Poetry
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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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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 – 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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Raphael Eristavi – Sessia’s thoughts
Dust am I, to dust I cling;A rustic born, my life is oneEternal strife and endless toil,And endless woe… till…
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Raphael Eristavi – The Land of the Khevsuris
The land where I was born and reared on lullabies and loving care,Where I with youthful hand and heart flung…
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Grigol Orbeliani – When I wake
Thy features every vision of my sleep adorn,And when I wake the eyelash of my eyes adorn.Thy willing slave, devoted…
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Grigol Orbeliani – Before the Fresco Painting of Queen Tamari in the church of Betania
Thy saintly faceIn beauteous graceDoth shine with virgin beauty sweet.I humbly prayAnd homage pay,O’erwhelmed by sorrow at thy feet.In joy…
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Shota Rustaveli – The Knight in the Tiger Skin
Translated by M.S.Wardrope 1 Introduction2 Story of Rostevan, King of the Arabians3 King Rostevan and Avt’handil Go Hunting 4…
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Shota Rustaveli – The Knight in the Panther’s Skin
INTRODUCTORY QUATRAINS1 HE who created the firmament, by that mighty power made beings inspired from on high with souls celestial;…
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The More Loving One by W.H. Auden
The More Loving One (1958) is a beautiful poem about unrequited or asymmetrical love, and whether the universe cares about…
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