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Galagtion Tabidze – Somewhere I saw a face…
Somewhere I saw a face,Lovely…It haunts my wake and sleep.Love words whisper in my ear,Soft hands touch caressingly,Breast clings to…
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Galagtion Tabidze – Night and I
With pen in hand I sit alone while night is burning,melting, pale.The breeze that comes in from the window tells…
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Galagtion Tabidze – Let the banners wave on high !
The day has dawned: A sun of fire glides up…Let the banners wave on high !The soul’s athirst for Liberty…
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Galagtion Tabidze – Biography
Galaktion Tabidze was born in Georgia, in 1892. Much of his work is influenced by Symbolists, Tablize (who survived the…
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David Kldiashvili
David Kldiashvili (August 29, 1862 – April 24, 1931) was a Georgian prose-writer whose novels and plays are concentrated on…
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Akaki Tsereteli
Prince Akaki Tsereteli (1840-1915) – a prominent Georgian poet and national liberation movement figure.Was born in the village of Skvitori…
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Ilia Chavchavadze – The sleeping maid
I gaze on thee so calm at rest,And look upon thy crystal breast;Thy heart beats like the placid waves,When summer…
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Ilia Chavchavadze – Bazaleti Lake
Beneath the lake of BazaletiA golden cradle gleams;Around it blooms a wondrous garden —A paradise it seems.This hidden bower, thus…
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Ilia Chavchavadze – King Dimitri’s Sacrifice
Translated by Donald RayfieldIllustrated by Henrik Hrinevski Publishing House „Merani”Tbilisi1998 ილია ჭავჭავაძე მეფე დიმიტრი თავდადებული თარგმნა დონალდ რეიფილდმამხატვრობა ჰენრიკ ჰრინევსკისა…
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Ilia Chavchavadze – The Hermit (A Legend)
Translated from the Georgian by Marjory Wardrop, London, 1895 I There, where Mount Kazbek rears his noble brow,Where eagle cannot…
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