qrestomaTia I

gena im sagnebis Sesaxeb, romlebsac xatavs.
– rogorc Cans, ara.
– didebuli Semoqmedi ki unda iyos amnairi mimbaZveli.
– arc ise.
–magram is kvlavac mibaZavs sagnebs, Tumca ar ecodineba maTi
av-kargi; amitom, rogorc Cans, mSvenivrad warmogviCens imas, rac
mSvenivrad esaxeba brbos da umecarT.
– metis Tavi rom ara aqvs.
– am mxriv, etyoba, srul Tanxmobas mivaRwieT: jer erTi, mimbaZvelma
bevri araferi icis im sagnisa, romelsac baZavs da, egec
ar iyos, misi Semoqmedeba darbaiseli kacisTvis Seuferebeli
bavSvuri TavSeqcevaa. tragikuli poeziis yvela Semoqmedi,
miuxedavad imisa, iambikur leqss iyenebs Tu epikurs, upiratesad
mimbaZvelia.
– ra Tqma unda.
– ki magram, zevsis gulisTvis, gana amnairi mibaZva raRac
iseTs ar miemarTeba, rac mesame adgilze dgas, namdvili arsidan
moyolebuli?
– diax.
– meore mxriv, adamianis romel sawyisze axdens mibaZva
zemoqmedebas?
– ra zemoqmedebas gulisxmob?
– ai, ras. erTi da igive sidide, imis mixedviT, Soridan
vuyurebT Tu axlodan, Tanabari rodi Cans.
– marTlac.
– zustad aseve, sagnebi an texilni Canan, an sworni, imis mixedviT,
wyalSi vakvirdebiT maT Tu wylis gareT, da maTi Cazneqilobac
da amozneqilobac mzeris mcdarobis Sedegia, rasac amave
saganTa Seferiloba iwvevs. cxadia, rom amnairi mcdaroba niSneulia
Cveni sulisTvis da Cveni bunebis swored am Taviseburebas
emyareba mxatvrobac mTeli Tavisi xibliT, TvalTmaqcTa
oinbazobac da sxva misTanani.
– marTals brZaneb.
– magram gana am mcTarobis gasaqarwyleblad ar iqna aRmoCenili
Zalze qmediTi saSualeba gazomvis, gamoTvlisa Tu awonis
saxiT? ase rom, CvenSi mTavaria ara sididis da sipataravis, simravlisa
da simZimis moCvenebiTi cvalebadoba, aramed gazomvis,
gamoTvlisa da awonis unari.
– ra Tqma unda.
– yovelive es ki Cveni sulis gonivruli sawyisis saqmea, ara?
– rasakvirvelia.
– xSiri gazomvebis wyalobiT am sawyisma aRmoaCina, rom zogi-
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