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 […]
A while ago, I translated this poem by Vazha called “Wedding of the Giants,” it goes like this: “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 […]
Walk on the sky, oh moon, Rise and dive, oh sun! Mountains, bare your chest And on shoulders, let nabadi rest, Let it pour, dusky cloud, Soften mother earth and its breasts, Smile, you beauty, let the heart of a boy rejoice in his chest! Agonize, for the darling of your choice, Time does not […]
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 […]
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 […]
According to the Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein in his only book-length philosophical work “Tractatus”, author’s views about logic and linguistic led him to believe that some features of language and reality cannot be expressed in a senseful verbal manner, but only “shown” by the form of certain expressions. It is not uncommon to encounter such […]