SoTa rusTavelis qarTuli literaturis instituti

ara, batonebo! gaxsenebiT da moazrebiT bevrs gavixsenebdi,
magram Tqvens wyenas veridebi. amas wineT sadilad
erT Cem megobar kacTan viyavi, erTma ymawvilma qalma
fanjaraSi gaixeda da ikiTxa: eto ra aris? saxlis saxeli
veRar moigona qarTuleb; veRar moigona Tu moiwona Tavi
miT, rom qarTuli daaviwyda, isic ar vici. am patiosan
qals iseTi kiTxva mouvida, rogorc erTma imerlis Raribis
qalma suli moidga da mermeT kiTxva daiwyo: netavi vicode,
is ra ba-la qia, romelic qorcs da qels cvams, maSin
meore imerelma miugo: eg is balaxia, romelsac ymawvilobaze
Tqven krefdiT da rCebodiT: mag balaxs qvian Win-
Wari. arc erTxel dauSaSxavs TqvenTvis xelebi da Zalian
keTilis gulis yofilxarT, rom avis daviwyeba gcodniaT.
marTla, erTSi ki Zalian saqebi brZandebian is zogierTi
ymawvili qalebi, romelsac veZaxiT WrelaZeebs;
Zalian mlocveli brZandebian, xSirad dadian xan mowame-
Tas, xan gelaTs _ ara Tu marto isini? ara, bevri sxva
ymawvilebi WrelaZeebiTurT, roca wabrZandebian, ai, rogorc
amas wineT gelaTs, erTi ormoc cxenosan nakleb ar
wavlen, cxenosnobaze ra unda vTqva: erTi-meores jobian.
magram Cvenda saubedurod, xandisxan CamobrZandebian mosasveneblad
wyalwiTelas pirze, gelaTisaken mwvane molze,
xis Crdilis qveS (romliTac amtkiceben qarTlis Svilobas)
da aris saSineli sma da molxena; ase rom saca
apirebdnen misvlas, is adgili aviwydebaT da yvirian. mere
wavideT, ai, xval, xvaleobaSi rom midian, maSinac sxvadasxva
mizezebis gamo veRar asruleben iq misvlas, da rom
kiTxoT: sad iyvnen, ueWvelia, getyviT, gelaTso, magram
aSoros ki, batonebo!!! dromdis mSvidobiT.
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