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For George Leonidze. By Vazha-Pshavela (translation by me).
For the first time, in adolescence, When I was just starting to open my eyes, Weeping, while catching the essence, Of my homeland, agonized- I was searching desperately, For a helping hand, delicately, Nobody was a guard, For our oppressed land, So, I started weeping harder, I was bursting into tears, as if I was […]
Unorthodox ways of portraying nature and ecology in Vazha’s works
Nature in Literature has always been omnipresent, all-forgiving and divine, as well as on equal grounds with God: No matter what you do, you can’t fight its wrath, change its laws or the love it has for humanity. The phenomena of collective physical world and Literature is a common synthesis, but the disciplines belonging to […]
For Girlie
Girlie, the most I love about you, Is how you channel a fox: You never dare to stare, Yet the boys you always mock. From time to time, you smile, Slowly, in your heart, emotions you pile: While Swinging a swordless sword, You cut the heart cords. On my heart still shows, The way you […]
Cosmopolitan patriotism during the crisis
“Patriotism, just like life and the connections with it, is present within one when they are born into this world; it contains pieces within itself that a no sane human can deny and those so-called pieces show themselves in mother language, historical past, historical territories, in the faces of famous figures, literature and so on. […]
The eagle
I saw an eagle, who was wounded, He was at war with ravens and spades, Injured, he struggled to get up, But could not, he had no aid… One wing on the ground he carries, With blood on his chest, Oh, watch out spades, be wary! You had me at my worst, If not, I […]
Wedding of the Giants
It was a roaring thunderstorm in the sky, during the night, The mountains were bowing their heads, Forest was abandoned by leaves for a flight, And sea was roaring, as well as black. It was a wedding of the beasts, you could hear the rumble, inside the great feast, I was invited as well, so […]