceo, da kaklis kenweroebisaken ixedebian. 

kaklis kenweroebze yvavebi sxedan. Savad daxunZlulan kenweroebi. yvavebi, TiTqos 

ewyinaTo, erTbaSad aiSlebian da yrantaliT gadaifrenen Walisken. cota 

xanSi isev mobrundebian da isev gadaSavdeba kenweroebi. amaT darCaT qveyanao, 

— Civian qalebi da Tan Sin naqsov SalSi ifuTnebian. mere — erTi-ori sityva, 

karis gaWrialeba da soflis Saraze isev siCume Camodgeba. 

cota xanic da viRaca wyaroze midis, xelSi koka uWiravs. welSi mobuzula. 

aqeT-iqiT arc ki ixedeba. viRaca gzidan gamosZaxis, moica, qalo ra marto miibuzebi, 

mec wyaroze movdivaro. qali dgas da elis. Tan sciva, caxcaxebs. WiSkari 

gaiWrialebs da is meore qalic gamodis. orni erTad midian wyaroze da isinic, 

rogorc nislian dRes Sehferis, Cumad saubroben. 

wyarosTan aravinaa. 

qalebi kokas udgamen da saubars ganagrZoben. 

netav raze laparakoben am siciveSi, — fiqrobs gzad momavali kaci da qalebisken 

ixedeba. 

qalebi Cumdebian. 

kaci midis da qalebi isev ganagrZoben laparaks. 

wyaros Zroxa da cxeni uaxlovdebian. 

maTi patroni dabalia, qurqSi Camaluli da welSi moxrili. Zroxas aqezebs, dalie, 

amaTi nu geSiniao. 

qalebi icinian da gverdze gadgebian. 

kokebi raxania gavsebula, magram saubari mainc grZeldeba. 

Zroxa wyals svams. male bezrdeba da navs zurgs aqcevs. 

axla cxeni Cahyofs CiCvirs navSi da xarbad xvreps civ wyals. 

kaci xmas ar iRebs. cxens Sescqeris, ucdis, rodis gaZRebao. `ver daarwyule, 

kaco, ra mogividao~, — uteven qalebi. `neta Tqven magre galaparakaTo~, — Cailaparakebs 

kaci, cxensa da Zroxas SesZaxebs da gzas gaudgeba. 

ufro binddeba. 

viRaca qali ezoSi SeSas Wris da Tan Tavis biWsa swyevlis: maS SeSa ver unda 

dagaWrevino, amodena biWi dedis imedaT raT unda iyoo? biWi ara Cans da qali 

xmamaRla ganagrZobs: vin damwyevla rom SenisTana Svili gamomsvlodao. 

saxlidan CxubiT gamodis biWi. ra qveyana Semiyareo, erTxel aiRe culi da ma- 

Sinac gaaSaraveo? moita, mamaoxre, dagiWri da iqneba gaCumdeo. qali culs miagdebs 

da axla biWi Wris SeSas. 

WiSkarTan dedaberi dgas da xelSi qaTami uWiravs. 

kacs elodeba, iqneba gzaze vinmem gamoiaros da damiklaso. 

Robis gadaRmidan mezoblis qali exumreba, gadmomawode, erTi wavacalo kiserio. 

qalis dakluli rogor iqnebao — xelebs asavsavebs dedaberi. nu geSinia, 

me Cavdgebi codvaSi, Sen oRond erTi barkali CemTvis aaxliCeo, — icinis qali. 

axlandelebi egeTebi xarTo, — Civis dedaberi. dakali Torem, egec pirSi Cagadneba, 

vera xedav, mimkvdarebuliao, — ar cxreba qali. Sen aRar gjobiao? — 

ar uTmobs dedaberic da isev gzas gascqeris. 

gzaze kaci ara Cans. 

binddeba. 

saxlebidan kvamli amodis. kvamli nislebSi ereva da xis kenweroebze iweweba. 

TiTqos mTeli zeca kvamlSi exveva. TiTqos mTeli sofeli erTian nacrisferSi 

iZireba. da am nacrisferSi erTi kunWuli nel-nela naTdeba: patara biWebi gamosulan, 

tyapuWebSi gaxveulni da kaklis ZirSi, erTi bewo momSralebulze, kocons 

anTeben. cecxli jer umweod aboldeba. mere bJutvas iwyebs. cotaxanic abrialdeba. 

cecxlis Suqze biWebis saxeebi naTdeba. arc ise didebi arian, magram 

didebiviT dinjad eficxebian siTbos. viRaca kidev umatebs fiCxs da ali ufro 

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zemoT adis. Sin SemodiT, biWo, daixocebiTo, — gasZaxian saxlidan, magram bi- 

Webs aq urCevniaT. mere ra, rom koconi erTbaSad aalda da isev male Canavlda, 

mere ra, rom nakverCxlebi xelebsa da muxlebsRa uTbobT, zurgidan ki sicive 

atanT? erTad xom arian, cecxli xom erTad yofnis survilma daanTebinaT? dganan, 

xelebs nakverCxlebisken iwvdian da isinic, zamTris nislis Sesaferisad, 

xmadabla saubroben. hyvebian aTasgvar ambavs, sakuTari TvaliT nanaxs Tu yurmokruls. 

am dros viRaca iZaxis, kino Camoitaneso da biWebi soflis klubisken garbian. 

klubis ezoSi Zrava raxraxebs. 

xalxi karebs awydeba da biWebic im karisaken miZvrebian. cota xanic da qreba 

sinaTle. 

mTel ekranze moCans arsena! 

zamTari sadRac qreba. arsena ganagebs yvelafers. 

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aRar unda gavides es zamTari? — Civis dedaberi da es mTeli soflis Civilia. 

dedabers xelSi `nitriani~ uWiravs da Ria karTan dgas. bebo Sin epatiJeba, Semo, 

rasa dgexar, Segcivdebao. dedaberi uxerxulad ixedeba aqeT-iqiT da CurCulebs: 

`kaci Sin ari?~ kaci, ra Tqma unda, Sin ari, — kaci papaa da dedabers 

erideba kacisa. sxva dros Semovidoda, axla ki vera. bebos xmadabla elaparakeba. 

èrTi es lobio masesxeo...~ zamTris sarCo ojaxs ar eyo da lobio sasesxebeli 

gamxdara. bebo xmis amouReblad arTmevs `nitrians~ da ise, rom `kacma ar 

gaigos~, maranSi Sedis. gana kaci uars ityvis, magram lobios gasesxeba sakaco 

saqme ar ari. bebo maranSia. dedaberi umweod dgas da sicivisagan abuzuli 

elodeba. saCexSi axlad gamoCekili wiwilebi wivwiveben. kakalze yvavebi yrantaleben. 

zecidan nel-nela cvivian fifqebi da dedaberi TavisTvis ambobs: jerac 

ar mosulxar... es samduravi am fifqebs da gaWianurebul zamTars ekuTvnis. bebos 

gamoaqvs `nitriani~, dedaberi arTmevs, `xo ici, ar SevirCen~, — CurCulebs 

da beboc eCurCuleba: `netavi Sen~... axla dedabris CurCuli: `gana Tqven ki bevri 

geqnebaT~... axla bebosi: `sadamdec gagvwvdeba, gagvwvdes...~ ès Tvea dawyevlili 

Torem, mxali Semova da iolas wavalT...~ 

iolas wavalTo? — es sityvebi Cvenc gvesmis da gareT vixedebiT. sad unda wavidnen? 

netav sad aris es ìola~? ra unda iq? 

dedaberi wasula da bebo icinis. 

ìolas wasvla~ (albaT ìolad wasvla~) rogorme Tavis gatanas niSnavs. gazafxulis 

mosvlamde rogorme Tavi unda gavitanoT. 

bebo gveZaxis da, sxvenSi adiTo, gveubneba. 

es ra xdeba? — bebo TviTon gvaZalebs sxvenSi asvlas, magram Cven viciT, rasac 

niSnavs es asvla. sxveni unda davaTvalieroT da bebos iqidan CamovZaxoT: ramdeni 

jagani darCa, msxali Tu kidev ari, kakali sul xom ar gazides Tagvebma, 

vaSli xom ar dalpa, da Tu dalpa, calke dampali unda gadairCes, calke saRi; 

kramitidan wyali xom ar Camovida, taSti rom Seudges, is taSti xom ar aivso 

wyliT, da Tu aivso, gadaRvra sWirdeba... 

bebo dgas da gulisyuriT gvismens. 

sxvenidan CamovdivarT. saxlidan papa gamodis da kiTxulobs, ra ambaviao. icis, 

ra ambavic ari da amitomac gamovida. SemogvierTda, bebo afrTxilebs, Sin Semo, 

ar gacivdeo da etyoba Tavad ufro sciva. bebo gamomcdelad akvirdeba, cudad 

xom ara xaro, ekiTxeba. papa Tavs aqnevs, arao, aki giTxari wuxel, is erTi Wiqa 

aRar dalio-meTqi — javrobs bebo, — ver daimaxsovre, RmerTi samobiT ari, meoTxe 

raRad gindodao? im Tedomac gaaWianura, SuaRamemde iybeda, fexi aRar moicvalao, 

TaobiTve egre icodiT, yaWiviT gaabamdiT xolmeo. papa icinis da beboc 

mSviddeba. raki icinis, cudadac ara yofila. 

bebo ezosken iyureba. 

Tovlis fantelebi ufro xvavrielad modian. yvelani gascqerian Tovls. 

ra moxda? aRarc Cven gvixaria es fantelebi, Cvenc gvenatreba mziani dRe, laxti, 

riktafela, Saraze sirbili. axla Cvenc vfiqrobT mercxlebsa da SoSiebze. 

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iqneb gzaSi arian? vaiTu yinvam mouswroT, vaiTu gazafxuli egonoT da dagvibrundnen? 

vaiTu gazafxuli sulac ar dadges... 

dadgeba, rogor ar dadgeba?! 

gzaze viRaca modis da papac Tvals ayolebs. 

kaci gvesalmeba. papa da bebo eZaxian, rogora xaro... 

mevele yofila... 

mevele RobesTan modis da Tavadac mogvikiTxavs. 

rogori zamTariao, — ise, sityvis saTqmelad ekiTxebian meveles... 

vera xedavT, rogoriao? 

mevele wamiT Cerdeba da mere iwyebs: 

am winebze mglebi Semxvdnen, kaco... 

bebo da papa Sescqerian. papa mamaCems gasZaxis, aba, gamodi, mgeli Sexvedriao. 

mgeli ki ara, mglebio, ambobs mevele. Cven SiSisagan visusebiT, Cven, balRebi da 

moridebiT SevcqeriT meveles. xumroba saqmea, mgeli Sexvedria, Tanac erTi ki 

ara, da mainc arxeinad dgas da gviambobs. sadao? — kiTxulobs mama da dedac 

kars aRebs, gareT ixedeba. imasac eZaxian, gamodi, Seni yuriT gaigone, mglebi 

Sexvedriano. mindorSio, movdiodi CemTvis, rogorc vici xolmeo. Tofi xo Tana 

gqondao? aba uTofod sad wavidodio? mivdivar, Tan aqeT iqiT vixedebi, da uceb 

Sligini ar momesmao? gavixede da gverdze ki ara, me Sua mindorSi mivdivar, is 

tye-tye modis, jer zedac ar Semixedavs, ZaRli megona da davuZaxe, ras daZrwixar 

ZaRlo am tyeSi-meTqi... gaCerda da miyurebs... davakvirdi... mgeli ar ari? wavel, 

isic wamovida, arc axlo modis, arc ukan rCeba. erTxelac mivixede da Soriaxlo 

axla meore ar mosdevs? mTeli xrovaa, kaco! dro unda ixelTon da damecnen. 

ara, Rame ro yofiliyo, marTla damecemodnen, ra SeaSinebdaT? xo, ra 

SeaSinebdaT, romeli baybaydevi Sena xaro, — icinis bebo. mere, egre mogyvnen 

soflamdeo? — ekiTxeba mama. soflamde ras momyvebodnen, Camovixseni es Cemi Jakana 

da erTxel davcale — araferi, Senc ar momikvde, marto gaCerdnen da yureba 

damiwyes... egre ar unda-meTqi da meore, tyviac davcale... meoreze dafrTxebodnen 

— ambobs papa. dafrTxnen, SeeSindaT, tyeSi Secvivdnen. buCqebis lawaluwi 

mesmoda. mere xmac gavige, erTmaneTs gasZaxodnen... albaT, Tavi daanebeT, 

iaros, ras gviSliso, — icinis bebo. Sen icine, naTlided da egre ki iyo... — 

ambobs mevele, — exla amas imitom vambob, uTofod arsad gaxvideT, didi zam- 

Taria, soflis garSemo daZrwian, xifaTs ar gadaeyaroTo... 

soflis garSemo daZrwiano? — gveSinia Cven. 

papa ukve Sin Sesula da xelada gamoutania, — SeSinebuli xar, erTi Wiqa gekuTvnis, 

Seni gadarCenisa iyoso. 

mevele TavpatiJs ar idebs. erT Wiqa Rvinos gadahkravs. SoTis wvers motexavs, 

agaSenoTo, ityvis da wava. 

— tyuili gviTxra, — CurCulebs bebo. 

papa icinis. 

deda da mamac icinian. 

is saRamo sul mglebzea laparaki, Cven vlaparakobT, balRebi. sad Sexvdebodao. 

sad ari is mindorio. romel tyeSi Secvivdebodneno. sofelSi ra undaTo. bebo 

isev icinis, tyuili iqnebao da Tan windas qsovs. gorgali xan bebos win garbis, 

xan oTaxis bnel kuTxeSi gavardeba, TavisiT ki ar gavardeba, Cven vagorebT. 

gorgali gagordao da iqve, buxris piras TvlemaSi CaZiruli da nacarSi amogangluli 

Cveni kata taso (taso mezoblis `pativsacemad~ daarqva mamam) erTba- 

Sad wamoxteba, gaedevneba da daiWers. yvelani viciniT da isev vagorebT gorgals. 

bebo icinis da Tan javrobs — mexi amasac dascemia, Tagvi hgonia da imitom 

dasdevs gorgalsao, ar urCevnia, marTla Tagvi daiWiros, aklebulebi var- 

To, mTeli kakali imaT gazides, Txilze aRarafers vambobo. taso darcxvenili 

zis buxarTan da TiTqos araferi mexebao, kvlav im gorgals ar aSorebs Tvals. 

Cven isev gvinda gavugoroT, magram bebo javrobs, aba axla gamirTeT kidec, wavides, 

Tavisi saqme akeToso, gorgals winsafris kalTaSi idebs da tasosac 

cocxs mouqnevs, wadi, ras uzixar, Tagvi daiWireo. taso knavis, wamiT bnel kuTxeSi 

miiyuJeba da swored am dros ismis Tagvebis fxakuni. taso isev buxarTan 

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undeba, bebos efereba, kudiT elaquceba da amaze ukve yvelani erTad viciniT. 

SeeSindao, — icinis beboc. 

SuaRame ukve wamosula. 

matarebelma Caiarao? — kiTxulobs bebo. 

jer ar Cauvliao, — pasuxobs deda da wignidan Tavs ar iRebs. 

matarebeli jer sad aris? mere Caivlis, yrud daikivlebs da es imas niSnavs, 

rom marTla SuaRame damdgara da droa, loginebSi Cagvyaron. Cven ki ar gveZineba. 

iqneb mamam moicalos da raime gviambos? iqneb papam gviTxras, sad aTeven Rames 

mglebi, ratom ar scivaT am yinvaSi, ratom eSiniaT adamianebisa da adamianebic 

ratom gaurbian mglebs... magram CvenTvis aravis scalia. deda wignis kiTxvas 

ganagrZobs. mama cxenis unagirze nabads akravs, gacvda da gaaxleba sWirdeba. 

papa Tvlems. bebo qsovas ganagrZobs. tasom ki Tavi TaTebSi wargo da dai- 

Zina. 

meti raRa dagvrCenia, isev CveniT verTobiT, taxtze vgoraobT da raRacaze Cumad 

vxiTxiTebT — me, Cemi da, Cemi biZaSvilebi da nabolara Zma. ar vici, raze 

vxiTxiTebT, magram etyoba, marto xiTxiTs ar vjerdebiT, taxtze Tavdayira 

vdgebiT da mama mkacrad gvafrTxilebs, Tu ar gaCumdebiT, am wuTSi gareT yinvaSi 

gagyriTo. deda mSvidad ambobs, axla magaT davawven da morCebiano. 

jer rom ar Cauvlia SuaRamis matarebels? 

Caivlis, cota xanic da Caivliso. 

da raki dedam Tqva, viciT, rom marTla Caivlis. 

aba gaCumdiT, sacaa Sehkivlebs. 

Soridan matareblis kivili ismis. 

SuaRame marTla damdgara. 

ojaxi nel-nela loginebs aSurebs. buxarSi muguzlebi gaReRes, naRverdali dilisTvis 

Seinaxes nacarSi. tasom raxania daiZina. papa da bebo ukve TavianT 

oTaxSi gasulan. dedam Caaqro lampa da oTaxSi sibnele Camowva. TiTqos amas 

elodneno, Tagvebma ukve daiwyes fxakuni, magram Cvens tasos veraferi gaaRvi- 

Zebs. gareT siCumea. papas xvrinva ukve ismis da bebos CurCulic mohyveba, gverdze 

gadabrundi, ra axlave gaabi xvrinva, ra RvTis risxvaao. papa, etyoba, gverdze 

gadabrunda da isev siCume Camodga. da erTbaSad Soridan kivili ismis... netavi 

ra kivis? kivili kvlav grZeldeba da Tanac ukve sul axlos, zed Cveni 

saxlis gadaRma xevSi. erTbaSad viRaca Tofs gaisvris da kivili wydeba. albaT 

mglebi iyvnen. magram mglebi dedakacebiviT ara kivian. mglebi ymuian. mela iqneboda... 

arc mela kivis... xo, turebi iqnebodnen, turebi kiodnen! 

diliT bebos xma gvaRviZebs: 

— gesmodaT, wuxel, ra dReSi iyvnen turebi? 

me mixaria, rom yvelaferi mesmoda. 

buxarSi ukve cecxli daunTiaT da garedan siciliT Semodis mama. 

— Tqven turebze ilaparakeT da melam qveyana amoagdo... 

bebo da papa mamas Sescqerian. 

mama isev icinis: 

— qaTami wauyvania! 

melas qaTami wauyvania, — esec axali ambavi, gvixaria, Cven da gareT gavrbivarT. 

bebo da papac gareT gamodian. deda wyalze wasula da jer araferi icis. 

netavi rogori mela iyo? etyoba, yoCaRi iqneboda, im SuaRamisas rom arafrisa 

SeeSinda, mocunculda da qaTami mogvtaca. saidan Sesula, kaco? — kiTxulobs 

papa. karebis qveS gamouTxria, iqidan SemZvrala, ambobs mama. uyure mag wyeuls, 

— Civis bebo da axla yvelani erTmaneTs vekiTxebiT: romeli qaTami wauyvaniao? 

romeli aarCia, romels miswvda is marTla wyeulio. mama icinis, etyoba, ukve 

icis, magram Tqma ar unda. bebo exveweba, miTxari, xo ici, erTi Sevixedav da ma- 

Sinve mivxvdebio. 

mamali wauyvania! 

da bebo loyaSi xels icems. 

aRarc papas ecineba. 

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mama mainc icinis da Tan xumrobs: axla viRa gaaTenebs, ra gveSveleba, sul ro 

Rame iqnebao. 

— raRa is amoarCiao, — lamis aris itiros bebom. 

— Zveli javri eqneboda, — isev icinis mama da bebo tuqsavs. 

— netavi ra gacinebs, sadRa viSovni magisTana mamals, mTeli qaTmebis patroni 

eg iyoo. 

Tu patroni iyo, raRaT danebda ubrZolvelado? sada Tqmula jer sardali daiWiron 

da mere imisi jario? jari xo xeluxleblad dagvxvda, sxva raRa gindao. 

albaT gaamwara mela da imasac ra eqna, javri amoiyarao. riTi gaamwarebdao? 

wuxandlamde erTi-orjer mainc movidoda... ramdeni movida, albaT yiyliyo 

daiZaxa da daafrTxo, maS ras uzamda, SearCendao? 

yvelani viciniT, magram yvelas Zalze gvenaneba Cveni mamali. 

da erTbaSad yvelas gaaxsendeba is, visac es ambavi unda dabraldes. 

Cveni boTvera! zantad rom gamoyo cxviri Tavisi sabrZaneblidan da Tan izmoreba, 

Tan TvalebiT gvekiTxeba, ra moxda, am dilaadrian raze SeyrilxarT, mec 

gamagebineTo... ra moxda da jandabas Seni Tavio, — yvelani erTxmad eCxubebian, 

— exla gaige, Se yurebdasavsebo, veRar gasZexi ZiliT, qveyana daiqca da Sen vi- 

Tomc araferio! mamaSoreT aqedanao, — ambobs bebo da mamas Sescqeris, — waiyvaT, 

sadme bazarze gayideT, Cemma Tvalebma ar dainaxono. maS ise unda aparpa- 

Sos mela, rom erTi ar daiyefoso? daiyefos Torem, guls gauxeTqamdao, — 

cecxlze navTs asxams papa. rom moiyvaneT, maSinve vTqvi, amisgan sikeTe ar iqneba 

meTqi, — ambobs bebo. mama isev icinis da boTveras emxroba, — aba mwyemsebsa 

hkiTxeT, ra ZaRli iyo, ramdeni mgeli SeaSinao? daberda da ra qnaso. 

raki daberda, bebosac guli moulba da boTveras alersiT miayara qoqola, gadi, 

daikarge, TvaliT ar damenaxoo. boTvera jer saqaTmesTan mivida da Seixeda 

(gana ara. mivxvdi, rom mamali arsad Candao), mere Tavisi budruganisaken wavida, 

SeZvra da, rac marTalia, marTalia, gareT erTxelac aRar gamouxedavs. 

bebo WiSkarTan dgas da soflis Saras gascqeris. 

papa bebos gasZaxis: 

— Sin Semodi, qalo, Seni mteri dabrundes, is rom dabrundebao... 

es ra yofila zamTari? aRar unda gamoanaTos mzem? ras moqufrula es ca? an 

es amodena nislebi saidan modian, rom arc Tavi uCanT, arc bolo? sad ari gazafxuli? 

ase rad daigviana? Tu tyeSia, aqamde veRar Camovida? Tu caSia, ratom 

mzis Suqs mainc ar gvigzavnis? 

da TiTqos Cvens fiqrebs migvixvdao, Saraze mezoblis qali gamoCnda. koka mxarze 

Seudgams da xusxusiT modis. Tavs gvikravs, gvesalmeba da xmamaRla ambobs: 

aRar unda daTbes es oxeri? 

Cven xmas ar viRebT. arc melias da mamlis ambavs veubnebiT. Cveni dardi Cvenve 

unda gadavitanoT. mevelesaviT xom ar davdgebiT Saraze da yvelas ar vetyviT 

mamlis ambavs? 

da mainc, bebo Sals ixuravs da Tavis daqalTan, mezoblianT nenesTan gadadis. 

Sin guli ar udgeba. mamlis ambavs albaT imas etyvis. 

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im Rames qariSxali amovarda. 

Cven gveSinia. 

papa ambobs, rom ukve daiwyo... 

netavi ra daiwyo? 

gazafxulisa da zamTris brZola! gazafxuli modis da zamTari ar uSvebs, medgrad 

xvdeba. ibrZoleben da, raRa Tqma unda, rom gazafxuli gaimarjvebs. yvelani 

Sina varT SeyuJulni. dauberavs qari da buxris nacars TvalebSi Semogvayris. 

oTaxSi kvamli dgeba. es ra qaria! emand saxli Tavze ar dagvangrios! 

aki mamac ambobda, sayvave lpeba da gamocvla undao, wvima rom wamova, xan erTi 

kramitidan Jonavs wyali, xan meoredano. modi da daiZine am grialSi. Tanac SuaRamis 

matarebelsac aRar elodebian, loginebSi Cagvyares, Tbili sabnebi dagvxures 

da gveCurCulebian, daiZineTo. qari ki xan TiTqos miCumdeba, xan isev wa- 

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mouvlis. Wrialeben xeebi. saCexSi Caxunobs kari. Cven sabnis qvemodan viWyitebiT 

da vxedavT, rogor aRebs mama saxlis kars, gareT ixedeba da ezos gascqeris. am 

dros qari oTaxSic Semovardeba da deda mamas eZaxis, kari daxure da loginSi 

Caweqio. sxvenSi raRaca faCunobs. Cveni leRvi totebs ulawunebs saTones. Zroxa 

daizmuvlebs da isic CaCumdeba. qari isev Rmuis, karebs awydeba. buxris sakvamuridan 

Zirs Camodis. amasobaSi Cvenc Tvalebi gveluleba... 

dila ukve mziania. 

qari Camdgara da, rogorc bebom mogvaxara, cxraTvala mze anaTebs. 

— aki giTxariT, gazafxuli ebrZvis-meTqi, — ambobs papa. 

— jer ra dros gazafxuliao, — icinis bebo da wyals gviTbobs, rom kargad 

gaviRvriWinoT xel-piri da ise gavideT mzeSi. 

Cven xel-pirs vibanT, erT yua SoTs movitexavT, Tan vilukmebiT, Tan aivanze 

gavrbivarT. 

mama baRCaSi wasula. 

papa aivanze dgas da mzes eficxeba. 

— wuxel ityodi, rom amisTana mze iqneboda? — uxaria bebos. 

RobesTan mezoblianT nene modgeba da gamogvZaxis, gaigeT, ra momxdarao? yvelani 

ekiTxebian, rao? nene icinis da hyveba, mevelem amoiara, iman gviTxrao. meveles 

xsenebaze yvelani icinian. nene ki hyveba, qars mindorSi mouswria da kina- 

Ram wauqceviao. SeSinebia da ufiqria, exla ki vkvdebio. aki mglebisac ar meSiniao? 

ver gaisrola Tofi? daafrTxobda qarsao... amdgara, uvlia, uvlia da qo- 

Cora muxasTan mibobRebula warafebSi. aba, xo iciT, ramodena fuRuro aqvs muxasao. 

SemZvrala fuRuroSi ciyviviT da iqve CasZinebia... Turme ambobda, Cems sicocxleSi, 

agre tkbilad ara mZinebiao. 

WiSkari WrialiT iReba da Semodis mama. 

TavCaRunulia, etyoba, isev raRaca moxda. 

baRCas davxede da xeWeWura msxali Zirianad mouglejiao. — ambobs da walds 

saCexSi miagdebs. 

bebo loyaze xels Semoirtyams. 

papa yurebs ar ujerebs, — marTla kaco? 

marTla, axla iqidan movdivaro, — ambobs mama da Sin Sedis. 

yvelani vicvamT, vifuTnebiT da baRCisken mivdivarT. 

baRCa cota Sorsa gvaqvs, xevgaRma. arc sicives vepuebiT, arc Tovls, da gakvalul 

biliks mwkrivad dawyobilni mivyvebiT. win papa midis, mere — bebo, mere 

— Cven, bolos ki is mezoblianT nene moxusxusebs. 

baRCa... 

papa gamSrali dgas. 

bebo cremls iwmends. 

nene xan erTs Sescqeris, xan meores. 

veeba xeWeWuri TovlSi gulaRma gdia. 

— Cems biWobaSi ukve idga, — xmadabla ambobs papa da xeWeWurs ise krZalviT 

uvlis garSemo, rogorc micvalebuls uvlian qudmoxdili axloblebi. 

bebo isev tiris. 

Cven ar viciT, ra vqnaT. Cvenc vitiroT Tu egre, xmisamouReblad sawylad gadaqceul 

xeWeWurs vuyuroT. 

bolos bebo xels hkidebs nenes, gverdze gahyavs da Cven gvesmis atirebuli bebos 

CurCuli: 

— cudad meniSna es xeWeWuri... 

nene CurCulebs, gaCumdio, da papaze aniSnebs... 

bebo Cumdeba. 

Cven ukve biliks TavdaRma CavuyebiT. 

mze ki anaTebs. 

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erTbaSad papam tyapuWi gadaicva, qudi daixura da joxi aiRo. 

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ebo mixvda, rom papa sadRac midioda da maSinve laparaki daiwyo, saiT gagiwevia, 

es mze xo ar gatyuebs, aba, exla gareT gasvlis dro ario? ra moxda, TedosTan 

gadava, aqveao. — ambobs mama, magram bebom yvelaze kargad icis, rom 

ase saguldagulod gamowyobas papa TedosTan gadasasvlelad ar daiwyebda. xma 

amoiRe, kaco, vicode, mainc sad midixaro, rom aRar mobrunde, sad geZeboo? — 

xmas imaRlebs bebo da axla is saTno bebo aRar ari, axla viciT, rom papac mis 

xelSia da misi bed-iRbalic. venaxSi mivdivar, venaxs unda davxedoo, — xmadabla 

ambobs papa da bebo ufro cecxldeba: ra dros venaxia, sad gageqceva, gazafxulamde 

ver unda moiTmino, jer isev muxlamdea Tovlio. ra damiSavdeba, 

davxedav da wamovalo, — ambobs papa da kibisken miiwevs. maSin mec wamovalo, 

ar cxreba bebo da Sals eZebs. magram papa TvalebSi Sescqeris, rac imas niSnavs, 

rom wasvlac mtkiced gadauwyvetia da Tu wava, marto wava, aravis gaiyolebs. 

wausvleloba ar iqneba, — TvalebSi etyoba papas da ganrisxebuli beboc 

erTbaSad nebdeba. wavides, rac iqneba, iqneba, raki Zalian unda, wavides... 

papa midis Tovlian gzaze. 

bebo dgas da mis kvals did xans gascqeris. 

dRe mziania, magram mainc civa da wuxandeli qaris kudebic xan rodis Camoiqroleben, 

xan rodis. 

— male modi, Tavi ar maZebnino, — daadevnebs bebo. 

magram papa ukan aRar ixedeba. 

saxlis saxuravebidan grZeli, gamWvirvale yinulis loluebi panta-puntiT cvivian. 

kramitebidan iRvrebian pirveli wveTebi. Tovli tirils iwyebs. mTeli ubani 

gareT gamodis. myudroze mzes eficxebian dedakacebi. aqve gamoaqvT sarTavi 

da saCeCeli, saqsovi da sakeravi. kacebi Soriaxlos dganan da raRacaze bWoben. 

balRebi axla mzeSi Tovlaoben. xo, mzes jer Zala ara aqvs, magram mainc mzea, 

mainc mziani dRea... da erTbaSad yvelani gazafxulis mosvlaze iwyeben saubars. 

zamTari gaWianurda. droa Tovlma dnoba daiwyos da xeSi wyali Cadges. Tumca 

jer ra drois gazafxulia, da mainc droa... droa... SeSa geyofa gazafxulamde? 

— ekiTxebian erTmaneTs da pasuxi imediania: Tu Zalian ar gaWianurda, SeSa samyofia. 

wisqvilebSi yinva molRva da ukve dafqvac SeiZleba, Torem dafqulidan 

aRaraferi SemorCa. erTi mxali maWama, natrobs romeliRac dedaberi da yvelani 

icinian. nu geSinia, aT mxlobas mainc moeswrebi, — amSvideben qalebi siciliT. 

SarSan maSosac egre amSvidebdnen, magram moeswro? — ambobs dedaberi da isev 

nugeSs moelis. nu geSinia, maSo avad iyo, — kvlav amSvideben qalebi. da isev 

yvelani gazafxulis mosvlaze laparakoben. yvelas TiTqos ukve sasxlavi uWiravs 

xelSi, yvela sadRac miiCqaris, magram mze isev Sedis RrublebSi, myudroze 

gamofenilebs civi niavi dauberavT, wamoiSlebian da Sin gasZaxian, biWo, 

cecxli SeanTeo, da viRaca ityvis: amaRam isev mova Tovli... 

Tovli isev modis, magram meore dRe mainc mziania. 

ai, am dros, roca gazafxuli jer isev Sors ari, kidev erTxel mogvindeba tyis 

naxva. wavideT tyeSi, iqneb SevxvdeT sadme gazafxuls, gaubedavad rom moabijebs 

soflisaken. 

tyis biliki Tovliania da Tavad tyec ise SiSveli, rom mTel gasadevarze gaswvdeba 

Tvali. 

aviareT orRobeebi da gavediT soflis TavSi. 

Tvali SevavleT Zvelebur koSkebs, qongurebi rom daTovliaT da Caqufruli 

TvaliT Semogvcqerian. gadavuxvieT patara bazilikisaken da Camoqceul kedlebs 

Soris, viwro karSi SevediT. 

gaxunebuli, wvimisagan Camorecxili wminda giorgi, misi TeTri cxeni, grZeli 

Subi da gangmiruli urCxuli... 

aqeT RvTiSobeli mariami. iqiT gardacveTili warweris oriode aso. 

Camoqceuli kedlebis winaSe Tavs TiTqos damnaSaved vgrZnobT. da gareT gamovdivarT. 

cota iqiT gumbaTiani eklesiaa, soflis patara eklesia. aq jvars iwerdnen, 

inaTlebodnen. aRdgomasa da Soba-axalweliwads xvdebodnen. RmerTs swiravdnen 

saklavs. aq xom ar daiweres jvari luarsabma da darejanma? aq xom ar 

moatyues sawyali luarsabi, roca mzeTunaxavis nacvlad maxinji da umziTvo 

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darejani amouyenes gverdiT? ra viciT, iqneb aqac iyo, an sulac ar iyo aqa. iqneb 

aq jvari gabrielsa da Tamros unda daeweraT? ase iyo Tu ise, aqeT modiodnen 

CiTiskabianebi, Coxa-axaluxianebi, nabdis qudianebi da imediT fiqrobdnen 

xvalindel dReze. 

win ki tye iwyeba, zamTris tye. 

biliki Zlivs miikvlevs gzas TovlSi. 

karga xani gasula, da mzec sacaa Cava. 

magram gazafxuli jer arsad Cans. 

aqa-iq SemorCenila Semxmari askili da kuneli. xan erT, xan meore totze afrTxialdeba 

SeSinebuli Citi, an fuRurodan Tavs gamoyofs cnobismoyvare ciyvi... 

— es aris da es. 

magram daicaT! 

erTbaSad Tvalwin SemogvenTeba kaSkaSa wiTeli feri! 

wiTeli feri, TeTri Tovlis fonze... 

Zaxveli! 

xeluxlebeli, zamTris susxs saswaulad gadarCenili. 

gazafxuli sadRac aqvea, magram jer ver vxedavT, jer ar gvesmis misi sunTqva. 

mSvidobiT, wiTelo Zaxvelo! 

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isev molodini. 

erTbaSad mzis gamoxedva da gamococxleba soflisa. Zroxam kvlav moigo xbo. 

kruxma gamoCeka yviTelbumbula wiwilebi. 

mezoblis rZals biWi SeeZina. sayovelTao sixarulia, exumrebiT, swored biWi 

undodaT! netavi ras daarqmeven, romeli papis saxels? rodis iqneba Zeoba, naTliad 

vis airCeven? ra eCqarebaT, cota daTbes, Sin gana ramdeni kaci unda dation? 

nu geSiniaT, daveteviT, buxarTan Zeobac ar iqneba urigo. Rvino Tu hqondaT 

saaRdgomod Senaxuli? eqnebodaT, maS ise, rogor iqneboda? 

biWi, ra Tqma unda, akvanSia Cakruli. didis ambiT moarTves pirveli saCuqari — 

xis Sibaqi, rom ZilSi araferi wascdes da Tavi ar Seircxvinos. akvanze zed 

TvalebTan, qarvis mZivi Camoukides, rom aTasSi erTxel, artaxebidan xeli aiSvas 

da im mZivs eTamaSos. magram biWi imisTana mtirala dadga, mZivi verafers 

Svelis. maSin `Cxrialas~ gaukeTeben, da imasac TavTan daukideben, rom rogorme 

gaerTos. ukve mTelma ubanma icis, rom biWs tirili uyvars, modian sanaxavad da 

ra zizil-pipilebs aRar ukideben, ras ar dasZaxian, rogor ar ealersebian, rom 

tirils gadaaCvion. kacma rom Tqvas, gadaCveva rad unda, dedabrebi amtkiceben, 

rom rac ufro metad itirebs, filtvebic ufro gaumagrdeba da magari biWic 

dadgeba. ro movkvde, gagacinebo, — CasZaxis Zalua da, ras ar igonebs, rom biWs 

Rimili mohgvaros. magas ra gaacinebs, mamis Svili ar ariso? — ambobs sxva, 

magram erTi-ori dRec da Zalua taSs Semohkravs: 

biWma gaicina! 

esec mTel ubans moedeba... 

sixarulia da isev molodini... 

* * * 

magram molodini mwuxarebiT mTavrdeba: 

papa gardaicvala... 

wuxel dauZinia, diliT Turme aRviZa, aRviZa bebom da veRar gaaRviZa. wasula 

uTqmelad da amqveynad erTi samduravic ar daurCenia. sabolood xom venaxs daxeda... 

Turme ratom midioda, ratom ar gaiyola aravin. am gazafxuls veRar moveswrebio, 

— marto es uTqvams da mezoblis dedakaci Turme exumreboda: ra 

dros Seni sikvdilia, aTi gazafxuli kidev gaqvs winao. 

bebo tiris, uSenod raRa iqneba Cemi sicocxleo. qalebi mkacrad amSvideben, 

tuqsaven, aba jer Sen unda momkvdariyavio? viRa mouvlidao? wesia, jer kaci 

unda wavideso... magram bebos damSvideba Znelia. vaJebi gamSralebi, qudmoxdilebi 

da Tavdaxrilebi dganan ezoSi. sikvdili moulodnelad mosula da jer ara- 

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vin icis, ra gaakeTon. qalebi saxls asufTaveben da gvams apatiosneben. papa 

wevs Sua darbazSi, dabal taxtze da gadajvaredinebul xelSi sanTeli uWiravs. 

bebo ar scildeba. rZlebi Cumad tirian. papa tkbili kaci iyo da rZlebsac 

gulwrfelad enanebaT. modis Tedo, papas bavSvobis megobari da bebo Sestiris, 

amawinaT, rom dagibara da dagpatiJa, ege, ukanasknelad dagileviaT saferavio. 

Tedo zurgSeqceviT damdgara. papas zed ar dahyurebs da Cumad, xmis amouReblad 

iwmends cremlebs. mere sxvebic modian, sxva mezoblebi. SuadRisas ukve 

mTeli naTesaoba aq ari. ukve gagzavnes kaci sxva sofelSi. ukve laparakoben, 

sad iyidon Zroxa da cxvari, ukve arCeven lobios, sawandile xorbals. crian 

fqvils. Savosani qalebi, welze SalSemoxveulebi, satirlad modian da papas 

aTasgvar rames abareben im qveyanaSi. sami dRea mTeli sofeli glovobs. 

mesame dRes papa ukve muxis kuboSi asvenia. 

Tavdaxrili kacebi saxlis win, datkepnil Tovlze dganan. 

dedakacebi calke Seyrilan. 

yvelani Cumad arian. mdumarebas araferi arRvevs. 

Rrubliani amindia, civa da yvela imas fiqrobs, rom zecam dagvacados ukanasknel 

gzaze papas wayvana. 

sasaflao Sors ari, soflis TavSi da amodena Tovliani gza fexiT unda gaiaron. 

papas oTxi vaJi mxars udgams kubos da cimcim gamoaqvT aivanze. 

wamiT iqve daasveneben ukanasknelad, raki am aivanze aRarasodes gamova papa. 

Soriaxlos dganan papaskbila berikacebi — gafiTrebulni da sanTlis ferebi. 

maTi Zma mokvda da berikacebs Tavadac Savi fiqri moreviaT. 

da swored maSin, roca oTxi vaJi kvlav awevs kubos da nel-nela saxlis kibeze 

Camoatarebs, zecidan cviva Tovlis TeTri fantelebi. papas ukanasknel gzaze 

yvavilebiviT efinebian TeTri fTilebi. efinebian mis galurjebul xelebs, gasanTlul 

saxes, TeTr ulvaSebs da am siCumeSi, roca mxolod Tovlis Cumi 

Sriali ismis, dairxeva bebos civi da mSvidi xma: 

— ege, ukanasknelad misdixar TovlSi, kaco! 

* * * 

sad aris axla Cveni mze? samyaros romel mxareSi? an aris ki sadme didi xniT, 

Tund erTi wamiT? Cerdeba ki Tavis romelime sadgurze? yvelaferi midis, yvelaferi 

miiswrafvis, erT adgilze wamiTac araferi Cerdeba. vidre zamTris sam 

Tves movaTavebdiT, Cvenma mzem sami Tanavarskvlavedi gaiara: `Txis rqisa~, `merwyulisa~ 

da `Tevzisa~. dedamiwaze zamTris samma Tvem Caiara: dekemberma — Zveli 

romauli kalendris meaTe Tvem, raki `decem~ laTinurad aTs niSnavs; ianvarma, 

romauli orsaxovani RmerTis ìanusis~ saxels rom atarebs da Tebervalma, 

romelic agreTve romauli RmerTis, qvesknelis mbrZaneblis `februsis~ saxels 

ukavSirdeba. ZvelqarTulad am Tveebs hqvia: tirisdeni, anu xalxuri qristiSobisTve, 

apani, anu Tebervali, sarwyunisi, anu gancxadebisTve... 

mihqrian varskvlavebi. 

mihqrian planetebi, asteroidebi, kometebi. 

yvelaferi moZraobs. yvelani samyaros usazRvroebaSi miiswrafian. 

mihqris dedamiwa Tavis mSobliur mzesTan erTad. 

hyavs Tanamgzavri, anu Svilobili, romelsac mTvares veZaxiT. 

hyavs uaxloesi dedmamiSvilebi — marsi da venera. 

hyavs ufro Soreulnic — iupiteri, saturni, plutoni da sxvani, — isinic mzis 

Svilebi. 

mzesac hyavs Tavisi uaxloesi mezobeli, sxva `mze~. 

hyavs uSoresi `mezoblebic~... 

samyaro, sadac Cveni patara planeta — dedamiwa mihqris, usazRvroa da mainc 

yvelaferi erTmaneTzea damokidebuli. zogjer TviT uSoresi varskvlavi an mTeli 

galaqtika jerac ucnobi ZalebiT moqmedebs miwierTa yofaze. Cven amas zeciur 

Zalebs veZaxiT, radgan samyaro Cveni TvalisTvis zecaSi moCans, varskvlavebi 

da galaqtikebi `zecis TaRze~ arian `ganlagebulni~. 

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sofelSi, Cveni mzis erT uaxloes varskvlavze — `siriusze~ ambobdnen, roca 

es varskvlavi gamoCndeba, mamlebi iwyeben yivilso. 

marTalia Tu tyuili? 

iqneb, amgvar gulubryvilobaze mecnierebs gaecinoT kidec? 

an iqneb gviTxran: SeiZleba, yvelaferi SeiZleba... samyaroSi raRa ar xdeba, Cven 

ki samyaros Svilebi varT. 

*** 

amgvari iyo erTi weliwadi, 

mas Semdeg, rogorc xalxSi ityvian xolme, bevrma wyalma Caiara. axla sxva 

droa da bevri ram, rac Cven Zvirfasad migvaCnda, rac gvaxarebda weliwadis 

oTxi drois manZilze, SeiZleba moZvelda, SeiZleba TqvenTvis arafrismTqmeli 

aRmoCndes. vambob amas da gulSi mainc rCeba mbJutavi imedi: iqneb rac lamazi 

iyo im dros, am droSic lamazi da gauxunari gamoCndes? samyaro xom igivea, 

igivea dedamiwa, igive mze amodis diliT da igive mTvare dagvnaTis RamRamobiT. 

iqneb mTavari swored isaa, rac warudinebelia da rac mniSvnelobas arasodes 

kargavs? 

dro arc dRes Cerdeba. 

gaivlis wlebi da Tqvenc gaxdebiT mamebi, dedebi, papebi da didedebi. 

mere movlen sxvebi. 

gardaicvala papa, magram daibada biWi da mezoblebs uxarodaT, CurCulebdnen, 

netavi ras daarqmeveno. es bednierebaa, ubralo, magram didi adamianuri bedniereba...… 

saxli. ezo. kar-midamo. sofeli. ZvelisZveli kakali da ZvelisZveli xeWeWuri, 

romelsac bolos qariSxali gadaaqcevs. wvima Cveni saxlis kramitze. Tovli 

Cvens baRCaSi. Sors aziduli mTebi. Cveni venaxi da bostani, Cveni tol-megobrebi. 

naTesavebi. axloblebi. megobrebi... es aris samSoblo. aqedan iwyeba didi siyvaruli 

sicocxlisa da swored aqedan unda gviyvardnen sxvebic, sadac ar unda 

cxovrobdnen, dedamiwis romel kuTxeSi. mTidan modian nakadulebi da mdinareebi. 

qvemoT eSvebian, erTmaneTs uerTdebian, did mdinareebad iqcevian da zRvas 

erTvian... ase erTvis didi cxovrebis gzas Cveni patara cxovreba, romelsac Tavisi 

saTave aqvs. es saTave Cveni sofelia da Cveni karmidamo. yvelaferi am saTavidan 

iwyeba da upirvelesad is unda iyos wminda. sadac unda viyoT, rac unda 

vakeToT, bolos mainc fiqriT im saTavisken wavalT. misi unaxaoba ar mogvasvenebs 

da erT dRes, roca vigrZnobT, rom yvelaferi mTavrdeba, misken gavswevT, 

raTa ukanasknelad SevavloT Tvali da Cvens gulSi, ise, rom aravis gavagebinoT, 

sabolood davemSvidoboT. 

rogorc papa wavida... rogorc papa daemSvidoba daTovlil venaxs. 

weliwadi. 

oTxi dro. 

es sityvebi Rrma Sinaarsis damtevia. 

es adamianTa cxovrebis erTi furcelia da arcTu ise xangrZlivi cxovrebisa. 

wlis oTxi dros yvelasaTvis erTnairad ver Caivlis. cxovrebaSi mudam arian 

bednierni da ubedurni, galaRebulni da ganapirebulni. adamianTa beds zogjer 

`zegardmo Zalebi~ ganageben. Caivlis weli da erTi ityvis: bednieri iyo es weli 

CemTvis, netav sxva welic ase Caivlideso. meore Tavs daiimedebs: rac iyo, 

iyo, yvela Wiri am wels wahyveso. axali mainc sasikeTod movideso. 

galaktion tabiZe erTi ganvlili wlis winaSe Tavis Zrwolas amgvar, ubraloebiT 

saocar leqsSi gamoxatavda: 

`SarSan Cveni saxlis win 

idga oTxi afTari — 

gazafxuli. zafxuli, 

Semodgoma, zamTari. 

saSineli ram iyo 

karze maTi modgoma, — 

gazafxuli, zafxuli, 

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zamTari, Semodgoma, 

o, is weli guls glejda, 

rogorc miwas afTari, — 

gazafxuli zafxuli, 

Semodgoma, zamTari, 

maT gza hqodaT lxenisa 

da me ki dazafruli, — 

zamTari, Semodgoma, 

zafxuli gazafxuli. 

ganvlili dro mudam sevdas stovebs. sevdiania ganSoreba. sevdiania dam- 

Svidobeba, Cvenc davemSvidoboT erT weliwads, weliwadis oTx dros da davelodoT 

mermiss.… 

Cveni mama-papapisaTvis es erTi weliwadi garjis, Wirnaxulis moyvanis weliwadi 

iyo. 

Cven? mWvretelni am garjisa Tu monawileni? 

nu gagikvirdebaT Tu getyviT, rom sofleli bavSvi yvelafris monawilea, 

rac ki garSemo xdeba. ase iyo maSin da, RmerTma qnas, rom ase iyos dResac. 

Cven mwyemsebic viyaviT, mexboreebic, menaxirenic da meveleebic. Cvenc 

vkrefdiT yurZens, vagrovebdiT fiCxs, daveZebdiT tyeSi pantas da maJalos _ ra 

Tqma unda, Cveni asakis Sesaferisad da visac rogor SegveZlo. 

uCvenod arc TavTavi aikrifeboda, arc namja CaiSleboda kaloze; arc 

nergi Cairgveboda da arc vazi Seiyeleboda da es yovelive ise ubralod da 

bunebrivad xdeboda, rom ase gvegona, sagangebod aravis araferi uswavlebia. 

gaxsovT, ras ambobs akaki wereTeli `Cemi Tavgadasavalis~ dasawyisSi? sofel 

savaneSi yofnisas, jer isev bavSvma, yvelaferi vicodi, rasac ki ufrosebi 

saojaxo saqmes eZaxiano. 

ase iyo mTel saqarTveloSi, 

gaiara Sromis erTma weliwadma, rac xsovnaSi CagvrCa, isev es aris — 

isev yanebi, venaxebi papebi da didedebi, mamebi da dedebi axloblebi da mezoblebi. 

isini TandaTan midian amqveynidan. midian swored SromiT daRlilni da 

valmoxdilni, 

saukuneobrivi gamocdileba, romelic maT dagvitoves, Cagvagonebs, rom 

Sroma mxolod awrTobs adamians, wvrTnis mis gonebas, unergavs vaJkacobas, 

moTminebas da amtanobas. 

male gazafxuli mova, axali gazafxuli. miT ufro, rom cxraTvala mze 

anaTebs, saxlebidan RapaRupiT Camodis `Tovlis cremlebi~. 

kvlav gavyveT TovliT dafarul tyis gzas... ager, kvirtebic gamoberilan 

xis totebze. imaTac ugrZvniaT, rom sadRac axlomaxlo gazafxuli trialebs 

da sacaa aq mova. da uceb, xis gaSiSvlebul totze Semoskupdeba Cveni nacnobi 

patara tyis Citi, romelmac SarSan `gazafxuli moiyvana~. Cven ar viciT, ra 

hqvia am Cits, tyeSi mravlad arian amgvari erTi bewo Citebi, ai, Semoskupda 

totze, raRac dastvina da boloc xalisiT SeaTamaSa, gana ra moxda iseTi, Citi 

totze zis da zemoT, mzisken iyureba, isev dastvina da mainc ar viciT ratom, 

erTbaSad vigrZeniT: 

Citi gazafxuls elodeba! 

es patara Citi gazafxulis mosvlas grZnobs, msubuq rtoze nazad irweva, 

drodadro kvlav dastvens da zemoT, cisken iyureba. 

albaT cidan unda Camovides gazafxuli. 

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cis gaxsna 

Tqven ar gaocebT samyaros harmonia? Tumca es imdenad bunebriv ambad 

migvaCnia, gaocebas veRarc gamovxatavT... 

aba warmovidginoT ufro didi xelovnebis nawarmoebi, vidre Tavad dedamiwaa, 

vidre Cveni ca, usazRvroebaSi gafantuli didi da mcire varskvlavebia. 

magram mainc adamianma Seqmna xelovneba. 

xelovneba sxvaa, cxovreba _ sxva. 

erTi meoris magivrobas verasodes gaswevs. 

xelovneba rom ubralo danarTi iyos, maSin kacobrioba amden Rameebs ar 

gaaTenebda masze fiqrSi, mis Seqmnasa da gansjaSi. maSin Cven sadme, bazarSi 

davsxdebodiT amaRlebul adgilze da davtkbebodiT. maSin aRar wavidodiT TeatrSi, 

aRar vewveodiT mxatvars, aRar movusmeniT musikas. 

Tumca, es ra Cemi saqmea... 

amis kvleva sxvebs davaneboT. 

magram zogjer buneba mainc iCemebs `sxvisas~ da gvevlineba rogorc virtuozi, 

rogorc didi 

musikosi, 

mxatvari, 

reJisori... 

amgvar did movlenas adamianebi mainc ubralo TvaliT vucqeriT da ubralodac 

vuwodebT xolme: 

karg dRes, 

karg saRamos, 

karg adgils, 

karg Tovls, 

karg wvimas... 

ar vici, miesadageba Tu ara imas, rac zemoTa vTqvi, me ki erTi kargi dRe 

axlac Tvalwin midgas da vjaxirob, sityviT dagixatoT is dRe. 

alaverdSi viyaviT orni. 

Semodgomis Rrubliani dRe iyo. 

ha da ha, roca zamTari unda damdgariyo. 

ara wvimda da Rrubels maincadamainc ar gavujavrebivarT. 

jer alaverdis Soridan cqeriT vijereT guli, mere mis gumbaTqveSac videqiT 

Cumad da me CemTvis vfiqrobdi, Cemi megobari TavisTvis. 

alaverdSi Cvens meti aravin Canda, 

saqme dRe iyo. 

aq marto kviraobiT iyris xolme xalxi Tavs, zogi alaverdisTvis, zogi 

marTla saalaverdod. 

mere wamovediT. 

dRe mainc Rrubliani iyo. arc gamodarebas apirebda da wvimis dawyebac 

ver gaebedna. mivdiodiT zeviT, civgomborisken. ukan rCeboda alaznis veli da, 

rogorc poetma Tqva, TeTri gediviT amowvdili alaverdi. 

jer ukan ar vixedebodiT. 

alaverdis Soridan danaxvis efeqts bolosTvis vinaxaviT. 

mere movixedeT. 

cisfer SoreTSi gamoCnda `TeTri gedi~. 

da swored im wuTs, TiTqos ca gaixsnao, wamiT Rrublis fTila Suaze gadaiSala 

da erTi sxivi zed TeTr alaverds daaSuqa. 

ara, es saswauli ar yofila. 

ubralod im wuTSi buneba mogvevlina rogorc mxatvari, rogorc virtuozi 

reJisori. 

mcire xans dahnaToda mzis sxivi alaverds, mere Rrublis fTilebi Seer- 

Tdnen da mxatvari, romelmac am wuTSi Cven Tvalwin suraTi Seqmna, Tavisi yalmiT 

sadRac sxvagan, samyaros ukidegano sivrceSi wavida axali suraTis Sesaqmnelad. 

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taZris kedeli 

`Sen, frTamoRuRunes 

JamTa simaRleze, 

Cveni saukune 

gicavs, uaxlesi~ 

galaktioni. 

beTania Tbilisidan Sors ar aris. Cajdebi wyneTis avtobusSi da bolomde 

ivli, mere, an pirdapir gaagrZeleb da samadlomde axval, iqidan ki veris 

xeobisaken daSvebuli bilikebi beTaniamde Cagiyvanen, an arada, raRa zemodan 

dauaro, wyneTidan dasavleTisken aiReb gezs, jer axaldabaSi Caxval, mere bilik-bilik 

sabavSvo saxls Cauvli win. iqidan beTaniamde ki aRarc didi manZilia, 

miT ufro, rom biliki sul tyeSi midis da Citebis imisTana galoba gacilebs, 

gzasac gaviwyebs da daRlasac. 

ho, beTania Tbilisidan Sors ar aris. RamiT Tu iqidan gamoixedav, mTeli 

Crdilo-aRmosavleTi isea gadawiTlebuli, almuri asdis. cota ferdobze Tu 

Sedgebi varskvlavebiT moWedil qalaqsac dainaxav:L es Tbilisia... es Tbilisis 

naTurebi cimcimeben da SoreTidan mziral varskvlavebsac isini hgvanan. 

beTania SoriT SexedviT wyurvilsac giklavT... 

aris, marTla aris imisTana adgilebi, Soridan rom ver dainaxav. Tundac 

Satili... midixar da midixar. midixar da mihyvebi im Satiliswyals. Satilic 

arc ise Sors geguleba da mainc ara Cans. da uceb, or nabijze gascdebi patara 

ferdobs, aqamde rom Tvalwin gefareboda, `kldis kari~ gadaixsneba da jiqur 

Semogejaxeba Satili. 

es ise uceb moxdeba, Sedrkebi, 

morideba dageufleba, 

mere uecari Sexvedris sixaruli gagalaRebs, 

mere mainc Tavadve dagamSvidebs dumiliT metyveli Satili, 

beTania kldeebs ar aris mofarebuli, jer isev karga didi manZili gveqneba 

gasavleli, magram taZari Soridanve gamoCndeba: warmoidgine farTod 

mxrebgaSlili xeoba. SoreTSi — didgorebi, iqiT — veris qarafebi, aqeT — 

tyiani koromebi. TiTqos iisfrad bolavs Semogareni da aq, am ukideganod gadaSlil 

iisferSi — TeTr-moyviTalod amoRerili taZari!.. 

amgvarad enZelam icis xolme amoRereba adrian gazafxulze. 

marTlac, Sors ar aris Tbilisidan beTania da bevrsac unaxavs igi. mnaxveli, 

werilis amgvar dasawyisze, albaT gulSic gaicinebs da ifiqrebs, aqaoda 

imisTanas ras metyvi, rac Tavad taZars ar uTqvams CemTviso. amodena ganzraxvisagan 

zecam dagvifaros winaTqma imad gagvigrZelda, rom mnaxveli Tu bevria, 

arc mSobel qveyanaSi siarulze umZraxi gvyavs cota. saqarTvelos tye-RreSi 

xetialis WaSniki zogs jerac ar ugemnia, an mosanaxuleblad marto is adgilebi 

aurCevia, romelzec yurmokvriT raRac gaugonia, amgvari kacisaTvis fasanauri 

marto saxinklea, SuamTa — samwvade, TviTon beTania ki saqeifo adgilad Tu 

gamodgeba. es kidev araferi, sxvis saqmeSi ra Cagvrevda, egeve kaci cota ridiani 

rom iyos, eris wminda adgilebSi namusrevsa da nakvalevs rom ar tovebdes; 

im warwerebs an freskebs rom ar Camoamtvrevdes, romlis gareSec verc Cveni 

mwerloba daTariRdeboda, verc qarTuli anbanis gza kvals gavignebdiT da arc 

is gvecodineboda, vin viyaviT da ra viyaviT. 

kidev kargi, zogierT adgils mcveli adgas Tavze. 

erT aseT kacze mogiTxrobT am werilSic... 

beTaniis taZris mcveli vano wiklauri pirvelad im dros gavicani, tyispirs 

gafantul Rvinisa da limonaTis boTlebs rom agrovebda. iqve namusrevi 

eyara. qaRaldebs qari afrialebda, Suaxans kargad gadacilebuli kaci buzRuniT 

asufTavebda iqaurobas. moqeifeni ukve biliks dadgomodnen da Sua tyidan 

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xan xumroba ismoda, xan improvizebuli bRavili, xan tranzistoridan gamovardnili 

aRmosavluri melodia. 

taZris ezoSi dumili idga. 

aq sul dumilia, soflebisa da qalaqebisgan karga mocilebul beTaniaSi. 

kacma moakriala tyispiri, Cvensken wamovida, xeli CamogvarTva, mogvikiTxa 

da taZrisken gagviZRva. 

taZris idumaleba. 

Tamari — mefeT mefe saqarTvelosi. 

giorgi mesame. 

laSa giorgi — dedis gverdiT, Wabukurad mzirali. 

am taZarze meti ra giTxraT? an am TvalisCiniviT gasafrTxilebel freskebze? 

taZarze saubari Znelia. taZars aSeneben. taZars xataven. taZars umRerian. 

pirispir xvdebian. ufrTxildebian. 

beTaniis taZars vano wiklauri ufrTxildeba. 

da am kacis pirovnebac dRes misi saqmis gamo gvainteresebs. 

imgvarad moxda, rom JamTa siavem bevri Cveni cixe-koSki, taZari Tu freska 

cecxls misca, qars gaatana. zogs Tavad droTa dinebamac mouRo bolo, zogs — 

ugunurebam, da bolos, roca patroni da gamfrTxilebeli gamoCnda, bevrgan ukve 

gvianRa iyo: alag nangreviRa darCeniliyo, alag — pirvelqmnilis landiRa. 

axla Cven am landebs veloliavebiT, vcdilobT is mainc SemovunaxoT STamomavlobas, 

eris sulieri sidiadis dasturad gadavceT momavals. 

meSvide welia beTaniis siCumeSi dadis es kaci. 

saxli taZris zemoT, sofelSi udgas. 

am sofels saxelad kveseTi eTqmis, magram aRarc sofelia, aRarc xalxi. 

yvela sadRac gakrefila. es erTi saxli, vano wiklauris saxlia, sofelic da 

kveseTic am saxlsRa hqvia. 

xandaxan Camovlen TiTistola SviliSvilebi — SoTa da giorgi. da gaudiT 

zarebs wkara-wkuri. 

reken: 

dedozari, 

SuaTana, 

mrwemi — xmawkriala, rogorc salamuri. 

ara, poeturi suraTis warmodgena ar gvdomebia. am kacsac da mis ojaxsac 

Zalze awuxebs ukacrieli aqauroba. 

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taZris mcvelad Zia vano poets daulocnia. ambavi ki arcTu ise poeturad 

dawyebula. kviraobiT beTaniidan wyneTSi adioda da kvercxebs hyidda. nu davuZraxavT, 

im kvercxebs misi ezos qaTmebi debdnen. erTxelac uZaxnia wyneTSi — 

`kvercxebi, kvercxebio~ da erTi saxlis aivanze viRac maRali kaci gadmomdgara. 

kargad uvaWriaT. 

im kacs kvercxic blomad uyidia da didxansac ulaparakiaT. 

sadauri xaro? 

beTaniidano. 

mere, Tu beTaniidan xar, im taZars ver unda mouaroTo? iq ici, visi freskaao? 

rogor ar vicio. 

hoda, Tu ici, kargad icode _ Tamar mefisaao... 

ìm kacis sityvebi samudamod damamaxsovrdao~, — ambobs vano wiklauri. 

TviTon ìs kaci~ ki gogla leoniZe yofila. 

mere erTi-orjer kidev asula wyneTSi, poetic mounaxulebia da laparaki- 

Tac guli ujerebiaT. imis Semdeg taZris mcvelad damdgara: da ai, ukve meSvide 

weli gadis, xmisamouReblad dadis aqaurobaSi, dadis da beTaniis siCumeSi axlac 

gulistkiviliT igonebs tkbilad moubar poets. CvenTvis gogla `didi kaci 

iyo. 

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`did kacTan~ Sexvedra ki zogjer mTlianad Seatrialebs xolme ubralo 

adamianis bed-iRbals. 

taZris erTgulma kacma kargad icis aqaurobis warsuli, esmis aqaurobis 

fasi, Tu xami stumari ewveva, SeZlebisdagvarad pasuxsac gascems, uxeiro gidiviT 

ar gamoidebs Tavsa da winamaswrobas ar daiwyebs. jer taZris garSemo Semoatarebs, 

CuqurTmebTan SeaCerebs, mere kars moridebiT SeaRebs da SeuZRveba. 

mere freskebTan gaCerdeba da erT-or sityvaze xelad mixvdebi, rom am kacma ZirisZirobamde 

icis am freskebis mTeli `Tavgadasavali~, — sad Camourecxia wvimas, 

sad miswvdenia udieri `stumris~ xeli...… ai, is Camonatexi kacis xeliTaa, 

gangeb, samtrod gakeTebuli~... ès nabzari Tamaris freskaze, rac Tavi maxsovs 

egrea, balRobidan vakvirdebi da kidev kargi ar emateba... ài, is, amoCiCqnilic 

kacis naxelavia~.… 

— es rodis? 

— winaT... 

— rodis winaT? 

— sanam aq movidodi...… mere ki, ginda daijereT, ginda ara, aq aRaraferi 

gafuWebula. 

taZarSi siCumea. 

kaci ganze dgas da mainc martos ar gvtovebs. 

sanam stumari aq iqneba, Tavadac fexs ar moicvlis. 

mere gamogyveba da kars gamoixuravs. 

es zedmeti eWvianobis brali ar aris. 

kacs eSinia. 

da me maxarebs es SiSi. 

es sifrTxilis SiSia, — is mainc aRar gamogvecalos xelidan, ra dRevandlamde 

movidao. 

`marto erTxel, marto erTxel moxda~... frTxilad, saidumlosaviT gimxels 

da TvaliTa gzomavs, aRSfoTebas da gulistkivils elodeba Senganac. 

— ra moxda? 

— marto erTxel gamisxlta, damaswro. 

— vin gagisxltaT? vin dagaswroT? 

— gana ara, mivxvdi, rom raRacas apirebda. 

bevrni iyvnen da is gaipara. mainc vifiqre, ver gabedavs-meTqi. 

— mere? gabeda? 

— gabeda… wamodiT, gaCvenoT... 

kaci taZris aRmosavleTis kedelTan midis da ZvelisZvel, oqrosfer qvaze 

nakawrs gviCvenebs: 

aq, 1968 wlis Semodgomaze brZanebula vinme omara da Tavisi saxeli `saWreTliT~ 

amoukveTavs. 

gvari veRar mouswria. 

iqneb SeeSinda? 

asea Tu ise, marto saxelia, weli da dro: Semodgoma, beTaniis oqrosferi 

Semodgoma. 

èqvsi welia aq kedeli aRar gakawrula~, isev xmadabla laparakobs kaci, 

`marto iman majoba. gavige, romelic iyo, vuTxari, magram TqmiT raRa eSveleboda?~ 

rogor ar davijereb, mkiTxvelo, rom gagixarda. eqvsi welia ZvelisZveli 

taZris kedeli ar gakawrula... marto erTxel... marto erTxel... isic gaigo, romeli 

iyo, uTxra kidec, magram, aba, TqmiT raRa eSveleboda... 

batoni universiteti 

ar vici, ras fiqroben adamianebi, roca universitetis win gaivlian. im 

adamianebze geubnebi, romelTac arasodes uswavliaT universitetSi. minda mjerodes, 

rom maTTvisac, rogorc CvenTvis, es aris qarTuli mecnierebis taZari 

— uZvelesi da uxucesi, romelsac sasoebiT uyrida saZirkvels ilia, romlis 

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kedelebSic ukanasknel dReebs iTvlida vaJa-fSavela da romelsac gverdiT 

mokrZalebiT unda Cauaro. 

kargad ar maxsovs es leqsebi... universitetze xSirad werdnen leqsebs. 

erTma poetma simkacriT oTaraanT qvrivs Seadara, siuxviT — TinaTins. meorem 

dawera leqsi Seyvarebulze, romelmac universitetis baRSi vardi mowyvita da 

gamoTqva imedi, rom amas niko kecxovelic ki apatiebda. iwereboda leqsebi Svid 

Warmag Wadarze... xalasi gulwrfeli leqsebi. 

maSin universitets hqonda didi rkinis WiSkari. mis ezoSi fexis Sedgma 

yvela gamvlels ar SeeZlo. iyo zRurbli, romlis iqiT sxva cxovreba iwyeboda, 

xeli uneburad midioda qudisken da universitetSi SevdiodiT qudmoxdilni, 

rogorc TaRebian, did taZarSi. 

karTan idga glexkaci, WaRara wveriTa da TuSuri nabdis qudiT. 

maSin universitetTan mdinare veres erTvoda varazis xevi. xevs mihyveboda 

wvrili, daklaknili biliki, romelic gmirTa moedanTan iwyeboda da pirdapir 

universitetis baRSi micocavda. diliT Seuyvebodnen biliks studentebi, rogorc 

Tokze akinZuli mTamsvlelebi. SuadRis mere daeSvebodnen da sxvadasxva 

kuTxiv uerTdebodnen qalaqis cxovrebas. 

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TiTqos ubralo ambavi iyo: universitetis derefnebSi yovel wuTSi Sexvdebodi 

adamianebs, romelTa saxels msoflio icnobda. isini am taZrisagan ganuyrelni 

iyvnen. ver warmogvedgina universiteti uimaTod. da es didi bedniereba 

iseve bunebrivi Canda, rogorc mezoblis Sexvedra yovel diliT, sayvarel 

quCaze. 

pirvel kursze Cven vgavdiT skolis Segirdebs. xandazmulni Ciodnen, rom 

udardeli Taoba movida, magram ar viyaviT ùdardelni~. omma Cvens bavSvobaze 

gadaiara da omis mere pirveli wlebic didi verafriT gvanebivrebda: maSin universitetis 

samkiTxvelos hqonda akaki SaniZis gramatikis erTaderTi cali da 

Cven moTminebiT velodiT `rigs~. 

WadrebTan xSirad idga galaktioni. 

zogjer gamosaubrebas cdilobda da TiTqos TavisTvis CurCulebda: `saqarTvelos 

saxalxo poeti... cudi ar aris ara? ocdaaTi tomi damiweria~. gvxiblavda, 

rom Cvens win galaktioni idga da irgvliv sufevda auwereli krZaluloba 

da Tayvaniscema. 

mere galaktioni dReebs universitetis mezoblad mdebare lazareTSi atarebda. 

mas SeeZlo saaTobiT mdgariyo Tavisi palatis fanjarasTan da garindebuls 

ecqira audistoriisaken, sadac leqcia gvqonda, rogorc ki wamoviSlebodiT 

da fanjaras mivawydebodiT, TiTqos Secbundeboda da sarkmlis fardas 

damnaSavesaviT amoefareboda. karga xnis mere, roca dawynarebulebs dagvigulebda, 

kvlav gamoCndeboda, frTxilad moadgeboda sarkmels da gvicqerda... 

aseTi iyo galaktioni, aseTi iyo universiteti. 

nela amoivlida universitetis kibeebs korneli kekeliZe. derefnebs moedeboda 

CurCuli: `batoni korneli~. modioda marTlac TovliviT TeTri. Cven is 

gvaxsovs Zlier xandazmuli da daRlili, Semovidoda auditoriaSi, dajdeboda 

wina merxze da mSvidad usmenda romelime axalgazrda leqtors, ise, rom arafers 

SeimCnevda — arc kargsa da arc avs. leqciis bolosRa mogvcemda oriode 

kiTxvas. mere Tavadac mcire xniT gaabamda saubars qarTuli sasuliero mwerlobis 

sikeTesa da silamazeze. laparakobda dinjad da ubralod, rogori ubraloc 

TviTon iyo. 

magram universitets paTosic uyvarda. 

gviyvarda saamo artistizmi — Serwymuli im did erudiciasa da ganaTlebasTan. 

muxladi, cocxali sityva! 

studentebi garbodnen derefnebSi da erTmaneTs ekiTxebodnen: `sad aris 

nucubiZis leqcia?~, `sad kiTxulobs nucubiZe?~ da darbazi ivseboda yvela 

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kursisa da fakultetis `moxaliseebiT~. roca Salva nucubiZis sajaro leqcia 

dainiSneboda, auditoria didZal msurvels veRar itevda da moTaveni leqcias 

saaqto darbazSi gadaitandnen. maSin yurTamde gavsebuli àuditoria~ saaqto 

darbazSi garboda da oriode wuTSi saaqto darbazic veRar gvitevda. kaTedraze 

asuli mecnieri iwyebda saubars. 

filologebs sakuTari korifeni gvyavda, fizikosebs, filosofebs, biologebs 

— sakuTari. saRamoobiT universitetis ukana ezoSi yefdnen ZaRlebi. 

akademikosi beritaSvili ikvlevda fiziologiis urTules problemebs! beritaSvilis 

kvlevis Sedegebze werdnen parizis, londonisa da niu-iorkis samecniero 

Jurnal-gazeTebi. is maSinac xeljoxze dayrdnobili, magram saocrad mxne da 

cocxali gaivlida xolme derefanSi. mas ar Wirdeboda rekomendacia. dedamiwis 

uSores kuTxeSi, sruliad ucnob qalaqSic rom gamoCeniliyo, uklebliv yvela 

ityoda: es aris namdvili mecnieri! 

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maSin pirvelad Seikra axalgazrda mweralTa wre. yovel paraskevs oTxmocdamecamete 

auditoriaSi ikribebodnen poetebi. modioda besarion JRenti. 

studentebi kiTxulobdnen leqsebs da moTxrobebs. iyo mouridebeli mtkiceba: 

saqarTveloSi mwerali mxolod universitetidan movao. amgvar mtkicebas safuZvelic 

qonda: pirveli `sxivebi~, pirveli wignebi... iyo kamaTi:L xalas, gulwrfel 

leqsebs Tbilad daweril leqsebs veZaxdiT. gamodiodnen damwyebi kritikosebi 

da ambobdnen, ama Tu im leqsSi zogierTi `kargi Tqmaa~, aris `kargi 

riTmac~, magram mTlianobaSi leqsi ar tovebs sasurvel STabeWdilebaso. poetebi 

pirvel, gaubedav qmnilebebs uZRvnidnen mSobliur quCas, Wadrebs, foTlebs, 

mamuls. Cven es mogvwonda... 

Seiqmna simfoniuri orkestri. kviraSi orjer gvewveoda `maestro~ da universitetis 

derefnebSi ismoda `daisis~ Sesavali. gvixaroda, rom gvqonda saku- 

Tari orkestri, romelic TviT faliaSvils asrulebda. 

...universitetis scenaze gogolis `revizors~ TamaSobdnen. 

meore warmodgenaze stumrebi movidnen — Salva RambaSiZe, giorgi SavguliZe, 

cecilia wuwunava, aleqsandre gomelauri... studentTa warmodgeniT dainteresdnen, 

Semoiares patara scena da viwro kulisebi, scenis Tavze mercxlis 

budesaviT SeyuJuli sagrimioro, icines da darbazi acines. Semdeg ki Cajdnen 

studentebSi da naxes speqtakli, da Cven didxans gvaxsovda giorgi SavguliZis 

rainduli mzera, Salva RambaSiZis bavSvuri Rimili, cecilia wuwunavas ubralo 

TavdaWera (ase ùbralod~ Txzavda is didebul scenur saxeebs), aleqsandre gomelauris 

gulubryvilo gamoxedva... 

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gamoCnda satiruli gazeTi `WinWari~. 

raze werda maSin `WinWari?~ 

jaziT gatacebul gogo-biWebze, pirvelkurselze, romelsac Turme `butilka~ 

Sarvali ecva. qaliSvilze, romelsac Tma mokled Seekveca, gamcdenebze, 

damgvianeblebze, zarmacebze, uzrdelebze, da isev da isev viwro Sarvlebze. 

derefanSi yoveli Tvis bolos idga grZeli rigi: `vin aris bolo?~, 

`Tqvena xarT bolo?~, ài, is maRali biWi exla movida da yvelaze win miZvreba~, 

`qaliSvilo, inebeT rigSi Cadgoma,~ rigdeboda stipendia. 

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axla universitetSi sxvebi swavloben. xandazmulTa Tanabrad kaTedraze 

dganan axalgazrdebi, axali saxelebi ikvleven Tanamedrove mecierebis did 

problemebs. rogorc mudam, universitets dResac hyavs Tavisi axalgazrdoba 

da Tavisi korifeni. universitetic TiTqos mijnebSi aRar eteva, mxrebs Slis, 

izrdeba. 

siaxle... 

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dros yovelTvis Tavisi gaaqvs da modis siaxliT. siaxle JamTasvlis gamoxatulebaa. 

magram aris cxovrebaSi imgvari ambebic, rasac dro veras aklebs, rac maradiulia, 

Zalze adamianuri da Jamidan Jams ucvlelad gadaecema. da universitetic 

Zveleburad dgas, rogorc TeTri taZari, Zveleburad ismis mis derefneb- 

Si Jriamuli, irekeba zari, studentebs uxariaT `friadi~ da tirian `CaWras~. 

leqtorebi kvlav iyofian or kategoriad: `kargi gamomcdeli~ , da `sias ar kiTxulobs~; 

oqtomberi kvlav udardelia — sesiebamde bare ori Tvea darCenili. 

samkiTxvelo savsea bejiTebiT, baRi — niWierebiTa da zarmacebiT... 

`dekanatSi gibareben~. 

ratom acdenT, ymawvilo~. 

da iqneb universitetis karTan kvlav dgas moxuci mekarec, TeTri Tma-wveriTa 

da TuSuri nabdis qudiT. dgas imgvarad, rogorc idga aTiode wlis winaT. 

axla... amaze ilaparakon axalgazrdebma, vinc dRes universitetSi swavloben. 

Cven aTi-TxuTmeti wlis win davtoveT universiteti da isRa dagvrCenia, 

movigonoT ra iyo winaT... 

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— gamarjobaT, batono universiteto! 

— mapatieT, magram kargad veRar maxsovxarT... 

— saTiTaod aRar gemaxsovrebiT, Cven viyaviT TiToni da mravalni. 

— saiT xarT, sad moRvaweobT? 

— saqarTveloSi varT, ukve WaRara Segvepara da axla sxvebsa vzrdiT. 

xSirad gaigonebT. gvixaria, rom ase kargad gxedavT. gveCqareba, uamravi saqme 

gvaqvs, saxli, samsaxuri... mets verafers getyviT. gveSinia, sentimentaloba aravin 

dagvwamos. 

— naxvamdis, idRegrZeleT... 

zemoT, fasanaurSi 

fasanaurSi male binddeba. 

stumarmac bindisas icis xolme mosvla. 

axlac mze ukve Casula. xevidan aragvis xmauri ismis, mTavari gzidan — 

manqanebis griali. 

daRamdeba. manqanebis griali miwydeba (mTis gzaze RamiT siaruls eridebian) 

da aragvis xmaRa gabatondeba mTel xeobaSi. 

me Sin var. 

ZaluaCemi ezoSi Zroxas wvelis. boCola zmuis — mec damitove rZeo. gob- 

Si rZe Cxrialebs. saCexis buxarSi cecxli tkacunobs. grila, rogorc mTas Seefereba. 

— mobrZandi — erTbaSad gasZaxis viRacas ZaluaCemi. wvelas morCeba, — aha ga- 

Zexio, — etyvis xbos da isev xmamaRla ambobs: 

— mobrZandi! 

etyoba, viRac stumari movida, pativsacemi, darbaiseli berikaci. 

— fexiT Camoxvel Tu cxeniTo? — kiTxulobs ZaluaCemi. 

albaT stumarma Tqva, — cxeniTo. 

— mere sad daabio? 

etoba, stumarma Tqva, WalaSi, balaxze mivuSvio. 

— momikvdes Tavi, skamic ver SemogTavazeo. etyoba stumarma Tqva, skami ar minda, 

mainc wasasvleli var, meCqarebao. 

— xSirad mobrZandi xolme, ra dakargva icio. 

amaze, albaT, stumarma araferi Tqva, marto gaiRima da, cxadia, sayveduric Seifera. 

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— ra geCqareba, netavi, xvalec am kvirisa ar ario? — icinis ZaluaCemi. 

etyoba stumarma Tqva, binddeba, mets aRar SegawuxebT, droulad unda avide Sinao, 

raki ar damxvda, ra gaewyobao… da Tanaco... 

albaT biZaCems eZebs, Sin eguleboda. 

— ra Tanaco, cxens vin mogparavso? 

etyoba stumarma Cailaparaka, ar iciT axlandelebis ambavio? etyoba, gamocdili 

kacia da yvelaferi icis. 

— ra geCqareba, kaco, gavaxSmeb mainc da mere wadio. 

netavi ra acinebs ZaluaCems? 

stumarma ki albaT Tqva, vaxSmobis dro aRara maqvs, saqme mqonda da axlave 

ukan unda davbrundeo. 

— Sen ici Seni saqmisao, — ambobs ZaluaCemi, 

es ra stumaria, ramdens gvaxvewninebs, gaval, vnaxav, vin gvewvia am bindisas-meTqi, 

_ gavifiqre da gareT gavedi. 

ezoSi gadavixede da mec gamecina: 

ezos SuagulSi erTi bewo biWi dgas (winaT, zRaprebSi, cerodenas rom eZaxdnen), 

Tbili, boxoxa qudi warbebamde Camoufxatavs, cal xelSi koxtad gaTlili 

joxi uWiravs, cali xeli jibeSi aqvs kacurad Cayofili, Tbili juba mkerdze 

gadauReRia, ezos aTvalierebs da ukve wasvlas epireba. 

— Calxias Zmakacia, — icinis ZaluaCemi. 

Calxiac am biWis tolaa, kinoSi wasula da gvianobamde ver dabrundeba. 

— gakveTilebis gageba mindao, — isev icinis Zalua. 

mere cerodena stumari WiSkridan gadis da Zalua gasZaxis: 

— cotac mogecada, biWo! 

cerodena biWi moixedavs, magram ara Cerdeba. 

— Txili mainc Caiyare jibeSi, gzaSi aknatune! — kvlav gasZaxis ZaluaCemi. 

cerodena biWi gzas ganagrZobs. 

Tqveni ar vici da fasanaurSi winaTac icodnen da axlac ician kacis dafaseba. 

mkaTaTve 

orRobeSi SuadRea. sio ar qris. sofeli samkalSi gasula. momTenTavi si- 

Cumea. 

ubani Tvlems. 

gubeSi miwolila Rori. 

gacqnafulan Citebi. 

mkaTaTvis sicxea. 

ubnis darajad dideda darCenila. garSemo Cami-Cumi ar ismis. marto Wri- 

Wina WriWinebs, dideda aqeT-iqiT ixedeba. mere amTqnarebs, mere Tavs akanturebs 

da iqve, kaklis ZirSi, nabdis Zvelaze miwveba. 

qaTmebma dro ixelTes. bostanSi gadavidnen. laSqars win miuZRvis dezebiani 

mamali. SeTqmulebiviT kakaneben variebi. `saydris kari~ Riaa, mezoblis qaTmebsac 

epatiJebian. 

kakli ZirSi, nabdis Zvelaze sZinavs didebas. 

Walidan afrida qori. gadaiara samkali. 

soflisken gaswia. bostnis Tavze kamara Sekra. mowyvetiT daeSva. daacxra. 

gabrazda mamali. SeSfodnen dedlebi. kombostos foTlebSi gainabnen wiwilebi. 

qorma wiwila waiRo. 

sZinavs didedas. 

knavis kata, didedas bawris gorgali knutebs ezos boloSi miaqvT. 

orRobeSi isev siCumea. 

margilma lawani gaiRo. baRCidan gadmoxta awiTlebuli gogo. CiTis kabiT muxlebi 

daifara. kabis kalTaze ahkvria Zurwa da birki. akecil winsafarSi Cauyria 

mwvane lobio. 

muqariT win uxvdeba TmagaCeCili biWi. 

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— dedas gitireb, icode! 

— yurebze xaxvi ar damaWra... 

— sityva maq saTqmeli! 

— mexi Senc dageces! 

kaklis ZirSi, nabdis Zvelaze sZinavs didedas... 

zRapar-iyo, zRapar-iyo, 

Walas Citi mamkvdariyo... 

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