Akaki Tsereteli
Born
in Georgia
June 09, 1840
Died
January 26, 1915
Genre
“იქაც ოცნება, აქაც ოცნება! პირველი უსასოო, მწირი, მეორე მომხიბლავი, მტკბარი. რომელს ერთს გაექცევი შემთხვევით გამონატყორცნო, კაცად-კაცადო? დღეს უფალს უვარდები ხელში, ხვალ მონას! ხან ბრძენი გიპყრობს და ხან უგნური! სიმჩატე მაღლისკენ მიგაფრიალებს, სიმძიმე უკანა გწევს! და მაშ შენ თავად რაღა ხარ იქ სადაც "ჰო" და "არა" გაურჩეველ-გაურკვეველია?”
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“However he said before I came:
To him who brought you up relate
How you have broken honor's ties,
And say,- his prompt response I wait!'
'Distressed am I to bear your words;
And humbled low I am by fate.
For honor's sake I must revenge
The wrong done Batu and his mate.'
Then slowly on one upraised knee
He placed with care his loaded gun;
Ten aimed at Sapar-beg whom he
Had reared, and loved more than a son
'O Sapar-beg,' he gravely said,
'Unworthy even for death are you.
'Tis I who am unfit to live
For bringing up a man like you'
A sudden flash… a bursting shot…
A bullet pierce through temples gray…
And on the ground in wreaths of smoke
Haji-Iusub lifeless lay.”
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To him who brought you up relate
How you have broken honor's ties,
And say,- his prompt response I wait!'
'Distressed am I to bear your words;
And humbled low I am by fate.
For honor's sake I must revenge
The wrong done Batu and his mate.'
Then slowly on one upraised knee
He placed with care his loaded gun;
Ten aimed at Sapar-beg whom he
Had reared, and loved more than a son
'O Sapar-beg,' he gravely said,
'Unworthy even for death are you.
'Tis I who am unfit to live
For bringing up a man like you'
A sudden flash… a bursting shot…
A bullet pierce through temples gray…
And on the ground in wreaths of smoke
Haji-Iusub lifeless lay.”
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