entoni berjesi

meqanikuri
forToxali
Taftgmna gia
WumbuftiZem

gamomcemloba fta L Tbilisi,

2012
mTavafti ofti maia aludaufti
ftedaq ofti ftusudan daftCiaSvili
kofteq oftebi: natalia CimakaZe
nino lolua
eka gunTaiSvili

kompiu eftuli
uzftunvelyofa gioftgi asaTiani
ydis dizaini ftati Toftdia

© The Estate of Anthony Burgess, 2011

gamomcemloba palitfta L, 2012

misamaftTi: iosebiZis q. 49, tel.: 238-38-71
E-mail: book@palitra.ge

ISBN 978-9941-19-613-3
 winaswaftme yvelebis meqanika,
anu efte ikuli SeniSvnebi eftTi aftSemdgafti li
efta uftuli iubiles gamo

zustad am 30 wlis win, qftistes Sobidan 1962

wels1, inglisis wignis bazaftze gamoCnda Cvenebufti
gagebiT jeft kidev axalgazftda mweft- lis, entoni
beftjesis momcfto ftomani `meqa- nikufti foftToxali~ _
eftTi melomani sadis- tis ambavi, Zaladobis
instinqtis CasaxSobad gamiznuli, aftanakleb
sadistufti mecnieftuli eqspeftimentis msxveftpli ftom
Seiqna, magftam Semdeg, xelisufalTa koniunqtuftuli
poli- tikis wyalobiT, kvlav mieca saSualeba, pift-
vandel mdgomafteobas dahbftuneboda... moq-
medebis dfto _ Softeuli momavali, ftoca in- glisSi
totalitaftuli fteJimia gamefebuli;
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mizezTa gamo sxvaTa da sxvaTa, weftili piftvelad 2002-Si daibeWda
_ `foftToxlis~ II gamocemis winaTqmad, Tumc ki zustad aTi wliT adftea
daweftili...

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teqsti _ `modeftnistuli~, uxvad gajeftebu- li
inglisuftenovani mkiTxvelisaTvis metad egzotikufti
cxovftebiseuli detalebiTa da ftusicizmebiT
(miniSneba sabWoeTis eqspansi- aze) da kidev,
laitmotivi _ metafofta: beTho- venis me-9 simfonia,
ftogoftc ftomanis mTavafti gmiftis, uffto swoftad ki
antigmiftis, saqmeTa da safiqftalTa Tanamdevi foni.
eftTi sityviT, ekleqtikufti, Tumca Sinaganad
damuxtuli mxatvftuli opusi, TiTqosda imTaviTve
gan- wiftuli xmauftiani waftmatebisTvis. magftam ase
aft moxda: mkiTxvel sazogadoebaSi ftomanis
publikacias didi aJiotaJi aft gamouwvevia, TiTo-
oftola dadebiT ftecenzias Tu aft CavTv- liT da
mxolod aTwliani dagvianebiT, sten- li kubftikiseuli
ekftanizaciis Semdeg, ftoca aleks-makdauelis, Tu
makdauel-aleksis saxe- niRabma msoflio
kinoTeatftebis afiSebi dai- pyfto, filmis liteftatuftulma
piftvelwyaftom sayovelTao yuftadReba miiqcia.

kacma ftom Tqvas, aseTi nagvianevi aRiafteba

mniSvnelovanwilad imdftoindeli evftopis sa-
zogadoebaSi gabatonebuli fsiqologiufti klimatiTac
iyo ganpiftobebuli: yvelas kaft- gad axsovda axlad
gadagoftebuli axalgazft- duli janyis talRa, eftTianad
ftom Seazanzafta

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mTeli dasavlufti samyafto, Tumca Tavidan in-
teleqtualufti elita gaftkveuli simpaTii- Tac ki
Seegeba ftespeqtabeluft `momxmaftebelTa
sazogadoebis~ SvilTa eqstftavagantuft gamox-
domebs, cdilobda, gaego kontftkultuftis afta maftto
esTetika, aftamed ideologiac _ imis miuxedavad,
ftom xSiftad Zneli xdeboda zRvftis gavleba
kontftkultuftasa da antikultuftas Softis. metic, Jan-pol
safttfti demonstftaci- ulad imuqfteboda, Cemi xeliT
gamovitan lu- vftidan `jokondas~ da cecxlSi
gadavuZaxebo; pazolini homoseqsualizmiT iwonebda
Tavs, en- censbeftgefti ki saeftTod im azftamde mivida,
ftom wigni, ftogoftc aseTi, saeftTod aftaa saWifto da aftc
wignis kiTxvaSi yftia ftame xeiftio... magftam ftoca
1968 wlis gazafxulze axalgazftda ftev- olucioneftebi
sityvidan saqmeze gadavidnen da Sig evftopuli
civilizaciis gulSi, paftizSi, Zaladobis namdvili
feieftveftki moawyves, `mam- ebis~ Taoba
dabneulobam Seipyfto. TviT `axal memaftcxeneTa~
ufftosi Taobis ideologi, heft- beftt maftkuzec ki
Sewuxda da saqveynod ga- nacxada: me es aft
mindodao...

swofted am dftos gamovida ekftanebze kubfti- kis

filmi da beftjesis ftomanmac, ftogoftc ityvian xolme,
axali cxovfteba daiwyo.

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 saqme isaa, Tuki beftjesis SemoqmedebiTi
laboftatoftiisaTvis gasaRebis moftgebas dava- piftebT,
Tuki SevecdebiT im foftmulis povnas, lakoniuftad ftom
gansazRvftavdes misi mweftlo- bis aftss, albaT
yvelaze upftiani iqneba sityva eftetikosi (aq,
ftasakviftvelia, gamovfticxavT am cnebis SefasebiT
mniSvnelobas). eftetikosi meamboxisagan ki
upiftvelesad imiT gansxvavde- ba, ftom mas Tavisi
Teoftiuli bazisi aqvs; efte- tikosi aftasodes uaftyofs
mxolod uaftyofis mizniT, igi sakuTafti Tvalsazftisis
damtkice- bas cdilobs yvelgan da yovelTvis...

eftTi SexedviT, amgvafti daxasiaTeba beftje- sis

mimaftT naklebad gamodgeba _ yovel Sem-
TxvevaSi, `meqanikufti foftToxali~ mTlianad
Tavisufalia avtoft-demiuftgis moftalistufti Tu
koncefciufti qadagebisagan, magftam efte- tikosi fta
eftetikosia, Tu dakanonebul noftmas aft gadauxvia da
is faqti, ftom beftjesis fto- mani aTi wlis dagvianebiT
aRiaftes, SeiZleba afta imdenad socialuft-politikufti
viTafte- biT, aftamed gaftkveuli liteftatuftuli dog-
matebis daftRveviTac iyo gamowveuli. joftj oftuelis
`1984~ xom gamosvlisTanave mona- Tles
winaswaftmetyvelebad, Tumca igi aftse- bulis
aRniSvna uffto iyo; ai `foftToxali~

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ki _ sxva antiutopiebTan SedaftebiT _ namd- vilad
winaswaftmetyvelufti aRmoCnda.

antiutopia, faqtobftivad, aftsebuli sinamd- vilis

utftiftebuli modelia mxolod, oRond beftjess aftc ucdia
misi ftaime axali modelis Seqmna _ `foftToxali~
antiutopiis paftodia ufftoa; ftomanSi Txftoba piftveli
piftiT mim- dinafteobs, magftam amaod vecdebiT
masSi ftaime aRsaftebis msgavsis Ziebas _ igi
aRmsafteblufti pftozis paftodiacaa, Tavad
nawaftmoebis teqsti ki Tavisuflad SeiZleba
aRviqvaT ftogoftc joisiseuli Sinagani monologisa
da oftu- elis axali enis paftodiftebuli vaftianti.

mokled, fta Janftobftivi modelic unda mi-

vusadagoT, `foftToxali~ yovelTvis waft-
mogvidgeba ftogoftc nebismiefti Janftis eftesi. amitom
advili misaxvedftia, Tu ftatom veft gaiazftes Tavis
dftoze aleksis mxatvftuli saxe
winaswaftmetyvelebad: TviT winaswaftme-
tyvelebis meqanika iyo metismetad ftTuli, uffto
swoftad, gaftTulebuli. aleksis suli- efti naTesaoba
60-ianel meamboxeebTan siRftm- iseuli siaxlovea
da afta zedapiftul-publi- cistufti. maT nihilizmi
aeftTianebT, Toftem, Tavis paftizel Tu niu-ioftkel
TanamoZmeTagan

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gansxvavebiT, alekss politika sul fexebze hkidia,
xolo `biTlzis~ Roll Over, Beethoven albaT
mkftexeluftadac ki moeCveneboda. ftasak- viftvelia,
beftjess SeeZlo ftomanSi imTaviTve
gadaenacvlebina aqcentebi, moexsna yovel- gvafti
postmodeftnistuli SeniRbva da uffto cxadad
moexdina Tavisi winaswaftmetyvelebis meqanikis
demonstftifteba, magftam es CvenSi gavftcelebuli
modufti Tqma ftom gamoviyenoT, ueWvelad misi
mweftlufti mftwamsis Ralati iqneboda...

ftac Seexeba TviT ideas, beftjesi eftetiko- sia swofted

kanonikufti gagebiT: kaTolikufti aRmsafteblobis
mweftlisTvis fundamentuft pftincipad Tavisufali neba,
Tavisufali aft- Cevani _ uffto swoftad, am pftincipis
abso- lutizacia qceula. Tanamedftove liteftatu- ftuli
kftitika beftjess netafti avgustines saxelganTqmuli
oponentis, swofted im pe- lagiusis memkvidftedac ki
miiCnevs, ftomelic aRafftTovanebda eftazm
ftoteftdamels da ne- ftvebs uSlida luTefts...

da entoni beftjesic _ mweftali, liteftatu-

ftaTmcodne, publicisti da kompozitofti, fto- goftc
WeSmaftit eftetikoss SeSvenis, SesaSufti

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SeupovftobiT aviTaftebs Tavis TxzulebebSi
Tavisufali aftCevanis uzenaesobis pftincips,
liteftatuftuli fandebiTac ftom SeniRbos saTqmeli.
misi ideebis pftotagonistebi iSvia- Tad aftian
`dadebiTi gmiftebi~, xSiftad ki idea ftamdenime,
eftTmaneTisagan sftuliad gansxvave- bul
peftsonaJSia gafantuli. `foftToxalSi~ aseTi
pftotagonisti TiTqos Caftli kapela- nia _ loTi da
kaftieftisti mRvdeli; kidev eftTi kaTolike (da
eftetikosi!) mweftlis, gftem gftinis dakompleqsebul
gmiftebs ftom mogva- gonebs, magftam ftogoftc
patftiotuli ftitofti- kis moZule jeimz joisma (aseve
kaTolikem da aseve eftetikosma) samSoblosadmi
siyvaftuli
`ulises~ meSvide epizodSi mavani iftlandieli oftatoftis
paftodiftebuli sityviT gaamJRavna, entoni beftjesis
SemoqmedebiTi kftedoc misi yvelaze
saxelganTqmuli ftomanis meoftex- aftisxovani
gmiftis _ bedovlaTi, `im Cemis mw- eftlis~
daumTavftebeli Txzulebis fftagmen- tiTaa
gadmocemuli: `...yovelgvafti mcdeloba, Tavs
movaxvioT adamians _ aftsebas mzaftdsa da RvTis
bageebze sitkboebis SesaZlo momtans _ Tavs
movaxvioT-meTqi kanonebi da is piftobebi,
meqanikufti qmnilebisaTvis ftom ufftoa Sesaf- eftisi, ai
amis winaaRmdeg mivmaftTav me kalams
_ Cems eftTadeftT maxvils...~
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 `meqanikufti foftToxlis~ am Tavisebuft iu-
bilesTan dakavSiftebiT, ftomelsac inglisis
liteftatuftul da musikaluft wfteebSi yov- lad
seftiozulad aRniSnaven, eftTi is SeiZle- ba vTqvaT,
ftom am mxftiv mas CvenSi, ubftalod, gaumaftTla:
1990 wels piftvelad gamovida wi- namdebafte
Taftgmani, ftomelSic mSvenivftadaa
gadmoqaftTulebuli mweftlis ekleqtikufti, faftuli
aluziebiTa da fteminiscenciebiT dax- unZluli teqsti.
es imanac ganapiftoba, ftom TviT oftiginalisadmi
midgomac gaftkveul- wilad eftetikuli iyo: Taftgmani
ise Tanabftad miedineba, quCis Cxubis scenebic ki(!)
ise bune- bftivadaa aRweftili, mkiTxvelSi eWvis
gftZno- bas aRZftavs _ aq ftaRacaSia saqmeo...
an fta gasakviftia _ ukve miveCvieT kidec, ftom
Ta- namedftove liteftatuftuli nawaftmoebis Taftg-
mans, ftogoftc wesi, cotaTi mainc unda aCndes
naZaladeobis, xelovnuftobis kvali, ftac misi
`ucxouftobis~ sabuTad iTvleba. magftam fto- manSi
inglisuftenovani mkiTxvelisaTvis ucxo ftusicizmebic
ki zedmiwevniT bunebftivadaa
`gadmoqaftTulebuli~ da aseTi saftkisebufti simetftia
swoftedac ftom saWifto efeqts iZl- eva:
ingliselisTvis totalitaftizmi mainc fantastikaa,
beftjesis ftusul-inglisufti _ hipoTetufti, xelovnufti
ena, CvenTvis ki es

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yvelafefti yoveldRiufti, yofiTi ftealoba
gaxlavT...

magftam, miuxedavad amisa an SeiZleba sulac

amitom, qaftTul Taftgmans oftiginalis bedi dahyva.
kaftgi ucxoeli mweftlis kaftgi Taftg- mani CvenSi
mudam liteftatuftul (da afta mx- olod liteftatuftul)
movlenad aRiqmeboda: mTaftgmnels lamis oftiginalis
avtoftze met pativs miagebdnen da liteftatuftis special-
istTa wfteSi bunebftivad ixsenieboda imgvafti
aftabunebftivi ftam, ftogofticaa `maCablis Se- qspifti~,
`vaxuStis hafezi~, `gogiaSvilis ftable~,
`weftedianis viioni~, `jemal ajiaS- vilis ebftauli
poezia~ da a.S., magftam `meqa- nikufti foftToxali~
mainc veft gaxda `Wumbu- ftiZis beftjesi~. liteftatuftulma
kftitikam piftSi wyali Caiguba da socialuft-politi- kufti
viTaftebis simwvavemac iTamaSa gaftkveuli ftoli,
magftam mTavafti aq mainc sxvaa: `foftTox- lis~
qaftTuli Taftgmani, ftogoftc TavisTavadi Riftebuleba,
oftiginaliviT eftetikuli su- liskveTebisaa: eftetikuli
ftogoftc CvenSi damkvidftebuli mTaftgmnelobiTi
pftincipebis, ise mTlianad daxavsebuli liteftatuftuli
tftadiciebis mimaftT, oRond es yvelafefti mxatvftul
qsovilSi isea Camaluli, dRemde

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aftc aftavin aRSfoTebula da aftc cvlilebebis JiniT
anTebula...

ftas izam, eftTi aTi welic kidev davicadoT,

saiubileo TaftiRebs fta gamogvilevs.

daviT zuftabiSvili

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 kari pirveli

1.

`ha, vSvebiT ftames?~

oTxni viyaviT: sami Cemi bftatka da me _ al-

eksi. im ToSi, bneli zamTftis saRamos yvelani
`faqizoSi~ CavjeqiT da vbalamutobdiT. Cven, oTxni
_ me, piti, joftji-biWi da bnelo _ eg maftTla bneli
ega da, Zmebo, Tqven aba, fta gemaxsovftebaT, fta
kaftgis ftame iyo es ftZis baftebi _ gaftSemo ise
swftafad icvleba axla yvelafefti da xalxic yvelafefts
male ivi- wyebs, gazeTsac ki aRaftavin kiTxulobs
xei- ftianad. mokled, mTeli muRami is iyo, Zftoxa
ftasac iwvelis, Sig fto kide Caumatebdi ftame iseTs _
bebiamagaTisam, sasmelebs magaT aft
ayidvinebdnen da vis ftaSi ekiTxeboda kai ana-
duRaft ftZeSi ftas Caiyftidi da gesva mefte SenT- vis
sintemeskiT Tu dftenqftomiT Tu kide sxva ftam
axali ftameftumeebiT nazavi da mefte genaxa TiSi da
RmeftTi da dacemul angelozTa das- tis gftiali Seni
maftcxena fexis wveftze da mTeli es feieftveftki
tvinSi... sxva dftos kide ftame gulis mosafxans
CauSvebdi qafqafa ftZe- Si, avaftdebodi da ftaRac
iseTs dauwyebdi Ze-

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bnas, TviTon fto aft iyavi azftze. swofted mag- isTanas
vsvamdiT im saRamos, Zmebo, da axla ki migdeT
yufti.
jibe savse gvqonda da vis ftaSi gvWiftdeboda
vinme bexfteki biZa migvegdo bnel moxveulSi
da sanam sisxlis fuftTxebaSi iqneboda, oTxze
gagveTvala mayuTi an vinme kankala da TmagaTe-
Tftebuli yvavisTvis pofttmani dagvewefta sadme
vitftinasTan, pleti migveca da piftSi gulis
ReWvamde gveZunZula qloSiniT...

magftam fta, maftTla fuliT xo aft izomeba

yvelafefti.

`vSvebiT ftames?..~

oTxive magafti dazmanuli davdiodiT _ Zve- li

gagebiT, ftaRa Tqma unda, da maSin es iyo Zaan-
Zaan Semotkecili Savi Saftvali, winidan
TeZoebze naWeft-naWeft Cakeftebuli da mucels
qvemoT amokftuli ftezinis ftame figuftiT _ Tan cota
gicavda kidec da Tan polumftakSic kaft- gad
moCanda, xoda, Cemi did Sav obobas gavda, pits
zed muWi hqonda Camocmuli, joftji-biWs kide
yvavili gadaefuftCqna keklucad... eftTi eg sawyali
bnelo gvyavda, baiyuSi iyo namd- vili, aftc cisa
esmoda ftame, aftc miwisa _ Sen-

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sas aftafefts gaigonebda da sakuTafti kide fta
daaeWvebda _ ciftkis masxaftas bftiyvuli sifa- Ti
amoedo lajebSi da kmayofilze-kmayofili
dablayunebda.

zemodan kide Jiletebi _ didze didi, li-

pebdadebuli pleCoebiT, oRond es ise, maftTla
bfteqianebze saRadaod. da, Zmebo, ugalstukod
ftomeli goimi gaivlida maSin da Cvenc gveke- Ta
tkicina da sul TeTfti-TeTfti, alag-alag gamozomilad
daxvftetili. Tmas ki mokleze viWftidiT _ skolaSi fto
gvTxovdnen ise, da samagieftod fexsacmelebi
gvqonda umaRlesi, cxviftmagafti, dasafttymelad piftveli
iyo.

`vSvebiT-meTqi ftames?~

iqve axloSi sami wiwkvi ujda magidas, ma- gftam

Cven aqeT oTxni viyaviT da viRaca mefte
mecamete goWiviT iqneboda. glejaze ki ecvaT
— gftZeli, Savi swofti-swofti kabebi da sisxl- isfefti,
mwvane da yviTeli bumbulebi gaeftWoT TmebSi
da daRebilebi iyvnen, nu ityvi _ cis- afttyelebi
Tvalebis gaftSemo da tuCebzec _ fena-fena. pawia
jiqnebze kide liTonis TiTo bftoSka zed vinme
biWis saxeliT _ joni an maiki, an misi jani:
aqaoda, im axvftebis mosago-

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nafti, ftomlebTanac Cveni qalwulobis meToTx- mete
wlisTavze vibaiftameTo.
ftaRac uSnod ki gviJuJunebdnen Tvalebs da is
iyo, cali ybiT unda wamebufttyuna, iqneb es Cveni
sabftalo bnelo cota CavabneloT eftTi patafta
sintemeskianiT, movtexoT da mefte samma avudoT
ambavSi-meTqi, magftam gadavifiqfte _ bnelo
gaftegnobiTac is iyo, ftac saxeli eftqva, magftam
boRmac iyo, dagimaxsovftebda da mefte CxubSi
Cem mtefts moxvda magisi wixli.

Cem gveftdiT, kedlis gayolebaze, klienti ijda,

Tvalebi ukve CaSuSeboda da aftistot- eleseuli
SftoSanis Sftoma Safts sdebs inte- leqtso _ Tu
ftaRac amdagvafts espofteboda sakuTaft gogftas.
mokled, mwifed iyo, albaT ukve gaRmac iyo
gadasuli da, RmeftTmani, Zmebo, swofted maSin
movedi azftze, fto faxistoba iyo eg da sxva aftafefti:
gana fta, me aft vmjdaftvaft egfte CaftZevebuli da
gaftSemo TiTqo yvelafefti Zvelad xdeboda _
yvelafefts xedav, naRdad: magidebs, biWebs,
xmebic gesmis, naSebsac Tiftav, magftam TiTqo es
yvelafefti adfte iyo da axla ki aRaftafeftia. mefte kide
sakuTafti fexsacmlis wvefts daaSteftdebi an ftame
wefttils da xaft ase gaTiSuli, magftam Tan Signidan
injRftevi Zveli vagoniviT, imdens injRftevi, bolos
Sengan aRa-

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ftafefti ftCeba _ aftc saxeli, aftc xoftci, aftc aftafefti,
magftam sul fexebze gkidia da mefte an is
fexsacmlis wvefti, an fftCxili naTdeba, oqftosfeftdeba,
mefte ifeTqebs da qfteba da axla ftaRac laqa sadme
Saftvalze diddeba, diddeba, mTeli samyafto iqceva
Sig, Senc Sig Sedixaft da bebeft mamaRmeftTs
askdebi TaviT an sulac vinme sxvas da mefte ki
Tavdeba yvelafefti _ isev aqa xaft, piftRia da
enagamSftali da suls Zlivs ibftuneb. afta, sadRac ki
aswoftebs, ma- gftam sadRac texavs _ kaci maftTla
imisTvis xo aft gaCndi, sul daqliavde. es kide bolo-
bolo mTlianad gamogwuftavs da fta Cem fexebad
vaftgixaft mefte.

`ha-meTqi, vqnaaT ftame?~

kvadftafoni gftialebda da xma TiTqos baftis

kuTxidan kuTxeSi gadadioda, kedlidan ke- dels
awydeboda, mefte WeftSi avaftdeboda da bo- los
iatakze ifSxvneboda JRftialiT: staftika beftti laski
ubeftavda im naTftev hits _ `vidfte CemTan xaft~. is
Citi kide, TavSi mwvane fftTa fto qonda gaftWobili,
ise atftialebda TeZoebs, TiTqosda maftTla naRd
ftameze yofiliyo ava- ftdnili. nel-nela nemsebis
Cxvleta vigftZeni da biWmac, mgoni, Tavi
wamoyo...

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 `aba, audeT!~ _ daviyefe ucbad da eftTi ge- moze
vwepe im bliyvs, Cem gveftdiT fto gaTi- Suli
ijda, magftam ftad ginda _ ise iyo CaS- vebuli,
mainc Tavisas eftekeboda: telefonis xazi da
daxazuli caftieli xaTfti da xavxavi... da ase
gauTaveblad. afta uSavs, meofte dRes civ- civ
safenebs veRaft moicilebda saxidan.

`eg sada?~ _ ikiTxa joftji-biWma.

`ise, gaviaftoT~, _ veubnebi, _ `iqneba Ta- visiT

dagveCiTos ftame~.

da gavediT Cven oTxni did zamTftis Rames da

qaftian quCas davuyeviT da, RmeftTmani, Zmebo,
piftvelsave mosaxvevSi vipoveT, ftasac veZebdiT
— patafta samxiaftulo, gulis gadasayolebe- li am civi
Ramis bnelSi: eftTi bebefti aCkaftiki moCanCalebda
kedel-kedel, xveleb-xvelebiT, sufTa pftafesofta tipi,
iRliaSi wignebis gftova amoeCafta. naRdad
sajaftodan modioda, sxva vin sifti dadis axla iq da
TavSi fexi aft unda gqondes, magis filtvebisa da
gaquculi paltos patftoni aqeT-iqiT dafftatunobde am
ToS bnel RameSi? gana vin WkuaTxeli inteli- genti
moqalaqe gamova am dftos gafteT, ftoca gazeTebSi
policia sul kadftebis naklebobas

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uCivis, Cven kide _ axalgazftda, momavlis bi- Webi
_ welebze fexs vidgamT, yovelRame wftee- bs
vufttyamT aRma-daRma da es SuSabandebian- ic
axla albaT eftTadeftTi gviani moClaxune iqneboda
ubanSi.

jeft nela davupadxodeT, mSvidad, wesieftad

davudeqiT win da veubnebi: `Cven bodiSi, ba- tono
Cemo _ eftTi patafta gadaudebeli saqme gvaqvs
gasaftCevi TqvenTan~. cota ki damandfta- Jda, ase,
oTxni fto daveCiTeT zftdilad da Ri- miliT, magftam
Sipiti aft dauwyia, mxolod xma auwikvinda skolis
maswavlebeliviT da Tavisi mokle WkuiT Zaan
mkacftad CagvekiTxa _ `ftao, fta gnebavT?~

`vxedav, ftom wignebi dagaqvT Tan~, _ veub-

nebi, _ `maftTla mikvifts, Cvens dampal dftoSi da
aseTi nakiTxi kaci!~

`fta... ftogoft TqviT?.. ho, diax...~ _ axla ki maftTla

daibna, gakviftvebuli Semomyuftebs da, mgoni,
muxlebic ukankalebs cota.

`diax-diax~, _ veubnebi, _ `da swofted ftom

didad damavalebT, batono Cemo, Tu nebas
damftTavT da emag wignebSi CamaWyitebT cali

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TvaliT. Cems dReSi kaftg, sufTa, dauWmuWnav
wignze uffto aftafefti myvaftebia~.
`e-e... unda ganaxoT?..~ _ abluyunda is Cemisa,
magftam pitma aRaft acala, Sustftad daawefta sami
cali da iqve dagviftiga. bnelo daftCa maftto uwignod
da idga viTom Zaan daRvftemili saxiT. me
kaftgis ftame Semxvda:
`kftistalogftafiis safuZvlebi~ _ vfuftclav da vaqeb:
`mSvenieftia, Zmebo, SesaniSnavia _ sainteftesocaa
da Tan Wkuis saswavlebelic~,
— mefte ucbad TiTqo xma miwydeba, sinanuliT
vaqnev Tavs da sevdanaftevi gamoxedviT veubnebi:
`magftam es fta bilwi sityva weftebula ageft?
xmamaRla Tqmisac mftcxvenia da a-aseT ftames ki
namdvilad aRaft movelodi, batono, Tqvengan!~

`fta?.. moica, momismineT!..~ _ eftTi ki wamoi-

knavla, magftam vin fta mousmina, iqve joftji-
biWi CaeftTo: `ftasaa, fto bodialob, ageft Cem- Tan
mTlad iseTi ftamea, me magis wamkiTxveli aRafta
vaft _ eftTi sityva t-ze iwyeba da meofte kide p-ze!~

magis wigns `Tovlis kftistalis saocfteba- ni~

ewefta zed.

sawyalma bnelom mainc fto aft gadaamlaSos,

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aft SeuZlia _ eftTi aftc gadaufuftclavs, ise daabftexva:
pitis wignSi kide isa weftia, ftac im biWma im
gogos uyo da suftaTebic blomadaa Sigo. mefte esec
aft ikmafta da Tavis mxftiv daama- ta: didi
gaTaxsiftebuli vinme yofilxaftTo.

`aba, Tqveni asakis kaci amas ftogoft unda

kadftulobdes~, _ veubnebi da wignidan saTi- Taod
vxev fuftclebs. joftji-biWic amyva da bnelo kide
pits `ftomboedftuli sistemebis~ dafxftewaSi
exmafteboda. afta, eftTi mogasmeni- naT, fta wivil-
kivili moftTo aCkaftikam: ftas SvebiTo, ftas
sCadiTo, Cemi ki aftaa, wignebi municipalufti
sakuTftebaao, vandalebi xaft- To da fta vici, kide
fta aRaft gvakadfta. mefte sul daufStvina _ gveca da
Zaan-Zaan vaJka- cuftad ZiZgilaoba dagviwyo _
viTom im saun- jis waftTmeva undoda Tavis
WkuiT. `ai axla ki maftTla daisjebiT, batono
Cemo~, _ veubnebi,
— `maftTla, maftTla, maftTla~.

is kftistalebis wigni kai magafti ftame iyo: gemoze

akinZuli, sqelydiani, Zvelad maftTla namusianad
akeTebdnen nivTebs, gaZlebaze. ma- gftam bolos
mainc davanakuwe da aWyivlebul pftafesoftas
davayafte Tavze Tovlis fifqe- biviT. biWebs magfta
gauswoftdaT, TavianTebic

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sul daglijes da fuftclebs haeftSi isftod- nen, bnelo
kide davlufts uvlida da gaiZaxo- da: `egec Sen,
dampalo, gaftyvnilo bebftuxana intligento, Sena!~

mefte pitma xelebi daugftixa ukan, joftji- biWma

kide yanyftatoSi waavlo, pifti daafCeni- na da eftTi
iseTi gauqana Jangian ybaSi, oftive pftotezi eftTad
gamouyafta, zedac da qvedac. me kide fexsacmliT
Sevdeqi zed da imdeni vuft- tyi qusli, sanam sul
nafSxvenebad aft vaqcie. ise, kai keftketi ki iyo,
ftaRac axali plas- tikisagan akeTebeno,
gamigonia. pftafesofta axla buybuys mohyva da
cofianiviT idoftble- boda, xoda joftji-biWmac xeli
uSva da axla tuCebSi daakefta kai magftad, Tan
kide beWedic ekeTa TiTze da dainTxa sisxli,
Zmebo, da fta lamazad mefte _ sul wveT-wveT-
wveTad Camo- dioda! oRond magis kvnesa-xavilis
Tavi aRaft gvqonda, pijaki da Saftvalic gavaZfteT,
mefte pitma eftTi gvaftiani Witlayic dauada ukani-
dan da gauSva Tavis gzaze. miblayunobda da-
centftili, nifxav-peftangis amafta (iseTi Zveli da
gadakeftebul-gadakemsili iyo, bnelo lamis CaixftCo
yftoyiniT) da kai qeSi momReftaliviT sul ooo-s
gaiZaxoda. jibeebi davuCiTeT, sa- nam bnelo kide
cekvavda axla misi qolgiT

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xelSi, magftam bevfti veftafefti vixeifteT. oRond eg
iyo, ftaRaca Zveli weftili vipoveT, cxftaas samocSi
gamogzavnili, sul Cemo kaftgo da Cemo sayvaftelo
da amisTana sisuleleebiT savse da gasaRebi da
eftTic Zveli moSlili kalmist- afti. bnelo, fta Tqma
unda, iqve SeeSva qolgas, weftili daiTftia da
xmamaRla ukiTxavda caft- iel quCas, aqaoda
maftTla egeTi bnelic aft gegonoT, kiTxva mainc
vicio da `Zviftfaso~,
— moTqvamda pidaftastiviT, _ `sul Sen me-
daftdebi, Seni gulmaviwyobis ambavi ftom vici, iqneb
Tbilad Cacmac aft gagaxsendes, am amindSi gafteT
ftom gamoxval da gacieba axla SenTvis aftafftiT aft
SeiZleba...~ amaze kinaRam pifti gaexa
yuftebamde da CabJiftebas aftafefti uklda.
`geyofa~, _ veubnebi, _ `SeeSvi~. Saftvlis jibeSi
kide cota xuftda vipoveT da eftTmaneTs
vejibftebodiT: vin Softs moisftoda, aba eg fta fafta
iyo, qaTmis sakenki, jibes dagvimZimebda maftto.
mefte qolga mivamtvftieT, tansacmelic
davakusokeT da naWeft-naWeft gavataneT qafts.
es iyo sul pftafesoftas mosagonafti. bevfti aftafefti,
fta Tqma unda, da Cven bodiSi, Tu cota
mogawyineT, Rame jeft win gvedo da Caft-
Zevebulebs ZaftRvebSic gemoze gvCxvletda.
axla eftTi is gvindoda, cota suli mogveTqva sadme
wynaftad, vinmes davnaxvebodiT da mefte

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Tavic mogveqona, alibi dagveadebina da baftem
ftame axali vaftiantic gagveTvala. mayuTi, xom
giTxaftiT, yvelas gviWyaoda cot-cota da zed
sentftal-eviniuze, `ioftkis dukas~ baftSi Sev-
TftixindiT. afta, ise Zaan wesieftad viqceodiT,
Rimilianad, kaftgad aRzftdili kai ojaxiS- vili
ymawvilebi, kai wesiefti saRamo mSvido- bisaTi,
da ftas xedavs Cveni mSveniefti, naTeli Tvalebi:
sami Tu oTxi babuSka dayuncula da wyalwyala
yavasa da naRebian siftops wftupaven
— pensiebis aRebis dRe hqondaT albaT da
dagvinaxes Tu afta, glazkebi gaufaftTovdaT,
bebftuli klanWebi aukankaldaT, eftTs siftopic daeqca
da, mokled, ftaRaca isqeses; iman kide, saxe ftukas
fto miugavda sibeftisagan, isic ki waiClifina: eftTi
sawyali moxuci, mafttox- ela qalebi vaftT, vis ftas
giSavebTo. magftam Cven xom, ftogoft
gekadftebaT, sul kbilebs vasxivebdiT da welSi
vikakvebodiT, mefte baft- mens gavZaxeT da oTxi
`veteftani~ moviTxoveT (Cefti-bftendiSi gafteuli ftomi
_ maSin es Siki iyo, zogic kide limonis naTals
uSvebda Sig da es viTom ukve kanaduft ambavSi
gadioda), mefte ki veubnebiT: `ai am tkbil
mandilosnebs
— Cvengan eftTi patafta mosakiTxi fftanguli
koniaki, TiTos TiTo da namcxvftebi da kftemi- ani
siftopi!~_ da ftac gvqonda, mTeli fuli

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cxviftwin davulageT. is yvavebi kide ise daib- nen,
Zlivs madlobebs CifCifebdnen ukbilod da Tan
mainc Tvalebs aqeT-iqiT acecebdnen ftaRac
goTveftnobis molodinSi. bolo-bolo cota maSin
dawynaftdnen, misamaftTebi fto dava- tovebineT
baftmenTan, xval dilaze kide oxftad sasusnavi saxlSi
unda mogaftTvan-Tqo. giJebs gavdnen lakomkebi.
mefte gavafftTxileT, daicaT, axlave davbftundebiT-
Tqo da gafteT gavikftifeT.

`kai saqmea, maftTla dobfti vinmed gftZnob

Tavs~, _ Tqva pitma. bnelos kide zed etyo- boda,
gagebaSi fto aft iyo, magftam pontaobda _ emand
glupi aft gamovCndeo da uxmod moabo- tebda.
mokled, meofte quCaze gavediT, iq eftTi patafta
maRazia gveguleboda Ria. sami-oTxi Tve axloSi
aft gavkaftebivaftT da wynaftad iqne- bodnen. policiac
aft Canda _ am dReebSi iqiTa sanapiftoze qondaT
blomad saqme, aqauftoba ki axla SedaftebiT mSvid
ubnad iTvleboda. niR- bebi gavikeTeT _ maftTla
kaftgi nakeTebi iyo, sul istoftiuli piftebis ftoJebi (Tu
iyiddi, saxelebs mefte geubnebodnen) da me viRac
diz- ftaeli viyavi, pits elvis pftesli Sexvda, joft- ji-
biWi kide henfti ftomeliRaca, mgoni, meftve iyo, da
sawyali bnelo, ftogoftc yovelTvis, dagveCagfta _
viRac piJoni poeti p.b. Seli

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Camoifxata Tavze. yvelafefti zed hqonda, Tmac da
tuCebic ki moZftaobda da Tu gindoda, da- kecils
Camalavdi fexsacmelSi _ ftaRac Tx- elze Txeli
plastiki, ftas aRaft gamoigoneben, RmeftTmani, da
Cumad SevlagdiT samni, piti kide atandaze
dadga gafteT, Tumca fta iyo aq samandftaJo.

maRaziis mepatftone vinme slausi bftZande-

boda, eftTi oylayi, Ripgadmogdebuli uftia,
dagvinaxa da wamSi iynosa, ftac xdeboda, Se-
tftialda da daxls iqiT dagaza _ naRdSi an
signalizaciis CamftTveli eqneboda kedelze an
datenili dufta _ ujftaSi. magftam magas vin Wamda _
bnelom mokleze moxia, Stabelebad dalagebul
ftaRac paketebsa da kolofebze gadaTftixinda da
zed daxlTan waaswfto. eftTi ganaxaT, fta ambavi
atyda, ofti mozvefta fto Caef- skvna eftTmaneTs da
moftTes goftiali da ftasac daejaxebodnen, fta
gadauftCebodaT, sul Zifts gadmoSvavda yvelafefti.
iyo eftTi msxvfteva-mt- vfteva, jaxi da fxftawani.
xmauftze qalbatonma slausma Semoyo Tavi, jeft
kaftSi gaiyina, mefte Tvalebi gadmocvenaze
gauxda da piftic fto daaRo, maSinRa mivxvdi, fta
siftenasac CaftTavda
— daRebil tuCebSi Cavavle xeli da xma-meTqi,
— veubnebi, _ magftam im CaTlaSkam ise Camkbi-

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la, lamis aqeT gavxdi gasaCumebeli. gavuqane da
simwftisagan cota zedmetic momivida _ Tavi beTqa
kedels da iqve Caikeca. samagieftod sisx- li
wamouvida saxeze lamazad, tuCebis fefts
exameboda. Smotkebi SemovaxieT ise, saRadaod,
mefte davyuftebdi ftogoft iwva ZuZuebgadmoy- ftili
da kvnesoda da eftTi ki gavifiqfte: xom aft-meTqi,
magftam jeft win iyo Rame. salaftodan mTeli fuli
gamovxveteT, TiTom TiTo Zvifti- ani kolofi
kamfetebic daviTftieT da maftTla kmayofilebi
daviTeseT iqidan.

`kai janaviki yofila eg Cemisa~, _ waibuft- tyuna

uceb bnelom. Sevxede da, Zmebo, maftTla fteCxi
miyo gulma: WuWyiani iyo, aCaCuli da
TmaabuftZgnili, sayeloc moglejaze hqonda
— mokled, naCxubaftsa gavda; iyo kidec, ftaRa
Tqma unda, magftam kacs eg zed aft unda getyo-
bodes, Toftem Safti aft agcdeba. amitomac mi-
vdeqiT bftatkebi, cxviftsaxocebi davaZvfteT,
neftwyviT davnameT da davuwyeT pawias
wmenda. saaTs davxede: aTi wuTis wamosulebi
viyaviT
`dukadan~. tempSi davgazeT da fto mivediT,
Cveni babuSkebi iqve iyvnen, Zan-Zaan svetskad
wftupavdnen konos.
`gaamoT, gaamoT, gogoebo~, _ veubnebiT, imaT
kide Zvelebuftad gaabes: `gmadlobT, ymawvilebo,
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gaizaftdeT, RmeftTma xeli mogimaftToT, sul
kaftgad gamyofoT, sul~. isev CamovftekeT zafte- bi
da yelgamSftalebma axla ludSi CaSvebuli ftomi
moviTxoveT, kamfetebi ki Cvens bebftuxana
daqalebs davuftigeT. mefte wynaftad ise vekiTxebi:
`Cven sul aq vzivaftT TqvenTan, mTeli saRamo,
fexic aft mogvicvlia, afta Tu?~ wamsve iazftes am
yvavebma da moyvnen Tavebis kantufts: `ki,
biWebo, ki, Tvali aft mogvicilebia TqvenTvis,
Zalian kaftgad iqceodiT, Zalian~. Tan yluftwaven,
aft aviwydebaT.

kacma fto Tqvas, an ftaSi gvWiftdeboda es

yvelafefti _ kaftga naxevafti saaTi gavida, sanam
policias ubnis gaCiTvis azftma SeuRitina tvinSi
da Tanac CvenTan ofti sul mTlad lawift- aki yayaCo
Semoblayunda, sicivisagan loyebi at- kecodaT da
Zaan, Zaan mkacfti saxiT gvekiTxebian:
`slausis maRaziaSi fta ambavi iyo, aftafefti ga-
gigoniaT?~

`Cven?~ _ gavikviftve _ `afta, aftafefti... mox- da

ftame?~

`Zaftcva da Zaladoba. col-qmafti saavadmyof- oSi

moaTavses. Tqven aq ftamdeni xania sxedxaftT?~
`es lapaftaki ftaRac aft momwons~, _ veubnebi

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— `ftaRac binZufti insinuaciebis suni mcems. Zaan,
Zaan pftovokaciuli lapaftakia, diax~.
aq ki es Cveni babuSkebi eftTxmad ayiyindnen:
`maftTlaco, es fta dakiTxvaao, Tu gindaT ico- deT,
es mSveniefti, zftdili, wesiefti biWunebi ftaxania aqa
sxedan, sul Cven Tvalwin iyvneno, aseTi kaftgi,
sasiamovno axalgazftdebi meti aft gvinaxavso~. _ da
ase da amgvaftad.

policiamac wamSi ukan daixia: Cvenao, _

moyvnen Tavis maftTlebas _ vis fta Seuftacxyofa
mivayeneT, mxolod vikiTxeTo, samsaxufti gvaqvs
aseTi, Toftem ki aft gvexalisebao. bolo-bolo
gatftialdnen da wavidnen, oRond manamde eftTi
Zaan, Zaan mkacftad da gamafftTxileblad mainc
gamogvxedes. Cven kide tuCebi avuwftupuneT, Tan
ise, Cven _ CvenTvis, viTomc aq aftafefti. oRond
cotaTi mainc gamityda _ aba fta kaifia, sul ase
upftagonod midiodes, ftasac Caifiqfteb, cota oflic xo
unda gamogivides kacs.

Tumca naRdi Rame jeft sad iyo. 2.

maleve wamovediT iqidan da iqve moxveul- Si

viRac bebeft gatftetil loTs gadavawydiT,

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vasmioftkebs uvlida tftotuaftze, ZvelisZ- vel
mamapapuft ftaRacas Rftialebda da pamp pamp
pamp _ SigadaSig viTom akompanements ay-
olebda Tavis Cambal WkuaSi. me fto mkiTxo, ai
amaze gulisamftevi aftafeftia _ aqoTebuli
Tvalebmibletili loTi, Ramis Cum quCaSi mTeli
gftZnobiT fto bRavis da Tanac kide _ amisTana
CamiCi. cali xeli qeCoSi wavavle da meoftiT gemoze
vdftuze yuftis ZiftSi, is kide mainc Tavisas
ubeftavda: `kaci vaft da qudi mx- uftavs, qeds aft vuxfti
aftavi-i-s...~ mefte bnelo- mac gamoiRo xeli da axla
ki cota movida azftze da gamoiftTo, magftam ucbad
simReftidan tempSi jijRinze gadavida: `modi, Se
dampalo nabiWvafto, Sena _ modi, mainc aftafefti
damftCe- nia am cxovftebaSi da aRaftc sicocxle
minda am dampal qveyanaze da aftc aftafefti!..~
amaze Sustftad yuftebi vcqvite, bnelo ftogoftRac
gavaCefte da veubnebi: `afta, mainc ftato aRaft
gindaT, ha? Zan-Zaan dampali ftomaa, imito?~
xandaxan meintefteseba kidec es mamaCemis xnis
tvingamolayebulebi ftas bodialoben xolme
cxovftebaze da qveyanaze da saeftTod.

`dampalia da aqoTebuli da aba fta iqneba

TqvenisTana ZaRliSvilebi bebeft kacs ftom mi-
adgebian da aRaftc SiSi aqvT da aRaftc moftide-

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ba da aRaftc aftafefti!~ _ ise gahkioda, viTom oxftad
xalxi edga win, xelebs aqeT-iqiT iqnev- da da iyo
eftT ambavSi. am dftos iseTi gftZnoba mqonda,
TiTqo nawlavebSi ubuybuyebda ftac CaxeTqa da
veft moenelebina da axla iqauftobas aqoTebda eg
Cemis gadangfteuli, is kide idga qadagad da
Tavisas moTqvamda: `moxucebs mainc aRaft
daedgomebaT am qveyanaze da mec sul fexebze
mkidia, iseTi mTvftali vaft, ftac unda mifttyaT, mainc
veft vigftZnob da Tu sulac mi- masikvdilebT, kide
madlobas getyviT...~ amaze cota gagvecina,
magftam aftafefti gviTqvams, iman ki isev gautia, aba
magisTanas TavisiT fta gaa- Ceftebda: `kaci
mTvafteze dajda da eSmakma icis, kide sad wava
da miwaze ki aiftia yvelafefti, aRaftc wesia, aRaftc
kanoni da TqvenisTana ban- ditebis xelSia
qveyana!..~ mefte uceb tuCebi gamobefta da
swofted imisTana buzika aft gauS- va, Cven ftom
policielebs vupuwunebdiT! da mefte, viTomc
aftafefti, isev ise mohyva Rnavils:
`samSoblo Cemo, lamazo-o...~ aba amas vin giJi
SeaftCenda _ kedelze mivagdeT da kaftga gemoze
vTeTqeT, vidfte ludiani naftwyevi aft gadmouSva
piftidan. iseTi sazizRafti sanaxavi iyo, xels vinRa
miakaftebda _ daZneyveba vacaleT da mefte
wixlebiT SevdeqiT, imdeni vufttyiT, lamis iyo dedis
xseni amovuyvaneT da is naftwyeviani pifti

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sakuTafti sisxliT kaftgad fto gamoiftecxa, meft- eRa
gavanebeT Tavi.
bolo-bolo am ambavsac movftCiT da gavud-
eqiT Cven gzas _ jeft isev nazi iyo Rame.

qalaqis qselis sadgufts SemovuafteT da bi- li-boic

Tavisi xuTi bftatkiT dabaftebuliviT iq aft daeftWo?
im dftos, Zmebo, TiTo bftiaJkaSi oTx-xuT kacze
meti aft gadioda da swoftec iyo: vTqvaT da Taza
manqanis awevas moindo- mebdi _ oTxi zustad
jdeba, eqvsze ki ukve mTeli bazafti iwyeboda. ai
ftoca gftupavoi mid- ioda, ubani _ ubanze, maSin
viyftebodiT xol- me mTeli batalioni, magftam ise
oTxi yvelaze naRdia. biliboize fta giTxftaT,
metsaxelad kakaSkas veZaxdiT da iseTi vinme iyo,
maftTla eftT natvftad mqonda sadme miyftuebulSi
Sevxve- dftodi _ gazeTili sqeli saxe axalamoyvanil
yvels miugavda da daSmotkil-dazmanulic sul oflSi
ixviTqeboda.

etyoba imaTac dagvaliveftes da im Zaan-Zaan

seftiozul saqmes SeeSvnen _ viRac gogoSkas
moaTftevdnen, cameti-ToTxmeti wlisa iqnebo- da,
metis afta: bili-bois misTvis cali xeli gadaegftixa da
meofte kide _ mis maftjvena xel- sa da piftvel vezifts _
puska leos. sacodavs

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kaba jeft zed hqonda, gaftTobas awi epiftebodnen da
is ki ukve Wyioda da cftemlebad iRvfteboda da fto
gauSves, sul oooo-s ZaxiliT mousva, maftto misi
Cxinki TeTfti fexebi davlande fan- ftis zolSi. isini
kide idgnen da gvelodnen mSvidad da wynaftad
da mivxvdi, ftaRa dftos muSti da cxviftmagafti
fexsacmeli iyo, axla iwyeboda Rame, naRdi _
daniTa da jaWvis tfti- aliT, bftitviT da yvelafftiT...

daviZaftiT maTken nela, Zalian nela da

xmamaRla ise viZaxi, kai xnis unaxav Zmakacs fto
waawydebi, swofted ise: `RmeftTo, ki momka- li,
nuTu es Cveni dedaimasqnebuli gazeTili bebefti
biliboia, fexsac fto veft amoadeb ge- moze _ ftac afta
aq, sad unda amoafttya mag day- veftils da Cemi
boi-biWi bili, iqneba da su- lac ukve Camogezaftda
kaklebi, ha?..~

xom giTxaftiT, eqvsni iyvnen-meTqi, magftam

aseT dftos Cveni bnelo sams udftida. eftTi eft- Tze
iWfteboda xolme _ tvini aft uWftida, ase vTqvaT,
Tofte quCis CxubSi mxeci iyo. welze jaWvs
ixvevda oftfad, moixsnida mefte da atfti- alebda
giJuftad, majac fto aft eRleboda da Tu mosdebda
vinmes, mefte meyole vaftdiviT... pits da joftjis
danebi evasebodaT, me kide Cemi

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muRami mqonda: eftTi ZvelisZveli, lesvisagan
galeuli samaftTebeli _ CemisTana gftZelf- exeba
da cepki tipisTvis, Tuki moxmafteba icis, ukeTesi aft
ginda; xmafteba kide Tu vinmem icoda, meoftec me
viyavi. piftvelsave Sexlaze, ftomeli- Raca fto
mebdRvna bftiyvulad, vugane da zuft- gidan
xelukuRma davusvi welze _ sufTad, nazad _ xoftcs
mgoni aftc gavkaftebivaft, xoda am gaqanebuli
sxvatkis dftos uceb dumebma aft ga- moanaTes
bnelSi! im Cemisas isedac aft moekiTxe- boda Wkua
da axla mTlad gadaiftia, suleli- viT daxtoda aqeT-
iqiT, uazftod iqnevda danas, sanam bnelos jaWvis
gawvdenaze aft aRmoCnda da uceb ftaRaca
gveliviT gaiklakna haeftSi sisiniT da zed TvalebSi
mosdo, wamSi gaTiSa da gaistumfta buCqebSi.
awyobilad vmuSaobdiT, aftaviTafti gacofeba da
male bilibois jila leoc miwaze egdo, kiseftze
jaWvmoxveuli, meofte bolo kide bnelos eWifta;
mainc scada gafafxufteba, magftam pitma qusli fto
Caazila kefaSi, isic moyuCda kaftga xniT.

axla ki SegveZlo eftTi-eftTze gavsuliyaviT, vis

visTan moepftianeboda da, me fta Tqma unda,
biliboi Sevitove _ magis gaxviTquli RaJRa- Ja badfti
mTvafte sifaTis dilixofti mqonda, pepelasaviT
vtancaobdi mis gaftSemo, eftT mxa-

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ftes gadavxtebodi da mefte ucbad meofte mxfti- dan
vcdilobdi saxeze mimewvdina bftitva. imas
gftZelpiftiani dana eWifta, Tanac maftcxenaSi,
magftam ftad ginda _ mZime iyo da mouqneli, me
kide, Zmebo, eftT ftamed miRiftda es koWli valsi:
maftcxniv da ofti-sami, maftjvniv da ofti- sami _ jeft eftT
yvftimalze davusvi, mefte meo- ftezec mivwvdi da
ifeTqa sisxlma, Sav-wiTel faftdebad daeSva mis
putkuna gazinzlul loyebze da mendeT, Zmebo, sul
sxva gemo hqon- da amas mTvaftis Suqze! es daTvi
biliboi kide viTomc aftafefti, isev moiwevda win
gaSveftili daniani caciaTi da isev imas cdilobda,
fto- goftme neknebSi etakebina wvefti.

uceb policiis manqanis siftena CaiftTo, mefte

meofte... im mtiftala gogoSkam Tu CagviSva _
iqve Senobis win avtomati idga, gvianRa movi- azfte.
biliboi da Zmani misni wamsve gatftiald- nen da
ukanmouxedavad dagazes.

miwaze dagdebuli moRuRune leo aftc gax-

senebiaT. `guls nu gaitex, biliboTe! ftodisme mainc
ise gamogfaSvav, wveTi zeTi aft SegftCeba!~
— mivaZaxe da Cvenc sapiftispifto mxaftes avudeT.

bevftic aft gviftbenia, is iyo, mokleze CavWeft-

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iT sanapiftosken, ftom siftenebis xmam sxva mx-
aftes gautia. axla ftaRac Cabnelebul SukaSi
movxvdiT, aqeT-iqidan ofti maRlivi koftpu- si
dayudebuliyo mTasaviT da yovel binaSi TiTo cisfefti
wefttili cimcimebda: am RamiT msoflio arxze
iqneboda yvela gadaftTu- li, ftaRac telesputniki
aqvT gaSvebuli da iqidan Tuftme dedamiwis luboi
wefttilSi Se- giZlia am pftogftamis miReba, magftam
ftad ginda, isev is bftiyvi komiki iqneba an ftame
idiotufti ToqSou, wamyvani sakuTafti situtuciT fto tk-
beba an vinme axali SxvaftTi negftitosi _ saSu- alo
klasis, saSualo gagebis, saSualo fanta- ziis mqone
mayufteblis saToxlavi... siftenebis xma aRaft ismoda
da Cvenc wynaftad mivalajeb- diT, maftto sabftalo
bnelos moeRftica kisefti zemoT yuftebiT _ patafta
bavSvs fto piftvelad daanaxveb Ramis cas da
vaftskvlavebs da mTva- ftes, swofted ise. mefte uceb
daabftexva, Seumza- deblad: `neta iq Tu afti ftame?..~

amis gagonebaze kinaRam gavgoftdiT, mefte

eftTi wavuTaqe da veubnebi: `wamo, Se maftTla
bnelo, wina Tvis gazeTSi aft ewefta _ iqac ise- Tive
xalxi cxovftobs, ftogoftic aq, dabla da iqac iseTive
qaqia da danebis tftiali xandax- ano. Cven ki, Zmao,
jobia, Cven Tavs mivxedoT,

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aftavis davekaftgoT am RameSi~. magftam bnelom
jeft ftaRac Zaan seftiozulad Semomxeda da mefte
isev aaRifta Tavi. sul daicentfta-meTqi,
— Cavulapaftake joftji-biWs da wavediT, aqeT-
iqidan kide msoflio arxis wamyvanis qa- qani
migvacilebda.

male maftSal-pleisze gamovediT _ Softi- danve

mivxvdi, im viRac Ceqmebiani ulvaSa mastis
bftinjaos figufta fto wamogveyuda. axla eftTi
manqana gvWiftdeboda sagulaod da ZvelisZvel
Cafexvil filmodftoms mivad- eqiT. xalxis simftavle
da didi aftCevani fto aft iqneboda, isedac vicodiT _
vinRa dadioda iq, CvenisTana biWebis gaftda,
isic SesakeTis gasaSansavad anda vinme
gogosTan patafta saS- maSunod bnelSi. afiSaze
yvelafefti gasagebi iyo _ isev omsa da Cveni
mtftebis podlobe- bze, baxabuxi da eftTi ambavi da,
fta Tqma unda, mamaRmeftTi _ mTavafti gmiftis
mxafteze da ange- lozebi _ bneleTis mociqulTa
winaaRmdeg...

ftac iq manqanebi idga, xelis gasvftad aftc eftTi aft

Riftda, magftam bolos CixSi Seyenebu- li `duftango-
95~ davlandeT da imas kide afta uSavda. joftji-
biWma gasaRebebis acma daaZfto da wuTSi oTxive
Sig vijeqiT, oRond piti da

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 bnelo _ ukan, didkacuftad uyvaftdaT xolme
gafuileba. me kide mokleze SevueftTe da ftbi- lad,
nela gamoviyvane zadniT da mefte movw- yvite
adgilidan, kaciSvils aft davunaxivaftT.

eftTxans gafteubanSi vitftialeT, moxucebs

vafftTxobdiT gadasasvlelebze da viRac azi- ats
mgoni infaftqtic avkideT, mefte katebs da ZaRlebs
davdevdiT, magftam eftTic veft gavita- neT. tftasaze
fto gavediT, didi aftafefti moZ- ftaoba iyo da
gazidan fexi aft amiRia, es Cveni
`duftango~ kide makaftoniviT Wamda gzas da sul
male qalaqgafteT ftomeliRac koteje- bian
dasaxlebaSi amovyaviT Tavi. bolos fta- Rac
mainc gavitane, kbilebdakfteWili, mgo- ni, finia
iyo, kaftgad veft gavaftCie siCqafteSi. mefte xis Ziftas
gogo-biWs vkideT Tvali, didi xvevna-pftoStna
hqondaT gamaftTuli. manqana movatftiale, gzidan
gadavedi da zed mivagde. gadmosvla veft
movaswaftiT, iseTi dafeTebu- li gacvivdnen da
dawevis Tavi viRas hqonda, gavifxftiweT siciliT.

axla patafta moulodneli stumftobis am- bavic

aft gvawyenda sadme motexil saxlSi, magafti
gftialiT da mefte, Tuki ivaftgebda fta- med,
diasaxlisis mimynobazec aft vityodiT

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uafts. xoda boloSi, sul calke, eftTi koxta koteji
idga, win kaftgi movlili gazoniT da WiSkaftze kide
(afta, mofiqfteba aft ginda?!) yov- lad bftiyvuli
waftweftiT _ samyudro. jeft me gadavedi
manqanidan, biWebs vuTxafti, moyuCe- buliyvnen
da ezoSi Sevedi. aftc ZaRli hyavdaT, aftc aftafefti.
kaftze davakakune da xma aftavin gamca, mefte zafti
movZebne da oftjeft davfteke ze- dized. axla ki fexis
xma gavigone, kafti pata- ftaze gamoiRo da vxedav
_ jaWvzea da viRaca, axalgazftda qali unda iyos,
mekiTxeba: `fta gnebavT?~ stumftebs naRdad aft
elodnen da mec Zaan, Zaan dayenebuli xmiT
veubnebi:

`did bodiSs mogixdiT, qalbatono, udftoo dftos ki

gawuxebT, magftam stumaft kacs vacileb- di da
ucabedad SeuZlod gaxda, mgoni, gulis ambavia,
iqneba saswftafo gamomaZaxebonoT...~

`telefoni aft gvidgas...~ _ ftaRac eWvianad

meubneba, _ `gzispifta saxlebSi aqvT mxolod~.

kotejis Signidan klap, klap, klap, klap, klap.

ftaRac xmebi gamodioda, albaT sabeWd
manqanaze Tu ukakunebda viRaca da ucbad kaku-
ni Sewyda da kacis xmam gamosZaxa: `ftao, vis
gavaxsendiT?~

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 `RvTis gulisaTvis~, _ veubnebi, _ `sanam iq
Caviftbende, iqneba Wiqa wyali mainc moma-
wodoT _ ase gulwasuli ftogoft davtovo!..~
jeft ftaRac WoWmanobda TiTqos, mefte _
`moicadeTo~, _ miTxfta da, etyoba, samza-
fteuloSi gavida, kafti aftc Cauketavs, jaWvze
datova _ eftT ftamed Rifts, ftoca kaftgad da wesieftad
lapaftaki SegiZlia da Tu aftafefti SegeSala, wuTSi
Seabam, visac ginda, Tofte ise aba ftomeli sinatftas
namRefti Ramis ucnobi me viyavi, cota uffto fxizlad
aft yofiliyo.

biWebs vaniSne da Cumad gadmolagdnen manqa-

nidan, niRbebi gaikeTes da zuftgSi amomidgnen,
mec kide Cemi Camovifxate, mefte bftitvis tafti
fftTxilad Sevacufte RftiWoSi, jaWvi avxseni da
oTxiveni yefa-knaviliT SevjligindiT SigniT.
mSveniefti bude iyo, gemoze mowyobili da Sua
oTaxSi is qali idga, kamfetka, acqvetili mkeft- diT,
xelSi WiqiT wyali eWifta da vifiqfte: afta uSavs,
mosasuliefteblad maftTla gamoadgeba- meTqi.
kuTxeSi kide magidasTan saTvaleebiani klienti ujda
sabeWd manqanas da gaftSemo gfto- va qaRaldebi
eyafta. es ukve sul sxva inteli- gentis ftame tipi iyo _
wina jeftze ubftalo mkiTxvels movdeT, axla ki
namdvili mweftali aft dagveCiTa! iman kide Zaan,
Zaan SeWmuxna Sub-

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li da gveubneba: `es fta abavia? ftogoft bedavT sxvis
saxlSi ase Semovaftdnas!~ TviTon kide xmac
ukankalebs da cota xelebic. xoda mec veubnebi: `ftais
geSinia, bftat, ftaze avaftdi? Tu ftam ukeTufti gftZnoba
gidevs Cven mimaftT gul- Si, Zmuftad gTxov _
tempSi amoigde da Softs moisftole!~ joftji da piti
ukve samzafteulo- Si foTialobdnen, es bnelo ki idga
viTom Ces- tze da im qals miStefteboda, yliyvi ega.

`fta aftis es?~ _ vkiTxulob xmamaRla da

sabeWdi manqanidan fuftcels vaZftob.

`mec swofted magas gekiTxebiT: ft a a ft i s e

s? gaeTftieT aqedan, sanam policias gamo-
vuZaxebde!~ amaze p.b. Seli-bnelom eftTi ki Cai-
fftutuna, magftam quSad gavxede da isev gaijgima.

`wigni unda iyos, ase mgonia~, _ gavagftZele

dinjad, _ `da am wigns Tqven weftT. mudam Rftma
mowiwebiT vimsWvalebodi xolme im xalxis
mimaftT, wignebis wefta ftom SeuZliaT, namd-
vilad~. mefte ukve dabeWdili fuftclebis da- stas
davxede da saTauftma gamakviftva: meqani- kuri
forToxali _ ewefta zed. `Zaan, Zaan uazfto
saTauftia~, _ veubnebi, _ `namdvilad. baftem
dasaqoqi foftToxali dageftqmiaT~.

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 mefte xelSi ftom meWifta, im fuftclidan dav- iwye
kiTxva _ xmamaRla, qadagebasaviT mZimed da
sazeimod: `...yovelgvafti mcdeloba, Tavs
movaxvioT adamians _ aftsebas mzaftdsa da RvTis
bageebze kboebis SesaZlo ans
_ Tavs movaxvioT-meTqi kanonebi da is pifto-
bebi, meqanikufti qmnilebisaTvis ftom ufftoa
Sesafeftisi, amis winaaRmdeg mivmaftTav me ka-
lams _ Cems eftTadeftT maxvils...~ oRond es ukve
CemTvisac metismeti iyo, bnelos kide ftaRa
gaaCeftebda, iqve Cajda da moftTo pftuwu- ni. sxva fta
damftCenoda, daviwye TiTo-TiTod, fuftcel-fuftcel
xeva da fxftewa da fexiT taqts vayolebdi bnelos
pftuwuns da qaRal- dis fxftawanis xmas. es Cemis
mweftali ki mT- lad usmeno aRmoCnda, giJiviT
meca da mTeli konceftti CagviSala da daisaja
kidec: Sig ka- kal gulSi nawyenma bnelom jeft
kaftgad mosdo gveftdidan, mefte eftTi-ofti piftdapiftic
dauqa- nava cxvift-piftSi da xxftftaW _ waskda Rvinow-
iTeli Zmafti Cven Zma mweftals da afftqvia mS-
venieft naz xaliCas da qaRaldis TeTft nagle- jebs
wiTel wveTebad!

mTeli es xani misi tuftfa gayinuliviT idga, maftto

maSin wamoixavla ftaRaca, bne- lom fto muStebi
aamuSava da swofted am dftos

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piti da joftjic gamoCndnen, oftive madianad
ilukmeboda da eftTs mgoni Semwvafti baftkali
daeTftia da meoftes kide _ kftemiani namcxvafti. ai
amasac veft vitan _ bacnebiviT fto iqcev- ian
xolme da an fta Toxlaoba autydaT, Tan es TiTebis
kftemiT gawepva da xoftcis kbile- biT gleja ftaRa
ubeduftebaa. geyoT Tqvlefa,
— veubnebi da es kaci ise dasviT, yvelafefts
xedavdes da aftc xeli aft SegviSalos-meTqi.
mweftals Camsxvfteuli saTvale cal yunwze ekida
da saxe kide maftTla mwife dabeJil foftToxals
miugavda. `kaftgi xaft, bnelo~,
— veubnebi, _ `axla eftTi es mZime saqmec
dagvftCa mosalevi da RmeftTma mogvces gamaft-
jveba~. xoda bnelo im qals eca, magfta dai- Tftia
da Zaan moxeftxebulad wakuza divanze. CemTvis
mosaxeftxeblad-meTqi, _ unda meTqva
— Toftem TviTon ise daTvuftad gadaugftixa xelebi,
lamis saxsaftSi amougdo, is kide gemftielad kioda
oTx meoTxedze da biWe- bic viTom moTqmiT
ayolebdnen, mec bftitviT taqtSi nela davuWefti
kaba, jeft _ qveviT, mefte _ zeviT da fexebic
mSveniefti gamoaCnda da kefttebi xom mkvftivi,
mkvftivi, ukeTesi aft ginda, mTlad gogoSkasi da
mefte Cavixseni nela, auCqafteblad da Tan eftTi
xmac kide Semogvemata _ is Cveni Zma ftaRacis
mweftalic

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cxviftpiftdaTeTqvili bRaoda da mainc kide
iqaCeboda, magftam joftji da piti iq aft iyvnen da fto
Sevude mTeli oqtaviT, maRla avaftda ucbad
sopftano...
Cemsas movftCi da mefte bnelos jeftic dadga da
TavpatiJi aft daudvia, Cemi daxmaftebac ki aft
dasWiftvebia mag behemoTs. mefte adgilebi
gavcvaleT _ me da bnelo mweftals davudeq- iT,
Tumca ukve aRaftafftis Tavi aRaft hqonda da maftto
ftaRac binZuft sityvebs Clifinebda Camtvfteuli
kbilebidan da bodialobda fta- Racas, TiTqo
TviTonac ftZis baftSi egulava kaftgad da axla joftjo
da piti Seudgnen muyaiTad saqmes.

bolo-bolo davSuSdiT, magftam TiTqo fta- Rac

boRma da zizRic Semogvawva uceb da dav- eftieT,
ftac ki ftam dasamtvftevi iyo, aftafefti gadagviftCa
mgoni da bnelom kide mainc Tavi- si qna da
buxaftSi moSaftda _ ase danTebuls veft davtoveb,
xanZafti iciso da eftTi piftoba xaliCazec apiftebda
Cajdomas _ amdeni qa- Raldi yftia uxmaftio, _
oRond me avuyviftdi: moftCi bazafts da
saZaglobebs-meTqi da kaftSi gavcvivdiT yvelani.
mweftali da misi qali iatakze eyaftnen uZftavad,
magftam eg aftafefti _ cocxlebi xom iyvnen.

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 3.

manqanaSi CaveyafteniT da axla me davjeqi ukan

— ftaRac gadaRlilad vgftZnobdi Tavs, amdeni
davidaftabis mefte. saWes joftji-biWi miujda da
gavubefteT qalaqisaken, gzadagza kide oft-sam
ftaRac patafta cxovels gadavuafteT, magftam maft- cxi
aftafefti mogvsvlia. eg iyo, zed sanapiftoze benzins
daenZfta, Cvenma `duftangom~ eftTi Wleq- ianiviT
Caaxvela da gaCeftda. axla saqme is iyo, iqve
dagvegdo da tftanspofttze gadavmjdaftiya- viT, Tu aft
dagvzafteboda da piftdapift mdina- fteSi gadagveSva
kaftgi, gemftieli tyapanis gas- agonad. eg mainc
ukeTesi vaftianti iyo da siCqa- ftidan amovagdeT,
cxvifti moajiftisken vuqeniT da mefte mivaweqiT
oTxive, iq patafta daqanebac iyo da SedRliza
paftapeti da lamazad, Sxla- paniT CaeSva didi
qalaqis naftecxiT ayftole- bul wyalSi. `kaftgad,
Cveni Zma!~ _ miaZaxa joftjim da iqiT wavediT,
metftos waftwefta ftom cimcimebda. iq ki ukve
yvelani wesieftad viq- ceodiT, bileTebic aviReT da
bnelos imdeni xuftda fuli moftCa, saTamaSo
avtomatebidan eftTi aft gamogvitovebia da Raftib-
RatakTa da maTxovaftTa gasakiTxadac ki
gveyofoda, magftam am dftos aseT migdebul
sadguftze sanTliT fto eZebo, eftTsac veft ipovi.

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 male vagonic Camodga, kaciSvili aft iyo Sig da
mTeli samwuT-naxevafti fta unda gvekeTebina,
mivdeqiT da saxelmwifo qonebas vaniavebdiT _
cota skamebi davWeftiT, pitma saxelufti moaZ- fto
ftaRacas, bnelom Tavisi jaWvi mosdo fan- jaftas da
natexebma gemftielad gaielves gafteT, sibneleSi,
magftam aseTi Sinaaftsiani gviani saRamos mefte
cota gadaviwviT, etyoba, da Tavi didad aRaft
gamogvidvia. maftto bnelo daxto- da aqeT-iqiT da
Wyvitinebda aCaCul-daCaCuli da saxegaoflili da
yvelaze uffto swofted es maRizianebda xolme,
Zmebo. centftSi amovediT da isev `faqizoSi~
vduftTeT Tavi, Tumca yve- las ukve nanunebi
gvepafteboda da SigadaSig kidec
vamTqnaftebdiTsaviT _ es dilauTenia adgomebi
da skola iyo, fto gvspobda mozaftd- ebs. xalxi axla
aq kide meti iyo, is Cveni gaTi- Sulic iqve ijda,
oRond ukve aRaftafefts aRaft dudRunebda _ mTlad
gadafiTfteboda saxe da gamometyvelebac kacis ki
afta, nivTisa hqonda, RmeftTmani, ukve mesame Tu
meoTxe kftugze iqne- boda gasuli da amden xans
Tu apiftebda gaRma yofnas, eftCivna calke kabina
aeRo _ aseT adg- ilas kunZiviT fto daegdebi, fta
ici, ftamdeni oxeftia _ an jibes amogisufTavebs
vinme an ua- ftessac gizams. didi ki aftafefti, ha da ha
eftTi wagiTaqon da skamidan magidis qveS gikftan
Tavi

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— fexebis Sesawyobad; namdvil gaftTobas ki aft
daganebeben _ yvelam icoda, aseT baftebSi ofti-
sami oylayi yovelTvis ijda sadme da fulsac swofted
imaSi uxdidnen, afteuloba aftafefti momxdaftiyo.
bnelomac mxolod eftTi dRliza gveftdSi, kedelTan
miagdo da mis adgilze dae- Zneyva xvneSiT,
magftam imas fta _ suli da sxe- uli gayofili hqonda
da yvela SegftZneba kide calke elaga...

Tineijeftebi ukve yvela gakftefiliyo bafti- dan,

axla uffto vzftosli xalxi usxda magi- debs da
Cacmulobaze etyobodaT, msaxiobebi unda
yofiliyvnen _ telestudiac aqve iyo, kuTxeSi. qalebs
cocxali, ftaRacnaiftad me- tyveli saxeebi
hqondaT, kaftgad daRebili tuCebi da yovel
gacinebaze Cawikwikebul ki- Webs aCendnen da
fexs fexze ise gadaidebdnen xolme, Tvali zed
dagftCeboda. lapaftakobdnen, daobdnen ftaRacaze
da RmeftTmani, Zmebo, es bilwi dampali samyafto
sul aft adaftdebdaT. am dftos diskic CaTavda (joni
Jivago dagvCxaoda Tavis ftaRaca imis gamo
dakaftgul siyvaftul- ze) da sanam avtomati axals
gauSvebda, uceb Camovaftdnil siCumeSi yvelam
dauwia xmas da eftTma qalma _ isic msaxiobebSi
ijda _ fta- Rac waiRiRina TiTqos magaliTisTvis,
TiTqos

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ftazec lapaftakobdnen, imaSi CaftTo, sul taqt-
naxevafti iqneboda, magftam, Zmebo, esec meti
iyo CemTvis _ TiTqos ftaRac ucxo Citi Semo-
fftinda ftZis baftSi da me ki dambuftZgla da xv-
likebma damiftbines zuftgze: fftidftih giteft- fensteftis
opeftidan iyo _ Das Bettzeug1* hqvia da swofted is
adgili, Zmebo, yelgamoRadftuli ftom xftialebs
sikvdilis win _ `Cemive bedis Sesaxvedftad...~

magftam kacs fto bnelos Segaftqmeven, fta mo-

gekiTxeba. musika da xmaufti magisTvis eftTi iyo
da uxmaufto musika kide _ umi xoftci. xoda am
bftiyvs fto Tavisi aft eqna, ise fta gaa- Ceftebda da
wamoxta, mopftuwa tuCebi, Tvalebi miblita, xelebi
daiwyo mkeftdze da, viTom gftZnobebSi
gadavaftdnili, axvixvinda cxeni- viT. mefte piftgaxeuli
da Zaan, Zaan kmayofili daebefttya adgilze. ai
maSin megona, sicxe momca-meTqi, TvalebSi sul
sisxlisfefti filtftebi Camidga da veubnebi xmadabla,
wynaftad: `bftiyvo, dampalo, bftiyvo, nabiWva- fto...~
mefte gadavixafte da mokleze mivakefte tuCebSi.
gonze veft movida, iseve gaxeuli daftCa pifti da
sisxli moiwminda maftto da xelze fto daixeda,
mTlad gamoqliavda da
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sabangobani, anu loginis aqsesuaftebi igulisxmeba.

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debiliviT mekiTxeba: `ftato?..~ bevfts afta- vis
daunaxavs, ftac vqeni da Tu vinmem Tvali
Semaswfto, ftaSi adaftdebdaT. amasobaSi musika
CaiftTo isev da axla eleqtftogitaftebis JR- ftials
mihqonda iqauftoba. `imito da amito. bftiyvi xaft da
gauzftdeli da xalxSi gvaftcx- ven~, _ veubnebi, _
`asea, Zmao Cemo, da ki nu gewyineba~. bnelom
kide Tvalebi mowkufta da avad ise waibufttyuna:
`aftafefti. Seni Zma me aRafta vaft da aftc viqnebi.
geyo~. Tan cxvift- saxociT iwmendda sisxls da cota
gakviftve- buli dahyuftebda, TiTqo misi ki afta,
viRac sxvisi iyo. im qals kide aftafefti
SeumCnevia, mgoni, aftc ki gaugonia aftafefti da
kacma fto Tqvas, maftto me damaTxliSa neftvebi am
bfti- yvma. `hoda, Zalianac kaftgi, Tu geyo~, _
veubnebi _ `awi daimaxsovfteb da Zmobaze kide
sxva dftos vispoftoT~. da uceb joftji-biWi aft
gamovida sityviT? Tan ftaRac ise ucnau- ftad Tqva,
sxvanaiftad, tempSi, misken Sevtfti- aldi: `kaftgi, aft
gvinda axla...~ `daica~, _ veubnebi _ `jeft
gavaftkvioT. mTeli es amba- vi bnelom atexa da xo
aft SeiZleba, mTeli cxovfteba bavSviviT veloliaoT.
kaci fto fta- mes miqaftavs, Tundac pataftas da
uWkuod, da Zmakacs ftaRacaSi gautexavs, cota
mainc unda moxvdes; da mixvdes~. bnelo kide
isev sisxls

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iwmends da Tavisas bufttyunebs, oRond ukve
xmamaRla da mouftideblad: `afta, mainc ftasaa, fto
pftikazobs da mifttyams, fta magis Sesti- oftka me
vaft... eftTi Tu movde jaWvi, mefte meyo- los!~

`cota fftTxilad, Zmao!~ _ veubnebi _ `si- tyvebs

SeftCeva unda, Zmao, maS~.
`maS, maS, sul Sen Wkuaze vivli da xmas ftogoft
amoviReb da ftoca ginda, maSin momdeb, Senma
mzem! pftiCinaze Tu wavida, swofted me maq da
ftoca ginda, ginda daniT, ginda bftitviT da ginda
jaWviT, saca ginda da mefte vilapafta- koT!~

`dana iyos~, _ veubnebi Sempaftavad _ `ftoca Sen

ityvi.~

aq kide piti Caeftia da albaT dftozec:

`maicaT axla, es fta lapaftakia _ dacxebT aq
eftTmaneTs da mefte sxvebis saRadao gavxdebiT...
azftze modiT, ukve isedac levad gviyufteben~.

`yvelam Tavisi adgili unda icodes~, _ veubnebi

_ `swoftea?~

`daica, daica~, _ isev CaeftTo joftji-biWi

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— `es ftaRac axalia. piftvelad mesmis es fta- Raca
adgilebze dasma~.

`ici fta, aleks~, _ axla piti meubneba, _

`mec Zaan gamikviftda. sadaufti wesia, ase game-
tebiT ufttya megobafts da Tanac xalxSi. iqneba da
maftTla SeeSala ftaRaca da Zaan gagityda, magftam
mainc... xom ici, yvela ambavSi pativs gcem,
magftam, CvenSi iyos da, eg fto CemTvis geq- na,
me, liCnad, aft SegaftCendi... es ise, sityvaze
vambob~, _ Tqva da cxvift-pifti isev ftZian Wiqa- Si
duftTa.

ukve vgftZnobdi, boRma mawveboda, magftam aft

mindoda, SememCnia da wynaftad, ise vekiTxebi:
`Cven ambavSi disciplinaa mTavafti, egftea?~
eftTs aft gauRia xma, Tavic ki aftavis dauqnevia. axla
uffto gavRiziandi da kide uffto wynaftad da mSvidad
vekiTxebi: `yvelani Zmakacebi vaftT, magftam
viRaca unda ufftosobdes bftiaJkaSi, viRacis sityva
unda gadiodes _ ulapaftakod, swoftea? swofte vaft-
meTqi?~ eftTma Tavi damiq- nia TiTqos, meoftem
_ TiTqos meTanxmebao _ daidudRuna ftaRaca da
uceb bnelom Tqva daw- yobilad da gasagebad:

`egftea, swofte xaft. dRes cota zedmeti mo-

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gvivida, gadaviRaleT fta, etyoba. movftCeT ba-
zafts. axla nanunebi gvinda da xval yvelafefti kaftgad
iqneba~.

amaze ki atexa oftivem Tavebis kantufti da

SvebiT amoisunTqa, magftam me Zaan
gamikviftda da simaftTle giTxftaT, magfta
damaeWva bnelos am ucabedad dabftZenebam.
`unda gamigo, bnelo~, _ veubnebi, _ `giJi vxdebi
xolme, vinme fto musikis dftos CaeftT- veba. aviwevi
xolme Wkuidan.~

`kaftgi, gveyo exla amaze. eftTi TiSi Zili

gvinda axla yvelas.~

im oftmac isev daakantufta Tavebi, namdvilad

gvindao.

„aba avibaftgeT. xandaxan bneloc ityvis

Wkvianufts... Tu dRisiT-mzisiT Cveni gzebi
aftsad Seiyafta, Zmebo, xval imave dftos da imave
alagas vikftibebiT, mosula?~

`me liCnad mawyobs~, _ Tqva joftjma. pitma

isev Tavi daaqnia mxolod.

„Tu Semagvianda~, _ Tqva bnelom, _ `piftve-

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li-meofteze gaiTvaleT da sanam boloSi gax- valT,
kide mogiswftebT. Tu vinme momReftali gogo
naxoT sadme, Tqven iciT, aft gauSvaT xe- lidan!~
_ Tqva da aftoxftoxda, etyoba, saku- Tafti iazvobiT
Zaan naamebi.

Cvenc daviSaleT, yvela Tav-Tavis mxaftes wav-

ida da me kide konstituciis aRmaftTs Sevuyevi. iq,
sul boloSi, mosaxvevTan, is ylinji maR- livi Senoba
idga _ N18a, sadac Cemebi cxov- ftobdnen. yoveli
SemTxvevisaTvis samaftTebeli gaxsnili medo
jibeSi _ fta ici, bilibois Saikidan aft gadavyftodi
vinmes an ftomelime gftupas ftame veft gaeyo da
zed Cemi saxlis win aft gaemaftTa boi... siwynafte
iyo, maftto vi- Rac puWufta egdo iqve, kuTxeSi,
kaftga magfta daseftili da wkmutunebda. iqve kide
qalis dafxftewili sacvlebi eyafta, etyoba, cxel
gulze waevloT viRacisTvis xeli.

sadaftbazo faftTo gvqonda, Zaan faftTo,

kacma aft icis, ftisTvis. kedlebi kide sul ffteskebiT
moexataT, qalaqis sabWos dakveTiT:
Camosxmultaniani SiSlikana qalebi da kacebi
— ase vTqvaT, antikufti qandakebebis stilSi,
dazgebTan Tu ftaRac sameuftneo manqanebTan
amayad mdgomni, Zaan SemaftTulebi, sfinqsebi-

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viT iyuftebodnen sadRac mousavleTSi. oRond
amaRlebuli xelovnebis am daucvel nimuSebs ukve
dastyoboda aftasftulwlovani vandalebis xeli:
flomasteftebiT da aeftozolis balo- nebiT fexebs
Softis fta aft miedRabnaT: kacebi- sTvis ulvaSebi
miexataT, qalebis gawvdil xe- lebSi xo ftaRa aft
CaedoT viTom; yovelgvaft binZuft da gaftyvnil
waftweftebs kide, viTomc maTi vaJkacuftad da
mTeli SegnebiT mokumuli tuCebidan ftom
gamodioda, Tvla aft hqonda _ saaTis naxevafti mainc
dagWiftdeboda yvelas wa- sakiTxad.

liftSi aRaftc Sevsulvaft _ viRaca em-je- pe-s

ftkinis kafti CamoeRo da iqauftoba eftTianad
daebaftdakebina. RmeftTmani, xalxs saqme afta aq.
daRlil-daqanculi da neftvebmoSlili avbla- yundi
meaTe saftTulze da axla maftto musika Tu
gamiswoftebda xasiaTs, Tvalwin sul is afttist- ka
medga, ftZis baftSi ftom waiRiRina. etyoba, iman
amagdo da, Zmebo, me axla gftZnobebis Rfteoba
menatfteboda da veftc moviklebdi am siamovne-
bas, vidfte Zilisguda moftfevsi aft Camifttyamda
beWeds mis saufloSi gadasasvlelad.

gasaRebi Cemi mqonda da mudam uxmauftod

Sevdiodi Cvens wynaft, dakuwkuwebul binaSi.

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ded-mama am dftos Sua sizmftebSi iyo xolme,
magftam samzafteuloSi patafta magidaze veCnad
mxvdeboda mzftunveli xeliT gawyobili ftame
saToxlavi _ an moxaftSuli xoftcis naWefti maioneziT,
an yveliani buteftbftodi da Wiqa ftZe, aucileblad.
hu-huu! Cveulebftivi ftZe, Zmebo _ yovelgvafti
sintemeskebisa da dften- qftomebis gafteSe da
dedos xo azftadac aft gauvlida, fta gftZnoba
miCndeboda am RvTis- niefti cxovelisagan
gamowvelili pftoduqtis danaxvaze...

kaftga moSivebuli ki vyofilvaft, namceci aft

damitovebia da macivftidan kide ftaRac namcx-
vaftic daviTftie. mefte tualetSi Seviafte patafta
saqmeze, kbilebic gamovixexe (eg aftasodes ma-
viwydeboda) da Cems softoSi Sevikete. tansac- meli
ki iqve mivyafte, noxze, aba milagebis Tavi vis
hqonda da dediSobila gaviSote loginze
— aq ukve Cems samyaftoSi viyavi da kaci aft mya-
vda gamkiTxavi. cota xani ase viweqi, kedelze
Camokonwialebul ftaRac vimpelebs da sige- lebs
Sevyuftebdi da suleliviT mecineboda. skolis
banakis mosagonafti iyo: jgufi alfa, luftji kepebi,
viRaca imis sax. IV ftazmi... fta vici, ftaRas aft
igonebdnen. mefte eftTmaneTs gva- jibftebdnen
viTom, Signakftavebi.

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 Cemi siamaye _ oTxaftxiani kvadftafoni log-
inTan medga, diskebis Tafto kide _ mis zemoT,
xelis gawvdenaze. dinamikebi mudam gaSlili
mqonda: ofti _ iatakze aqeT-iqidan da oftic Weftze
ekida daxftili kuTxiT da iseTi gftZno- ba
miCndeboda xolme, TiTqo Sig Suagul oftkestftSi
vijeqi. ojaxma Wkua iswavla da aseT dftos kaftze
aRaft mibftaxunebdnen, es Seni musika tvins
gvibuftRavso. Zilis abebis ylap- va daiwyes da axla
ukve miRebulic eqnebodaT sftuli doza da Zalianac
kaftgi _ ukve vi- codi, ftiTac damewyo: jeffti
plotusis eftTi axali saviolino konceftti mqonda,
odiseus qoftilosisa da mekonis (eg StatebSia) filaft-
moniis oftkestftis SesftulebiT. konvefttidan
gamoviRe fftTxilad, fftTxiladve davde, av-
tomatikze davayene da velodebi.

gaftRveuli Rftublebidan Camoqceul cis naTels

hgavda, Zmebo, Tuki ginaxavT es odesme da me ki
viweqi SiSveli, WeftqveS, Tvaldaxu- Wuli da
piftRia; xmebi TiTqos talRebad gadamdioda
sxeulze da netaftebaSi daxft- Cobis meSinoda
TiTqos. sadRac zuftgs ukan tftombonebi bajaRlo
oqftosfftad ubeftavd- nen, sayviftebis xma gamdnafti
veftcxlis enebad iklakneboda Cems Tavs zemoT da
udaftnikis

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TefSebis wkaftuni tvinSi napeftwklebad gamdi-
gamomdioda. yovelgvaft netaftebaze unetaftesi
SegftZneba iyo da mefte sadRac, sxva simebi-
anebisagan moSoftebiT, CamoiRvafta violinos xma _
Zlieftdeboda, sustdeboda, win da ukan, zeviT da
qveviT adi-Cadioda, obobasaviT fta- Rac Caftdaxs
qsovda Cemi loginis Tavze; mefte fleita da
klaftnetic gamoZvftnen, gamlR- vali spilenZis sqel
fafaSi dasftialebdnen platinisagan gamoWedili
gvelebiviT, me ki anaoftTqlSi davcuftavdi TiTqos,
sakuTaft sxeuls mowyvetili, da vxedavdi imas, ftasac
veftc eftTi sintemeskiT gamoZaxebuli RmeftTi veft
miCvenebda _ uamftavi kaci da qali, sul sxvadasxva
xnis, aqeT-iqiT miyftil-moyftilebi gahkiodnen da
Svelas mTxovdnen, me kide gi- JiviT vicinodi da
Sipebiani fexsacmelebiT davalajebdi saxidan saxeze
da nela-nela, xtunva-xtunviT mivdiodi iq, sadac
kedelze gakftuli kabaSemofleTili gogoebi
Wyiodnen da ftom mivadeqi saTiTaod, swofted am
dftos av- aftda finalis tutti da maSin gavasxi,
ucabedad gavTavisufldi, sakuTaft sxeuls davubftundi
da diskic swofted am dftos CaTavda.

mefte mocafttis `iupitefti~ davde da axla sxva

suftaTebi da saxeebi damidga Tvalwin, ma-

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gftam vicodi, mefte momindeboda ftaRac Zalian
Zveli, Zliefti da mkveTfti, wawyobili xmebiT, da
bolosTvis movitove is eftTi _ `bftand- eftbuftguli
koncefttebis~ albomidan, iq sul saSualo da dabal
ftegistftebSi miftekaven simebianebi. vusmendi da
ftatomRac gamaxsenda, gadafxftewil Tavfuftcelze ftom
ewefta im Cemis mweftals im Tavis samyofelSi Tu
samyudftoSi
_ meqanikuri forToxali. vusmendi be- beft
geftmanel maisteft biuftgefts da TiTqos axla
vxvdebodi, ftisi Tqmac undoda amiT da isev
mominda iq mibftuneba, oRond axla sul maftto da
yvelafftis Tavidan datftialeba, oRond axla uffto
gemoze da auCqafteblad...

4.

meofte dRes, sadRac saaTis ftvaze ki ga-

momeRviZa, magftam ise viyavi dabambuftebuli,
Tavic veft avwie baliSidan da, meTqi, eftTi-ofti saaTi
kide wavuZineb da mefte avdgebi wynaftad,
aqafebul vanaSi viWyumpalaveb, mSvidad da
wesieftad, neba-neba Cavicvam, sauzmesac Cem
Wkuaze movimzadeb da gazeTsac gadavxedav; Tu
suftvili gamiCnda, iqneb skolaSic gaviafto _ vnaxo
eftTi, fta yftia swavlaSi. mesmoda, ked- lis iqiT ftas
faftTifuftTobda mamaCemi, sam-

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saxuftSi mieCqafteboda. sawyals, mgoni, maftT- la
jefta, fto uimisod saqme aft gakeTdeba. mefte kaftic
gaijaxuna da ukve vicodi, axla dedo
damikakunebda fftTxilad da SemomZaxebda:
`mecxfte saaTi daiwyo, Svilo, isev aft da-
gagviandes~. xoda, sanam xmas amoiRebda, Tvi-
Ton gavZaxe: ftaRac Tavi mtkivasaviT da cota Zils
gavigftZeleb-meTqi. kafts ukan amoioxftes TiTqos da
SemeSvnen. ase jobia. axla dedoc gabakundeba _
sayovelTao kanoniT yvela zft- dasftuli, vinc ki avad
aftaa an Cvili afta hy- avs mosavleli, dftoze unda
gamocxaddes sam- saxuftSi. is kide ftomeliRac did
maRaziaSi muSaobda da konseftvebs da paketis
Cais Tu ftaRac amisTana sazizRftobebs yidda dilidan
saRamomde. gavigone, samzafteuloSi ftom saqmi-
anobda ftaRacas da mefte deftefanSi gavida, palto
CamoiRo albaT da mainc veft moiTmina, kide
Semexmiana wasvlis win: `Svilo, mivdivaft da
sauzme gazze Semogidgi, SeaTbe~. magftam me
ukve gaRma gavdiodi saZileTSi da xma aRaft
gamiRia.

mefte kide iseTi ftame mezmana, fto mcodnoda,

Tvalsac aft movxuWavdi, Zmebo: jeft iyo da
joftji-biWi dameCiTa, Zaan dabeftebuli da gamk-
acftebuli, sul disciplinasa da kanonmoft-

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Cilebaze lapaftakobda, mefte isic daamata: vinc
sityvas Semomibftunebs, kaftgi dRe aft daadgebao; me
kide viRac sxva biWebTan eftTad mwkftivSi vid- eqi
viTom da yvelani sul eftTsa da imaves gaviZ-
axodiT: `diax seft~, _ `afta, seft!~ da bolos kai
saldaTebiviT vesalmebodiT yvelani. kaftgad fto
davakviftdi, mxftebze pagonebi davunaxe, zed fta-
Rac vaftskvlavebiT da, saeftTodac, ise iqceoda,
TiTqo maftTla didi ftam Cini iyo. mefte kide Cve- ni
bnelo gamoeWima win, jaWvis qneviT miesal- ma
da me fto mkida Tvali, lamis iqve CaixftCo siciliT.
joftji-biWmac TiTqos axlaRa dami- naxao, waftbebi
moquSa, TiTi Cemken gamoiSvifta da _ `es kaci
ftatoa ufoftmodo?~ _ ikiTxa. amis gagonebaze
kinaRam Cemi damemaftTa, aft mc- emoT, Zmebo-
meTqi, movftTe yviftili da davgaze, magftam bnelo
gamomenTo ukan, jaWvs iqnevda da yovel
mofttymaze TiTqo deni mivlida tanSi da eleqtftozaftis
bzuili ismoda saidanRac.

feTianiviT wamovxti, guls sul bagabugi gaudioda,

am dftos kide kaftze maftTla ftekda zafti da mixmobda
gauTaveblad. jeft vifiqfte, aft gaval, viTomc sul afta
vaft-meTqi saxlSi, magftam es bzzzz aRaft gaTavda
da bolos xmac gavigone: `aleks, moftCi mag
damalobanas, vici saxlSi xaft!~

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 imwamsve mivxvdi, vinc iqneboda _
gamaswofte- beli skolidan gadmoyvanilTa
zedamxedveli, vinme platon deltoidi (im bebeft uilis
kide fto kiTxo _ ftaa saxelio...) _ da ftaRa meqna,
magas egfte advilad ftas moicilebdi Tavidan, kibo
iyo namdvili da aftiqa, iqneba gadagviwvaT eg zafti-
meTqi, _ mivaZaxe, Tan viTom Zaan natan- ji
xmiT. mefte kaftada gamovaRe, Cemi dftakonebi- ani
kimono Semovicvi, fexebi bewvian faCuCebSi vtuce,
qoCoft-buCqic Camovifaftcxe cota da, Cemi Rftma
ftwmeniT, sakmaftisad gavemzade uf. p. deltoidis
dasaxvedftad.

kafti gavuRe da isic Semoblayunda: Cia,

galeuli, ganuyfteli Zveli SlapiT Tavze da Tvalebi
sul aqeT-iqiT gauftboda, quCis baca- nasaviT.

`maS, aleks Cemo~, _ meubneba _ `es wu- Tia

dedaSens velapaftake, namdvilad. miTxfta, TiTqos
sadRac ftaRac wamogtkivda Tuftme da veftc skolaSi
veRaft wasulxaft.~

`autanlad mtkiva Tavi, seft, namdvilad~,

— veubnebi im Cemi dayenebuli xmiT, _ `dRis
meofte naxevftamde Tu aft gamiafta, eqims gamov-
iZaxeb.~

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 `ftas ambob, Cemi biWi, ftogoftme saRamomde
moiTmine da mefte TavisiT gagivlis, namdvilad.
Ramis pifts Tavi sul sxvanaiftad giwyebs xolme
muSaobas, egfte aftaa? daje, ftas udgexaft~, _ ise
meubneba es Cemisa, TiTqos me viyo misuli
masTan stumftad. TviTon kide mamaCemis sayva-
ftel kftesloSi gamoiWima da mohyva Tavis kan-
tufts. Tan Tvals aft macilebs.

`Wiqa Cais xom aft isuftvebdiT, seft?~

`sadaa dfto...~ _ meubneba Tavis kantuftiT
— `Cais dasalevad mcalia?~ _ Tan fexs fexze idebs
da zis ase fexifexgadadebuli, Tavkan- tufta da
dftonakluli. magas Tu vuyufte, kai daxli
damidgeba. namdvilad.

`ftas mivawefto Tqveni moulodneli viziti, seft?

moxda ftame?~

`fta unda momxdaftiyo?~ _ uceb moisxipa

Rimili da gamomxeda eWvianad, mefte mzefta
gaSlil gazeTze gadaitana, iq kide eftTi Sx- vaftTis
foto iyo, ftac ecva, uffto uCenda, vi- dfte ufaftavda
ftames da qveS waftwefta _ viRaca mTeli gftZnobiT
gepatiJebodaT adftiatikis mzian sanapiftoze. bn-ma
deltoidma didftoni neftwyvi gadaylapa, eftTxel kide
daalivefta

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fteklama da TiTqo gamoeftkvao, axla aqeT Se-
momitia: `moxda, aft moxda _ eg Senze ukeT vin
unda icodes, aleks Cemo, da Tuki maftTla moxda
ftame, gijobs dftoze gamando. xom ici, ftom
Cavaftde, Cem meti xelis SemSvelebeli kaci aft
geyoleba da, vaiTu, imisTana alagas Cagayudon,
gamaswoftebeli skola sanatftel mogonebad
dagftCes... mec kidev Tavze aftavin gadamisvams
xels da sakuTafti Tavi Tu aft ge- bftaleba, me
Semicode, oftiode dRis sicocxle damftCenia da isic
SenisTanebze zftunvas unda Sevalio!~
`ftas bftZanebT~, _ veubnebi, _ `sanimu- Sod
viqcevi, mowmedac ki aftavis gamovuZaxivaft
policiaSi.~

`SeeSvi maseT lapaftaks, aleks Cemo~, _

meubneba b-ni deltoidi, _ `ftom gamogiZaxe- ben,
mefte gvian iqneba, Tu veftafeftze wagaswftes, es kide
aft niSnavs, ftom aftc aftafefti Cagidenia
— ase aftaa, Cemi biWi? age, guSin RamiT didi
dakadaka yofila ubanSi, danebis tftialiTa da
jaWvebis qneviT. viRaca sqel-sqeli ymawvilis
megobafti kide saavadmyofoSi moxvda, ftaRac
ucnaufti iaftaRiT daseftili. Seni saxeli ux- senebia.
namdvilad. zogieftTi Seni Zmakacic, gvaftebs aft
davasaxeleb, saqmeSi gadioda Tuftme.

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ase amboben. xmebi dadis. afta, Tavs aftavin debs da
piftze aftavin dagadgeba, magftam eftTxel Tu
ieWves... me ki, RmeftTmani, eftTadeftTi vaft etyo-
ba am mZime seniT daavadebul sazogadoebaSi, vinc
maftTla mowadinebulia, gzaze dagayenos
ftogoftme.~

`amas aftasodes dagiviwyebT, seft~, _ veub-

nebi, _ `namdvilad~. `ki, ftogoft afta _ magis imediT
midgas suli.~ _ Caicina p. deltoidma da mefte uceb
maftTla seftiozulad, ftaRaca sevdianadac ki
CamekiTxa _ `afta, mainc fta ube- dufteba gWiftT
aseTi, aft metyvi? TiTqmis sau- kunea, am
pftoblemas vswavlobT da misxalic veft
gagviftkvevia veftafefti. ageft Sen TviTon fta gaklia:
sakuTafti oTaxi, sanimuSo, mosiyvaft- ule
mSoblebi, aftc Wkua-gonebaze xaft mwy- ftalad da
aftc SesaxedaobiT dagCagfta RmeftTma
— fta eSmaki Segijdeba xolme?~

`RmeftTmani, seft, aftc vici, fta vifiqfto _

davaSave ftame?~

`mec manda vaft _ Cveni angaftiSiT, swofted

axla dagidgeba yvelaze saxifaTo peftiodi da
amitomac gmoZRvftav, Svilo aleks, fftTxilad iyavi,
cdunebas aft ahyve da ftame cud ambavSi

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aft gaexvio oTxive TaTiT. naTlad da gasagebad
vlapaftakob?~

`uRftublo casaviT naTlad da gamftavlebis

tabulasaviT gasagebad, seft! da, saeftTod, seft
— Cemi imedi gqondeT, swoft gzas vadgavaft, nam-
dvilad!~ _ vTqvi da gamaftjvebuli skautiviT
gavuRime _ gulRiad da gulubftyvilod.

bolo-bolo gavistumfte eg skolis viftTxa, magftam

mefte, naRd Cefifts ftom vikeTebdi CemT- vis, gulSi
gamkenwla uf. p. deltoidis moTq- mam _ ase da ise
vwuxvaftT da vSiSobTo. afta, imas ki aft vambob,
TiTqos maftTla Tavi Sema- coda mag bftiyvma _
kaftgia Tu cudi, mainc Cemi saqmea mTeli es
cema-tyepa, bftitvis tftiali da Caxda-wamocmebi da
Tu Cavvaftdi da Cama- yudes, sxva kaci aft iqneba
amaSi damnaSave. mefte kide mec gamoval
sityvaSi da swofted ase movax- seneb sakuTaft
Tavs: `mkacfti da samaftTliania es ganaCeni, batono
Cemo, da Sevecdebi kidec, met-naklebad Wkua
viswavlo; xolo ftoca isev Tavisufali viqnebi, mTeli
Cemi daftCenili sicocxle, sanam visime dana
momiRebdes bo- los bnel quCaSi anda tftasaze
amotftiale- bul manqanaSi mipovidnen
daZvalftbilebuls, imaze vifiqfteb, ftodisme kidev aft
Cavuvaftde

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amaT xelSi!~ aba TavSi muStebis cemas xom aft
movyvebi da Zaxils _ mivxvdi, fta cudi biWic
vyofilvaft da awi me vici, gamovswoftdebi ki afta,
mTlad TiTiT saCvenebeli gavxdebi-meTqi?! mTeli
es tvinis Wyleta da layafi ftaRac
`socialuft fesvebze~ da `boftotebis gamom- wvev
mizezebze~ kide Sayiftadac afta Rifts. jeft sikeTis
gamomwvevi mizezisaTvis veft miugniaT da ucbad
boftotebis saTaveebs aft dauwyes Ze- bna? viTomda
ftao, Tu vinmes siamovnebs da Zaan dobfti ftames
akeTebs, RmeftTma xeli moumaft- Tos _ vuSli
ftames? iyos da isiamovnos, meti daftdi afta maq,
fexs Tu waitexavs sadme da me Tu swofted amis
sapiftispifto ambavi miswoftebs, me ftaRaze unda
miCmaxebdnen saqmes? imito xo afta, ftom boftoti
mxolod piftovneba SeiZleba iyos da es Tvisebac
bftiyvuli gulmodginebiT ki afta aq
gamomuSavebuli _ RmeftTma misca. Cmofti kide
boftotebis gagebaSi aftaa, sibftiyve SeiZleba
Caidinos da neftvebi dagaTxliSos, Toftem ise fta _
boftotebis Tavi sada aq da mTavftoba iqneba Tu
sasamaftTlo, Tu skola _ yvela piftovnebis
winaaRmdegia da mxolod ami- tom iqaCebian
Tavisi WkuiT viTom boftotebis win aRsadgomad.
gana mTeli es didi ambebi imi- tomac aft xdeboda
qveyanaze, ftom pataft-patafta piftovnebebi yovelTvis
ebftZodnen am did-did

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gvel-veSapebs? maftTla, gekiTxebiT, Zmebo, _ aft
vRadaob... oRond Tu me ftame iseTs Cavdivaft, ftac
amaT aft moswonT, amas aftc jibftze vSvebi da aftc
gveleSapebTan mebftZoli mgonia Tavi _ ase
mevaseba, moftCa da gaTavda.

mefte amaze gamecina da Cais fto vsvamdi, ma-

Sinac sul mecineboda da maftto Cems fiqftebze ki
afta, ageft gazeTSic igive weftia: dabidubi
— aq, Zaladoba _ iq, bankis gaZaftcva Tu vi- Rac
fexbuftTelebis muqafta _ Tu xelfass aft
mogvimateben, sulac aft gavalT moedanze am
SabaTso. esenic Zaan cudi biWebi unda iyvnen,
namdvilad. mefte kide aTasi sisulele, vis fta ideebi
aft awuxebs, RmeftTmani, da eftTi didi statia
Tanamedftove axalgazftdobis pftob- lemebze. misi
damweftic kai didi Wkuis kolo- fi unda iyos:
mSoblebis uyuftadRebobao, skolaSi namdvili
aRmzftdelebis naklebobao, saxelmZRvaneloebSi
caftieli sityvebis ftaxa- ftuxiao da moswavleebi kide
maswavleblebs Tavze asxedano. sicilisagan kinaRam
ylupi gadamcda yelSi. ftamdeni gazeTs xelSi
aviReb, sul ftaRacas vnaxulob xolme, egeni fto `Ta-
namedftove axalgazftdobas~ eZaxian, imaze. sul
eftTsa da imaves qaqaneben da sul ise, TiTqos
ftaRac axals aRmoaCenen xolme. maftto eftTi

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momewona _ viRaca mRvdlis daweftili iyo, fo- toze
sayelo buldogiviT qonda wayftonWili da
amtkicebda, sul eSmas oinebia, umanko su- lebs
epatftoneba da amaze yvelam unda vagoT pasuxi,
Cven kide bombebs vakeTebT da jafts vam- ftavlebT
da politikuft diskusiebSi vflan- gavT dftoso.
mokled, kai balamuta vinme iyo, RvTiskaci. xoda,
Cvenc awi ftaRa mogvekiTxeba- meTqi, _ vifiqfte, _
patafta umanko piftovnul sulebs. mamazeciefts
mohkiTxeT, eSmasaTvis ftom veft mouvlia da kide
mRvdlebs da aRmz- ftdelebs da politikosebs. diax,
diax, diax. ufStvenen, namdvilad.

sauzmesac movftCi, Cemi Wiqa da TefSic gavft-

ecxe _ dedos WuWyunis Tavi aft mqonda, kbile- bic
gamovixexe da kaftadaSi tansacmels davu- wye
CiTva. ftadio klodius beftdmenis mSvenieft pawia
kvafttets gadmoscemda simebianisTvis da axla is
statia gamaxsenda, patafta Wkuis ftamdenime didi
kolofi eftTad fto qadagebda xelovnebis
`cxovelmyofel~ gavlenaze (afta, amisTana sityvis
mofiqfteba aft ginda?) da ift- wmunebodnen, diad
musikas da maRal poezias adfteul asakSive da
Sesafeftisi foftmebiT Tu mivawvdiT, mTeli Cveni
axalgazftdoba ukeTeso- bisken izams piftso.
RmeftTmani, zogs maftTla

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pifti unda aqnevino eftT mxaftes. CemdaTavad,
ftoca maftTla naRd musikas vusmen da Tan naRd-
Si vusmen, viTiSebi da TiTqos eklebi masxams da,
maftTla, RmeftTad viqcevi TiTqos, gankiTx- vis
dRes vmaftTav da, elva-quxilSi Camjdafti, Cems
qvemoT gaftTxmul dediSobila qalebs da kacebs
vuftaxuneb xolme. aba fta unda momelan- dos _
gamxmafti yvavilebi?..

dRis CasacmelSi asaftCevi bevfti aftafefti

mqonda: moxaftSuli jinsebi, Txlad naqsovi TeTfti
svitfti da zed didi Savi laTinufti A (es viTom
Cemi saxelis gamo SemiftCies mSo- blebma
saCuqftad, da amazec didi madlobeli, Toftem zogs
imdeni da iseTebi aweftia, sanam waikiTxavde,
Tavi agtkivdeba). dRe sul sxva ambavia, Zmebo, _
Rame Cemi da CemisTanebisaa, aba ftomeli
WkuaTamyofeli ojaxis kaci gamo- yofs cxvifts
gafteT, Zaan Tu aft daadga yelze ojaxi da televizofti;
dRe ki vin aRaft datan- caobs quCaSi da policiac
metia da kaftgadac gTiftaven, ase mgonia. yovel
SemTxvevaSi, jobia, noftmaluftad gecvas da TvalSic
aftavis eCxifte- bode, namdvilad. ase ityoda deltoidi.

mokled, gamovipftanWe da stvena-stveniT

gamovedi quCaSi. kai mziani dRe idga da visac

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aft ezafteboda _ moxuci Tu usaqmufti _ yvela gafteT
gamolagebuliyo. me kide Cemi gza da mizani
mqonda: diskebis eftTi patafta maRazia centftis
axlo, ftogoftc yovelTvis, Zaan oftig- inalufti
saxelwodebiT _ melodia. TiTqo didi aftafefti diftka
iyo, xalxic aft etaneboda magftam bebeft Zvaltyava
aftmens (ftaRac aRmosav- lufti gvafti qonda,
veftafftiT davimaxsovfte) Tavisi klientebi hyavda.
mec sul magasTan dav- diodi da kaftga xnis win
dampiftda beThovenis mecxftes _ `didostatebis~
seftiiT gamovida muxaiftoviCis diftiJoftobiT,
`metftopolit- enis~ saxelmwifo oftkestftTan eftTad.

Semomxeda da Tavi damiqnia, aftiso. mefte

naRdi maestftos JestiT maniSna, Seicadeo da
sawyobSi duftTa Tavi. pop-diskebis stelaJebT- an
ofti wiwkvi tftialebda, cameti-ToTxmeti wlisa
iqnebodnen, etyoba, CemsaviT dasvenebis dRe
moiwyves dilidan. didi qalebiviT iq- ceodnen
TavianTi WkuiT: tuCebi daeRebaT, fft- Cxilebze
Savi manikiufti waesvaT da Zaan minaze- bul
xmebSi putunebdnen. daminaxes da stoikac magafti
daiyenes _ cali fexi meoftis ukan midg- muli da
mxolod Tavebi moatftiales maftTla beRufta
CitebiviT _ tanis Seftxeva magaTSi ia- vnad
goimobad iTvleboda. eftTi kide viTom

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Zaan ganawyenebul-amgdebi saxiT meubneba, mx-
afti cxviftamde aewia, xelic _ ganze, saxsaftSi
amovaftdniliviT. fftTamotexili Cituna.

`Tqven fta, liCnad calke gemsaxuftebian, didi

biWi? yvelgan ase ganavali xaftT? afta, mainc fta
motexeT qveSidan, iqneb Cvenc gvinda- a?~ meofte
kide iqiT fftutunebs. didi mazalo ftameebi iyvnen,
RmeftTmani.

da uceb mxia TavSi. RmeftTmani, manamde

azfta- dac aft momsvlia, aftada fta iyo amaSi SeuZle-
beli, dftoze unda mefiqfta! Zaan mamaSviluftad
gavuRime da TiTqo didi inteftesi mqonda, ise
vkiTxe: `Tqven ftaRa SegiZeniaT, gogonebo, da
ftogoft apiftebT kaifis daWeftas _ Tqvens pawia
saTamaSo stefteoebze gauSvebT?~ amaze tuCebi
aibzues, magftam me aRaft davacade da veubnebi:
`daujefteT biZias, kaftg musikas kaftgi mosmenac
unda. CemTan avideT, gepatiJebiT, ase vTqvaT~,
— vuTxafti da didis ambiT davukafti Tavi, Tan
Cemi axalgamoxexili kbilebic SevanaTe.

jeft iseTi fxukuni atexes, mefte _ aseo da iseo,

ase piftdapift ucnob kacTan saxlSi fta gvindao, Tu
dapatiJebaa, jeft sadme gaviafto- To; iqneb Cinuft
ftestoftanSio an sulac ftaRac

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axali ftom gaxsnes wyalze, vaftieteTio; eftTi veRaft
movabiT Tavi iq misvlaso... mokled, maftTla
gamosuli qalebiviT aft daifases Tavi?
ftasakviftvelia-meTqi, ftogoftc inebebT, magftam Tu
biZia alekss daujeftebT, aft waagebT
— veubnebi, xoda bebeft aftmens Tvali Cavu-
kafti, mefte gavswoftdebiT-meTqi, lamazad Sefu-
Tuli Cemi `mecxfte~ iRliaSi amoviCafte da ase
alalad naSovni qalebi batebiviT wavisxi win.

iqve, axloSi, eftTi CaSvebuli ftestoftan- Ciki

meguleboda, zustad saamaTo, viTomc Zaan
egzotikaSi gadavaftdnili (Cemi fexebi! egzotika ki
afta, ekleqtika iyo caftieli) da sanTlebis Suqze sul
TeZoebis ftxeviT gem- saxuftebodnen cota ki
Sebeftebuli, oRond TavianT ambavSi Zalianac
gagebuli oficiant- kebi. mivediT da ftac ki ftam
namcxvftebi hqon- daT, eftTic aft datoves gausinjavi,
oft-ofti poftcia nayini da TiTo Wiqa kftem-sodac
zed daayoles da, maTi Semyufte, lamis iyo cudad
me gavxdi. magfta hgavdnen eftTmaneTs, eftTnaifti
azftebi hqondaT da sul eftTnaiftad uazftoebi iyvnen.
gauCefteblad ki kakanebdnen. wiwilebi. afta uSavs,
male vaftikebad vaqcevdi. skolaSi gacdenil
saaaTebs dRes aleksmaswi aunazRa- uftebdaT da
icocxle, kaftgi gakveTilic iqne-

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boda _ aftaviTafti swavla, piftdapift ganaTle- baze
gadavidodi.

iqidan ftom gamovediT, sazogadoebftiv tftan-

spoftts ftogoft ikadftebdnen qalbatonebi da manqana
daviWifte. mTeli gza fxukunebdnen, sul ftaRacas
eCuftCulebodnen eftTmaneTs da CemTan ftom
avediT, ukve pifti uSftebodaT saco- davebs, xoda
Caketili ujftidan Cemi xelSeuxe- beli maftagi viski
davaZfte, cota Cxvletia fta- Racebic vduftTe Sig,
mefte sodis wyalic da- vumate gemos gasaqftobad
da ise mivaftTvi Zaan svetskad iatakze
fexmoftTxmiT msxdaftebs. xuT wuTSi es fxukuni
ukve kiskisSi gadauvidaT, mefte musikamac
imoqmeda da sul miibnidnen da Zaan Rftma
gftZnobebSi gadavaftdnen, etyoba. magafti diskebi
ki iyo, RmeftTmani _ Zviftfas WiqaSi fto
Sampanuftis magivftad siftopi Camo- gisxan, egeTi
efeqti hqonda. jeft iyo da kvne- sa-kftutuniT Semikla
viRacam, kaci iyo Tu qali, veftc gavaftCie; mefte
kide namdvilad ofti biWis xma iyo, tiftifebs Tu
ftaRac maftadmwvane naftgavebs mistiftodnen,
oRond intoniftebebi hqondaT... nu ityvi _ ftaRac
saSualo mueZi- nis galobasa da saWuftisebis
moTqmas Softis. bolomde vaJkacuftad viTmine da
mefte ki Cemi jeftic movida: Sua oTaxSi davdeqi
SiSveli,

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cal xelSi ludvig vanis olimpiufti TmagaCe-
Cilsaxiani TeTfti konveftti meWifta, meofteSi _
Cestze mdgafti sakuTafti falosi da Tvals veft
macilebdnen TvalebdaWyetili qalbatonebi da
swofted am dftos CaiftTo `mecxftis~ is gi- Jufti
finali: jeft banebi amovidnen TiTqos iatakidan da
oftkestftic zed mihyva, mefte bafti- toni gviqadagebda
_ ganixafteTo da wasakuzad mouwodebda
milionebs da swofted maSin gami- wyda
moTminebis Zafi da gindaT, giTxftaT fta iyo mefte?
veft getyviT. Zmebo, _ TviTon unda CaxvdeT didi
ludvigis da didftoni alek- sis am zRapafti
koopeftaciis gemos. oRond vaftikebi ftaRac
TiSebiviT iyvnen da, mgoni, mT- lad bolomde
azftze veftc modiodnen, fta da ftogoft xdeboda
yvelafefti, xoda mefte, meo- ftejeftac ftom CaTavda
finali mTeli Tavisi gftialiTa da ganxaftebebiT,
gameofteba swavlis dedaao, sul magas
miCiCinebdnen skolaSi _ cota gamoeftkvnen da
atexes eftTi viSviSi da wuwkuni da sul usindiso,
velufti da mxeci miZaxes da memuqftebodnen,
policiaSi davfq- vavT yvelafefts, naxav, Tu aftao.
me kide log- inze gaftdigaftdmo viyavi
gaSxlaftTuli da magfta memTqnafteboda, Tan eftTi
suli mqonda, ftodis moxikavdnen Tavis Cvftebs da
gaikftife- bodnen eg Cemis
specklasdamTavftebulebi da

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ganvibanebodi cxeli Sxapis qveS, magftam aRaft
damcalda _ uceb Zilisken wavedi ftaRac Zaan, Zaan
gaxaftebuli.

5.

kaftga magfta ki gavTiSulvaft etyoba _ sftuli ftvis

naxevafti iyo, Tvalebi fto movifSvnite da gavigone
kedlis iqiT, samzafteuloSi, ftaRacas putunebdnen
bebftebi _ namsaxuftebi da val- moxdilni dRis
bolos dabftunebodnen TavianT budes da axla
sakuTafti ofliT mopovebul alal lukmas
Seeqceodnen. sawylebi. xalaTi movicvi zftdilobis
gulisTvis da ojaxis eftTadeftTi sixaftulis sifaTiT
davadeqi Tavze.

— aqa mSvidoba! gaamoT, gaamoT... de, me

afta- fefts maWmev? gemoze gamoviZine, Tavic
aRaft mtkiva da am saRamos patafta saqme maq
centftSi, Semagviandeba.
simaftTle giTxftaT, ki vicodi, dedaCemi fta
mzafteulic iyo, magftam patafta mainc xo unda
asiamovno mSobels, isev zftdilobis amba- via.
mefte saabazanoSi gavtancavdi, namftuSali
Camoviftecxe, Tmasac cota sveli savaftcxeli
SevaSvele, daviSmotke da saxeganaTebuli mivu- jeqi
magidas. eftTxanoba Cumad vilukmebodiT,

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magftam kacs fto aft moasvenebs gamCeni da
mamaCem- sac suftvili uCndeba xolme,
gamesaubftos:

— ise ki aft gamigo, Svilo, TiTqos Sens

ambebSi vefteode _ oRond vicode mainc, ftas
saqmianob xolme saRamoobiT?

— xan _ ftas, xan _ ftas. ftasac kantoftaSi

metyvian. an aveji aqvs vinmes gadasatani, an
yvavilebia binaze gasagzavni... mokled, gaqce- va-
gamoqcevaze vaft. Sen mainc fta gadaftdebs, aftc
Casacmel-dasaxuftis fulsa gTxov da aftc aftafefts. fta
gawuxebs?

— magitom aft geubnebi, ubftalod, ftaRac cudi

winaTgftZnoba miCndeba xandaxan. sizm- ftebsac
vxedav.

— ftao-ftao?..
ai aman ki magfta damaintftiga, RmeftTmani, fta-
Raca sizmafti TiTqos mec vnaxe swofted im dRes,
magftam ftaRac Zaan, Zaan bundovnad maxsovda...
mefte? _ vekiTxebi.

— cudad meniSna, maftTals geubnebi. quCaSi

iweqi, saSinlad iyavi nacemi da gaftSemo sul is
biWebi gexvivnen, Seni skolelebi...
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 — maftTla? kaftgi eftTi, aft daijefto _ ftogoftme
movuvli Tavs, Sen magis daftdi afta gqondes!

da ucbad gamaxsenda pagonebiani joftji- biWi

fto mesizmfta im diliT, misi xelqveiTi bnelo kide,
goTveftani, jaWviT fto mJvepavda; magftam
sizmftebi sawinaaRmdegod maftTldebao, gamigonia.

— iseTi umweo iyavi, gaqcevac aft SegeZlo...

es kide mTlad daujeftebeli iyo, iasni am- bavia

da gunebaSi gamecina kidec, mefte fuli amovxike
jibidan, magidaze davde da veubnebi:

— mam, ai es, ftac guSin wavimuSave _ bevfti ki

aftafefti, magftam eftT gasvlaze mainc geyofaT
sadme... bolos ftodis iyo, Sen da dedo kinoSi fto
waxvediT eftTad?

— eeh, sad unda wavideT, aRaftc Tavi gvaqvs

da Seni mtefti gavida RamRamobiT kaftSi. aTasi
ubedufteba xdeba. mainc madlobeli vaft, eftT boTl
wiTel Rvinos movitan da aqve gamovwftu- pavT,
televizoftTan.

Tqva da es mftude gziT naSovni xelis WuWyi

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jibeSi ikfta. dedo kide am dftos TefSebs fte- cxavda,
aftc gaugonia, kide kaftgi. ase siyvaft- ulsa da
gagebaSi davSoftdiT im saRamos eftT- maneTs.

kibeebze CavTftixindi da Zaan gamikviftda,

mTeli kodla fto iq damxvda _ kedelTan idgnen
da industftializaciis SiSlikana mqa- dageblebs bnelo
Tavis komentaftebs uftTavda didze-didi wiTeli
flomasteftiT.

`ftZis baftSi visxediT~, _ joftji meubneba,

— `da fto aft moxvedi, vifiqfteT, iqneba, gatex- ilSia
im ambis gamo-Tqo da mogakiTxeT.~

`did bodiSobanas mogixdiT~, _ veubnebi

fftTxilad, _ `dilas Tavi gaskdomaze mqonda da cota
kide wavuZine. Cvenebi ki gavafftTxile, mefte
gamaRviZeT-meTqi, magftam magaT imedze...~

`cudi ambavia~, _ Tavi gadaaqnia pitma, _

`Tavs gafftTxileba unda, Cemo. yvelas magivftad fto
Sen unda ifiqfto, imis bftalia albaT~, _ Tqva da
ftaRac uSnod gaiRmiWa, _ `wamo gafteT, Subli
gaigftile.~

`daica, bftatka~, _ veubnebi, _ `eg fta mes-

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mis? mwignobaftTa enaze magas saftkazmi hqvia,
CvenSi iazvobas eZaxian Tu momeyufta? an iqneb
inteleqtis donem agiwia da mimalav? bneloc ftaRaca
ucnauftad WikWikebda guSin.~ `bnelos
SeveSvaT~, _ Tqva isev joftji-biWma, _ `pa-
taftebi aRafta vaftT da gveyo veCnad Sens Wkuaze
topva _ iq ftaRacas daviTftevT, aq ftaRacas
daviadebT... veftTobiT fta, bavSvebiviT. uili
damfttymelam miTxfta, magaft nakols mogcemT,
Tqven iqauftoba gamoxveteT da gasaReba Cemze
iyoso. Tan xuftdaze ki aftaa layafi, maftTla didi
mayuTis ambavia~.

`ah-a-a! da ftodis aqeTia, e mag uiliam Za- lian

magaft damfttymelTan fto daiaftebiT?~ _ vekiTxebi
ucbad.
`yvelas Cven-Cveni cxovfteba gvaq, aleks _
swoftea?~

`mainc-mainc?~ _ bolomde Cavdie.

`wina SabaTs gvelapaftaka mag saqmeze.~

`hoo? mefte, Cemi Zalian saqmiani fulis

mSovneli biWebi, mag did mayuTs ftas upiftebT?
unitazebTan dailagebT gamosaxocad?~ _ ve-
kiTxebi.

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 `moftCi fta, aleks, ftas gvespoftebi, Sen Tvi- Ton
gawyens fuli?~

`mawyens, bftatka, mawyens~, _ veubnebi, _

`jeft suls avnebs da mefte _ xoftcs. bolos iqneb
damiftxios kidec. zedmeti aftafefti vaft- ga,
gagaRoftebs. aqamde gakldaT ftame? ftoca
gvindoda, manqanas viadebdiT, gemozec vgfti-
alebdiT, jibis fulsac vSoulobdiT da aftc ftame iseTSi
aft gavxveulvaftT... axla fta fu- lianobaze avaftdiT?~
_ davekiTxe.

`aft ginda, nu ginda _ movftCeT bazafts. Seni

saqme Sen ici, Cven am RamiT gavdivaftT~, _
Tqva da gatftialda joftji, Zalian Zveli biWi,
uiliam dafttymulis pftiamoi Zmakaci.
`egec Sen-meTqi~, _ gavifiqfte, _ `amixda Tu
afta sizmafti: es geneftaliviT mbftZaneblobs,
buldogismoftdiani bnelo kide iqiT ikftiWeba da im
Tavis jaWvs aCxaftunebs. cudi ambavia, Zmebo,
Zalian cudi. kacma cota winac unda gaixedo.~

`maS bevfti iTmineT da Tqveni jeftic dadga,

asea? Zalian kaftgi. awi Seni Tqma da Cemi _ as-
ftuleba, joftji-biWi. gawyobs? oRond ftasac
dasTeso... xo azftze xaft?~ _ veubnebi,

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 `jeft Sens daTesils unda mivxedoT aleks
— sxva mefte vTqvaT!~ _ ftaRac uceb daiyefa
buldoga bnelom.

`vityviT, vityviT~, _ wynaftad, uveftenad Tqva

joftjma, _ `wamo, faqizo gamovwveloT da iq
vilapaftakoT saqmeze~.

`kaftgia, kaftgi, joftji-biWi~, _ veubnebi

RimiliT, _ `jeftjeftobiT yvelafefti Zvele- buftad
midis~.

oRondac yvelafefti Zvelebuftad veft wavi- doda,

vaftianti aft iyo.

quCaSi gavediT da uceb manqanam Cagvisfti-

ala gveftdze, nela, fanjafta Caweuli hqonda da
ftadioSi saviolino koncefttis finals us- menda viRaca
Seftekili da swofted fto bebeftma ludvigam amagdo isev
_ ucbad viazfte, aqve unda momeTavebina
gasakeTebeli, mefte iqneb gviani yofiliyo: magaT
avyolodi da kiseft- sac wavitexdi, aftada maftto
mgelzec yvela nadiftobs, bftiaJka kide eftTxel Tu
daiSala, mefte veRaftc Sekftav.

bftitva gavSale da joftjic Tvals madevneb-

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da etyoba, wamsve dana iZfto, fexic aft mou-
nacvlebia, ise daeyuda adgilze. miT ukeTesi- meTqi,
gavifiqfte _ vinc kldesaviT dgas, imas metic
xvdeba. eftTi bnelom ki daapifta gaqaCva da welze
daxveuli is jaWvic Seixsna, magftam pitma aft
daaneba, xeli gamosdo da Zalad ise xmamaRla
Caugdo, Cems gasagonad, _ aft gin- da, yvelafefti
Cestnad midis, mefte Seni jeftic movao. xoda, kaftgi
sanaxavebi viyaviT, joftji eftT adgils tkepnida da
gamoWeftaze iyo, dani- ani muWi gvelis TaviviT
daudioda aqeT-iqiT, me kide win da ukan
vtancaobdi, mindoda, nax- tomze wamomego da
ftogoftme majaze damesva bftitvis pifti. oRond
metismetad kaftgad ki vicnobdiT eftTmaneTs da
aftaviTafti yviftili da duxze ayvana azftadac aft
mogvsvlia, Cumad vmoZftaobdiT, piftze Rimili
gvqonda akftuli da kaci yuftadRebas aft gvaqcevda _
an TamaSi egona, an SaftSi aft undoda aftavis
gaxveva.

bolo-bolo Cemi kaftoni _ eftTi-ofti-sami gadavTvale,

bftitvamac oftjeft fSsit-fSsit gaixmiana da ucbad
mesmis, danis piftma gaiwka- ftuna asfaltze. majas
ki veft mivwvdi, magftam etyoba, TiTebze gavde da
joftji-biWic idga gaognebuli da wiTlad
damanikuftebul TiTebs daStefteboda. moftCa, eg
danis xelSi amRebi

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aRaft iyo. axla mainc. misTvis aRaftc Semi-
xedavs, axla pits mivutftialdi da wynaftad, ise,
inteftesiT vekiTxebi: ase xelCakidebuli sanamde
ginda atafto eg buTxuza, cxovftebaSi eftTxel mainc
gaiaftos Tavisi fexiT-meTqi. bne- lo fto bneloa, ase
iavnad naTqvami mis TavSic ki Sevida ftogoftRac
da buRas fto wiTeli daufftialo cxviftwin, ai ise
meca eg bftiyvis eftTi, maftTla xaftiviT zmuoda da
jaWvs ki gemoze iqnevda, veftafefts ityvi, oRond
eftTi ftac hqonda amoCemebuli, imas xo veft Secvl-
ida _ gftZlad eWifta da ofti xeliT mokleze xmaftebis
vaftianti aft iyo _ mec gombeSosaviT movyevi
xtunvas, mefte eftTi fto avicile, meoftes aRaftc
davlodebivaft, viskupe da wina fexze davusvi
madianad. is misi Semotkecili Saft- vali kaftaqiviT
gaWfta bftitvis piftma da xoftc- Sic kaftgad gaiseiftna
da aman xo sul gaacofa, ukve azftdautaneblad
iqnevda jaWvs da axla ukve Cem stilSi vijeqi _
eftTi-ofti-sami, ukan-gveftdze-win da mefte
xelukuRma qvemodan zemoT, oRond muxlebSic
unda Cavmjdaftiyavi da TiTqo Senelebul kadftSi
davinaxe, ftogoft sufTad CaeTala majaze xoftci da
ise ibRav- la, mkvdafts wamoagdebda, moqneul
jaWvsac xeli uSva da, RmeftTmani, eftTi oc
metftze mainc gauSva haeftSi klakvna-klakvniT,
sanam

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faftnis boZs aft wamoedo da zed aft Semoexvia
maftTla gveliviT. misi Semlocavi kide cal fexze
daxtoda da majas ilokavda wkmutun- iT. meti aftaa
Cemi mtefti, mase veft gaeCeftebina sisxldena. uffto
moiTxvfteboda eg ubedufti. oRond axla magis daftdi
afta mqonda.

`maS ase, Cemi piti-gvftiti _ eftTi SenRa

damftCi mgonia~, _ veubnebi wynaftad, nela,
sityvebs Softis amosunTqva minda movaswfto,
aftafefti Semetyos. is kide mxftebs iCeCs:

`Cemgan fta ginda, me fta _ vTqvi ftame? giftCev-

nia, bnelos mixedo, vena an ftame aftteftia aft
hqondes gadaWftili da xelSi aft Cagvakvdes,
ftamdeni sisxli sdis...~
elapaftake axla amas. fto dagWiftdes, TiTs veft
Segixvevs xeiftianad da venebze da aftteft- iebze ki
bodialobs ftaRacas. `oftjeft kaci jeft aft momkvdafta~,
_ veubnebi, _ `bnelo kide dabadebidanve mkvdafti
iyo~. mefte cxviftsaxoci mainc gamovaftTvi, majis
zemoT gadavuWifte da sisxlic gauCeftda da
wkmutunsac moftCa. kaft- gia, yvela ZaRli Tavis
patftons unda cnobdes. awi aftafefti SeeSlebaT.

mefte `dukaSi~ wavasxi es naomafti xalxi,

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tualetSi Wftilobebi Seixvies, nasisxlaftebi
Camoibanes da baftSi TiTo koniakic vaxuxine
xasiaTze mosasvlelad (TavianT xaftjze, fta Tqma
unda, mTeli Cemi fuli xo mamaCems miveci). mefte
iqve davsxediT kuTxeSi da ftas vxedavT, is Cveni
babuSkebi aft dagveCiTnen isev! gvicnes da
mohyvnen Zvelebuftad Tavebis kantufts da Cif-
Cifs: `RmeftTma xeli mogimaftToT, ymawvilebo,
— Tqvenze ena ftogoft mogvibftundeba vinmes-
Tan, im uzftdelma policielebma Tu kide mog- doT
Safti, vityviT, ftom sul aq iyaviT, Tvali aft
mogvicilebia TqvenTvis, Zalian keTili, zftdili
ymawvilebi aftian-Tqo, swofted ase ve- tyviT.
RmeftTi SegewioT.~

esec kaftgad meniSna da, saeftTod, am cudad

dawyebul saRamos ftaRac kaftgi pifti uCanda,
mgoni, maSin maftTla ase momeCvena da pits
vuTx- afti, ftiTime isev gamaspinZleboda am
RvTisnieft mandilosnebs. mefte savaftZelSi
gadavweqi, joft- ji-biWs gavuswofte Tvali da viTom
Zaan mxia- ftulad vekiTxebi: `ftao joftji Cemo, ai im
Senma kaftgma Zmakacma uilim _ fta mindao?~

`daica, Tu Zma xaft~, _ meubneba, _ `am RamiT

visa aq magisi Tavi.~ miTxfta da Tan bnelos
gaxeda. is kide zis gabusunebuli, xelfexd-

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abintuli da cxviftSi dudRunebs ftaRacas. jeft kide
veft gamosula, etyoba, im ambidan.

`afta uSavs, joftji, didi biWi~, _ veubnebi,

— `eg wasuli ambavia da ftac male daviviwyebT,
miT ukeTesi. CvenisTana biti xalxisTvis Ti- To-
oftola nakawfti fta saxsenebelia. axla ki saqmes
mivxedoT. fta Tqvi, sad bebiaCemTan gag-
zavnidaT batoni uiliami?~

`didebis moedanTan, paftkis kuTxeSi fto Zve- li

saxlia, SesasvlelSi mftgvali fanftebi kid- ia aqeT-
iqidan _ viRac adinoCka yvavi cxov- ftobs
mafttodmaftto, katebis budea da magafti Zvelebufti
ftaRaceebia aq oxftado.~

`mainc fta ftaRaceebio, aft Tqva?~

`ki, oqfto-veftcxli da, mgoni, beWdebic, Zaan
Zviftfasi. naxevafti zed asxia, Zlivs daban- tuftobso.~

ukve vicodi, vizec ambobda, maftTla sama- dlo

saqme iqneboda im vedmas gafcqvna, Rmeft-
Tmani. xalxs dasalevis fuli afta aq, eg kide diba-
atlasis leibebs ukeftavs katebso, gamego. da,
saeftTod, Zvelebuft nivTebs da xandaxan um-
cftosebis iniciativasac dafaseba unda.

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 `Zalian kaftgi, joftji Cemo~, _ veubnebi, _
`momwons eg azfti da Senc uffto da uffto mom-
wonxaft. mivxedoT saqmes.~

babuSkebs davubafteT, male isev ginaxulebT-

Tqo da gafteT gavlagdiT RameSi, me kide vR-
iRinebdi: `Cemive bedis Sesaxvedftad...~

6.

wyeba-wyeba kantoftebs CavuafteT da mefte eftT

dafexvil biblioTekas da swofted im viRacis Tu
ftaRacis didebis paftks mivadeqiT. aqeT ukve qalaqis
Zveli ubani iwyeboda, ZvelisZveli ucnaufti
saxlebiT da xalxic iseTi cxov- ftobda Sig, kaci veft
ityoda, vin uffto meti xnis iyo, _ saxli Tu misi
binadafti: zogi Zaan gabfteqili dagvidioda, tftostiT
xelSi
— eseni naRdSi gadamdgafti samsaxuftis kacebi
iqnebodnen; Cinosani samxedftoebis colebi
wkavwkava da mazalod SekfteWil bantian pude-
lebs daaseiftnebdnen saRamoobiT, Zaan-Zaan stafti
Zevebi kide, Tavis dReSi kacis xeli fto aft
miukaftebiaT, axla katebis mTel xftovas pa-
tftonobdnen gftZnobebis kompensaciis ambavSi.
amisTanebs maftTla eqnebodaT ftame _ obliga- ciebi,
Zveli samkaulebi, patafta bezdeluSka

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antikvaftiati an sulac ftame imisTana, tuft- istebi fto
Wkuas kaftgaven _ xatebi da ftaRac egeTi xaftaxufta.

bolos im saxlsac mivadeqiT. SesasvlelT- an,

ftkinis boZebze SuSis ofti buftTi anaTebda
iqauftobas, gaftSemo ki yvelgan bneloda da maftto
piftvel saftTulze, kuTxis fanjaftaSi enTo sinaTle.
gaftedan kaftga sqeli fteSotkebi hqonda cixesaviT,
magftam Sig fta xdeboda, mon- domebis ambavi iyo
da yvelafeftsac mSvenivftad dainaxavdi. xoda is
bebftuxana boTlidan ftZes asxamda maTlafaSi,
magidaze kide ofti gas- isinebuli kata ilokavda
ulvaSebs, oRond iman maTlafa iatakze dado da
etyoba iqac oxftad iyvnen miau-miauebi, ubftalod,
aqedan aft Canda. magftam ftac Canda, isic sakmaftisi
iyo: didi CuquftTmiani saaTi kedelze, ftaRac su-
ftaTebi sqel CaftCoebSi, iavnad Zaan Zviftfasebi, da
kide _ blomad veftcxlis WuftWeli.

`uilis aftafefti SeeSleboda~, _ waibuft- tyuna

pitma, _ „axla fta vqnaT?~

axla mec dftoze unda amomeRo xma, ftom

eWvic aftavis gasCenoda, vis ekiTxebodnen. `aft
gvinda tvinis Wyleta~, _ veubnebi, _ `davfte-

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kav zafts da uecftad gulwasuli megobftis zRapafts
davfqvav. joftji kibeebze Camojdeba _ cali xeli
gulze da piftic Ria _ es Tu kaftSi gamoxedva ineba,
imisTvis. danaftCeni advilia.~

`Tu aft gaaRo?“

`vcadoT Tu vidgeT aq da vimkiTxaoT di-

lamde?“

joftjis xma aRaft gauRia, im oftma ki Tavebi

daakantuftes mxolod.
zafts TiTi mivaWifte da Cveulebftivi bzz- bzz-
bzz ki afta, Citebis JRufttuli gaisma. an xSiftad
uftekaven, an katebs aqvT kaftgi smena da aseT
sisuleleze aft avaftdebian xolme, Tofte fta
gaaZlebinebdaT. etyoba, maftTla ufStvens amaTi
patftoni-meTqi, _ gavifiqfte. miT ukeTe- si.
male holSi sinaTle ainTo, mefte flo- stebis
fftatunic gavigone. sanam ftames mkiTxav- da,
gazeTebis RftiWos Zvelebufti, CuquftTmiani ftkinis
mZime saxuftavi avwie da Zaan aRelvebu- li xmiT
CavZaxe: `gviSveleT vinmem, kaci gaxda cudad
quCaSi! wyali momawodeT Cqafta da sas- wftafoSi
daftekeT!..“ Tan mZime-mZimed vsunTqav,
naftbeniviT. eg maftTla qaji kide kikinebs kafts

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iqidan: `Tavi gamanebeT! kaftgad vicnob Tqveni-
sTanebs _ jeft kafts gamaRebinebT da mefte xuft- dis
maTxovftobas damiwyebT... policias gam-
ovuZaxeb axlave!~

moulodnelobisagan ena mucelSi Camivaftda da

ftamdenime wami videqi ase piftdafCenili. iqiT
piti Caikeca muxlebSi da aqeT joftjis kinaRam
sakuTafti saxelo SemoeWama. maftto bnelo idga
kedels akftuli, waftbic aft gas- tokebia.

`ftas bftZanebT, qalbatono, gamoixedeT gafteT

— ageft kibeebTan gdia da aftc vici, fta vqna!~
— xelebs vasavsaveb, xmasac avuwie, emand pitis
fxukuni aft gaigonos-meTqi... saqmeSi xaft?!

`kidev xmas amoiRebT da katebs mogisevT

yvelas!~ _ Tavisas eftekeba es Cemis gadan-
gfteuli.
ai, mamali giJic amas qvia-meTqi, gavifiqfte da
uecftad eftTma azftma damkfta TavSi: sinaTle fto
ainTo, kaftis Tavze vitftaJiani ftaRac pa- tafta
fanjafta Tu saftkmeli davlande, iseTi mtvftiani iyo,
etyoba, gaftedan aftc Canda am Ra- meSi. axla ftame
sayftdeni mindoda, fto kaftnizs mivwvdenodi da
danaftCeni ukve teqnikis saqme

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iqneboda; am bebftuxanas Sebmis Sansi ki miz-
eftuli iyo, dilamde SeiZleboda melaqlaqa da kide
kacma aft icis, vin vis daafstveninebda boloSi. xoda,
mec viTom Zaan aRSfoTebuli, gavtftialdi da
xmamaRla ise gaviZaxi: `eg aftafefti, megobafto,
cotac gauZeli da vinme keTil samaftitels mainc
gadaveyftebiT sadme! mxaftze dameyftdeni, egfte
uffto gagiadvil- deba...~ Tan joftjic wamovayene
da meti dama- jefteblobisaTvis sul xvneSa-xvneSiT
gaveca- leT iqauftobas. cota SevicadeT, am Cems
bli- yvebsac avuxseni, ftasac vapiftebdi, mefte
Cumad davbftundiT SesasvlelTan da bnelos
vaniSne, mxafti Seeyenebina CemTvis. ai ase. axla
xom kaft- gad xedavdnen, vis ftisi Tavi hqonda.

kaftnizs TiTebiT mivwvdi da metic aft mindo- da,

zed Camovekide, mefte xelebze aviqaCe, cali fexic
mivaxmafte da wamSi zemodan moveqeci. fan- jafta
daketili iqneboda, fta Tqma unda, eWvic aft
Sempaftvia, sakiTxavi is iyo, bolos ftomel saukuneSi
gaaRes. ise, RmeftTs madloba da isev im msoflio
aftxis wyalobiT Tu Ramis SiSiT, gamvlels veft
naxavdi quCaSi da veftc SuSis CamTelebis xmas
gaigebda saxlSi vinme. idayvi movde fftTxilad, Zaan
fftTxilad, CaftCenil na- texebs fto aft wamovdebodi,
xeli Sevyavi da Spi-

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ngaleti amovagde. axla eftTi patafta miwolac
mWiftdeboda da moftCa, holisaken hefti, hefti!.

isini ki idgnen da melodnen, yuftebs apan-

tuftebdnen kaftis gaRebis momlodineni. axia
magaTze, idgnen da melodon-meTqi, vifiqfte _
TviTon davamTavfteb Cemive dawyebuls, jeft am
vedmas guls gavuxeTqav, mefte gadavaftCev, ftac
vaftgisi iqneba, saukeTesos CemTvis movtexav,
mefte wynaftad, auCqafteblad gavuReb kafts da
win davxvdebi Tovlis babuasaviT saCuqftebiT
dagftuzuli. ase jobia. moftCa, fta saWiftoa
yvelafeftSi magaT SevuTanxmde xolme da yvel-
gan saqmeSi gaviyvano. jeft dajefteba da moft-
Cileba iswavlon. CemTan aft daekaftgebaT.

holidan gftZeli, Cabnelebuli deftefani

iwyeboda, aqeT-iqiT kaftebiT, sastumftoSi ge-
gonebodaT Tavi, aftada mTel amxela binaSi eftTi
es gadamRftZvali bebefti cxovftobda Ta- vis
fisuniebiT. iqneb, TiTo fisos TiTo oTaxi hqonda
dabftonili _ aftc gamikviftdeboda, RmeftTmani.
eftTgan RftiWoSi sinaTle gamodi- oda da qalis
xmac gavigone, mgoni telefonze elapaftakeboda
viRacas an sulac katebis Tavze saxaftebas
kiTxulobda _ magisagan aftc eg iqneboda gasakvifti.

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 Sevedi da ftas xedavs, Zmebo, Cemi
simpaTi- ufti Tvalebi: fanjftidan ftac davCiTeT, fta
saTqmeli iyo, unda genaxaT, Sig fta xdeboda:
oqfto-veftcxli, faifufti, kai CemsimaRle Cin- ufti
vazebi, jvaftcmac iyo eftTi _ naRdad spi- los Zvlis
iqneboda, suftaTebis da xatebis ki fta giTxftaT,
maftto CaftCoebi eRifteboda eftT ftamed, oRond
gaftSemo ki iseTi Smoftis suni idga, lamis Cemi
damemaftTa. aba fta iqneboda, vivaftiumSi gaxldiT
eftTxel eqskuftsiaze da amdeni kata eftTad iq aft
minaxavs _ fta ji- Sis da feftis gindoda, eftT patafta
gamofenas moawyobdi, RmeftTmani, oRond zogi
im xnis iyo ukve, mTlad gaquculi, TvalSi veft
ixedebo- da, zogi ki sul axlad Tvalaxelili knuti,
oTaxis SuaSi gamosvlasac veft bedavda jeft da
kedel-kedel dasavsavebda.

ftom Sevedi, kaftga xnis dauzeTavma kaftma

gaiWftiala da katian-bebftianad yvela me
momaCeftda.
`salami, salami, qalbatonebo~, _ veubne- bi, _
`aqa mSvidoba da Tbili ftZe nu mogak- loT
gamCenma~. Tan oTaxs vaTvaliefteb da iqve,
Taftoze veftcxlis eftTi mSveniefti pawia nakeToba
davalivefte _ SiSveli gogona fexis wveftebze idga
xelebawvdili, welSi gazneqi-

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li da TiTqos unda, fto miswvdes ftaRacas...
bevftic aft mifiqftia, eg ukve Cemad miviTvale,
Taftodan gadmoviRe da vtkbebi xelovnebis
nimuSiT. gacala vinmem?! es Cemis bebftuxana,
nuftas ukacftavad, aftc SeSfoTebula da aftc aftafefti,
Zaan duxiT mitevs: `dade axlave adg- ilze, uzftdelo
Sena! daZvfteba aq sxvis binaSi da epotineba
yvelafefts! mand aft momiyvano, Toftem agaxev
yuftebs!~

`daica, bebefto~, _ veubnebi, _ `Saftze xaft? emand

aftafefti moiwio.~

is kide maftTla Cemken moiwevs da aft momiq-

nia ucbad kastili?! Zlivs avicile da, Zme- bo, swofted
am dftos iseTi ftame davinaxe, be- bftuxanac
gadamaviwyda da misi joxic: ftaRaca sadgami iyo,
Savi xis da zed TeTfti qvisagan gamoTlili biusti _
ludvig van beThoveni, liCnad, TmagaCeCili da im
Tavisi afttistuli SaftfiT yelze. mtkavelis simaRle
iqneboda, meti afta da zustad saCemo. is iyo, nabiji
ga- davdgi da xelic unda damevlo da ftZian maT-
lafaSi aft vtuce fexi! gamisftialda, wonas- woftoba
davkaftge, am dftos kide is bebefti ve- dma
wamomepafta ukanidan da damcxo da damcxo
TavSi...

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 es ki ukve aRaftafftad mepitnava, mivutfti- aldi da
xelukuRma iseTi gavuqane daCamiCe- bul sifaTSi,
wamsve Tavis Zviftfas katunebs miuwva iatakze.
kide kaftgi, sqeli noxi efina da zed gaiSxlaftTa,
Toftem veRaftc avakfte- finebdi bebeft Zvlebs. am
dftos kide, bedi aft ginda, ftomeliRac xvads
davabije etyoba kudze, miaaaauo _ eftTi fto
daiWyavla gan- wiftuli xmiT da klanWian-
kbilebianad Cama- fftinda wvivSi, ai konceftti
maSin daiwyo _ es vedma calke gahkivis,
damfftTxali katebi Tavisas Cxavian-knavian, me
sul dedis ginebiT, askinkilaTi davxtunaob, viqnev
xel-fexs da vcdilob, ftogoftme es cxoveli moviSofto
da swofted am dftos isev im maTlafaSi aft Cava-
laje?! fexi damisxlta, uSnod amovtftialdi da
magidis kides Cavafftindi, magftam ftaRac
gadasafaftebeli SemftCa xelSi da vazebian-
safeftfleebianad Tavze Camovimxe. sxvaze mo-
sayoladaa sasacilo, Toftem me Wkuidan vi- yavi
gadasuli. Tanac es bebftuxana iqidan wikvinebs da,
RmeftTmani, katebs misevs. aft vici, maftTla
gaugones Tu SemTxveviT iyo, magftam eftTi-oftma
naRdad gamkfta bftWyali da isec xom, gmadlobT,
kaftgad gaxldiT da amaze sul daviSale ZaftRvebSi,
skams wamovavle xeli da daveftie. xom giTxaftiT,
Cems Wkuaze

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aft viyavi-meTqi! is vedma kide aft wamoxta
ucbad da aft gadamidga eftTi wivil-kiviliT win _
katebs ftas eftCio?! xoda, is skamic oftive xeliT
davafSveni Tavze. eg iyo da iseTi siCume
Camovaftda, sakuTafti qoSinis xma mes- moda da
ftomeliRaca knutis knavili faftdis ukan.
danaftCenebi oTaxebSi mimoifantnen da, Zmebo,
swofted am dftos gavigone is Zaan usiamo xma,
maftTalia, Softidan, magftam mainc Zaan-Zaan
usiamo _ policiis manqanis siftena iyo CaftTuli da
xmac sul uffto axlovde- boda. ai maSin movedi
azftze, etyoba im ved- mam damastuka telefoniT
da imitomac iyo ase did gulze. misTvis zedac aft
damixedavs, tempSi kaftisaken movxie, saketebi,
zadviJkebi da ftaRac oxftad cepebi avxseni da
giJiviT gavvaftdi gafteT. iq kide maftto bnelo
dgas, imis Wkuac aft eyo, dftoze daegaza
sxvebiviT.
`pleti-meTqi, bftiyvo!~ _ vuyvifti da is afti, bnelSi
unda vduftTo Tavi da uceb ftaRacam mxia TavSi,
Tvalebis daxuWva kide movaswafti, magftam
mainc iseTi tkivili iyo, gadmocvenaze gamixda da
TiTqo dens mitaftebdnen Sig. mefte ukan
damqaCa jaWvma, Zifts damagdo da bnelos
mSvidi, Zaan mSvidi xmac Camesma: `asea, bftat,
im xalxs daxvedfta unda da Senze sapatio kacs sad
vipoviT... me kide isev wamovftoSav

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ftames da Segaftcxven~, _ Tqva da siftenebis
sawinaaRmdego mxaftes gabftagunda.

mefte me aqeT vRmuodi da iqiT siftenebi

wuodnen da wamSi ZaRlebiT gaivso iqauftoba. me
ftas davinaxavdi _ Tvalebi mewvoda da fta- Rac
sazizRafti cftemliani wiftpli mdioda, ma- gftam
ynosviT vcnobdi magaT, isini kide mecnen da
xelebi gadamigftixes, TiTqo ftamis gamkeTe- beli
viyavi. damplebi. isic gavigone, bina fto daCiTes
da ftomeliRacam Tqva: `mZimedaa, ma- gftam jeft
sunTqavs.~

am dftos kide me momadga viRac da Zaan

kmayofili xmiT acxadebs: `ase, ase _ kaftga didi
Rlavi dagviTftevia!~ azftze modiT, kaci
davbftmavdi, mgoni, da es kide Cemze Radaobs.
`TvalSi veft vixedebi, fta gindaT Cemgan!~ _ vy- vifti,
_ `ftas damesieT ZaRlebiviT!~

`aba es fta lapaftakia, axalgazftdav, cota

sityvebi SeaftCieT~, _ icinis viRaca da iqve
beWdiani Tu bftasletiani xeli mwafted mlewa
cxvift-piftSi. mefte manqanaSi Semagdes da Caft-
Tuli sifteniT davgazeT sadRac. mivxvdi, Savad iyo
Cemi saqme. meti aft iyo Cemi mtefti, magaT
saavadmyofoSi aft miveyvaneT. is Cemi gftiazni

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bftatkebi kide `dukaSi~ isxdnen albaT bankis pivas
uftaxunebdnen da im yvavebs axvevdnen yavi- Ta
da SokoladiT, iqneb sxva ftamec gaemetebi- naT,
isini kide gamxmaft Tavebs ukantuftebdnen albaT
da Tavisas gaiZaxodnen: `RmeftTi SegewioT,
ymawvilebo, Tqven gaixafteT, mTeli saRamo aq
aft iyaviT? Tvali aft mogvicilebia TqvenTvis!..~

mefte nela-nela gamovixede TiTqos, fta- Rac

bundovnad da gadRabnilad ki vxedavdi yvelafefts,
Tan magftadac mecftemleboda, ma- gftam
dabftmavebas gadavftCi da egec xeifti iyo. oRond kaftgs
ftas davinaxavdi, aqeT-iqiT ofti foftmiani mejda da
win kide, Sofftis gveftdze, StackiSi gadacmuli viRac
sqelkisefta. swofted is iyo, fto momitftialda da
viTom Zaan dftuJelubnad mekiTxeba: `gaebi,
aleks, maxeSi? im qals Tu daenZfta, wasulia Seni
saqme.~

`mefte me fta SuaSi vaft?!~ _ lamisaa maftT- la

vitifto, _ `sami kaci madga Tavze, imaT
gamaRebines kafti Signidan da mefte kaftgad xe-
davT, fta dReSic Camagdes da axla gindaT, me
SemomtenoT yvelafefti?~ is kide meiazveba da es
ZaRlebic gveftdze xiTxiTeben: `RmeftTo ki,

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momkali, maftTla cud wfteSi da dReSi Cavaftd-
nilxaft, magftam afta uSavs, axla mivalT, sadac
saWiftoa, da dftois meti fta gveqneba _ ijeqi da wefte,
ftogoft gaxdi Zaladobis msxveftpli da moZaladeebis
gza-kvalzec dagvayeneb al- baT, vinme sxva
SenisTana ucodveli kidev aft CaiTftion bnel
saqmeebSi! afta, Cemi biWi~.

`Cems fexebs dagiweftT!~ _ vyvifti, _ `ftis kvalze

damdgomebi Tqvena xaftT, axla ukve
`ioftkis dukaSi~ isxdebian eg nabiWvftebi da
alibic zed eqnebaT! Tqven im bebeft lakomkebs
dauqanaveT eftTi kaftgad da iqve Camofqvaven, vin
sad iyo da ftodis...~

ZaRlebi kide yuftsac aft ibefttyaven, vatyob,

ftomeliRacam kide wamiTaqa kefaSi da swofted am
dftos eftT axlad SeTeTftebul myftal samo- ftigeosTan
mivgoftdiT. sul jikav-jikaviT gad- momiyvanes da
mujlugunebis fttymeviT amagdes kibeebze. maftTla
mtefti moxvda amaT xelSi.

7.

afta, yvela es magaTi kantofta eftTnaiftia, ginda

TeTftad SebeTqe gaftedan da ginda sul

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SampuniT ftecxe Signidan _ iseTi sunia, kbilis eqimis
oTaxi mogenatfteba poliklinikaSi.
jeft mosacdelSi Semagdes, iq oTxi oylayi ujda
magidas da Cais miiftTmevdnen didis am- biT.
kameftebidan bluyuni da gineba ismoda da
viRaca falcetiT moTqvamda quftdi kacis bedze.
mefte eftTi es kai Cais msmeli biWi gavida da
bftagvanis xma gavigone da gulis gamawvft- ilebeli
moTqmac Sewyda.

me aftc eftTi ZaRliSvili yuftadRebasac aft

maqcevda, sanam viRac epoletebiani aft Semov-
ida, mZimed amxed-damxeda da Zaan
mftavalmniS- vnelovnad waftmoTqva: `h-hm!.~
`kftintsac aft davZftav, sanam advokats aft
momiyvanT~, _ veubnebi, _ `da saxlSic unda
davfteko. aftasftulwlovanis dakiTxvis aftaviT- afti
ufleba aft gaqvT, damcveli Tu aft daeswfto.~

`uyufte Sen, kanonebic scodnia! amdeni gana-

Tlebac aft vaftga, aleks _ Tavs agatkivebs~, _ Tqva
ufftosma da amoioxfta, mZimed, Zaan daR- lili
kaciviT, qveynis saqmeebi fto abaftia da miyuftebs
TvalebgaSteftebuli.

etyoba, kide SemftCenoda gakviftvebis unafti da _

saidan micnobT-meTqi, _ vekiTxebi.

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 `aba, vin aft icnobs patafta alekss da mis bandas
_ Zmakacebic Sesafeftisi gyavs, naft- Cevi.~
`aftaviTafti banda da Zmakacebi me afta myavs~,
— veubnebi, _ `da aftca myolia. viRacaSi
geSlebiT an sxvis saqmes mteniT. aftafeftze xels
aft mogiweftT, Cemic meyofa.~ is kide Tavs uqnevs
eftT oylays da isic wynaftad, mSvidad, Rimiliani
saxiT dgeba, modis CemTan da mis ise fta gapaftsul
saxes vxedav, CaSavebul wina kbils, gaoflil
kisefts, oflisa da ftZiani Cais suni eftTad momdis
da uceb iseTi mwepa mziswnulSi, oTxad
movikakve da sadilze day- olebuli namcxvaftic
sananebeli gamixda. isini kide kvdebodnen siciliT,
oRond ufftosi isev ise gaSteftebuli miyuftebda,
daRlili saxiT, me Tan SeTeTftebul kedels
miveyftdeni, sxva fta gza mqonda, Tan xelic
mivaSvele da sul amov- igangle TeTftad, is
nabiWvafti kide Sebftunda da imaT eubneba,
magidasTan: `axla vinme sxva modiT, Cai
micivdeba.~

afta, ftom movmkvdaftiyavi, amisTana Sanss

mainc veft gavuSvebdi xelidan _ Zlivs movibftune
sunTqva, wamovimaftTe da eftTi iseTi amovade
kaklebSi, gagixaftdebodaT. imas ki daadga Savi
dRe, magftam mefte, fto moasulieftes, momdgnen

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yvelani da imdeni mifttyes, kuWis wveni gad-
momdioda tuCebze. mefte mimagdes kuTxeSi da
naSftom-najafebma isev Cais xvftepa gaaxuftes.
cota xniT, etyoba, goneba davkaftge, mefte
sicivem gamomiyvana _ kefa mqonda kameftis
ftkinis kaftze mibjenili; Tvali gavaxile da,
RmeftTmani, Tavad b-ni deltoidi aft damdgomia
Tavze? miyuftebs da TviTonac kaftgi Sesaxedia,
gegonebaT mTeli Rame aq gaetaftebinos, kutuz-
kaSi. miyufta, miyufta da bolos meubneba: `maS
ase, aleks Cemo, ftogoftca vTqvi, ise agixda
yvelafefti, namdvilad. RmeftTo, fta Segcode amis
fasi!~ cota paTetikuftad ki gamouvida, mefte
ZaRlebs miubftunda da Zveli nacnobebi- viT
miesalma, guliTadad. Tan isic uTxfta, biWi ftaRac
veft gamoiyufteba kaftgado. RmeftT- mani, swofted
ase uTxfta.

`Zaladoba Zaladobas Sobs~, _ bftZnuli ieftiT

eubneba ZaRlTufftosi, _ `SeiaftaRebul
winaaRmdegobas uwevda kanonis damcvelebs.~

`izamda, ki~, _ wamsve daeTanxma es tftiapka

deltoidi, _ `mec Tavze xels aftavin gadamis- vams,
momxsnian.~ _ Tan ise momCeftebia, viTomc
nacem-nabegvi adamiani ki afta, maftTla Cvafti
egdos kuTxeSi. `momxsnian, namdvilad~, _

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daumata isev TavisTvis, TiTqos sakuTaft San- sebs
wonida da mefte imaT ekiTxeba: `sasamaftT- lo
ftodisaa? momiwevs mosvla.~
`Tqveni imedi maqvs, seft~, _ veubnebi xmis
kankaliT, _ `xom xedavT, fta miyves, me ki iseTi
aftafefti damiSavebia, imaT maiZules...~

`moval ki, aba aft moval? kaftgadac dagaxasi-

aTeb, namdvilad~, _ meubneba da ftaRac ucnau- ftad
miyuftebs.

`Tu piftadad misTvis gaqvT ftame saTqmeli,

Cveni nu mogeftidebaT~, _ eubneba ufftosi, _
`iciT, xandaxan gulis mooxebac saWiftoa.~

da bn-ma platon deltoidma, aftasftulw- lovanTa

aRzftdis zedamxedvelobis inspeq- toftma,
damsaxuftebulma pedagogma da a.S. da a.S., uceb
iseTi ftame moxia, am sqelkanianebmac ki Tvalebi
Wyites: movida axlo, sul axlo da Sig saxeSi aft
SemomafuftTxa! saxeSi Semo- mafuftTxa-meTqi,
Zmebo, gind daijefteT, gind
— afta, mefte ki gatftialda da usityvod gaSpa gafteT.

dilamde adinoCkaSi vegde da Zili ftas

momekafteboda, eftTianad daCeCqvil-dabegvi-

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li viyavi. diliT kide ftaRac qaRaldi mo- mitanes
xelmosaweftad. eSmaksac wauRixaftT yvelani-
meTqi,_ vifiqfte, mag Tqveni sikeTi- sa da
wesieftebisaTvis Tu sul TqvenisTana damplebi da
CaTlaxebi ibftZvian, RmeftTmani, kaia, ftom
Tqvens mxaftes afta vaft-meTqi. egRa maklia, davdge
da gulze mjiRis cemiT vi- nanio, TviTon xo didad
patiosan da samag- aliTo xalxad mogaqvT Tavi,
eftTi Tqveni aR- saftebac manaxa dabeWdili da
xelmoweftili, ftaebs fiqftobT da bolomde Tqveni
neba iyos, ftaebs CaidendiT, oRond magis jigafti vin
mog- caT, ftasac Cagiyftian TavSi, naftecxi wyaliviT
igive gamogdiT piftidan... da movdeqi da im
stenogftafists Tu ftaRaca Cemi Wifti iyo _ foftma ki
ecva, magftam ZaRls aftafefti ugavda, saTvaleebiani
pediki iyo viRaca _ bolomde da sul wvftilad
Cavumaftcvle yvelafefti, Tuki ftame Tavs
gadamxdenia, ftac banakidan ga- momiSves.
RmeftTmani, aftafefti gamomitovebia da aftc Cemi
eqsZmakacebis wvlili damftCenia daufasebeli _
asea, yvelas Tavisi wili qaqi unda Seeftgos.

boloSi fto gavediT, im sawyals civma oflma

daasxa, mgoni, da, saeftTod, cota alaod iyo, Sefmac
ki SeamCnia da ftaRac amfteziT uTxfta:

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`kaftgi, sakmaftisia... wadi axla, magafti cxeli Cai
gamogiyvans. mefte am saZaglobas sam egzem-
plaftad gadabeWdav da am vaJbatons moaweftin- eb
xels.~ me kide zedac aft Semomxeda _ eftTi
`Skafi~ idga iqve, gajgimuli, mTeli am xnis
ganmavlobaSi waftbic aft gautokebia da imas
eubneba, saeftToSi Seagdeo.
es saeftTo fto kaftgis aftafefti iqneboda, fta mixvedfta
magas undoda, magftam me iq dRe dama- dga,
lamis iyo kedlebze gavedi. vin iatakze egdo sakuTaft
naTxevSi da mainc gemoze xvfti- navda, vin
naftebze iwva da imisTana suns uSveb- da, ftomeli
xvfteli sad hqonda, veft gaugebdi. amaT sul fexebze
vekide da Cemi Semosvlac aft gaugiaT, magftam
kide viRac ofti dampali iyo, jeft eftTmaneTs dacxes
Cemi gulisTvis da vinc veftxi aiRo, me momdga
xelebis faTuftiT. is- eTi nabegvi viyavi, aRaftc
Cxubis Tavi mqonda da aRaftc ftwyevisa, ofti TiTi
vatake TvalebSi da eg iyo, SemeSva. iqve viRac
moxuci iwva zeda koikaze, iseTi gaglejili
mTvftali, etyoba ZaRlebma Seagdes iq, TviTon
ftas afoftTxde- boda. saxe eftTianad daWmuli
hqonda _ naR- dad fto aTaSangi eqneboda
akidebuli, magftam axla caftieli adgilis Zebna sad
SemeZlo, bftaxaniT davuSvi qveviT da TviTon
avZvefti zed. aftc gaugia _ magisTvis axla aftaviTafti

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mniSvneloba aft hqonda, sad egdeboda da aftc
CemTvis, oRond ki hoftizontalufti mimeRo. xoda
mivegde im myftal matftasze da iseTi dangfteuli
viyavi, wamsve CameZina; CameZina ki afta,
ftaRac gaviTiSesaviT da sxva samyaftoSi
gadavedi TiTqos, ukeTesSi, fta Tqma unda, bev-
ftad ukeTesSi: did yvavilebian mdeloze vi- yavi
tyis piftas da viRac Txisfexebiani kaci ubeftavda,
mgoni, fleitaze. mefte mze amovida da viTom
beThovenis fafaftaSlili Tavi iyo, qaftiSxaliviT saxe
hqonda da quxiliviT xma. da `mecxftis~ finali
gavigone, ucnauftad Secvlili sityvebiT, oRond
TiTqos ase unda yofiliyo, sizmaftSi viTom TviTon
ludviga qaCavda baftitons:

Sen ixafte, Sen ixafte, tuftfav

eliziumis! milionebi
movdivaftT _
Zelayenebulebi!.. gftial-
gftialiT,
Tomaft-TomaftiT _
sanetafto Seni xvftelis
dasagftiaznavad...

oRond musika ki swoftad midioda, aftavi- Tafti

tftanskftipcia da tftakani; da swofted am

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dftos gamaRviZes, azftzec aft viyavi, fta dfto
gavida _ aTi wuTi Tu oci saaTi Tu dReebi da wlebic
iqneb da aRaftc saaTi mekeTa xelze, Sexsna
moeswftoT, oRond qvemodan viRac foft- miani
mtenida Tavis joxs da meubneboda: `ade, ade! naxa
fta amanac Zilis dfto...~
me kide gonze veft movdiodi, Zlivs Camov-
bobRdi naftebidan, mefte ftaRac deftefnebiT mataftes
da `Sen ixafte, o asulo eliziumisao~ ftekavda TavSi.
bolo-bolo eftT kantoftaSi Semagdes, sul mbeWdavi
gogoebiT iyo savse, magidebze yvelas TiTo yvavili
edga WiqaSi da eftT did mTavaft magidasTan kide is
guSindeli ufftosi ijda, gayinuli mzeftiT maTvaliefteb- da
da xedavda, fexze Zlivs videqi, magftam sax-
elmwifo qonebas xo aft damasvftevinebda _ skams,
magaliTad.

`kide fta Cemi Sibla gindaT-meTqi~, _ dave-

kiTxe, _ `aft geyoT, ftac mibftaguneT da saxeSi
mafuftTxeT da yvelafefti oxftad dagifqviT da amis
mefte saeftTo sanagveSi SemagdeT viRac
sifilitikebTan da pidaftastebTan? axla kide ftiTi unda
mtanjoT-mawvaloT-meTqi?~

`Seni satanjvelic geyofa~, _ meubneba, _

`iqneba da mTeli cxovftebac geyos~… da sanam

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ftames daumatebda, Zmebo, ukve viyide kidec,
ftas metyoda, ftiTi gamaxaftebda am dilauT-
enia... is bebefti vedma momkvdaftiyo, Zmebo, _
gonze aRaftc mosula, ise CahkvdomodaT xelSi.
etyoba cxel gulze metismeti momivida. axla dilidan
saRamomde iknavlebdnen damSeuli fisuniebi da
vinRa daudgamda ftZian maTlafas. moftCa eg
ambavi, im bebftisac da Cemic.

oRond me jeft Teqvsmetisac aft viyavi.

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 kari meore

`axla fta vqnaT?~

aba fta giTxftaT, Zmebo, davdge axla da tvini

wagiRoT mTeli im speqtaklis moyoliT, fto- melic
am diftkaSi gafoftmebas daWiftda? calke dedom ica
TavSi xelebi, calke mamaCemi bodi- alobda ftaRacas
gzis acdenasa da Tavis moW- ftaze da
sasamaftTloSi kide ftac im paftikianma tipma Cemze
ibazfta, yvelafefti naRdi ftom yo- filiyo, maftTla
wasacleli meqneboda Tavi. mefte kide mTlad
umaRlesi sasamaftTlo da manamde winaswaft
patimftobaSi yofna isev adi- noCkaSi da
dafStvenas maftTla aRaftafefti miklda, iq kide Zaan,
Zaan maRal tonebSi ilapaftakes isev Cemsa da
Cemi xnis kai ded- mamiSvili biWebis xelidan
wasvlaze da sftul gadagvaftebaze da finalSi didi
mwuxaftebiT, ma- gftam mainc Zaan mtkiced
gasaCivftebis uflebis gafteSe momisajes ToTxmeti
weli.

xoda vaft axla aq, c.x. 84 b-Si (es c.x. jeft

ubftalod `cixis~ uazfto Semokleba megona,
magftam aqauftTagan SedaftebiT uffto ganaTle- buli
kontingentis waftmomadgenelma amixsna:
centftalufti xaftos niSnavs, 84 b kide blokis

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nomeftiao), saxelmwifo xaftjze viSmotkebi _ ftaRac
tftawisfefti piJama macvia da zed gul- ze, da
zuftgzedac, nomefti 665321 maweftia. ase ftom,
aftaviTafti aleksi da familaftoba, cafti- eli cifftovka vaft
winidanac da ukanidanac.

mTeli am ambebidan ofti weli gavida, Zmebo, da

advili asatani aft iyo es ofti weli, asatani ki afta da,
Tavi Zlivs gavitane adamianisgvafti cxovelebis am
pitomnikSi da vis aRaft gadav- eyafte: quftdebs,
banditebs, qeSebs, xuftuSianebs da, RmeftTmani,
lamis Cemze udgeboda yvelas: zogs Tavi undoda
Cemi da zogs _ ukanali, vin yelis gamoWftas
mipiftebda da vin _ xasad dasmas. kide kai Wkuaze
vaft. mefte es samuSaoc magafti damaqliavebeli
ftame iyo _ asanTis kolofebi unda gvekeTebina da
dRis bolos ukve TiTebi mixevdeboda. Sesvenebaze
kide zo- nis ezoSi gagvyftidnen xolme da sadoRe
cx- enebiviT wfteze gvataftebdnen muxlis gasaSle-
lad. maftto saRamoobiT gvqonda xoxma, vinme
dafexvil pftafesofta tips moiyvandnen da isic Zaan
gulmodgined bubunebda ftaRacas mweftebze an
galaqtikaze da eftTxelac Tovlis fifqebis geometftiaze
gveblatava viRac Seftekili da eftTi maSin iyo, fto aft
CamTvlima: ki aft vusmen- di, ubftalod is bebefti
mwignobafti gamaxsenda,

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RamiT quCaSi fto mivasikvdileT me da Cemma
naZ- makacaftebma. ftac Camayudes, maTze maftto
eftTi ftam gavige _ wlisTavze joftji-biWi gausaRe-
biaT; mefteda aft ikiTxavT, ftogoft da ftanaiftad?
RmeftTmani, xandaxan samaftTalic afti qveyanaze da
magis boloc eg iyo _ gaRoftda da veRaft eteoda
sakuTaft tyavSi, viRac mdidafti koleq- cioneftis
binaSi gadamZvftala eg bftiyvi ega da imis
magivftad, sanam moCanTuli patftoni gonze
movidoda, wasaRebi dftoze waeRo, mimdgafta da
sul gauoxftebia iqauftoba. es koleqcionefte- bic xo
magafti daftexvili xalxia _ jeft maftto fulis ambavi
egona da wynaftad egdo, magftam mefte azftze
mosula, ftac xdeboda da giJs dams- gavsebia,
Zvelebufti bftonzis mZime Sandali daiTftia da eca
Tuftme, joftji ki baibuftSi aft iyo da miiRo kidevac
uknidan baTqi TavSi, iqve gaTavebula. im tips fta
_ TavdacvaSi CauT- vales da piftobiTic aft
miuciaT, joftji-biWi ki gavida gaRma. axia,
RmeftTmani.

`fta vqnaT axla?~

kvifta dRe iyo da cixis salocavSi viya- viT

Seyftili, kapelani sakviftao damoZRvftas gvipiftebda
da ftoJac Sesabamisi daeyenebina
— bftZnuli da viTomc Zaan gamgebiani. me Ses-

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afeftisi musikis gaSveba mevaleboda magnito-
fonze _ jeft dasawyisSi, mefte _ sadRac SuaSi, ftoca
ki maniSnebda, da _ sul boloSi. musika sasuliefto
xasiaTisa unda yofiliyo, ftasak- viftvelia, magftam
es cota tiomni ambavi iyo Cveni kapelanisTvis da
mec xan baxs vdebdi, xan hendels da xan kide,
ftodis ftac momena- tfteboda.

`axla fta vqnaT-meTqi, Tqven gekiTxebiT!~ –

mesamejeft iyivla centftalufti xaftos ftigiTma mamaom,
_ `viaftoT ase koloniidan koloniaSi? ganTavisufleba
_ dapatimfteba, cixe-kolonia- saxli, isev cixe da isev
kolonia _ ftodemde?.. Tu bolos da bolos SeismenT
sityvas ufli- sas da SeimecnebT, fta sasjelic geliT im
qveya- nas, Tu aft moinaniebT codvebs da maftTal
gzas aft daadgebiT da am qveyanas, Tu isev
Tqvensas gaftekavT?.. RmeftTma azftis naTeli
uboZa ada- mians, Tqven ki aRaftc azfti SeiftCineT
TavSi da sibneleSic xelis faTuftiT daboftialebT...
fta WkuiT cvliT-meTqi, me Tqven gekiTxebiT,
RvTis piftmSoebas ospis balandaze? fta guli
giTqvamT Zaladobis, quftdobis, mftuSobisa da ioli
cxovftebisaTvis, Tuki naRdSi viciT _ da es ukve
mecnieftuladac damtkicebulia _ ftom jojoxeTi
aftsebobs?! gana afta, Tavadac

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ftamdenjeft mwvevia xilva _ da mwuxftis Jams
gansakuTftebiT _ ftom aftis aseTi adgili, yvela
sakanze ubnelesi, adamianis xeliT dan- Tebul
yovelgvaft cecxlze uffto mwveli, sa- dac
TqvenisTana codvamounaniebeli avazakebi
— ho, TqvenisTanebi-meTqi, ftas ikftiWebiT _
wivian-kivian da godeben usasftulo tanjvis gamo
da, yelamde sibinZufteSi Caflulni, ylup sufTa wyals
natftuloben... asea es!~

da swofted am dftos, Zmebo, bolo ftigebSi

viRacam daupftuwuna da atyda eftTi xoftxo- ci,
magftam zedamxedvelebi ftas mikeTebdnen _
tempSi moaketines yvelas da mefte eftT viRac
gaZvaltyavebul Sibzikas daavles xeli da gaaqanes,
saca wesi iyo. bevfts ki WiWyinebda, me afta, ai is
zeki iyoo, magftam vin daujefta da an fta
mniSvneloba hqonda amas.

`ai xom xedavT!~ _ Tavisas mieftekeboda ka-

pelani, _ `amqveynad mTlad umciftesi cod- vac
ki afta ftCeba dausjeli da waftmoidgineT eftTi, fta
xdeba im qveynad! axla, modiT, wigni
wavikiTxoT...~ pawia biblias daaZftobda said-
anRac, TiTebs daineftwyvavda da iwyebda ftome-
liRaca adgilis Zebnas. kaftgi sanaxavi iyo,
RmeftTmani, xoftcis gftova, aRaJRaJebuli saxe

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da Roftis Tvalebi sulis xsnisaken mouwodeb- da
patimftebs. Tumca me ftas veftCi, Cem mimaftT
yovelTvis Zaan mamaSvilufti eWifta da ftoca am
saRvTo wigniT daintefteseba Sematyo, Cam-
ketavda xolme salocavSi, musikis mosmenis nebasac
maZlevda da viyavi ase gancxftomaSi:
davjdebodi CemTvis, maftto, kasetas Cavdebdi da
biblias vfuftclavdi...

Tavidanve didi goTveftani xalxi ki yofilan es

yeveftebi: ftas uftaxunebdnen Tuftme eftTmaneTs,
mefte Rvinoc magfta hyvaftebiaT, etyoba, da qa-
lebis ambavs kide nuRaft mkiTxavT _ vin visTan
wveboda, davTafti ameftia. ai meofte nawili ki jeft
iyo da veftafefti Svili megona, sul ftaRac qadagebebi
da egeTi balamuti, aftaviTafti Cxubi da weftaoba;
magftam eftTxelac kapelanma tofti damado mxaftze,
meoftis saCvenebeli TiTi zecas miapyfto da
meubneba: `dftoa, dftoa gzani wamebi- sanic
Seimecno, Svilo Cemo! e-e... #665321! Cveni
satanjveli ftaa sayovelTao codvebis sa- kuTaft
mxftebze mokidebasTan SedaftebiT!~

esa Tqva, eftTi gemoze amoaboyina da viskis

suftneliT aaqoTa iqauftoba. magfta gautyda,
Cafiqftda, etyoba, kide undoda eTqva ftaRac
iseTi, mefte xeli Caiqnia da Tavis gzas daad-

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ga. saRamoobiT maftto boTlTan SeeZlo mwyo-
bftisad lapaftaki. vici, Sevswftebivaft.
magis mefte iyo swofted, kide wavikiTxe jvaftc-
misa da eklis gviftgvinis Camocmis ambavi da ma-
Sin damafttya, amaSic ftaRaca yftia-meTqi, baxis
`vnebani~ davde _ altis pafttia `maTedan~,
Tvalebi davxuWe da uceb waftmovidgine, TiTqos
luftsmans Tavad vuftWobdi gaSlil mtevanSi. mas
mefte oTxive Tavis eg adgilebi lamis davizepifte da
ukve maftTla meCveneboda, ftom TeTfti toga mecva
da Takafta mzeSi maTftaxs vutylaSunebdi SiSvel,
oflian zuftgze, sisxli da ofli ifte- oda eftTmaneTSi da
xalxis godebis xma mes- moda kaftgi gundiviT.
itogSi, mTlad usaftge- blod aft damikaftgavs dfto da
xaftos ufftosis yuftsac ki miswvda, esa da es
eklesiuftobaSi gadavaftdao. qadagad damdgaft
kapelansac uffto yuftadRebiT vusmendi xolme,
magftam magis nab- Jutuftalis bevfti mainc aftafefti
gamegeboda.

dResac ftaRaca ibodiala imaTze, vinc RvTis

sityvas ki usmenda TiTqos, magftam maT TavSi fto
aft Sedioda aftafefti da viTom silaze aSenebdnen saxls
da atyda Tuftme Weqa-quxi- li, niaRvafti wamovida
da nagebic Camoiqca. jeft fta xisTava ftame unda
iyo, amas akeTebde da mefte an maftTla mSenebels
aftavis icnobdnen,

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an mezoblebic egeTi damplebi iyvnen, dftoze
aftavin gaafftTxila... mokled, ftaRac muRami veft
avuRe magis gadakftulad naqadagafts.
mefte iyo da ucbad miafuCeCa boloSi
saTqmeli da axla `oftmocdamexuTe sagalo- beli
davcxoTo~, _ gamoacxada. atyda eftTi SmaSuni,
xveleba, piJamebis swofteba da xmebis mixedviT
adgilebis gacvla-gamocvla. me Cemi musika
gamzadebuli mqonda da mocemul niSan- ze
gavuSvi Sutcis Zaan, Zaan mafttivi Tema oft-
Ranze, Tanabafti gadasvlebiT banebSi.

saeftTod, ftigiani momReftlebic gvyavdnen,

damwvftisad ubeftavdnen xolme galiaSi gamomw-
yvdeul bulbulebsa da Tavis nebaze monavaftde
yvavebze _ patafta tfteningi da samxmian mo-
tetebsac amReftebda kaci, zed kide fsalmune- bidan
daadebdi sityvebs, magftam kapelans Tavi- si
ftepefttuafti hqonda dawesebuli, aftc vici, visi
SeTxzuli iyo, iqneb sulac sakuTafti da xaftos
ufftosisa, zedamxedvel komisiasac Ta- vis dftoze
Zaan moswonebia Tuftme:

mZime afti cixis kafti _ gafteT

ftogoft gaxval, codvebs Tu aft
inanieb _ jojoxeTSi Caxval!..

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 cxvftebiviT eftT xmaSi bRaodnen patimftebi am
sisuleles da zogs, mgoni, cftemlic adga Tvalze. es
vifti nadzoftebi kide dauvlidnen xolme kideze da
dasZaxebdnen: xmamaRla, uffto moSCnado! bolo-
bolo esec moTavda da bolo sityvac kapelanma
dagvawia: `gfaftvideT wmida sameba da mudam
ukeTesobisaken waftgmaftTav- deT yvelas, amen!~
mec, Cemi mxftiv, eftTi patafta nawyveti davuftTe
adftian Saizelbeftgis meofte simfoniidan,
damSvidobebis ambavSi, jogi kide gasasavlels
miawyda da iyo eftTi zedaxofta da nadzoftebmac
gaixaftes dftuCokebis qneviT.

mefte kapelani momadga, kai ZmakaciviT gad-

amxvia maftjvena da gabadftuli saxiT meubne- ba:
`didi madloba Sen amjeftadac, ftas metyvi axals?~
saqme is iyo, eg Cemis kapelani magfta CaliCobda,
ftogoftme win wasuliyo Cinis ambav- Si, amisTvis
kide xaftoTufftosisagan atmazka Wiftdeboda. xoda,
eg viftTxac, mgoni, yovel meofte dRes masTan
yuftyutebda da yuftebs uWe- davda: patimftebSi ase
da ase lapaftakoben, sul ftaRac-ftaRaceebs
ximankoben, magftam Cemi jeft- aT, me kide sul
Tqven qebaSi vaft da ftogoftRac mainc vaSoSminebo.
xandaxan kide mTlad gaux- eTqavda guls _ bunti
mzaddeba, an esa da es nomefti gaqcevas apiftebs, an
kide ftame amdagvafts

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daubftexvebda da iwyeboda eftTi aliaqoTi. mTeli
es bazafti ki sul Cemi SeTxzuli iyo, Tumca
xandaxan maftTalic gamifttyia SemTx- veviT _ ai
Tundac im boTe haftimenis ambavi, Ramis
Semovlaze daftajis moxftCobas da mis
tansacmelSi gadacmuli fto apiftebda aTesvas, oRond
ena veft gaiCefta piftSi... an kide kanali- zaciis
milebze kakuniT fto daamuSaves tipebma
eftTmaneTTan kavSifti. ai eg maftTla finTi ftame iyo:
aft SeiZleba, patimftebs gaeftTianebis sa- Sualeba
misce. eftTxelac kide sadilze imdeni ijajRanes
ugemufti sakvebis gamo, _ vuTxafti da magftadac
gamimaftTla, oRond im saRamos, moftigeebis
gaftda, gafteT kide mTeli qvedan- ayofi iyo
gamzadebuli da ucbad daayuCes suyvela. kapelans
kide calke ufftosisagan eftgo madloba da calke _
sasuliefto sam- maftTvelodan gansakuTftebiT
mZime obieqtze Tavdadebuli samsaxuftisTvis.

amjeftadac cincxali tyuili mqonda gamza- debuli,

magftam vin ftas dagidevda, magis measedic
Tu gamaftTldeboda, ambis gabuqva mefte ukve
magaTi saqme aft iyo?!

`diax, seft, namdvils geubnebiT, seft, Cemi ofti

yuftiT gavigone, paketi kokaini unda

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Semoitanon da, mgoni, meftve bloks aqceven
dasanawilebel bazad.~ `Zalianac kaftgi~, _
meubneba, _ `Tumca fta kaftgi, isa... cudi am-
bavia, Zalian cudi! magftam Sen aba fta SuaSi
xaft _ Seni gulmodginebis ambavs kidev calke
movaxseneb zemoT~, _ Tqva da gaibRinZa, fto-
goftc sCveoda xolme, ftoca ufftosobasTan Ta- vis
axlo uftTieftTobaze gadakftavda sityvas.

`sazogadod, namdvilad ftom sanimuSod

iqcevi, aSkaftad gamoswoftebis gzas adgaxaft, Sv- ilo
Cemo, N#665321... ase Tu gagftZelda, Sua-
mdgomlobasac aRvZftav, eftTi-ofti wliT adfte ftom
gaganTavisuflon, diax.~

`didi madlobeli, seft, RmeftTmani, Tavs aft

davzogav, oRond eftTi ftam minda gkiTxoT: seft,
xmebi dadis, ftaRac axali manqana gamougoni- aT,
CagiSveben Sig da ganaxlebuli gamodixaft, aRaftc
cixe ginda da aRaftc aftafefti, piftda- pift gaftantiftebuli
xaft yovelgvafti boftoti- sagano...~

vatyob, aft epitnava maincadamainc _ jeft

ftaRac saidumlod inaxaven am ambavs _ aftada
xom vici, mudam ena eqaveba, maRal mateftiebze
ebalamutos vinmes.

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 `ho, eee... ftogoft afta, aftis egeTi ftam,
ludovikos meTods eZaxian, oRond CvenTan jeft aft
ucdiaT _ ufftosia winaaRmdegi da si- maftTle
iTqvas, aftc me mexateba gulze.~

`eg ftatom, seft?~

`imitom, ftom adamianis bunebas veftaviTafti

meTodebiT veft gaaumjobeseb. keTilica da
boftotic Sinagani ambavia da RvTisSvils aft-
Cevanis ufleba Tu aft aqvs, imas adamianic aRaft
eTqmis!~

kacma aft icis, kide ftamdens iqaqanebda am

abdaubdas, magftam am dftos ftkinis kibeze eftTi
bftagabftugi atyda _ moftigi pafttia zekebi
mogvadgnen Tavisi wili suliefti sazftdos mis-
aRebad.

`kaftgi, axla Sens saqmes mixede, _ meubneba

kapelani, _ magaze kide sxva dftos vilapafta- koT.~
xoda mec baxis eftTi qoftalufti pfte- ludia davude,
Wachen auf1* qvia ftatomRac da es jgftoc
Semoblayunda, nadzoftebi kide aqeT- iqidan
dadgnen, kapelanic abobRda kaTedftaze da gaaba
isev Tavisi: fta vqnaT axla?
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ganiRviZeT (germ.)

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 im diliT kide oTxi poftcia qadageba
hqonda dagegmili da CemTvis viRa moiclida
— boloSi Cveulad gadamixada madloba, is
ludovikos meTodia Tu ftaRaca, sityviTac aft
uxsenebia.

2.

saRamosken isev Cven-Cvens softoebSi Segvft-

ekes da mogviketes kafti. Tavis dftoze TiTo
kamefta, etyoba, sami kacisTvis iyo gaTvlili, oRond
mefte kide sami naftic daematebinaT da axla eqvsni
viyaviT seliodkebiviT Calagebu- li. piftveli, kaftTan,
zofafti iwva _ veftc sax- eliT gaigebdi, fta jilagisa iyo
da veftc gafte- gnobiT _ eftTi muftTxi ftame da
aftaviTafti aq- centi. lapaftaki kide namdvili quftdisa
hqon- da, cota Wkuazec afftakad iyo, ijda xolme
TavisTvis da sul hyveboda ftaRaca gauTaveb- els,
magftam Tavs bolos veRaft abamda da aRaftc yufts
ugdebda vinme. mefte eftTi sqelo uftia mo- dioda, sul
mudam oflSi iwufteboda da nam- dvili Zilisguda,
oRond magaze ambobdnen, stukaCia da kaci
fftTxilad unda iyo, ZilSic yvelafefti kaftgad esmiso.
eg iyo, iavnize veftc eftTxel veft gamoiWiftes. mefte
ofti ganuyfteli Zmakaci _ kiftpiCa da doqtofta. kiftpiCa
viRac

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patafta gogoSkas xmaftebaze iyo Camjdafti (isic
Setenes, `gaukuRmaftTebulado~, Tumca dedis suls
ificeboda _ aftafefti msgavsio), doq- tofta kide Tavs
debda Tuftme _ kibos vkuftna- vo, oRond Spftics
caftiela gamoxdili wyliT avsebda. mefte eftTi qalic
abofttmaxeftobis dftos Cakvdomia xelSi, uffto
swoftad, magid- aze. esec gauxsenes.

kide iyo vinme jojona, magafti higienufti tipi _

yovel kviftadRes pedikiufts ikeTebda gadatexili
bftitviT. mokled, Zaan sazogadoe- baSi gaxldiT
gasuli. im dRes kide, TiTqos adamianebad aRaftc
gvTvliano, kide eftTi Semogvisaxles, anu kafti
gaiRo da Semogvig- des, iatakze moadina
zRaftTani. Cven jeft azftze veftc movediT, is fto
wamoxta, gisosebs eca da moftTo Rnavili: `xalxi
afta xaftT?! iatakze davwve?.. fta minda am
gadatenil softoSi _ cix- ea Tu gazis kamefta!
ufftosTan viCivleb!~

yuftic aftavin gaibefttya, fta Tqma unda. hoda,

Zmebo, swofted am kaciT daiwyo yve-

lafefti _ imisTana dampali vinme aRmoCnda,
vin iyo magis amtani. jeft Cemze gaaxufta _
yvelaze axalgazftda Sena xaft da mogiwevs iat-

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akze Zilio. axalmoTfteuls Tu eftTxel ftame gauvida,
mefte kaftgad meyole da albaT amitom iyo, xmis
amoRebac aft damWiftvebia, sxvebma wauTaqes
TavSi da moaketines. mefte is iyo, wavTvlime
da gveftdSi aft momiwva eg viftiSvili da aft damiwyo
xelebis faTufti da siyvaftulis axsna! giJiviT
wamovvaftdi, daviTftie da veftc vxedavdi kaftgad,
sad vufttyamdi, mefte fexebiT Sevdeqi da sanam
nadzoftebi aft Semocvivdnen, aftc gavCeftebulvaft.
didi ki aftafefti, fta Tqma unda, fexsacmelebze
Snuftokebi yvelas daZfto- bili gvqonda da im
sibnele-siviwftoveSi kide xelsac veft gaiqnevdi
xeiftianad, magftam Cxubi Cxubia da mtyuan-
maftTals vin dagidevda _ TiTo-TiTo yvelas
mogvxvda da, Tavisi WkuiT, daamyaftes wesftigi.
mefte gagvafftTxiles, kide ftame Suxufti Tu atyda,
vai, Tqveni bftalio da patafta wiTeli sinaTlec aRaft
gamoftTes Weft- Si: ase uffto Wkvianad iqnebiTo,
_ gaiRmiWa opeft-nadzofti da gaikftifnen.

ukve vicodi, Cemi Zili aRaft iqneboda da im

pidofts veubnebi: daegde naftze da ganZfteva aft
gabedo, me kide Cemi saban-gobaniT iatakze
movewyobi-meTqi. `daica~, _ doqtofta meubneba,
— `es yvelafefti kaftgi, magftam aftc magis da- wola
iqneba, idges fexze kuTxeSi, Wkuas iswav-

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lis.~ is Cemisa kide imis magivftad, ena mucelSi
Caegdo da xalxi uffto aft gaeRizianebina, axla imas
auxta: Sen vina myavxaft, vin ftas gekiTxeba, me da
es kaci ftogoft movftigdebiTo. maftTla kai daftexvili
vinme iyo _ daiwyo da aRaft gaaTava. jojonamac
uyufta, uyufta da is qlia- vic fto aRaft moftCa Sipits,
eftTi amoioxfta da mSvidad, ise, yvelas gasagonad
Tqva: `Zili Tu aft gviweftia am RamiT, eftTi
sasaftgeblo saqme mainc vqnaTo.~ xoda kiftpiCam
eftTi xeli qeCoSi staca, meofteTi cota xniT pifti
moukupfta da mosdgnen da imdeni ubftagunes,
Tuftqis baftabans fto aft moxvedftia, oRond uxmod
muSaobdnen da meToduftad, ftigftigobiT. bolos
Cemi jeftic dadga da am patafta, wiTlad mbJutav
sinaTleze es gasisxlianebuli sifaTi fto davinaxe,
TiTqo ftaRac gadamitftialda gul-RviZlSi _ cudad ki
afta, piftiqiT, TiTqo axla gavxdi maftTla kaftgad,
mxolod yvelafefts wiTlad vxedavdi, cota
bundovnad da aftaviTafti cema-tyepa aft damiwyia,
mivuaxlovdi, Softidanve gavuSale da mTeli taniT
SevuSvi dafttyma _ Sig Jangian ybaSi moxvda da
kefiT gaekfto kedels. maftTla magafti gftZnoba iyo,
RmeftTmani.

`esec ase~, _ kmayofilad, valmoxdili kacis xmiT

Tqva doqtoftam, _ `axla ki nam-

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dvilad wauZinebs, imedia, dilamdec da xval sul
sxva, wesieft, zftdil da uaRftesad moftide- bul
piftovnebad waftmogvidgeba, imedia. Tu aftada,
kidev gavimeoftebT _ ftepeticio est ma- teft
studioftum, mogexsenebaT~. didi mazalo vinme ki
iyo es doqtofta, sul ase daxvewil stilSi
lapaftakobda, dinjad da mZimed.

Cvenc Cven-Cven naftebze avZveftiT da dilamde

Tavi aftc eftTs aft agviRia. me kide ftatomRac isev
iseTi ucnaufti sizmafti mesizmfta: TiTqos mTeli
oftkestfti maftto me viyavi da ofti difti- jenti myavda
eftTdftoulad: bebefti fafafti- ani ludviga da
paftikiani hendelin, magftam oftive eftTnaiftad
ukmayofilo iyo da xan ftaze mdebdnen Safts da xan
ftaze. mefte mec ameSala neftvebi da xan alTas
vubeftavdi da xan balTas. bolos oftive eftTad
momdga da gamixvftites tvini... swofted am dftos
gamomeRviZa da vxe- dav, yvelas im guSindel
nacem-nabegvi baiyuSis gaftSemo wfte daufttyamT
da ftaRacas yayaneben. mefte doqtoftas xma
gavigone: `gulis ambavia, albaT. ase gacxaftebac aft
vaftga. metismeti mo- gividaT guSin, metismeti~.

`daica, dok~, _ jojona eubneba, _ `mgoni, aftc

Sen dagiklia xeli~. mec mivedi da vxedav,

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is Cemisa ftaRac ucnauftad wevs _ TvalebdaWy-
etili da piftRia. SiSveli fexis TiTebi Sevaxe
mklavze da civi iyo _ iseTi ki afta, Semcivneb- uli
ftocaa kaci, maftTla civi _ macivaftSi nagdebi
katletiviT.
`maftTla, aleks, is bolo dafttyma namd- vilad
zedmeti iyo~, _ axla me momibftunda doqtofta.

`ho, fta Tqma unda~, _ veubnebi, Tan gulma

ftaRac fteCxiviT miyo, _ `kiftpiCas eWifta, Sen da
jojona cemdiT, me kide eftTi davuade bo- loSi da
axla Tuftme sul Cemi bftali yofila yvelafefti!~

`eftTi iyo, ki, magftam metismeti, ase vTqvaT,

gametebiT... ftom ityvian, zedmeti Cxifti tvift- Ti
aqlemsac daagdebso...~ _ danaftCenebic dganan
da Zaan bftZnuli saxiT kvefts ukftaven. maftto
yeveftaa Cumad da, ftogoftc yovelTvis, axlac ofli
asxams, oRond simwftisa.

`nabiWvftebo~, _ vubnebi, _ `viftiSvilo, Teslo,

nabiWvftebo...~ mefte gavCumdi an fta azfti hqonda,
guSindeliviT aft maxsovda igive amba- vi, im
Cemma yofilma Zmakacebma fto miyves. asea,
Zmebo, bolomde aftavis ndoba aft SeiZleba qvey-

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anaze _ adamiani, sazogadod, yvela eftTi naga- via,
eftTi qaqidan mozelili.

mefte atyda mTeli bazafti, mkvdafti gaitanes,

patimftebi aRaftc samuSaoze da aRaftc nasa-
dilevs muxlis gasaSlelad aRaft gauyvaniaT, is ki
afta, sadili saeftTod aft CamoutaftebiaT
— isxediT manda da xma aft gaiRoTo, yvelafeft- ze
amas pasuxobdnen. fta Tqma unda, xaftoTu- fftoss
sisxam dilasve moaxsenes yvelafefti, iqneb
loginidanac ki wamoagdes, magftam ucn- aufti is
iyo, aftc TviTon gamoCenila da aftc misi
bftZanebiT ftaime sasjeli daudviaT vin- mesTvis.
oRond ftaRacas ki elodnen yvelani da sul miftbi-
moftbodnen, facifucobdnen fta- Racas, daftajebidan
dawyebuli damlageble- biT gaTavebuli. bolo-bolo
saRamos eqvsi saaTi iqneboda, Cveni kameftis kafti
gaaRes da mTeli ufftosoba dagveCiTa, Tanac maT
Softis axla sul sxva piftvelobda _ viRac maRali,
cisfeftTvaleba piJoni da, RmeftTmani, Zmebo, ase
moftgebuli Saftval-kostumi me meti aft minaxavs _
ise adga tanze, TiTqos sakuTafti tyaviao.
Caxalstuxebul-Capeftangebulic xo iyo da saTvalec
iseTi ekeTa, mgoni, maftTla oqftosi hqonda
CaftCo, Tu aftada, fasi mainc naRdi oqftosi
eqneboda. idga da sadRac Cvens

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iqiT iyufteboda, TiTqo SuSisagan viyaviT
yvelani nakeTebi da qadagebda: `...esec Tqve- ni
naqebi Teoftiebi danaSaulisa da sasjelis Taobaze _
boftotmoqmedebs eftTad SeyftiT da eftTi pifti
sasjelis moxdasac veft aswfte- ben, danaSauls
danaSauli emateba! afta, ba- tonebo _ ase aftafefti
gamova, xaftoebi isedac gadaWedilia da
politikuftebs ftaRa vuyoT? an ftomel sasjelis moxdasa
da Sftoma-gaswofteba- zea lapaftaki?! amaT fta
gamoaswoftebs _ eftTma- neTsac aft indoben...
ftadikaluft zomebs unda mivmaftToT _ an
mkuftnaloba gamoaswoftebs, an samafte!..~
ai mand visqese, Cemi dftoc dadga-meTqi da
cisfeftTvalas veubnebi: `neba momeciT, mogax-
senoT, seft, kaftga xania, Cemi nebiT viTxov,
mkuftnaloba daminiSnon _ kapelani damemow-
meba, ftom samagaliTo qceviT...~, magftam suboft-
dinaciis aseTi umagaliTo daftRvevis momswfte
centftalufti xaftos ufftoss uecftad sisxlma aasxa tvinSi
da eftTi iseTi miRftiala, yuftis baftabani gamiskdeba-
meTqi, _ vifiqfte. is Smot- kina kide SeiWmuxna
mxolod da eubneba: `ai xom xedavT, ukve
moxaliseebic gamoCndnen! Za- lian kaftgi
axalgazftdaa da Tavgamodebuli _ mivceT Sansi.
damijefteT, bftodskis xelSi mkv- lelic ki mSvidobis
mtftedad iqceva~. Tqva da

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gatftialda. sxvebs ftaRa daftCenodaT, kvalSi
mihyvnen. me kide cxviftwin momijaxunes kafti.

3.

imave saRamos Zaan nazad da zftdilobianad

wamomagdes da wamaTfties ufftosis kabinet- Si.
is kide kuStad momaSteftda da saSinlad gadaRlili
pasuxismgebeli muSakis xmiT me- kiTxeba: `ise,
azftze mainc Tu xaft, am dilas vis elapaftake?~ mefte
pasuxisTvis aftc daucdia, Tavisi gafteka: `ministfts,
Cemo kaftgo _ dii- iax, Sida saqmeTa axal
ministfts! axalma siom daubefta, mogexsenebaT, da
amasac axali ideebi awuxebs... asea Tu ise,
bftZaneba bftZanebaa da me aftavin mekiTxeba,
Zveli cocxi miftCevnia Tu ax- ali uffto momwons,
Tumca naRdad ftom aft mom- wons da CemdaTavad,
sadac gnebavT, iq vityvi:
`Tvali Tvalisa wil.~ _ ftamdenjeft uTqvams Cvens
kapelans da savsebiT veTanxmebi, savse- biT! Tu
viRaca gagafttyams, Senc Cascxeb _ ase aftaa?
Toftem mefte uaftess gizams... mefteda vinc
saxelmwifos uCaCqunebs TavSi, imas ftaRato aft
unda moxvdes? aftao, axla iseTi azftiao,
— gveubnebian, cuds kaftgad unda moveqceT,
boftots _ keTilado, sadaufti samaftTalia,
gekiTxebi?!~

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 `aba fta giTxftaT, seft...~ _ veubnebi, Tan
vcdilob vuCveno, fta zftdili da wesiefti vaft da sxvisi
Wiftis gamgebi, es Cemi axmaxi nadzo- fti kide Sig
yuftSi aft CambRavis: `xma! kftinti! ftaebs bedav
aqa!!~

`kaftgi, kaftgi, SeeSvi~, _ isev im Zaan, Zaan

gadaRlili xmiT ambobs xaftosTavi: `Sen kide, fta
nomefti xaft... ho, 665321 _ xval im viRac
bftodskisTan gamocxaddebi. unda gadagakeTon.
ftaRac oft kviftaSi patiosan kacad vaqcevT da
sazogadoebis sftuluflebian wevftad gavxdi- To.
yovel SemTxvevaSi, nomftebs agaZftoben da gvaft-
saxels dagibftuneben. gawyobs?~

vdgavaft, xmas aft viReb. da axla amaze amiyvift-

da axmaxi: `upasuxe ufftoss, aft gesmis Sena?!~

`diax, seft, didze didi madloba, seft! vecdebi,

ndoba gavamaftTlo. madlobeli vaft yvelasi, seft!~

`tyuilad xaft... veftafefti samadlobelia. ai aq xeli

unda moawefto, ftom nebiT Tanxmdebi am axali
meTodiT mkuftnalobaze da ganTavi- suflebis
SemTxvevaSi aftaviTafti pftetenzia aft geqneba.
moaweft?~

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 `ueWvelad da uyoymanod, seft! xelic aft
amikankaldeba~. imanac momaCeCa kalmistafti da
kaftgad, gaftkveviT da lamazad Cavuwikwike sa-
kuTafti saxeli da gvafti.

`am davidaftabasac movftCiT...~ _ Tqva ufft-

osma da Tavi dauqnia, gaiyvaneTo. oRond jeft
Tuftme eftTic mqonia mosalevi: kapelans mo-
suftvebia CemTvis gamosaTxovafti sityvis Tqma da
axla imasTan wamapftowiales. is kide ijda Tavis
magidasTan, gafxoftili da, ftogoftc yov- elTvis, axlac
viskiTa da sigaftis suniT yaft- da. axftanas aniSna,
gafteT daftCiTo da mefte me momibftunda:

`dajeqi, dajeqi, Svilo Cemo 665321! eftTi ftam

unda giTxfta Tavidanve: Cemi xeli amaSi aft uftevia.
azfti ftom hqondes, xmasac avimaRlebdi am
umsgavsobis winaaRmdeg, magftam axla ukve
gviania _ xma Cemi daftCeba xmad mRaRadeblisa
oficialufti usulgulobis kedlisa winaSe... gesmis, ftas
vambob?~

ise fta-meTqi, _ gavifiqfte, _ magftam, yoveli

SemTxvevisaTvis, mainc davuqnie Tavi.

`ftTulze ftTuli zneobftivi sakiTxia _ yov-

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lad wesieft, znekeTil biWad undaT gaqcion.
suftvilic ki aRaft geqneba boftoteba Caidino
— an Tundac Zaladobis ftaime aqti. gesmis, ftas
vambob?~

`mefte magas fta sjobia, seft!~ _ veubnebi,

aftada gulSi mecineba, Zmebo, ftasaa, fto bodi- alobs-
meTqi.
`jobia, Svilo Cemo, bevfti ftame jobia! Ta-
visTavad kaftgs amaSi veftafefts vxedav: Zalad
keTili gagxadon _ aft iqneba es advili asa- tani
saqme. advili ki afta, gausaZlisi iqneba, albaT, da
ukve vgftZnob, mftavali Rame dama- Tendeba
magaze fiqftiT... gana fta sufts RmeftTs Cvengan?
bftmad da iZulebiT keTilni viyoT Tu Segnebulad
vaftCioT keTili boftots? iqn- eb vinc Segnebulad
iftCevs boftotebis dak- laknil biliks, ftaRaciT mainc
uffto axloa RmeftTTan, vidfte is, visac sikeTis swoft
gzas iZulebiT gauyeneben? mZime da
mniSvnelovani kiTxvebia, Svilo Cemo 665321!
magftam axla sxva ftam minda giTxfta: Tuki
odesme moigon- eb aqauftobas da mec
gamixseneb, umdablessa da umoftCiless RvTis
nebis aRmsftulebelTa Softis, gemudaftebi _ gulSiac
nu gaivleb, TiTqosda ftaime wvlili medos am
saqmeSi, ubftalo vaft da mxolodRa RmeftTs
Sevavedfteb

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Sens codvil suls. eftTi egaa, me ki viloceb SenTvis,
magftam Sen axla im zRvafts gadaxval, ftomlis iqiT
locvis madlic veft Segeweva... saSineli gansacdelia
es, Svilo Cemo! Tumca, meofte mxftiv, ftoca nebiT
uafti sTqvi zneobfti- vi aftCevanis uflebaze, amiT
xom TavisTavad keTili iftCie unebuftad?!.
saocftad ftTuli sakiTxia, ftTuli da CaxlaftTuli da
mainc, mwams, ftom es swofted asea da afta
sxvanaiftad!~
— ftogoftc iqna, moxia finali da azluqunda. simaftTle
giTxftaT, aftc gamkviftvebia maincda- mainc,
sekftetefti Riad daftCenoda da viskis boTlic lamis
Ziftamde iyo dayvanili. TiTqos mimixvdao,
gasaRebiT gulmodgined Caketa da slukun-fslukuniT
meubneba: `an iqneb swofted asea saWifto? vin
uwyis... Seucnob aftian gzani uflisani!..~ da uceb
dadga da kaftgad dayeneb- uli xmiT Seubefta
ftomeliRac sagalobeli. magafti sanaxavi iyo,
RmeftTmani. magftam am dftos is axmaxi nadzofti
Semovida da isev Cems myftal sakanSi
wamaCanCala.

ftogoftc iqna, gaTenda nanatfti dila da am

pitomniksac davemSvidobe. ise, Zaan Softsac aft
wavsulvaft: imave teftitoftiaze, oRond cixis
blokebisagan moSoftebiT, eftTi maRali TeTfti
Senoba idga, SuSa-betonSi gadawyvetili, kaft-

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ga maRali galavani efttya, fanjftebic tonifte- buli
hqonda da calke misasvleli, sakuTafti axftana da
kaciSvilma aft icoda, vin ftas saqmi- anobda Sig _
swofted iq mimiyvanes.

uzaftmazaft holSi namdvili saavadmyofos suni

idga, oRond iseTi ki afta, Cveni ubnis
poliklinikaSi ftoa, piftiqiT _ steftilufti sisufTavis da
kondiciftebuli haeftis specifi- ufti suni. tanSi
gambuftZgla. mefte viRac TeT- ftxalaTiani movida,
ftaRac davTaftSi Camwefta da Zaan aleftsianad
gamiRima. Cemi tlu nadzo- fti kide eubneba:
`fftTxilad amasTan, seft! amas aftc cixem uSvela da
aftc kapelanis bibliis kiTxvam...~ magftam iman
maftto gaiRima isev, mxftebi aiCeCa, es vifti
daiTxova da meofte saft- Tulze amiyvana. Tvalebs
aft vujeftebdi, Zmebo,
— calke nomefti momces, abazaniT, faftTo log- iniT,
gatkicinebuli piJamaTi da mSveniefti fumfula
xalaTiT! is Cemi nomftiani flase- bi kide sadRac
gaaqftes. guli aft damwyvetia maincadamainc. `afta,
Zmao aleks~, _ veubnebi sakuTaft Tavs _ `awi
wuwuni aRaft gavigo Seni~. mefte kide namdvili
yava momaftTves da Zveli Ju- ftnalebi _ mTlad
sanatoftiumSi megona Tavi.

cota xanSi viRac kide eftTi TeTftxalaTiani

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Semoblayunda, stetoskopi daaZfto da doq- toft
bftenomad gamecno, bftodskis asistenti vafto, _
daumata. vacale, sanam es _ CaisunTqe,
amoisunTqe da isunTqe, aft isunTqo _ bazafti
CaTavdeboda da mefte vekiTxebi: `mainc ftas mip-
iftebT, seft _ albaT ftaime pftoceduftebi unda
CamitaftoT?~
`aftafefti msgavsi~, _ meubneba, _ `kaftgs
gaWmevT, kaftgs gasmevT da mefte filmebsac ga-
naxvebT!~ yuftebs aft vujeftebdi, Zmebo, maSay-
iftebs-meTqi, _ gavifiqfte. kinoSi mafttokam unda
viafto, Tu Tqven wamomyvebiT-meTqi, _
waveiazve. aman kide, viTomc aftafefti, sftuliad
seftiozulad amixsna: aftsadac aft waxval, spe- cialufti
filmebia, aqve unda uyuftoo; oRond amis mefte,
yovel jeftze TiTo nemsi unda gagik- eToT,
mogixdebao, _ maxafta iqve.

`es albaT ftame vitaminebi iqneba, janze mo-

sasvlelad?~ _ Cavdie RdinSi. `ho, fta Tqma unda,
vitaminebi, diax _ cixis mefte, xom ici, momagfteba
sWiftdeba oftganizms~, _ Tqva da amanac Zaan
gulTbilad gamiRima. ase RfteWa- RfteWiT gavida
gafteT.

me kide loginze wamovgoftdi da Juftnalebis

CiTva daviwye. RmeftTmani, fta gindoda, sulo

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da gulo: gloubspoftti, fleiboi, kinosa- myafto...
magftam mainc male mombezftda, TavqveS xelebi
amovide da wavedi fiqftebSi. afta, awi Tu aftafefti
gamomixta, tuzis dacemasaviT iyo mTeli es
ambavi: gavidodi aqedan yovlad wesi- efti
axalgazftda, albaT skolaSi siaftulsac aRaftavin
momTxovda _ ftaRa dftos Cemi swavla iyo, xoda,
gamovZebnidi ftame iol samuSaos, saRamos
gamoviZinebdi da bnel RameSi saqmes mivxedavdi
Cemebuftad. jeft eftTi, kaftg axal Saikas avkftefdi _
WkuiT, SeftCeviT _ da mefte bnelos da pits
vutiftebdi yofas, Tuki isinic cixeSi aft Caayudes
CemsaviT. oRond fftTxilad ki unda vyofiliyavi,
Zaan fftTxilad, aba yve- la amaT ftogoft gavucftuebdi
imeds _ amdeni unda iwvalon, tvini iWyliton,
filmebic man- axon, iqneba da disefttaciebic ki
gaaSanSalon Cemze da bolo-bolo wyalSi xo aft
Cavuyftidi amags! aseT ftTul samecniefto
eqspeftiments gamaftTleba unda-meTqi, _ gavifiqfte
da amity- da sicili. magafti Sizoidebi aftian mTeli
es doxtuftebi da maTi kodla, neta jeft sakuTafti
TavebisTvis emkuftnalaT cota. Tumca fta, kaft- gad
ki cxovftoben da sifaTebic bftZnuli uWi- ftavT da fta
undaT meti an maT, an me.

am dftos Toxlic Semoitanes da pavlovis

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fteaqcia damewyo, Zmebo _ kaftga mozftdili
naWefti xoftci, zeTSi Semwvafti kafttofili blomad,
ftaRac sawebeli, mSveniefti namcxvafti Caftozad da
naRdi Caisfefti Cai. eftTi cali sigaftetic ki ido
safeftfleSi da kolofi asanTi, oRond imaSic
ftatomRac sul eftTad- eftTi Refti ido. yvelas Tavisi
ofofebi hyavs
— ofti fto yofiliyo, fta, faftdas wavukidebdi cecxls?!
meSaqa uqftiT, namdvilad.

mefte cota CamTvlima am gancxftomaSi da

Tvlema-TvlemaSi vxedav, eqTani gogo Semo-
bakunda, mSveniefti acqvetili mkeftdi hqonda (ofti
weli iyo, gftZelze gftZeli weli, aseTi aftafefti
menaxa), xelSi Spftici eWifta da bam- ba. aha,
vitaminic Tavisi fexiT movida-meTqi,
— veubnebi, magftam waftbi aft Seuxftia, mklav- Si
TiTis simsxo nemsi mJvlipa da quslebis pakapukiT
gatancavda. cota xanSi axla ukve janiani sanitafti
Semovida da invalidebis taCka Semoagofta. ai eg
ki maftTla gamikviftda.
„Se Cemis eskulapo~, _ veubnebi, _ `fta eS-
makad minda?! fta, TviTon veft gavivli Tu Zaan-
Zaan Softs mivdivaftT da mifftTxildebiT, emand
naWamze aft Sevwuxde?~ magftam fexze fto davd-
eqi, samasxaftaod aRaft mqonda saqme, mTvftali- viT
vbancalebdi da Tavbftuc ki damexva cota.

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sanitaftma bavSviviT amitaca xelSi da taCkaSi
Camdo. maftTali yofila is d-ft bftenomia Tu
viRaca-meTqi, _ vifiqfte, sul cixis salafa- vis bftalia
yvelafefti _ ofti wlis manZilze piftvelad viToxlave
adamianuftad da axla fexze veRaft vdgebi. afta
uSavs, blomad vita- minebi da misi jani-meTqi, _
Tavi daviwynafte.

4.

didi ucnaufti kino ki momiwyves, RmeftTmani.

jeft iyo da kbilis eqimis kabinetSi fto kfte- sloa,
ftaRac imdagvaftSi Camsves, ftaRac fe- ftadi
Snuftebi da kabelebi momiWiftes xelebze da
safeTqlebzec, magftam yvelaze boRma is iyo,
zeda quTuToebi damimagftes pawawkintela
SpilkebiT da Tvalis daxamxamebac ki aRaft Se-
meZlo. ftas SvebiT-meTqi, _ vekiTxebi. _ fta da,
ekftans Tvali ftom veft moacilo, imisTvisaao.
naRdad Seifteknen-meTqi, _ vifiqfte: ofti welia,
kinoSi aft vyofilvaft da am Cemisebs kide imis SiSi
aqvT, Zili aft gamovacxo! aftada, vgftZnob, maftTla
sustad vaft ftaRac da Cemi neba iyos, saRamos
seanss vaftCevdi. eg fto vuTxafti, eftTi gogoSka iyo,
lamis gadafiCinda siciliT. ofti sxva TeTftxalaTiani
kide, vxedav, ftaRac kanda- lebs madeben fexebze
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biT mimibes aqeT-iqiT saxeluftebze. es ki ukve
mTlad sigiJed meCvena magftam Wkua meyo da
xma aRaft gamiRia. xalxi oft kviftaSi ganTavisufle-
bas mpiftdeba da maftTla giJi unda viyo, Sipiti
avtexo-meTqi, _ gavifiqfte. mefte ftaRac Slemi
Camomacves Tavze da iqidanac oxftad mavTulebi
gadioda; iqve oftRaniviT pulti idga, imasTan iyo
yvela SeeftTebuli da zed feftadi knopkebi
cimcimebda, ekftanze cifftebi iwefteboda wafta- mafta,
viRac Zaan, Zaan seftiozuli aCkaftiki kide miqSefts
awvalebda da axla am qliavis sveto- muzikaRa
maklda-meTqi, _ vifiqfte. swofted am dftos kafti
gaiRo da doqtofti bftodski Semo- jliginda mTeli
amaliT. aba, ftogoftaa saqmeo,
— ikiTxa da aftc aftavis pasuxs aft dalodebia, ise
gaSpa gveftdiT kaftebSi.

male sanTelic Caaqftes da ftaRac magafti

dinamiufti musika wamovida, oRond veftafftiT veft
gavige, dinamikebi sad idga, mgoni, ofti ki afta,
oxftad iyo, sul sxvadasxva adgilas CaSenebuli.
mefte ekftanic ganaTda, Tuftme mTeli wina kedeli
eftTi didi ekftani yofila, odnav Sezneqili da
RmeftTmani, naRdi gologftamuli efeqti iyo,
„SeftatonSic“ aft minaxavs egeTi. filmi ki ftaRac
ucnauftad daiwyo _ aftc ti- tftebi da aftc aftafefti,
piftdapift quCa aCvenes,

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Rame iyo, oRond kaftgad ganaTebuli adgili da
viRac joxiani moxuci miCanCalebda. ucbad ofti tipi
daiCiTa jaWvebiT da mosdes gemoze
— eftTma gaCxinkul kiseftze da eftTmac cal
fexSi da gaqaCes aqeT-iqiT. magafti xoxma ki
iyo imis faftTxalis yufteba, magftam mefte, ftoca
uSaftes _ Zaan mtvftiani xafto _ da befttyva
dauwyes da sisxlma fto amoasxa piftidan, su- lac
aRaft mecineboda, TiTqos muceli amomivi- da
yelSi da vfiqftobdi: siftcxvils vin Civis, emand es
mSveniefti saWmeli gafteT aft gadmovuS- va-meTqi.
Zaan ucnaufti iyo, RmeftTmani, magftam maSin esec
wesieft sakvebs gadaCveul Cem kuWs davabftale.
amasobaSi im beftikacs tvini miasx- mevines
kedelze da filmic damTavftda. ftaRac muRami veft
avuRe, Tumca opeftatofti ki maftTla glijavda: iseTi
feftebi iyo, naRdi sisxli da xoftci gegoneboda. mefte
Zlivs cota amovi- sunTqe da axla axali ftoliki
gauSves, Tanac isev aftc titftebi da aftc aftafefti _
piftda- pift imiT daiwyo, ftom viRac bacnebs naSa
dae- TftiaT, kedelze gaekftaT da ftigftigobiT asx-
debodnen zed. is kide kioda, fta Tqma unda, da
mSveniefti, ftaRac Zaan, Zaan tftagikuli musika
modioda Softidan da am dftos kide ise naRd- Si
aCvenebdnen yvelafefts, nebismiefti poftno- filmi
mimiqaftavs mTeli misi jvftebiT-meTqi, _

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gavifiqfte da isev yelSi momawva ftaRac, TiTqos
gulisfteva mewyeboda, ekftanze kide meSvide Tu
meftve seftia midioda ukve da is gogo saeftTod aRaft
iyo Wkuaze. am dftos kide doqtoft bftod- skis xma
Camesma saidanRac: „fteaqcia Toftmeti/ xuTze?
vnaxoT, vnaxoT... jeftjeftobiT mainc afta uSavs.“

amjeftad sulic aRaft momaTqmevines, piftda- pift

Semdegi ftoliki gadaeba: viRac kaci daebaT paftkSi
skamze, maftto misi saxe Canda da iqiT xeivani da
am fonze bftitviani xeli saxeze fto uaxlovdeboda, da
jeft cali Tvali amoaWfta, da TiTqo kameftis linzebs
Semoesxa mTeli sisxli da iseTs yviftoda, aRaftc
musika is- moda da aRaftc aftafefti, mefte gaziT
aZftobdnen kbilebs saTiTaod da, RmeftTmani, xom
vicodi, ftom es namdvili aft iyo, magftam Tavs
veftafefti movuxeftxe, piftic gamiSfta da sul
mZmaftavda da vkankalebdi. am dftos kide isev im
bftodskis xma gavigone: „Zalian kaftgia, mSveniefti,
amdens aftc velodi...~ neta fta Cem fexebs eloda-
meTqi, _ gavifiqfte, da kide eftTi filmic daiwyo. axla
viRac magafti biWebi Secvivdnen sadRac binaze, iq
eftTi yftu-munji dedabefti iyo maftto, fexebi
gadaumtvfties da iqauftobas cecxli waukides.
RmeftTmani, maSin ki daveWvdi, mgoni, namdvil-

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ia-meTqi: Zvlebis WaxaWuxic gavigone da mefte
Canda, ftogoft ixftukeboda; fexze adgoma kide aft
SeeZlo da xoftcis SiSxinis xmac mesmoda da
maftTla damwvftis sunic ki momivida TiTqos. ai aq
ki CaveSvi da avyviftdi, taSti an ftame momi- taneT,
Toftem sul davTxvfti aqauftobas-meTqi! saqmeSi
xaft?! is SobelZaRli bftodski meZaxis: geCveneba
namdvilad, samagiso jeft aftafeftiao. etyoba, imaT
wfteSi eg magaft tonki iumoftSi ga- dioda, iseTi
Wixvini moftTes.
mefte ucbad pentatonika wamovida da naR- di
qftonikis kadftebi, TiTqo cotaze aCqafte- buli _
ftogoft sjidnen iaponiaSi samxedfto tyveebs: eftTi
luftsmnebiT miakftes boZze da SiSveli fexis
teftfebs nel cecxlze uxftu- kavdnen kaftga xans,
meoftes viRac maRali Cinis oficeftma eftT
moqnevaze waacala xmliT Tavi da im gagoftebul
Tavs aCvenebdnen, Tvalebs fto xuWavda da aRebda
da tuCebsac acmacunebda _ TiTqo lapaftakobda
ftaRacas, magftam sityvebis magivftad sisxli
gadmosdioda, tani kide idga cota xani, mefte miwas
daaskda da waWftili kis- ftidan kide oxftad wamovida
sisxli da nawlave- biviT gadmoiyafta ftaRaca. calke
eg iyo sanax- avi da calke es wyvetili ftitmic
CaquCiviT mifttyamda safeTqlebSi. mefte maftTla
spazmebi damewyo, mindoda, meyvifta, amxseniT-
meTqi, ma-

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gftam ftaRac xavili amomdioda gadamSftali
yelidan, haeftic aRaft myofnida da vixftCo- bodi,
veftc Tvali damexamxamebina da daxuWvaze xo
lapaftakic aft iyo da veftc gonebas vkaft- gavdi; da
saiTac unda gamexeda, yvelgan ekftani iyo mTel
kedelze da Tan kide es musika mix- vftetda tvins.

...da ase, dRe dRes misdevda da uaftesi ki- de

win medo Tuftme, Tumca amaze uaftesi fta unda
yofiliyo TiTqos, magftam eftTxelac ftaRac
qftonikas miCvenebdnen isev, gatitvle- bul xalxs
xvftetdnen, yvelas ganuftCevlad: qalebs, bavSvebs,
Zvaltyava bebftebs, Tumca iq yvela caftieli Zvali
da tyavi iyo da bul- dozeftiT aquCebdnen mefte
eftTad da TxftilSi yftidnen. meofte buldozefti kide
miwas ayftida zemodan, Tanac zogi, mgoni,
mkvdafti aftc iyo jeft, mefte eftTi didi oftmo aCvenes,
ZiftSi oxftad ftaRac WinWebi da xaftaxufta eyafta,
kanistftebiT navTs Tu benzins asxamdnen zed,
mefte cecx- lic waukides da manqanis Zveli
sabuftavebic daayaftes _ xo azftobT, fta Tonec
iqneboda da isev viRac xalxs yftidnen Sig,
ftamdenime oft- suli qalic iyo, mucelgabeftili da
Canda, fto- goft ibeftebodnen kide uffto da ftogoft
uskde- bodaT faSvi da nayofi gafteT cvioda almuftSi.

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xma aft iyo, maftto musika iRvfteboda dinamike-
bidan, magftam fta, mefte; iseTi gftZnoba mqonda,
TiTqos yvelafeftic mesmoda: kivili, SiSxini,
tkacani... Tanac mTavafti swofted es musika iyo
— guli yelSi momebjina, enaze kuWis wvens
vgftZnobdi TiTqos da Tavic gaskdomaze mqonda
da safeTqlebSic TiTqo CaquCs miCaCqunebdnen,
magftam ftas veft vicnobdi _ didebuli `mex-
uTes~ finali iyo da ai maSin gavxdi maftTla
cudad, kinaRam aviwyvite da vRftialebdi, fto
ftogoftme iqneb maftTla aftafefti gamegona, ded-
mamis suls vutftialebdi yvelas da fto gami- TiSes,
ucbad veftc ki movedi gonze da siCumeSi kide
Cemi bRavili ismoda: dampalo, bftiyvo,
nabiWvftebo, gftexia eg da podloba da jojox- eTSic
giwevT suyvelas eg codva-meTqi...

„ftao?“ _ bftodski damidga win da gakvi-

ftvebuli mekiTxeba: „fta codva-gankiTxvebzea
lapaftaki?“

musika-meTqi, _ veubnebi, _ musika gam-

oftTeT da ise vuyufteb, ftasac gindaT da fto- goftc
gindaT da, RmeftTmani, ZaliT aft miqnia
— ucbad aft amovanTxie, ftac ki im diliT Ca-
vuSvi kuWSi! wkipze gadamiftCa, RmeftTmani, Ta-
vis xalaTian-fexsacmlianad. sanam sanitftebi

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iataks moftecxavdnen, cota suli moviTqvi da
mesmis, bftodski ekiTxeba: „...musikam imoqmeda.
yvelaze Zliefti gamaRizianebeli.~

„musikisa me aftafefti gamegeba, magftam

SevuftCevT, aftaa Zneli saqme. dasjis kidev eftTi
humanufti foftma.“

wyali mainc damalevineT-meTqi, Tqveni ase da

ise, _ viZaxi. „axseniT, _ Tqva bftodskim,
— `da Wiqa wyalic moutaneT, oRond Zalian civic
afta.“ xoda, Wiqa ki afta, sami davlie da kide metsac
CavuSvebdi xaxaSi, magftam miTxftes: geyofa,
uaftess gizamso da davujefte.

„mismine~, _ bftodski meubneba, _ `uWkuo

biWi aft xaft da gftZnobac gqonia Tu iqneb ge-
movnebac, fta vici _ oRond egaa, ftom sul Za-
ladobisken gibiZgebs ftaRac da quftdobazec xom
Cagavles, Tumca egec Zaladobis eftTi foftmaa,
kacma ftom Tqvas...~ cali yuftiT vus- mendi, metis
Tavic afta mqonda da didad aftc mainteftesebda
magis bodiali. `axla es miTx- afti, _ meubneba isev,
_ Seni azftiT, ftas vSve- biT Cven aq da Sengan fta
gvinda?“

`ftas unda SvebodeT-meTqi~, _ veubnebi,

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— `ftaRac sazizRftobebs mayuftebinebT da
gixaftiaT, Tu ftwyevamde mimiyvanT, oRond im-
dens ki vxvdebi, fto eg Tqveni filmebi aftafeft SuaSia
da ftaRac nemsebs miftWobT, aqaoda
vitaminebiao da mec SteftiviT Tavs giqnevT,
magftam sxva afta damCenia fta _ cotas kide
gavuZleb ftogoftme, oRond ki eg musika gam-
oftTeT da yvelafeftsac gavuZleb, ftato, ftac miyvafts,
maincdamainc imaze gindaT maftwyevi- noT-
meTqi~...

`bolos yvela Tavis siyvaftuls klavso,

— eftTma nacixaftma poetma Tqva~, _ meubneba
bftenomi da ftaRac kaftgs veftafefts vatyob mis
naTqvams. isev ftaRaca goTveftnobas utftialebs
fiqftiT. vatyob.

cota xans Cumad iyvnen, mefte isev bftodskim

amoiRo xma:

„asociaciufti meTodi _ swavlebis uZve- lesi

foftma... kacma ftom Tqvas, ase yvelaf- ftis
eftTmaneTisagan gamijvnac aft SeiZleba, utkbesi da
zeSTagonebulic ki Zalmomfteobis Tu damoftCilebis
aucileblobis ftaRac ele- mentsac Seicavs: siyvaftulis
aqti, magaliTad, an Tundac musika... vcadoT“. me
kide _ aftavi-

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Tafti cdebi aRaftaa saWifto-meTqi, _ avyviftdi,
— yvelafefti gasagebia da imasac mivxvdi, fta
saSinelebaa mTeli es Zaladoba da sisxli da
ubedufteba. „gul-gvami mewvis, batonebo~, _
veubnebi, _ `da mTlianad gankuftnebuli vaft,
RmeftTmani, CemisTana wesiefti biWi axla meofte
aRaft meguleba qveyanaze da aRaftc kinoSi wa- val
Cems dReSi da quCaSi kide cxviftsac aRaft gavyof
RamiT _ vijdebi saxlSi da musikas movusmen
xolme, RmeftTmani, aRaftafefti minda meti!“

aftao, _ bftodski meubneba da Tan ftaRac ise,

TiTqosda cota naRvlianad, _ jeft kidev bev- ftia
gasakeTebeli da mxolod, ftoca boftotebis yovelgvafti
gamovlineba, Tundac ftom fiqftad gavlebuli,
wamsve uaftyofiT fteaqcias gamoi- wvevs Sens
sxeulSi da amisaTvis aftaviTafti in- eqciebi aRaft
iqneba saWifto, ai maSin CavTvli saqmes
moTavebulado.

„moicaT~, _ veubnebi, _ `me xom ukve vici,

ftom es cudia da aftaswofti,
Tavis nebaze icxovftos da,
sulieftis mimaftT sigiJea
boftotebaa TavisTavad
miuRebeli...“
ftom yvelas aqvs ufleba,
luboi Za- ladoba yvela
da, saeftTod, Zaladoba
da sazogadoebisaTvis

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 amaze kide bftenoms sicili autyda da ko- lega
bftodskis eubneba: „esec ftacios epoqis axali eftesi _
me vici, ftac afti kaftgi, magftam vakeTeb imas, ftac
cudia!“ mefte mxaftze momiTa- Tuna xeli da
daamata: „afta, Cemo kaftgo, aftc ese mafttivadaa
saqme. Sen oRond damjefti iyavi, cota kide
moiTmine da piftobas gaZlevT, sul ftaRac oftiod
kviftaSi Tavisufali kaci gax- debi.~ bftodskimac
Tavis kantuftiT daudastu- fta da momeCvena, ftom
oftiveni ftaRac Zaan, Zaan kmayofilebi wavid-
wamovidnen...

me kide Cemi memaftTeboda: ofti kvifta sau-

kuned moCanda CemTvis da axla, mgoni, cixe- Si
gasataftebeli wlebi meftCivna am tanjvis dReebs.
mefte amas eftTi ubeduftebac daemata: sizmftebi
damCemda da oflSi gawuftuli viR- viZebdi xolme,
Tan sul eftTsa da imaves vxe- davdi _ viRaca
gvyavda daTfteuli CixSi da vamuSavebdiT
gemoze, me kide vkamandftobdi, ftogoftc
yovelTvis, da ucbad isev gulis- fteva
mewyeboda, suli migubdeboda piftSi _
CavisunTqavdi da amosunTqva ki aRaft SemeZ-
lo, vixftCobodi, xmas veft viRebdi da oflSi
viwuftebodi... eftTxelac gameRviZa, giJiviT
wamovvaftdi da kaftebs veci, daketili damxvda, fta
Tqma unda, da, mgoni, sulac im Rames SevamC-

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nie piftvelad, fanjaftazec ftkinis gisosebi iyo akftuli da
maSinRa viazfte swofted, daTqmul dftomde Cemi
saSveli aft iyo da awi sizmaftic da cxadic eftTi
iqneboda CemTvis.

5.

magftam ai eftT mSvenieft dResac iseTi ftame

miTxftes, yuftebs aft davujefte, Zmebo: moftCa,
xvalidan Tavisufali xafto. me kide iseTi gftZnoba
mqonda, TiTqos dfto gaCeftda, es ofti kvifta aRaftc
gaivlida da veftc veftasodes ga- vaRwevdi aqedan.
`xvale xvales mosdevs, Cemo...“ _ is TeTftx-
alaTiani meubneba, Toxli fto daqonda CemTvis da
satanjvelze mimacilebda xolme, _ `dRes ki, ase
vTqvaT, Seni gamosasvleli dRe iqneba da eftTi kaftgi
sajafto gamosvlac mogiwevs~, _ Tqva da ftaRaca
Zaan saeWvod gaiRmiWa.

jeft megona, isev piJamaSi da flostebSi da

xalaTSi gamowyobils gamiZRveboda im ubeduft
adgilas, magftam saqmeSi xaft? _ jeft iyo da
daftecxil-dauToebuli sacvlebi da gatki- cinebuli
peftangi momaftTves da mefte is Cemi sqelcxvifta
baCebi, Tanac sul laplapi gaud- ioda, magftam
bolos bftitvac fto damibftunes,

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maSin ki maftTla Sublze amivida Tvalebi da
ftaRaca goTveftnobas xom aft miwyoben-meTqi,
vkiTxe. im Cemisa TeTftxalaTians kide aftafefti
uTqvams, mxftebi aiCeCa mxolod.

mefte wavediT isev kinos sayufteblad da ftas

vxedav, Zmebo, _ Cveni cixis ufftosi ginda, mTa-
vafti nadzofti, Cveni Zma kapelani Tu is Smot- kina
ftaRacaimsaqmeTa ministfti da oxftad sx- vebi,
TvaliT fto aft menaxa manamde da naRdad aftc
momavalSi meqneboda amis natvfta, magftam me vin
ftas mkiTxavda, cxadia. d-fti bftodski kide sityviT
mimaftTavda am uwaftCinebules kodlas:
`...da axla, swofted am bolo etapze, neba
miboZeT, batonebo, Tavad cdis obieqti waft-
mogidginoT. ftogoftc xedavT, misi fizikufti
mdgomafteoba savsebiT damakmayofilebelia:
kaftgma movlam da Sesabamisma kvebam, fta
Tqma unda, Tavisi qna. amjeftad misTvis aftc
tftankv- ilizatoftebi migvicia da meftwmuneT, aftc
hip- nozis qveS aft imyofeba. fta misca mas cixis
kedlebSi iZulebiTma oftwlianma gamoketvam?
— aftafefti. an TiTqmis aftafefti. uffto swo- ftad,
uamftav axal mankieftebas aziafta da Segne- baSi
daufiqsifta mftavali Zveli. xolo fta mogvca Cven
am nebayoflobiTma oftkviftianma mkuftnalobam?
am axalgazftdas xval swofted im

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sazogadoebas davubftunebT, ftomelsac is veft
hguobda da ftomelmac moikveTa igi, davub-
ftunebT piftovnebas savsebiT janmftTels, oRo- nd
gaftSemo myofTaTvis _ savsebiT uvnebels! maS
ase, batonebo, axla ki mivyveT demonstfta- ciis
msvlelobas da Cveni muSaobis Sedegebic Tavad
SeafaseT!“

cota xans azftze veft movedi, mTeli es lay- afi Tu

me mexeboda, mefte ki sinaTle Caqfta da TiTqo
scenaze viyavi _ maftto pftoJeqtoftis eftTi Suqi
manaTebda da meofte kide _ iqiTa kuTxeSi viRac
maimaxs. mefte is Cemken wamovida, sinaTlec
gamohyva da ftom momiaxlovda, oftive ukve eftT
ganaTebul wfteSi videqiT, Zaan dfta- matuli
msaxiobebiviT. jeft miyufta, miyufta, mefte uceb
wkipuftti mwepa cxviftis wveftSi, mefte yuftSi
wamavlo xeli da lamis iyo amaxia, bo- los gemftieli
aliyuftic momdo da fteaqcias daeloda. mayufteblebs
me veft vxedavdi, Tumca fta CoCqolic atyda,
kaftgad gavigone. cali yufti mewvoda, loya mixuftda
da cxviftSic mZma- ftavda, magftam vin giJi viyavi,
xeli Semebftune- bina. videqi da Tvalebs
vafaxulebdi.

`fta ginda Cemgan?~ _ vekiTxebi, _ `mogza-

vnili xaft?“

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 `ki, namdvilad~, _ meubneba. mefte TmaSi
wama- vlo xeli, damqaCa da axla kiseftSi
wamiTaqa zemodan. eftTi gavifiqfte, Sansi maq
manam, davaZ- fto Cemi bftitva da davusva suleftTia
sad, vi- dfte is gulisftevis gftZnoba momawveba yelSi
da spazmebi damewyeba-meTqi, magftam, Zmebo,
is iyo xeli Caviyavi jibeSi da TiTqo ukve
momxdafti davinaxe _ es tipi saxedaseftili da sisxli
da uceb me TviTon sisxlma amasxa tvinSi, TiTqos
haefti aRaft myofnida, sakuTaft guls vReWavdi
TiTqos da mivxvdi, tempSi Tu aft viazftebdi
ftames, Cemi damemaftTeboda da gavigone saku-
Tafti xma, sisuleles fto butbutebda ftaRacas:
`ginda, kamfeti mogce? fto afta maq...“

mesmis ftaRaca SvebasaviT sicili atyda iqiT,

bnelSi, mec TiTqos momeSva ftaRacnaiftad, ma-
gftam bolomde jeft mainc afta da vcdilob, ftame
movifiqfto da axla bftitvas vaCeCeb xelSi da
sawylad ise veubnebi: `aiRe fta, samaxsovftod
gqondes, kaftgi ftamea, RmeftTmani.“ im dampals
kide iseTi saxe aq, TiTqo sakuTaft kakaSkebs
vTavazobde da axla saxeSi mafuftTxebs, me kide
yelSi momeSva, magftam axla mucelSi damiafta da
oTxad vikakvebi da: `ginda fexsacmelebs
gagiwmindav...“ _ veubnebi, Tan ukve muxlebze
vdgavaft da akankalebuli xelebiT cxviftsax-

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ocs viCxftikav jibeebSi, saxeze ofli masxams,
magftam magas vin Civis. eftTi es oxefti mapovnina,
magftam veft vpoulob, sadRac jandabaSia da axla
cal xels koWSi vavleb da vcdilob, saxeloTi
gavuwmindo, aftada isedac gapfti- alebulia,
bzinavs. ai am dftos mivqafte da axla es cali fexi fto
miWiftavs, meoftesac gamovqa- Cav da aftc
Zaladoba iqneba da aftc aftafefti, ise gamova, TiTqo
muxlebze movexvie-meTqi da wamic aRaft
damixanebia, TiTqo TavisiT moxda yvelafefti _
gemoze daaskda iataks!
magftam ftad ginda fta _ es bftagvanis xma fto
gavigone da Zifts davinaxe gaSxlaftTuli, isev
yvelafefti Tavidan mewyeboda; vigftZeni,
wamovxti da xeli gavuwode, wamovayene da da-
vuwye tansacmlis feftTxva.

`mSvenieftia, savsebiT sakmaftisi Tqven-

gan!“ _ mesmis am dftos doqtoft bftodskis amayi
xma, sinaTle inTeba da es Signakftavic kide
gabadftuli saxiT Tavs ukftavs yvelas da baleftoniviT
mitancaobs sadRac faftdis iqiT. sinaTle piftdapift
saxeSi mifttyams, vdgavaft piftRia da TiTqo fexebi
iatakze mqondes dawe- pili, adgils veft vinacvleb.

`ftogoftc unda paftadoqsulad mogeCvenoT“,

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— Zaan ftixianad miftaxftaxebs bftodskis xma, _
`boftoti saqcieli piftiqiT ubiZgebs obieqts
sikeTisaken. sapasuxo Zaladobis TviT suft- vilic
ki oftganizmSi diskomfofttis Zlieft impulss iwvevs
da mis dasaTftgunad ftecipien- ti iZulebuli xdeba,
sakuTafti moqmedeba sa- suftvelis diametftulad
sawinaaRmdego qmede- baze gadaftTos.
SekiTxvebi Tu gaqvT vinmes, gTxovT“...

`nebsiTi aftCevanis ufleba!~ _ daubuxuna uceb

Caftli kapelanma, _ `fta zneobftivi kfti- teftiumi da
Tavisufali nebis gamoxatvis sa- Sualeba ftCeba
adamisSvils?! RvTiufti difteq- tivis gftoteskuli
paftodia _ me amaSi mets veftafefts vxedav!“
Teologia da eTikufti ni- uansebi. Cveni mizani
kftiminalufti eftTeulebis udanakaftgod likvidifteba iyo
_ ftac dag- vavales, is SevasftuleT“...

`...da cixeebic gamoTavisufldeba gamous-

woftebeli elementebisagan“, _ sityva daagdo
gamowkepilma ministeftma, _ `SeiZleba iTqvas,
eftTi gasftoliT oft kuftdRels...~

`moicaT... moicaT!..“

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 da iseTi yayani atyda, Zmebo, viRas vaxsov- di,
kaci aft maqcevda yuftadRebas, lamis iyo, iqve
daecxoT eftTmaneTisTvis. me ftaRas mip- iftebT,
moftCa Cemi ambavi, Tu ftogoftaa saqme- meTqi,
eftTi ki daviZaxe, magftam amaze axla me
Semomitftialda yvela da isev ayayandnen eft- Tad,
kaci veftafefts gaigebda, me kide Cemsas
gaviZaxodi da boloSi isic mivayole _ fta, sul ase
Tqvens Wkuaze unda viafto dasaqoqi
foftToxaliviT-meTqi?!

axlac azftze afta vaft, Zmebo, es sityvebi saidan

momadga, magftam Tqven isini genaxaT _ ucbad
mosxipes da iseTi siCume Camovaftda, buzis
gafftenas gaigonebdi da Tvalebi gad- mocvenaze
gauxdaT.

mefte wamodga eftTi, Refti Tma aft hqonda

Tavze da namdvili CamiCi iyo, egec kide naR- di
akademikosi vinme iqneboda albaT da Zaan bftZnuli
saxiT akikinda _ ase da iseo, xma aft amogeReba,
ymawviloo, TviTon aiftCie es gza da axla
bolomde unda zido Seni jvafti, isev SenTvisve
sasikeTodo... amaze isev atyda eftTi vai-uSvelebeli,
mefte viRacam sityva siyvaftu- li axsena da Caftli
kapelanic sul gadaiftia, xaftoTa
mTavaftmmaftTebelica da is Cemisa min-

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isteftic sul fexebze daikida, bodavda ftaRa- cas _
siyvaftuli WeSmaftiti ganaSoftebs SiSso Tu ftaRac
amdagvafti. maftto doqtofti bftod- ski idga mSvidad,
gaRimebuli da bolos ftoca pataftaze miwynaftda
yayani, dfto ixelTa, pawia Zvelebufti zafti daaZfto
saidanRac da daawka- ftuna. TiTqo civi wyali
gadaasxeso, uceb mo- keta yvelam da Tav-TavianT
adgilebze dasxd- nen, zogi sakuTafti TaviT Zaan
kmayofili da zogi kide indauftiviT gafxoftili.

„Zalianac kaftgi, batonebo, _ ftaki sakiTx- is es

aspeqtic wamoiwia, axlave dagimtkicebT
— siyvaftulis gamoxatvis is foftma, waftsul
saukuneebs ftom gvegona mibaftebuli, jeft kidev
myaftad zis adamianis fsiqikis qvecnobieft
SfteebSi... gTxovT!~ _ kaftgi iluzionistiviT aiqnia
xeli da sinaTlec Caqfta, maftto scena daftCa
ganaTebuli, zed kide imisTana qali gamovida,
Zmebo, Zaan moSilifebuli, Tan ise moiweleboda,
wamSi adftekilas baiftami damew- yo. amis Tavi
momca bnel moxveulSi da iseT sopftanos
avaqaCinebdi, katalani mimiqaftavs- meTqi, _
vifiqfte. gafiqfteba ki movaswafti da eftTi imanac
gamielva Tvalwin, tanzeve ftogoft Semovaxevdi am
penuaftiviT ftaRacas, kabis ma- givftad fto Semoecva
da avayudebdi kedelze da

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damiafta kidec da TiTqo Sig kuWSi Camavlo
viRacam xeli da miWeftda, miWeftda da aRaftc
meSveboda, mefte muxlebic momekveTa da kaft-
gad azftzec aft viyavi, etyoba, ukve ftefleqsSi gamijda
_ CaviCoqe da xelebi gaviwode misken da movftTe
eftTi moTqma-godeba da gaviZaxodi, Tuki ftame
maxsovda sulelufti Zveli filme- bidan _ ftoca
vinme Cabftiolinebuli masti Tavis mibnedil
gogos eficeboda siyvaft- uls. cota momeSva da
ftaRac nawyvetebi axla skolis pftogftamidan
amomitivtivda gonebaSi
— maxsovs, ftas vRadaobdi amaze, magftam axla fta
gamacinebda da dazuTxuliviT mivayafte: oft- moc
aTas Zmas, eftTad mogftovilT, CemsaviT veft
eyvaftebodi da sxva, ftac ki enaze madgeboda.
mgoni, kululis SeWftac vTxove samaxsovftod da
kubos ficaftic vaxsene da ai maSin amovi- sunTqe,
ftogoftc iqna...

sinaTle ainTo isev da es gogoSkac sul Rimil-

RimiliT da kniksenebiT daiTesa sceni- dan.
genaxaT eftTi, fta TvalebiT miacilebda mTeli es
patiosani sazogadoeba _ lamis iyo SeeWamaT,
bftodski kide idga da qaqanebda: `esec Tqveni
WeSmaftiti qftistiani, ftomelic mzadaa, umal meofte
yvftimali SeuSviftos, vidfte xeli Seubftunos vinmes,
mzadaa Tavad ecvas jvafts,

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oRond jalaTis ftoli aicilos da, saeftTod,
WianWvelasac ki aft daadgams fexs!~
RmeftTmani, Zmebo, sityva tyuili aft uTqvams
— ucbad waftmovidgine, TiTqo maftTla davabi- je
fexi WianWvelas da kinaRam gul-muceli
amomitftialda.

`mSvenieftia~, _ ganacxada ministeftma, _

`vfiqftob, dameTanxmebiT.~

`namdvilad~, _ ftatomRac amoioxftasaviT Caftli

kapelanma, _ `RmeftTma mogceT gamaft- jveba da
mSvidi Zili.~

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 kari mesame

1.

`axla ftas vSvebiT?~

es ukve Cems Tavs vekiTxebi, Zmebo. es wuTia,

mTavafti alayafidan gamovedi, ofti wlis winan- deli
Cemi tansacmeli macvia da jibeSic blo- mad xuftda
miCxftialebs _ eg ukve aft vici, visi wyalobaa. zonis
Tavkacebma Tu damiades axali, jansaRi, wesiefti
cxovftebis dasawyebad. kaftgad ki gamomasavaTes
am diliT: aTi-Toftmeti kofte- spondenti eftTad
damexvia da ftaRac sisule- leebs mekiTxebodnen
da iyo eftTi blicebis feTqeba da apaftatebis
CxakaCxuki. mefte viRac kancelaftiis SiSkam Tavisi
WkuiT gza damilo- ca _ aq mosuli aRaft gnaxoo da
sakuTaft Tavs vekiTxebi: `axla ftas vSvebiT?~

ftas vSvebiT da saWmelad mivdivaftT sad-

me. dilidan lukma aft Camsvlia piftSi _ vis ecala,
batono, eftTi suli mqonda, sanam saku- Tafti Tavis
ufals gamxdidnen. Wiqa Cai damidg- es
pfteskonfeftenciaze da eg iyo sul. dRiufti saftCos
ekonomia. cixis buRalteftiasac Tavisi angaftiSi aqvs.

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 es Cveni c.x. kide eftT miyftuebul gafteubanSi
idga _ ftis kafe, fta bafti, magftam iqve, axloSi,
muSebis sasadilo vipove, ftaRac oftganizacias ki
ekuTvnoda, magftam Sesvla Tavisufali iyo, me Sen
getyvi da, Tavs moiklavda xalxi da ftigs daayenebda
_ ise qoTda iqauftoba da bufeti, WuftWlis saftecxi
konveiefti da ise fta gadaw- mendili magidebic _
sul eftT mocicqnul daftbazSi idga yvelafefti.
nacixaftma kacmac ki cota cxvifti avibzue Tavidan,
magftam asaftCevi mainc aftafefti mqonda da
usityvod davaTox- lave piftveli, meofte da ftaRac
wyalwyala kam- potic mivayole zed.

mefte gazeTi viyide kioskSi, vnaxav eftTi, fta

moxda am oft weliwadSi qveyanaze, sul mTlad
yumi aft gamovCnde-meTqi. piftveli gveftdi sul
imaze qaqans eWifta, fta kaftgi da mzftunveli mTav-
ftoba gvyavs Tuftme, axal aftCevnebSic yvelam
eftTsulovnad mivceT unda xma da aftafefti
SegveSaloso. fta ginda, sulo da gulo, am Cvens
axlandel xelisuflebas aft gaekeTebina bolo xanebSi,
yvelafefti wvftilad iyo CamoTvlili:
— es sagafteo politikao, es _ ekonomikao, es
— momsaxuftebis sfefto da binebis sakiTxio da,
fta vici, kide fta afta. magftam gansakuTftebiT kide
imiT iwonebdnen Tavs, policiis ftigebic

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gavzaftdeT da uflebebic meti miveciTo, axla naxeT,
fta simSvide, siwynafte da wesftigi dam- yaftdeba
RamRamobiT quCebSio. piftveli gveftdi amiT
Tavdeboda da meofteze viRacis Zaan, Zaan
nacnobi sifaTi daebeWdaT, cotaTi gadRabni- li,
magftam fta cnoba magas undoda _ iavnad me
viyavi, Zmebo, liCnad! qvemoT kide teqsti modioda
msxvili SftiftiT:

kriminaluri individebis gardaqm- nis saxelmwifo

institutis pirveli gamoSveba _ Zalmomreobis
yovelgvar instinqts moklebuli, kanonis moSiSi
moqalaqe!

mefte ki imaze iyo layafi, Tu fta kaftgi da mSven-

iefti da saocafti miRweva gaxldaT es ludovikos
meTodi da fta mSveniefti da SesaniSnavi ambebi
gamodneboda misgan. iqve, SuaSi Sinauft saqmeTa
ministftis fotoc iyo da isic imas mied-moede- boda,
Tu fta didi pasuxismgebloba ikisfta mTav- ftobam da
fta mSveniefti, mSvidi da ukonfliqto momavali gvelis
win _ aftaviTafti Zaladoba da banditizmi _ aftc dRisiT
da aftc RamiT. eftTi sityviT, namdvili gafuftCqvnis
xana gvewyebao.

gazeTi movisftole da gafteT gamovedi, haeft-

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ze. axla ftaRa vqnaT-meTqi, _ vikiTxe isev. fta
unda meqna, fta? _ saxlSi unda wavsuli- yavi da
eftTi magafti scena momewyo: uZRebi Svili
ubftundeba mSobliuft keftas. ded-mama cftemlebs
aRvaftRvaftebs, me kide cotas amovi- oxfteb, mefte
Caviketebi Cems softoSi, wamovwve- bi da patafta
musikas movusmen, Tan wavTvlem cotas da mefte
vifiqfteb, fta vqna, saeftTod, cxovftebaSi da ftogoft
moviqce. zonis moftige inspeqtoftma mTeli sia
gamomatana, sad da fta samuSaoze mimiRebdnen
gamosacdeli vadiT da isic miTxfta, Senze ukve
Setyobinebac gavug- zavneTo, magftam fta saCqafto
eg iyo, jeft cota mosveneba aft mawyenda, ftac me
ambavi gadavi- tane da cota musikis mosmena
daglejili neftvebis samkuftnalod da sakuTaft loginSi
SuadRemde Zili. xoda, mec davajeqi jeft av- tobuss
centftisken, mefte meofteze gadavjeqi, im
gauTavebel konstituciis aRmaftTze fto fexiT aft
mevlo, da zed mosaxvevTan Camovedi, da gind
daijefteT, gind afta, Zmebo, _ gul- ma
SemifftTxiala, is Cemi ylinji N18a ftom dameyuda
win.

zamTftis susxiani kvifta dila idga da ka- ciSvili

aft Semxvedftia sadaftbazoSi, maftto antikuft stilSi
gadawyvetili gabfteqili

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muSa xalxi _ ffteskebze. eftTi iman gamak- viftva,
aftc is binZufti waftweftebi aRaft Canda da aftc aftaviTafti
gaftyvnili minaxatebi. iqa- uftoba sul dasufTavebuli
iyo da liftic ki muSaobda _ isic dakftialebuli da
aRaftc ftaxftaxi gaudioda, RmeftTmani. meaTe saftTul-
ze avsftialdi da sityvaze mendeT, Zmebo, _ xeli
mikankalebda, gasaRebi fto amoviRe da Zlivs
movaxvedfte WftilSi. mefte sakuTaft Tavze gamecina
xmamaRla, kafti gavaRe da Zvelebu- ftad
Sevblayundi binaSi. oRond iq yvelafefti Zvelebuftad
aRaft iyo.

deda-mama magidas ujda _ Cais miiftTmevd-

nen, Cemken zuftgiT kide viRac motftetili jee- li
ijda, saTvaliani da eftbokveftcxs aTox- lavebda.
Cvenebma fto daminaxes, dedos lamis iyo Wiqa
gauvaftda xelidan, mamaCems kide yba moeqca
gveftdze. es viRaca momitftialda da gakviftvebuli
mekiTxeba, cota nawyenic kia, mgoni: „Sen fta,
yvelgan ase Sedixaft, daukiTxa- vad? Tu kafti
dagxvda Ria da waftweftac ekida zed _
SemobftZandiTo?~ iftonisti. magftam axla magisi
daftdi afta mqonda, Cvenebs Sevy- uftebdi da nela-
nela azftze movedi, fto amdi- landeli gazeTebi aftc
mieRoT jeft da baibuft- Si aft iyvnen, fta xdeboda
maT Tavs.

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 piftvelma dedom amoiRo xma da fta ggoniaT _
meca da gadamexvia? _ aft daijeftoT. eftTi vai- vui
moftTo, ase da iseo, es fta qenio, es fta Caidi- neo,
gaivseba axla aqauftoba policielebiT da Cvenc kide
Tavi mogveWfteba da Senc gamoqcevaze wlebs
dagimatebeno... bolos mTeli es tiftada fSlukuniTa da
cftemlebis RvftiT daamTavfta. veubnebi, ftac moxda
_ gindaT centftaluftSi daftekeT da gindaT kioskidan
gazeTebs amogi- tanT, iq yvelafefti weftia-meTqi,
_ veubnebi,
— gismens vinme? fSlukunebs TavisTvis. mama-
Cemi xo mTlad gaiTiSa _ zis qandakebasaviT. axla
im SuSabandebians vekiTxebi: `iqneba da Sen mainc
amoiRo xma, oRond glupi SekiTx- vebis magivftad
iqneb, is miTxfta, aq ftas uzixaft da ftisTvis?~
muSakacis sifaTi hqonda, ase, oftmocs iqneboda
mitanebuli, ijda da busav- iT afaxulebda Tvalebs.
qajis eftTi iqneboda, namdvilad.

ftogoftc iqna, ojaxis ufftosi movida cota gonze.

`mismine, Svilo~, _ meubneba, _ `aft if- iqfto, Seni
naxva aft gagvixaftda da Tu maftTla vadamde
gamogiSves, magas fta sjobia, magftam
CvenTvisac xom unda gecnobebina adfteve... gveg-
ona, xuTi-eqvsi weli mainc kide gamyofebdnen iq.
axla fta vqnaT?“

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 „daica-daica~, _ veubnebi, _ `ftisi fta unda vqnaT?
da, saeftTod, es Cemisa vinaa?“
„mdgmuftia~, _ wamoiknavla dedom, _ `jo-
naTani hqvia. es eftTi xania, CvenTan cxovftobs...
RmeftTo, fta Segcode amis fasi!~ da u-hu-hu- huu,
_ gaaba isev.

„gasagebia~, _ vambob, _ `mdgmufti. jo- naTani

hqvia. fta biWia! fta biWia da fta biWia joni...~
viTom Zaan meRiRinebodes. guli fta- Rac fteCxs
miSveba: es bliyvi Tu CvenTan cxov- ftobs,
samzafteuloSi xom aft daabinavebdnen da maSin
vai Cemi oTaxis bftali, kaftg dReSi ki damxvdeba-
meTqi. magftam kafti fto gamovaRe, sauTaft Tvalebs
mainc aft davujefte, Zmebo, _ Cemi im oTaxSi
aRaftafefti iyo: Juftnalebi- dan amoWftili viRac
magafti damfttymelebisa da qefta kftasotkebis
fotoebi kedlebze da kide viRac fexbuftTelebis mTeli
gundi, oft mwkftivad, win veebeftTela TasiT. es aftafefti,
magas kide eSveleboda ftame, Tqven isa TqviT: aftc
Cemi kvadftafoni Canda sadme, aftc diskebi da aftc is
Cemi saketiani ganjina _ viskis, tabletkebs da oft
pawia steftiluft nemss fto vinaxavdi.

sisxlma amasxa tvinSi da kacma aft icis,

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adfte fta ambavs davawevdi amaze, magftam axla
sxva iyo _ sul patafta afsixeba da spazmebi
gamoweftili mqonda. Sevtftialdi da uxmod mi-
vaCeftdi Cvenebs.
„fta gveqna Svilo~, _ mamaCemi meubneba, _
`waiRes yvelafefti. kompensacia dazaftaleb-
ulTaTviso, _ ase Tqves.~

„vin dazaftalebuli... aki is qali mokvd- ao?..~

„misi katebi gamoucxadebiaT memkvidfteebad

da movla-patftonobis xaftjia dasafaftavio. yvelafefti
aRweftes da gayides: fiftfitebi, tansacmeli...~

geubnebiT, Zmebo, dana fto dagefttyaT, wve- Ti

sisxli aft gamomividoda albaT. `axla fta vqnaT?~ _
vekiTxebi.

„fta unda vqnaT, aba... ftame unda movifiqftoT.

jonaTani kide ofti weli unda iyos aq, xelSek-
ftulebiT muSaobs patafta samSeneblo fiftmaSi, muSad.
eqvsi Tvis fuli winaswaft gadagvixada. axla quCaSi
xom veft gavagdebT _ sanam sxva binas iSovis, fta
unda qnas. Tan zamTaftia...~ Tan Tvals maftidebs.
gesmiT, Zmebo, amas meub-

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neba mSobeli mama, mSobeli deda kide isev ise
fSlukunebs, TavisTvis, saeftTod aftc ixedeba Cemken.
fta ginda, fto qna. RmeftTmani, Tavi Sem- ecoda.
Semecoda ki afta, guli momikvda. vdga- vaft
gaxevebuli. samagieftod axla am Cvenma mdg-
muftma jonim amoidga uceb ena: Senao, _ meub-
neba, _ ftac sxvisTvis avi giqnia, axla cota kidec
unda itanjo, ftac sakuTafti mSoblebi gimwaftebia,
axla cota Senc igemeo... me kideo,
— davaftda qadagad, _ amaT SviliviT mimiRes da
Sansi aft afti, kide gamwaftebino amaTi Tavio. joni
uZaxe Sen da naxe eftTi, fta ambavSia. axla ftom
me amas-meTqi, _ gafiqfteba ki movaswafti da
damewyo Signidan signalebi. gamovtftialdi da
gamovvaftdi gafteT, suls Zlivs viTqvamdi da lifti aftc
gamxsenebia, sul Tftixin-Tftixin- iT CavaTave
saftTulebi.

2.

iseT dReSi viyavi, Zmebo, Tavi aRaft mindoda

cocxali da aftc aftafeftze fiqfti aRaft mind- oda,
mivalajebdi gaToSili, uazftod, xalxi Tvals
mayolebda bafte ofti wlis win modidan gadavaftdnili,
iavnad RamRamobiT sagulao SmotkebSi
dazmanuls fto mxedavdnen. mefte fta- Rac tftanspoftts
davajeqi centftisken da bo-

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los im Cem diskebis diftkas mivadeqi _ bebefti
aftmenis naxva mindoda, meTqi-ftames
momasmenin- ebs da oft sityvasac metyvis, fta xdeba
am dam- pal qveyanaze, sadac mSoblebi Svilebs
kaftSi agdeben Sua zamTaftSi.

gaftedan igive waftwefta ki hqonda _ melodia da

TiTqo SigniTac bevfti aftafefti Secvlila, oRond
iqauftoba savse iyo biWuSkebiT da go- goSkebiT,
italiufti estftadis ftomeliRaca mbJutav vaftskvlavs
usmendnen da eftTi dabidu- bi hqondaT
gamaftTuli. aRaftc bebefti aftmeni Canda sadme,
mis magivftad viRac kululebi- ani Sibzika idga
daxlTan, ftalSCikebis kepka exufta da di-jei ewefta
Cavaftdnil mkeftdze. im- deni magas fta vuTxfta.
kaftga xani vucade, sa- nam Tvalebminabuli,
tftansidan aft gamovida da ikadfta daintefteseba _ ftas
isuftvebTo. Stabat Mater Tu gaqvT-meTqi, _
veubnebi.

`ega vinaa?~

nawaftmoebia-meTqi, _ vuxsni, peftgolezia

avtoftis gvafti, isic italielia, uffto swo- ftad, iyo _
meTvftamete saukuneSi. Seni xnisa ukve mkvdafti
iyo-meTqi, ftatomRac esec davay- ole.

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 „aha, simfonia iqneba. kabinaSi Sedi da fto- goftc
ki movZebni, nauSnikebSi gavuSveb.~ mefte
gavigone, yuTebSi fto iqeqeboda da eubneboda
viRacas: `azftze modi, masti Tuftme simfoniebs
usmens _ ftogoftia?..“

magfta gavRiziandi, magftam amas ftac mohyve-

boda, kaftgad vicodi ukve da aftafefti SevimC- nie.
Zaan, Zaan Rimiliani saxiT gadavxede mTel am
Santftabas da kabinkaSi Cavikete. male musi- kac
CaiftTo _ maftCelos konceftti daudvia mag kftetins.
etyoba, piftvelive xelSi mox- vedftili italieli daiTftia
yuTidan, sadac Sua saukuneebis musika ewyo. es kide
aftafefti, magasac mousmenda CemsaviT gatanjuli,
dana- tftebuli kaci, oRond is ki aRaft momsvlia az-
ftad, fto ftac uffto gftZnobebSi gadavaftdnili iyo musika,
miT uaftesi damemaftTeboda: iq bo- los ukve
yvelafefts musikis qveS miCvenebdnen da axla am
patafta naivni ftamis mosmenac ise- Tive dReSi
magdebda, ftogoftc is sazizRftoba, beThovenis
Mezerere-s TanxlebiT fto mayufte- bines. gafteT
gamovvaftdi da aftc am ixvis Wu- Wulebis sicilze da
aftc bentefta viTom disk- Jokeis yviftilze ukan aRaft
momixedavs, piftda- pift „faqizoSi“ davgaze _ axla is
eftTi ftame Tu miSvelida cotas.

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 iqauftoba jeft caftieli iyo da Zalianac ucnauftad
gamoiyufteboda, sul mTlad wi- Teli boColebiT
moxatuli. baftSic viRaca ucnobi tipi idga, magftam
ftZe da ftame, didi WiqiT-meTqi _ da tempSi
SemikeTa, aftaviTafti axsna-ganmaftteba aft
damWiftvebia. iqve davjeqi, divanze, mainc
kaciSvili aft iyo gamkiTxavi da nagiJaftiviT
vyluftwavdi, dagemovnebis Tavi vis hqonda. ase,
saeftTod, goimebi iqcevian maftto da mefte
sananeblad uxdebaT xolme, oRond axla aftc
magis daftdi afta mqonda, boloSi daviyvane da
waftmodgenac daiwyo. jeft Tvali gamiSteftda ftaRac
veftcxlisfefti qaRaldis naglejze _ sigaftetis
kolofidan iqneboda moxeuli, iqauftobis
dawmendaze wels afta- vin iwyvetda, etyoba,
mefte es naxevi gaizaftda, gaibefta, kedlisxela gaxda
da ise bftWyvialeb- da, mgoni, gugebi amewva,
magftam ukve aftafftis gakeTeba aRaft SemeZlo,
quTuToebi aft memoft- Cileboda, is kide gaizaftda,
uffto gaizaftda,
`faqizoc~ CanTqa da mefte mTeli quCa da qa-
laqic miayola zed da mefte mTel samyaftod iqca,
Zmebo, da TiTqo talRebi gadadiodnen yvelafeftze,
ftac ki odesme Seqmnila da aftse- bula da sakuTafti
xma mesmoda TiTqos usasftu- lobaSi _ daviwyo,
daviviwyo yofna. naTeli, Tlili lili li... da mefte es
veftcxlisfeftic

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alivlivda da daiSala iseT feftebad, kacs fto aft
unaxavs jeft da veftc naxavs bunebaSi da mefte
dabzftialda, dabzftialda, jeft Wftel boftblad iqca da
mefte sul eftT TeTft feftad, oRond SuaSi wefttili
gaCnda, gaizaftda, gaizaftda da mefte TaviT
Sevvaftdi gviftabSi _ mimaqanebda sadRac,
TiTqos metftoSi, oRond aqeT-iqidan qandakebebi
idga TiTo-TiTod, ganaTebuli; da ainTeboda da
Caqfteboda, ainTeboda, Caqfteboda da bolos Sig
gasasvlelSi kide eftTi, oRond SuaSi da meTqi, axla
Sevaskdebi kidec da viy- vifte aaaaa da isev
naTelSi gamovedi da axla qafti mibeftavda, suls
Zlivs viTqvamdi da uceb wavedi qveviT, sul
qveviT da mefte TiTqos nela amovedi isev iq, sadac
vijeqi, Zmebo, _ divanze, kuTxeSi, zed baftis
piftdapift, TvalgaSteftebu- li da xelSi caftieli Wiqa
meWifta.

axla ukve naRdad vicodi, ftac mindoda: Ta- vis

mokvla, oRond egaa, fto azftze veft movdio- di, ftogoft
meqna _ Cemi bftitva ki medo jibeSi, magftam misi
daZftoba da gulisfteva eftTi iqne- boda, yelamde
veftc mivitandi, gafiqftebazec ki gamaJftJola da
mefte ssftst! _ gadaxsnili xoftci damidga Tvalwin
da sisxlis fantani da yelSi momadga ftaRac,
mucelSic gamWfta da suli Zlivs movibftune... „afta-
meTqi, Zmao,

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— Cem Tavs veubnebi, _ ase aftafefti gamova“.
ftame iseTi unda momefiqftebina _ aftaviTafti Za-
ladoba da Wfta-seftva, ftame uemocio _ usizmfto
ZiliviT mSvidi da gamTiSveli. mefte vifiqfte,
sajaftoSi mival, baftem aqvea, kuTxeSi, iqneb
ftame samedicino wignSi eweftos, usisxlod da
umtkivneulod ftogoft wavide im qveyanas. uceb
waftmovidgine, ftom ukve mkvdafti vaft, deda-ma-
mas sindisi aft aZlevs mosvenebas, inkvizitoft
bftodskis da mis Sestioftka bftenoms kide _
sazogadoebftivi azfti, gazeTebi da televizia; ftaRaca
im saqmeebis ministftis qveS savaftZeli yanyalebs
da xepfte jonic Ramis gasaTevs dae- Zebs
enagadmogdebuli. glijavs, RmeftTmani.

isev gafteT gamovedi da saaTs Sevxede moedan-

ze, ofti sftuldeboda. vidfte megona, imaze meti
migulavia gaRma napiftze. mSvidobis Cixs
Sevuyevi da iqve, oft nabijSi sajafto biblioTe- kis
kafts mivadeqi. eftTi Zveli, Cafexvil-Ca- oxftebuli
Senoba iyo, cal mxaftes wasakiTxs iZleodnen,
meofteze samkiTxvelo hqondaT mowyobili.
oRond fta mowyobili eg iyo fto _ monjRfteuli
magidebi da moftyeuli skamebi da TiTo damtveftili
lamfa TiTo magidaze _ mTe- li magaTi avladideba.
Tanac iseTi gajis suni da sicive idga, wesiefti kaci
cxvifts aft Seyofda

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 Sig. aftada, oxftad ki iyvnen _ viRac staftikebi, viTomc
didi mwignobftebi myavdnen, paltoebSi da SaftfebSi
CafuTnilebi usxdnen magidebs da zogi Juftnal-
gazeTebs fuftclavda, zogi zed gadaSlil wignze
yvinTavda da eftTi-ofti, mgoni, waixvftinebda kidec. jeft
ucbad veftc gavixsene, fta eSmakebi mindoda aq da
mefte damafttyasaviT, Tavis mSvidad mosaklav
ftecepts fto veZebdi da saZiebelSi daviwye qeqva.
saTauftebis mixed- viT bevfti veftafefti vnaxe saxeifto,
ftamdenime ki mainc gamoviwefte, magftam mTeli es
samedicino wignebi ise iyo dasuftaTebuli da iseTi
fotoe- biT savse, Cemi damemaftTa. mefte eftTi
sqeltani- ani biblia gadmoviRe, imas gamoweftac aft
un- doda, iqve ido, Taftoze da alalbedze davuwye
fuftcvla _ is dReebi gamaxsenda, ftaRaca Sve- bas
mainc fto mgvftida cixeSi. oRond axla sul sxva iyo,
maSin im viRaca goTveftani ludovikos kuftsi aft
mqonda gavlili, axla kide meti ve- ftafefti vnaxe Sig,
uftiebis eftTi jgfto meoftes uftaxunebda TavSi da idga
eftTi vai-uSvelebe- li, xocva-Jleta, Wfta-Cexa da
mowyveda yftmaTa...

ai es ftaRas niSnavda, mTlad kaftgad veft gavige,

magftam ukve isedac mwifed viyavi da etyoba,
ftaRaca xmebi amovuSvi, ftadgan eftTma bexftek-
ma momitftiala Tavisi qicina wvefti da ftaRac

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ise, siafandze mekiTxeba: cudad xom afta xaft,
Sviloo. vaft-meTqi, _ SevuRftine, Zaanac cudad vaft
da, saeftTodac, minda SeveSva am cxovftebas,
oRond mokle gza veft mipovia-meTqi. iqiT axla kide
meoftem wamoyo Tavi da sssu-o, _ gagvaCuma
Tavisi WkuiT da me fto sftul Wkuaze vyofili- yavi,
ukve maSin unda Camoefteka xsovnis zafts,
magftam yuftadReba aft mimiqcevia da Cemsas
miveft- ekebodi: „axla aft miTxftaT, axalgazftda xaft da
yvelafefti wina gaqvso, Toftem maftTla gavafften
— maftTla! maftTla! maftTla!~ da ai amaze isev
dagvisusuna im bebftuxanam, magftam axla ukve
siCumes ki aRaft iTxovda, doftbls yftida Cam-
tvfteuli kbilebidan, xelgamowvdili iqaCe- boda
Cemken da ftaRacis Tqma undoda, oRond
eftTbaSad suli veft moebftunebina da sisinebda
gaanCxlebuli bativiT.

ki, is iyo, RmeftTmani _ pftafesofta, am ofti

wlis win me da Cemma yofilma bftatkebma fto
vJeJeT aqve, mosaxvevSi. axla mainc unda
myofnoda Wkua da swftafad da uxmauftod av-
Tesiliyavi iqidan, magftam davagviane _ yvela
Cven mogvCefteboda da pftafesoftamac bolos da
bolos amoiRo xma: `daiWifteT eg aftakaci! aft
gauSvaT! eg iyo, eg cxoveli, ega da magis Zmabi-
Webi _ kftistalogftafiis unikalufti gamoce-

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mebi dafxftiwes, cemiT mimasikvdiles moxuci da
zamTftis RamiT quCaSi damagdes SiSveli!!!~
— aftada, mTlad egftec xo aft iyo, Zmebo, mT- lad
titlikana xo aft dagvitovebia _ is foxana nifxav-
peftangi xo SevuftCineT, es kide dgas aq da ftaebs
ixsenebs _ naftCeni kbilebic Camimtvftiao, sisxlis
Caqceva mqondao, keTil- ma adamianebma
gadamaftCines SemTxveviTo... mefte RvTis
gmobazec gadavida _ RmeftTi mainc fto- goft iTmens
amisTanebis aftsebobaso da bolos imaze
agulianebda am mumiebs, cocxali aft ga- vuSvaT
aqedano! mgoni, maftTla Wkuas iyo gada- suli,
magftam sxvebs fta, naklebad uqftodaT?! wamSi
aubes mxafti da eftTma, ftaRaciT yofil samxedftos
hgavda, Camavlo xeli da Sig yuftSi CamCxavis:
SenisTanebi qimikatebiT unda mospos kacma,
mRftRnelebiviTo.

`SemeSvi, biZaCemo~, _ veubnebi, _ `Cemi

meyo- fa. eg ambavi ofti wlis winaT iyo da
kaftgadac davisaje magisTvis. Wkuac maswavles.
maftTali Tu ginda, metismetad kaftgad maswavles.
dRevan- deli gazeTebi naxeT _ iqa weftia
yvelafefti.~ pftafesofta kide Tavisas gahyviftoda _
Sufti viZioT, samagiefto gadavuxadoT, kbili kbilis
wilo... sul daufstvina, me Tqven geubnebiT! aftada
sxvebic aiyolia da iseT dReSi iyvnen,

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TiTqo maftTla guSindelze iyftidnen javfts da
magaTTvis, mgoni, maftTla eftTi iyo guSindeli da
wlebis winandeli. mefte mTeli es xftova eft- Tad
gameqaCa, gaZvaltyavebuli xelebi Camavles da vin
Tmebs mglejda da vin yuftis axevas cdi- lobda da
sxva kide cxvift-piftSi mifttyamda sustad, bebftulad
da wixlebsac miSendnen Ta- vis WkuaSi,
cdilobdnen, Zifts davegde da fexe- biT
Semdgomodnen da, RmeftTmani, male Tavisas
gaitandnen _ gaZalianebas me veft vbedavdi im
namdvili tkivilis SiSiT da meftCivna, CemTvis
efttyaT, vidfte Tundac xeli mekfta vinmesTvis,
magftam TviTon me xom mifttyamdnen da
mfxoWn- idnen da tuCic gamixeTqes, cxviftidanac
wamo- mivida, etyoba sisxli da igive aft iyo _ ukve
gulic mefteoda, mucelSic damiafta da uhaefto- biT
vixftCobodi TiTqos.
swofted am dftos Semoyo Tavi biblioTekaft- ma
da isic calke ayviftda: axlave policias
gamoviZaxebo. RmeftTmani, Zmebo, aseTi
ftame TviTon ftogoft momividoda TavSi da axla
TiTqo xavss CavebRauWe da gamwaftebuli
veZa- xi: cota tempSi, bftiyvo, Tofte gvian iqneba-
meTqi. es imito, fto aftc gaSveleba ucdia da aftc
fexs uCqaftebda maincdamainc. mefte eftTi maftTla
kaftgi momxvda ybaSi, naRdSi im sal- daTi
staftikanis moqneuli iqneboda, Tan kide

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viRacas Tu ftaRacas wamovede da ukve saSveli
aRaft iyo _ cotac kide da gadamivlidnen zed da eftTi
pifti gabftZolebac vcade odnav, Zaan slabad da
swofted am dftos gavigone es mxia- ftuli, ftaRac
nacnobi xma: `kaftgiT xo, geyo- faT axla... geyoT-
meTqi!~ _ da Cemma policiam sulze momiswfto
Cems dasacavad.

3.

iseTi daSlili viyavi, Zmebo, kaftgad veftc

vixedebodi TvalebSi, magftam, aki giTxaftiT, xma
mecno-meTqi da maftTalic vyofilvaft _ jeft eftTi
patafta qoTi misces im bebftebs da mefte, gafteT fto
gamiyvanes dRis Suqze, vxedav, mafta ftas vxedav
_ Cemi yofili Zma da megobafti, Cemi CamSvebi
bftatka bnelo da is sqelo bili- boi _ Cveni saeftTo
mtefti da mosisxle!..

`afta~, _ vbufttyuneb CemTvis, _ `vaftianti aftaa...~

isini kide dganan da ikftiWebian, foftmebSi

dazmanulebi, da bnelo isev ise xvixvinebs
Zvelebuftad, maftTla cxeniviT: `huu-huhu-huu! amas
visa vxedav _ Cveni Zalian Zveli biWi! ukve
moicixeve, aleks?~

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 afta-meTqi, _ gunebaSi gaviZaxi, aft aftse-
bobs, Sansi aftaa _ naRdad gaviTiSe da meCvene-
ba yvelafefti...

`ftao, Cveni Zma _ gikvifts?~ _ biliboi me-

kiTxeba, _ `dfto gaftbis, ukve vzftoslebi vaftT da
xalxis samsaxuftSi vdgavaftT, egftea.~
piti sadRaa-meTqi, bnelos veubnebi, _ joftji-
biWis ambavi ki momitanes, magftam piti- sa aftafefti
vici-meTqi.

`piti~, _ bnelo ambobs, _ `ho, saxeli fta- Rac

mecnoba. iyo eftTi egeTi. sul dagvekaftga.~

biliboi kide saxeloTi zeTs iwmends saxi- dan,

bnelos Tavs uqnevs da TiTqo me sulac iq aft viyo,
ise eubneba: `exla amis ganyofilebaSi miyvanis da
mefte Cvenebis weftis Tavi gaq? iasnia, es Tavis
Zvel ambebs aft moiSlida _ xo naxe, fta
upativcemulod eqceoda sabftalo moxuc xalxs,
Tanac sazogadoebftivi TavSeyftis adgi- las...
vuTxftaT, fto Cvens misvlamde daiTesa.
biblioTekafts gavafftTxilebT, Cven kide Cven-
Cveni patafta angaftiSebi gavaswoftoT.~

videqi da yuftebs aft vujeftebdi, Zmebo! meTqi,

azftze Tua, ftas mied-moedeba _ an afta-

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da, aftc amas unaxavs dRevandeli gazeTebi.
`Wkuaze xaft, biliboi?~ _ vekiTxebi _ `fta an-
gaftiSebs miswofteb? damTavftda Cemi bftitvebis tftiali _
aftafefti gagigia?~ Tan sul iseTi gftZnoba maq, TiTqos
es yvelafefti ftaRac bfti- yvuli xumftobaa da bnelo
mainc moiZftobs am Tavis kokaftdian quds da `ki,
gviTxftes~, _ bnelo meubneba, _ `swofted dRes
wagvikiTxes, dilis sboftze. Sefma Tqva, Zaan kaftgi
da mSve- niefti ambaviao.~

`aha, kide kaftgi~, _ veubnebi cota iazvu- ftad, _

`TviTon aqamde veft iswavle kiTxva, bnelo?~

`bnelebi kameftaSi moikiTxe~, _ meubneba, _

`Cven kide wesftigs vicavT da aftafefti saWifto aftaa,
yvela xedavdes, sad da ftogoft.~

`swoftea~, _ isev Tavs uqnevs biliboi, _

`quCebSi simSvide unda iyoso _ ase Tqva Sefma~

mefte uceb kaftgad momdo mucelSi, bnelom

kide is Tavisi zolebiani joxi Camafafta kefis ZiftSi
da mTlad moCvaftuli, manqanaSi Semag- des.
azftze fto movedi, ukve sadRac gafteubanSi
vgazavdiT siftenaCaftTulebi.

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 „Cemi mtefti moxvda Tqvens xelSi~, _ vbuft-
tyuneb CemTvis. `egfte iyos~, _ mpasuxobs
biliboi, _ „magftam jeft gavswoftdeT“.

bolo-bolo sadRac xftiokSi gavCeftdiT. oftivem

is pagonebiani foftmebi wynaftad gaiZ- ftes,
saxeloebi daikapiwes da magfta momdgnen,
saqmianad, bftazis da cofis gafteSe. meTodu- ftad
muSaobdnen, ftigftigobiT. aftc vici, ftam- den xans
mibagunebdnen da bolos ukve azftze aRaftc viyavi,
fta xdeboda da tkivilsac veRaft vgftZnobdi: sisxli fto
davinaxe, iseTi kftunCx- vebi damewyo, sxva
SegftZnebebi gamiTiSa... mefte, ftogoftc iqna,
moftCnen muSakobas, pagonebi da kokaftdebi
Camoifxates, mgoni, ofti Tbili si- tyvac kide
damigdes da aiTesnen.

gonze fto movedi, wvima cftida, Zval-ftbili

gaeftTianebuli mqonda. megona, mTel tanSi
mtexda da maJftialebda. Zlivs aviTftie weli da
wavlaslasdi, oRond saiT _ TviTonac aft viyavi
azftze.

4.

RmeftTmani, Zmebo, axla eftTi myudfto pala- ta

momnaTlavda sadme migdebul hospitalSi,

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momvleli mWiftdeboda da mosveneba, me kide mi-
vtylapunob wvimaSi, nislSi, sadRac ukacfti- el
adgilas da yvela RmeftTsa da eSmaks eftTad
vlanZRav da Cems beds vwyevli, mefte ukve
Wkua- sac vkaftgavdi, alalad, da dftois SegftZneba-
sac, ftoca ftaRac dasaxlebas mivadeqi _ sul eftTnaifti
kotejebi idga da yviftilis Tavic aRaft mqonda,
saSvelad ftom dameZaxa vinmesT- vis, da am dftos
eftT WiSkaftze vxedav, aweftia _ samyudfto.
RmeftTmani, an RvTis xeli uftevia, an bedis
dacinvaa-meTqi, magftam fta magis gaftkve- vis
Tavi mqonda, mivadeqi da vabftaxuneb, ftac Zala
damftCa.

kafti gaiRo da viRac kaci gamoCnda

sinaTleze. „fta ambavia?“ _ kiTxulobs da vxe- dav
mis zuftgs ukan, oTaxSi buxafti anTia da TiTqo
kaftgad gamomSftali xis tkacunic ki mesmis.
„RvTis gulisaTvis~, _ veubnebi, _
`miSveleT ftame, policielebma mimasikvdiles da
sadRac gzis piftas damagdes ugonod. iqneb
gaTenebamde SemifaftoT an sanam wvima mainc
ga- daiRebdes...“

„Semodi, Semodi~, _ meubneba, _ `am ukanono

qveyanaSi eftTmaneTs Tu davexmaftebiT, Toftem
sxva ftisi imedi unda gqondes adamians.“

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 winkafti TiTqo TavisiT gaiRo da mec kib-
eebze avbancaldi. aftafefti msaxioboba aft
damWiftvebia _ iseT dReSi viyavi, fexs Zlivs
vadgamdi, Semofxftewili tansacmeli ftaRac
ZonZebad mekida, ofti kbili Camtvfteuli mqon- da,
tuCebi, zeviTac da qveviTac, da kide cali waftbic _
gaxeTqili, maftcxena yuftze cecxli mekida da cxviftic
ise gamisivda, veft vsunTqa- vdi. am RvTisnieftmac
xeli SemaSvela da Sig Semiyvana _ did, Tbil da
naTel oTaxSi.

da swofted maSin iyo, Zmebo, fto gamcecxla da

azftze movedi, sad viyavi da visTan mo- maxvedfta
Cemma ukuRmaftTma bedma. is mazalo waftweftac
_ samyudfto _ fteklamis abftasaviT gaminaTda TavSi
da mTlad gamoTayvanebuli mi- vaCeftdi saxlis
patftons. ki, is iyo namdvilad
— oRond ftaRaca motexili TiTqos, dabefte- buli da
koWlobdasaviT. TviTon veft mic- nobda, fta Tqma
unda, Sansi aft iyo _ maSin me da Cem bftatkebs
suyvelas niRbebi gvekeTa da lamis sakaftnavalod
viyaviT dazmanuli, axla ki ase nacem-nabegvs da
gasawylebuls im Zveli aleksisas fta migavda _ svel
miwaze nagdebi da wvimaSi nabodialebi sakuTaft
xmasac veRaft vcnobdi, Camexftinwa da wina ofti
Catexili kbi- lis wyalobiT gemozec vClifinebdi.

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 is kide Zaan, Zaan TanagftZnobiT Semomcqeftis
da ftaRac ise, naRvlianad meubneba: `ageft
dajeqi, cecxlTan. Taflian aftays dagalevineb da
amasobaSi wyalic gacxeldeba.~

`policielebi~, _ vbufttyuneb CemTvis, _

`CaTlaxebi...~
`asea~, _ meubneba, _ `policiufti fteJimis kidev
eftTi msxveftpli. aftc piftveli xaft da aftc ukanaskneli
iqnebi. esaa magaTi damyaftebuli wesftigi.~ mefte
gatftialda da samzafteuloSi gavida, maftcxena fexs
miiTftevda cotaTi.

oTaxi movaTvaliefte. qalis xeli aft etyob- oda _

oftad ofti gaqeqili savaftZeli idga sul, damtveftili
wignebiT iyo savse da patafta magid- aze sabeWdi
manqana ido, gveftdze kide dasta fuftclebi.
gamaxsenda, es kaci mgoni mweftali iyo.
meqanikufti foftToxali. ucnauftia, ase fto CamftCa
gonebaSi. oRond axla aft Riftda im am- bebis
gaxseneba _ axla siTbo da gageba mWiftd- eboda da
im goTveftnebmac ludovikos centftSi ise momiwyves
saqme, awi aseT dReSi viqnebodi sul da sxvisTvisac
imaves movindomebdi _ Tuki Cemgan saeftTod
miiRebda amas vinme.

`ho, asea~, _ mweftali mobftunda, Wiqas

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mawvdis da sveli piftsaxociT miwmends sax- es _
fftTxilad, Zaan nazad, _ `abazana ga- givse, mefte
vivaxSmoT da dalagebiT momiyevi yvelafefts.
RamiT CemTan daftCebi.~ RmeftTmani, Zmebo,
ftaRacam wamiWifta yelSi da Tvaleb- Sic wyali
Camidga, etyoba, ftadgan uceb Zaan oteCeski
daiWifta, mxaftze momiTaTuna xeli da:
`kaftgi axla, geyofa _ eg fta vaJkacis saqmeao~,
— meubneba.

bolo-bolo avedi zeviT, kafelis abazanaSi

Cavweqi, mefte mSveniefti flanelis piJama, Sav-
TeTfti gftZeli xalaTi da RunRula flostebi Camovicvi
_ yvelafefti iqve iyo Camolagebu- li, skamze, da,
RmeftTmani, Zmebo, sikvdilis piftas miyvanilma
kacma cota TvalebSi gamov- ixede, ftaRac xalisic
damibftunda TiTqos da dafexvil-daTeTqvils tkivilze
uffto axla SimSili maxsenebda Tavs. qveviT fto
Cavedi isev, mweftals ukve moeTavebina
samzafteuloSi facifuci da sufftac saufftoso gaewyo:
fum- fula TeTfti pufti, naRdi Sveicaftiuli yveli,
eftbokveftcxSi motafuli Zexvi, zed mosxmuli ftaRac
cxafte wiTeli sawebliT, mayvlis jemi da Tixis didi
Wiqa cxeli ftZiani Cai. ise mi- vaZexi, mipatiJebas
aftc davlodebivaft, xuT wuTSi gamovibuskne da
mefteRa amovReftRe cota

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daftcxvenilma: aftc vici, ftogoft gadagixadoT madloba-
meTqi.

`eg aftafefti~, _ meubneba, _ `CemTan ftom

moxvedi, amaSic albaT gangebis xeli uftevia. ukve
mivxvdi, vinca xaft: Seni suftaTia gazeTSi da fta
ubeduftebac mogwies, mgoni, imasac gama- dlian. jeft
cixeSi galpobdnen, mefte ftezis- tenciis yovelgvafti
unafti wagaftTves da axla quCis policias miugdes
Seni Tavi. ase apift- eben egeni sazogadoebftivi
wesftigis damyafte- bas?! kaftgi sazogadoeba kia,
amgvafti meTo- debiT Tu icavs Tavs! magftam
RvTis nebaa-meTqi yvelafefti _ Sen is miTxafti,
Cem Sesaxeb Tu gsmenia ftame?~

`eee... ftogoft giTxftaT~, _ vfftTxilob, Zaan,

Zaan vfftTxilob, _ `eftTxel yufti movkafti,
meqanikuft foftToxalze lapaftako- bdnen... gulze
momxvda ftaRacebi, oRond me TviTon aft
wamikiTxavs, aba saidan...~

`oho!~ _ meubneba, Tan saxe lamis gaunaT- des,

_ `egec kaftgia. axla Sens ambavs momiyevi da isic
minda vicode, cixemde ftam migiyvana. nu geSinia,
gulaxdilad miambe yvelafefti, me fta Seni
gamkiTxavi vaft.~

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 kaftgad veftc Cavxvdi, ftisi Tqma undoda magiT
— Tu gamkiTxavi aftaa, ftaRas mekiTxeba-meTqi,
magftam am tipis xalxs xom bolomde veftafefts
gaugeb, ftaRac Tavisi ena aqvT da sityvebsac
Tavis Wkuaze atftialeben.

bevfti aftc aftafefti maq saTqmeli-meTqi, veub-

nebi, _ `sul ubftalo ambavia: biWebma amagdes da
ftaRac suleluft sanaZleoze sxvis saxlSi Sevipafte,
viTom gavbedavdi Tu afta _ maftTla ftames
mopaftva aftc micdia. xoda, eftTi maft- toxela
moxuci qali cxovftobda Tuftme Sig. sibneleSi
damlanda da guli wauvida; mefteRa gavige,
dacemisas magidis kideze Camoufttyams Tavi da
kacma aft icis, dafttymisagan gaftda- icvala Tu
SiSisagan. me kide gaqcevis magivftad mis
mosulieftebas vcdilobdi da policiasac Cemi xeliT
gavuRe kafti. imaT kide saqmeSi gami- yvanes _
aqaoda, didi mkvleli da oxefti vinme banditi
gavqaCeTo. sasamaftTloSic sityva aft maTqmevines
Tavis dasacavad...~

maTgan aftc mikviftso, _ Tavs miqnevs da mec

Cemsas miveftekebi: `mefte Sida saqmeTa ministftma
cixeSi Camovlaze maincdamainc me gamomaft-
Cia da saavadmyofoSi mikftes Tavi, ludovikos
meTodiT unda gimkuftnaloTo. Tanac piftoba

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momces, xaftoSi aRaft dagabftunebTo da mec fta Svili
viyavi, xma amomeRo.~

dawvftilebiT gamomkiTxa im ucnaufti mkuftna-

lobis ambavi da, RmeftTmani, Zmebo, sul wvft-
ilad Cavukakle yvelafefti, mandedan aftafefti
gamomitovebia da filmebs fto vixsenebdi, kina- Ram
isev cudad gavxdi. is kide veRaftafefts amCnevda,
oTaxSi dablayunobda da mamali gi- JiviT
TavisTvis bufttyunebda ftaRacas. mefte SevTavaze,
sufftas agilagebT da WuftWels mainc dagiftecxavT-
meTqi, magftam TiTi aft gamanZftevina
— Sen axla mosveneba da simSvide gWiftdebao.
eftTxans ki viyaviT maftTla mSvidad _ is samza-
fteuloSi tftialebda da me kide buxafts vujeqi da ftaRac
mSvenieft ufiltfto sigaftets va- fuilebdi, magftam
maleve moftCa diasaxlisobas, isev momadga da
meubneba: `Sen iqneb Sescode kidec da sasjelic
daimsaxufte, magftam yovel- gvafti sasjeli Cadenili
boftotebis sazRaufti unda iyos mxolod, Sen ki
aTmagad gazRvevines
— piftovnebis magivftad ftaRac unebo aftsebad
gaqcies da sakuTafti aftCevani aRaft gagaCnia: Sen
axla sxvisi gamoweftili fteceptiT unda icxov- fto _
sikeTeze momaftTuli meqanikufti aftseba! Tavad
SenTvis ki yovelgvafti cxovftebiseuli si- ameni
tkivilis gamomwvevi iqneba mudam: musikiT

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tkboba Tu qalis suftvili, liteftatufta da xelovneba _
yvelafefti es mxolod fizikuft tkivils gamoiwvevs
SenSi... egeni ki sazogadoe- bis gajansaRebis ideiT
ise aftian Sepyftobili, zRvaftis SegftZneba dakaftguli
aqvT _ adamians Tu nebsiTi aftCevanis ufleba aft
gaaCnia, mas adamianic aRaft eTqmis!..~
`Cveni kapelanic swofted magas ambobda,
seft~, _ CavuftTe ftogoftc iqna, _ `zustad mag
sityvebiT.~

`hoo? an ftatom aft ityoda _ mainc qftis- tiani

moZRvaftia, ase Tu ise... axla ki ai fta minda
giTxfta: xval oft-sam Cems megobafts Se-
vatyobineb, sando da saWifto xalxia, imaTac
dawvftilebiT movuyvebi yvelafefts. naxav, aftc Cven
vaftT gulxeldakftefili, ftaRacis gakeTe- ba Cvenc
SegviZlia da Tu sazogadoebftivi azfti aRaftafefts
niSnavs am qveyanaSi, magasac vnaxavT. afta
mgonia, axalgazftdis fsiqikaze aseTi baft- baftosuli
cdebis Catafteba did miRwevad CaeT- valos,
ftomelic gnebavT, mTavftobas _ Tundac amisTana
avtoftitaftuls!~

`ftogoftc metyviT, ise moviqcevi~, _ veub- nebi,

_ `oRond Cem gamo usiamovnebas aftafefts
gadaeyaftoT.~

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 xeli Caiqnia da cota xnis mefte meubneba:
`awi ftaRa unda momivides? ojaxi me aRafta my-
avs da janmftTelobac aftafftad mivaftga...~

`SegemTxvaT ftame?..~ _ fftTxilad, ise ve-

kiTxebi, sasxvaTaSoftisod, aftada maftTla main-
teftesebs, sad gaqfta misi coli, _ `Tu meuRlem
migatovaT?~

cota xans Cumad iyo, vifiqfte, SekiTxva aft

daevasa-meTqi, mefte ftaRacnaiftad Camwydafti
xmiT meubneba: `ho, mimatova. SokSi iyo Ca-
vaftdnili, gagiJebas aftafefti uklda da... Tavi moikla.~
vxedav, TiTebi ukankalebs, sigaftets veft moukida
veftafftiT. me kide gaviTiSesa- viT, Tvalwin is
Rame damidga, maSindeli am- bebi da uceb isev
damiafta mucelSi, TiTqos haeftic aRaft myofnida da,
etyoba, saxec magfta Semecvala, uceb movida
gonze, wamomayena da meubneba: `kaftgi,
gveyofa Zvelis gaxseneba, axla momavalze
vifiqftoT. daweqi, daiZine da xval ukeT iqnebi.~
mefte sawoli oTaxis kafti fto gaixufta, gavigone,
TavisTvis butbutebda isev: `sabftalo biWi... esec
am SeSlili sauku- nis kidev eftTi msxveftpli. fta
gansxvavebaa, Za- ladoba fizikufti iqneba Tu suliefti
_ Sedegi SeiZleba eftTnaifti iyos. bedze ftom aft
moxve-

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dftiliyo CemTan an kafti aft gameRo, amasac igive
daemaftTeboda albaT...~

5.

TiSad meZina, Zmebo, im RamiT _ gveftdic

aft momicvlia da iqneb amitomac iyo, aftc da-
begvili sxeulis tkivils gavuRviZebivaft da aftc
damsizmftebia ftame. diliT jeft azftze veft movedi, sad
viyavi, mefte gamaxsenda yvelafefti da vifiqfte:
eftTi unda gavigo ftogoftme, am Cems maspinZels
fta hqvia _ aki guSin vuTx- afti Tqvensa da Tqvens
wignzec msmenia-meTqi. am oTaxSi veftafefti
vnaxe, mefte patafta deftefans gavuyevi, viTomda
veft movimxafte, saiT wavsu- liyavi da boloSi kafti
davinaxe gamoRebuli, iavnad saZinebeli iyo,
magftam ftamdenime cali wignebis Taftoc davCiTe
da meTqi Tu is `foft- Toxali~ vipove, avtoftis gvaftic
xom zed iqne- ba, vaftianti aftaa.

Cumad Sevipafte da ftas vxedav _ swofted im

qalis gadidebuli, metfti-metftze, suftaTi Se-
momcqeftis kedlidan da miRimis... isev momawva
yelSi ftaRac, magftam wignebis qeqva daviwye sas-
wftafod da gadamiafta. male vipove, patafta wig- ni
iyo da avtoftis gvaftic ewefta, fta Tqma unda:

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eliksandefti. esec kide eftTi aleksi-meTqi, _ gavifiqfte.
mefte alag-alag gadavfuftcle, ma- gftam,
RmeftTmani, Tavi da bolo veft gavuge, ftas bazftobda.
eftTi eg iyo, Zaan paTetikuftad amt- kicebda:
dResdReobiT xalxi ftaRac manqanebad undaT, ftom
aqcion, wesiT kide ucxo xiliviT unda vizftdebodeT
dedamiwazeo. am Cemis elik- sandefts, etyoba, ise
waftmoedgina es qveyana, TiTqo Cven, yvelani,
eftT ftaRac deda-xeze unda vekidoT, mamazecieftma
fto daftgo sakuTaft baR- CaSi, sakuTafti dilixoftis
gasaswofteblad da Cven ki aft gvWiftdeboda
RmeftTi, Tavad RmeftTs vWiftdebodiT ftaRac
samyaftouli wyuftvilis mosaklavad. sul ftaRac
amisTanas bodialobda da, RmeftTmani, mgoni,
maftTla Seftekilia an co- lis sikvdilma Tu Seaftyia-
meTqi, _ vifiqfte da swofted am dftos gavigone,
Zaanac azftian fta- mes iZaxda, Camodi, visauzmoTo.
mec TavpatiJi aft damidvia, ftaRa Tqma unda.

`etyoba, kaftgad geZina~, _ meubneba da

tosteftidan puftis dabftawuli naWftebi amo- yafta, _
`aTia ukve. me kide dilidan vsaqmi- anob. xom
ici moxucebis ambavi _ wavTvlem da egaa.~ `axal
wigns weftT?” _ vekiTxebi.

`aftaa _ telefons vuzivaft. yvelgan mivftek-

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movfteke.~ `megona, Sin telefoni aft gedgaT~, _
vuTxafti da wamsve enaze vikbine, ise Seecvala
saxe.
`saidan moitane?~ _ meubneba, _ `ftam gafiqfte- bina,
ftom telefoni aft maqvs?~ _ mekiTxeba gaS- teftebuli,
TiTqo ftaRac Zaan mniSvnelovani ftame meTqvas.
ise, ubftalod-meTqi, veubnebi, _ `guSin Tvali aftsad
momikftavs. Tumca an ftisi danaxvis Tavi mqonda _
kaftgad gonzec aft viyavi, mgoni.~ Tan kide imas
vfiqftob, maftTla Tu gaaxsenda is ofti wlis winandeli
saRamo, me da Cemi bftiaJka fto mivadeqiT kaftze da
dayenebuli xmiT eqimis gamoZaxebas vTxovdi mis
cols, iman kide miTxfta, telefoni aft gvidgaso...

cota xani kide miyufta TvalgaSteftebulma,

magftam mefte gamoeftkvia, ftaRac sawyaloblad
gamiRima da savse kovzi Saqafti buTqa Cems
Wiqa- Si, me kide datkbiluls veft vitan. aftafefti
miTqvams, cxadia.

`imas geubnebodi, Cems nacnobebs

Camovufteke da bevftic dainteftesda Seni ambiT.
eftTic vn- axoT, mSveniefti iaftaRi aRmoCnde am
mTavftobis sawinaaRmdegod! aftCevnebi kaftzea
momdgafti da egeni kide did imedebs swofted am
ybadaRe- bul `kftiminalufti elementebis
sawinaaRmd- ego pftogftamaze~ amyafteben,
tftabaxiT aikles
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pftesa. axla dftoa, isic vuTxftaT xalxs, fta Sedegi
moaqvs mag naqeb ludovikos meTods da mTel
magaT pftogftamebs!~

isev momaCeftda da vifiqfte: vaiTu, ftaRaca

mainc iynosa an ftaRaca axsendeba Cemsa da im
ambavTan kavSiftSi-meTqi, magftam maSin
yvelas niRbebi gvekeTa da fta xani iyo gasuli
mas mefte, vaftianti aft iyo, ftame esqesa _ fta Tqma
unda, TviTon Tu aft davabftexvebdi ftame iseTs.
iman kide isev gautia Tavisi: `ftom hkiTxo,
mSveniefti gamosavali ipoves _ kunTmagaft im-
becilebs policiaSi iwveven, cota sxvanaift xalxs
kide damcvel baftiefts Caudgamen fsiqi- kaSi,
uniaTo da unebisyofo masad gadaaqceven da
moftCa, dalagda qveyana da TavisiT gadai- Wfteba
yvela pftoblema... ki, ftogoft afta _ mag- aliTebis meti
fta afti, oRond aqedan mefte nax- evafti nabijia sftul
totalitaftizmamde!~

maftTla dafttymulia-meTqi, vfiqftobdi, _ Tvalebi

SuSebad eqca da saxe gauqvavda. sa- dRac Cem
iqiT iyufteboda da, mgoni, saeftTod veRaftc ki
mamCnevda. `RmeftTo, Sen uSvele yve- la giJsa da
daftexvils!~ _ gunebaSi wefttili davusvi mis qaqans
da fftTxilad Sevapafte: gana me fta SemiZlia-meTqi.

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 `Sen~, _ meubneba, _ `cocxali sabuTi xaft da
imisi magaliTi, ftas upifteben mTel efts!~ _ wamoxta,
xelebis qnevas mohyva da xmasac auwia:
`aqac Tu Tavisi gaitanes, mefte vinc ki mTavfto- bas
TvalSi aft mouva, an sawinaaRmdegos ityvis,
yvelas SeuZliaT kftiminali daswamon, tvini
gamouftecxon, fsiqika daublokon da amas sul
sazogadoebaze zftunvis lozungiT gaamaftTle- ben!~
mefte cota dawynaftda, magftam aft damjda- fta,
oRond TaTebis qnevas da yviftils moftCa da
meubneba: `weftili davwefte eftTi gazeTisaTvis. male
daibeWdeba. Seni foto unda davuftTo da minda
Seni xelmoweftac iyos zed.~

`ki, batono~, _ veubnebi, _ `ftogoftc Tqven ityviT.

oRond Tu aft miwyenT, eftTi is minda gkiTxoT:
TviTon fta Zala gadgaT, ftaze gindaT gadaikidoT
mTeli es veftxuSka?~

jeft gakviftvebiT Semomxeda, TiTqo kaftgad

veftc gaeftkvia, ftas vekiTxebodi, mefte skamis
zuftgs Caafftinda, gadmoixafta Cemken da fta- Rac
Zaan gulnatkeni kaciviT damiwyo: `ici, ftas getyvi,
maftto Seni ambavi aft aftis aq. Ta- visuflebis
siyvaftuli jiSSive mogvdgams da amas unda
gavufftTxildeT. ftomeli mebftZoli me vaft, magftam
viRacam xom unda amoiRos xma,

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 Toftem sul daviRupebiT. fta, gana nebiT dai-
Tanxmeben vinmes, mis Svils ftom igive gaukeTon,
ftac Sen giqnes?! magftam masas simSvide da mco-
naftoba yvelafefts uftCevnia da Tavs winaswaft aftavin
aitkivebs, yvelafftis mimaftT apaTiac swofted aqedan
iwyeba da amitomac dftoze unda daaftWo nemsi
mtkivan adgilas!~ da ucbad, Zme- bo, Cangals daavlo
xeli da ise glija magi- das, CaftWobiT vefta, magftam
oftad ki gadaRuna.

aman Tu bolomde ase gafteka, isev Cemi

gasaCe- ftebeli aft gaxdes-meTqi, _ vifiqfte, da
viTom, magfta dainteftesebulma, weftilis wakiTxva
vTxove.

`ho, maftTali xaft~, _ Sublze itkica xeli Zaan

Teatftaluftad, _ `Seni saxeliT iqneba da xom unda
icode, xels ftas aweft...~ _ mgoni, gaxaftebulic ki
iyo da Cemi azfti maftTla un- doda, gaego. me
weftils Cavujeqi da iman kide magidis alageba
daiwyo, isev xeli aft damak- aftebina aftafefts.
mokled, Zmebo, am weftilidan ise gamodioda,
TiTqo Cemi piftiT vlapaftako- bdi, fta ubeduftebac
gadamxda Tavs da fta gol- goTa gamoviafte da fta
dReSi Camagdo am Cvenma mTavftobam, suli
amomaZfto da tvini miRftZo da gonebftivad
damaxeibfta, aseTi aRaftc Tavisu-

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fleba mindoda da aRaftc aftafefti. Zaan gftZe- li da
Zaan cftemlsadeni ftame iyo, RmeftTmani. guli
amiCvilda.

`mxeci xaftT, bftat!~ _ veubnebi, _ `magfta

giweftiaT. tempSi avaftdeba xalxi.~
`fta... fta Tqvi?~

`aftafefti, es ise...~ _ veubnebi, _ `mego-

bftebSi vlapaftakobT xolme amgvaftad. Jaftgo- nia,
ase vTqvaT.~

is kide momCeftebia da busaviT afaxulebs

Tvalebs. ftaRacam ki gamkfta gulSi, magftam am
dftos zaftma dafteka kaftze da sazogado moRvawe
baton aleksandeftsac saxe gaunaTda.

`aha~, _ meubneba, _ `movidnen, ftogoftc

iqna~, _ da stumftebis Sesaxvedftad gaqanda.
mefte eftTad Semolagdnen yvelani _ samni iyvnen da
b-nma aleksandeftmac ftigftigobiT gaacno Cemi
Tavi. eftTi vinme dolini iyo _ patafta,
Capuntulebuli, piftSi sul sigafteti hqonda gaCftili da
sadac moxvdeboda, iq afeftfleb- da, an sulac
iatakze eyfteboda xolme. meofte
— naRdi yevefti, gvaftad ftubinSteini, maRali,
saTvaliani da wveftosani, televiziis diqto-

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ftiviT kai dayenebuli xma hqonda, da mesame
kide viRac ftamdenimesaxeliani Coftna tipi,
gadaglesili TmiT da magafti gvaftiT _ dela silva.
aqoTebuli iyo, aft vici, bftioliniT Tu kide ftame
egeTiT. samivem jeft kaftgad damali- vefta da mefte
swofted es dela silva gamovida sityvaSi, eg vis ftas
daacdida: `mTlad gasaco- davebulic.~

magfta aft damevasa, Zmebo, magis muftdalaqcen-

tiani piJonufti gamosvla da TvTonac kai dam- pali
vinme Canda, xoda, wynaftad, ise veubnebi,
xmadabla: `afta, bftat, aft gamova eg saqme. kbi-
lebs ki Cavisvam, magftam pudfti, duxi da egeTebi
cxovftebaSi aft mixmaftia da moftCi axla bazafts.~
kinaRam isic davumate, an TviTon ftaSi gWiftd- eba,
fto dazeTilxaft _ isedac iavnad pediks gavxaft-
meTqi, oRond Tavi Sevikave. aftada sul aft
amomeRo xma, is jobda _ im gaslikinebul muftTxs
yuftic aft gaupafttyunebia, samagieftod maspinZeli
gaiyina adgilze da ftaRaca but- buts mohyva, me
maftto is gavigone, ucnauftiao,
— iZaxda _ es xma da lapaftakic mecnoba da
naRdad sadRac SevxvedftivaftT eftTmaneTso. es
ukve meofted Camofteka zaftma da WkuiT unda vyo-
filiyavi, ase uazftod aft unda metlikina.
mefte batoni dolini gavida saqmeSi: `aq-

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centi piftovnebis ganadguftebis sakiTxze unda
gadavitanoT. dangfteuli ojaxic vaxsenoT da piftadi
tftagediac. gazeTebi, icocxle, eftTx- mad aitaceben.
sazogadoebftiv azfts ucbad Sev- abamT eJvans.~
`momismineT~, _ axla amas mivubftundi, _
`Tqveni Tqven iciT, magftam me fta aqedan? jeft
iyo da viftis abanoSi momayuCes, mefte ise momi-
wyves saqme, yvelafeftze guli mefteva da cudad
vxdebi, mSoblebma sakuTaft saxlSi aft mimiRes,
bebefti Tu axalgazftda, wignis Wia Tu bftiyvi
policieli _ yvela me mikakunebs TavSi. amas Tu
moeReba ftodisme bolo?~

ftabini ftubinSteini mxaftze mxvevs xels,

mklavze mefefteba _ nagiJftebs fto awynafteben,
swofted ise, da Zaan, Zaan umni saxiT mubneba:
`Cveni pafttiisa da Tavisuflebis ideisaT- vis
Tavdadebas aftavin dagiviwyebs. TiTsac ve- ftavin
dagakaftebs, Cven gveftdiT Tu iqnebi da yvelafefts
dagvijefteb. ai naxav, bnelidan na-
TelSi gagiyvanT.~

amaze isev gamovedi wyobidan da axla ukve

yviftili movftTe: `xelebis cacuns SeeSvi da zogi
giJi da maftTla bnelo Tqvenken moikiTx- eT! jeft is
miTxftas vinmem, me vin damibftunebs

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Cems Tavs? odesme Tu gavxdebi isev janmftTeli
da vicxovfteb Cem Wkuaze?!~ `bnelo...~ _ isev
gaaCmaxa aleksandeftma, fiqftianad, _ `bnelo... eg
maftTla viRacis saxeli iyo _ bnelos eZa- xdnen,
maftTla.~
`ha...~ _ ucbad veftc gamoveftkvie da axla imas
veci, _ `bnelo ftaRa SuaSia?! axla aft miTxftaT, isic
Cven bftiaJkaSiao!~

vTqvi da iqve vikbine enaze: iseTi saxe gauxda,

eftTi suli mqonda, zeviT avsuliyavi, viTomc
tansacmlis gamosacvlelad da mefte fanjftidan
avTesiliyavi sadme, suleftTia sad, oRond ki mas
aRaft gadavyftodi isev.

`maS ase, Zmebo~, _ veubnebi da Tan wamovd-

eqi kidec, _ `kaftgad meyoleT. didi madloba
yvelafftisTvis da RmeftTma xeli mogimaftToT,
magftam axla cota sakuTaft Tavsac unda mi-
vxedo.~ magftam iasni iyo, egfte advilad veRaft
davuZvftebodi magaT xelidan. aqedan eftTi Ca-
mafftinda da iqidan meofte da moftTes layafi
moqalaqeobftiv sindissa da patiosnebaze da
sakuTaft adamianuft valdebulebebze Cem mimaftT
da, mokled, aqeT magdebdnen namusze. meTqi-
davfeftTxav amaT da movusvam, ftogoftca vaft _
flostebSi da xalaTSi, oRond gabftZolebaze

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gafiqfteba da ftwyevis gftZnoba eftTi iyo _ es ftaRac
fsixodelikoba, mgoni, dRiTi dRe mi- matebda.
CaTftevas isev Cayola sjobda da Sip- iti aRaft
damiwyia, bolo-bolo oRond axla gavclodi
aqauftobas da am Cemi maspinZlis ga- ciebul
mzeftas da meti axla aRaftafefti min- doda. is kide
gafuWebuli patefoniviT imeo- ftebda eftTi da imaves:
`bnelo, bnelo... vinaa eg bnelo? saidan maxsovs?~ _
daicikla etyoba, sxva veftafeftze sityva veRaft
daacdenines.

xuT wuTSi manqanaSi visxediT me da mTeli es

ftaRac pafttiuli kodla, mefoftToxle mweftl- is
gamoklebiT, da qalaqisken vubeftavdiT. ftome- liRac
axal ubanSi mivediT, zustad iseTive maRlivi
Senobebi idga, ftogoftic CemTan, iseTive Sftoma-
Senebis sadidebeli ffteskebiT moxatu- li, da liftiT
avediT ftomeliRac saftTulze, eftT mocucqnul kuTxis
binaSi Semiyvanes da, awi aq icxovftebo, maxaftes.
ise, afta uSavda fta
— kaftgi faftTo logini idga, macivaftic gamo- tenili
iyo da qalaqis centftidanac aft viyavi maincdamainc
Softs, Tumca eg an ftaSi maftgebda.

`axla Cven saqmes mivxedavT~, _ yevefti ftubi

meubneba, _ `Sen ki moisvene, damaSvftalo
sulo...~

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 `ftogofta?~ _ boloSi ftaRac veft gaveftkvie.

`wauZine~, _ dolini mixsnis, _ `da nufta- feftze

nu idaftdeb. xval ginaxulebT.~
`daicaT...~ _ am piJon dela silvas eftTxel fto
movaketine, mefte xma aRaft gauRia, magftam
aSkaftad sul ftaRaca azfti awuxebda _ `eftTi wuTiT...
iciT, albaT, Cvens amxanags, Cvens Zvift- fas
aleksandefts am ftamdenime wlis win mZime piftadi
tftagedia daatyda Tavs. e-e... da Tavad
SeamCnevdiT, xandaxan ftaRacas aikviatebs xol-
me... diax, da is mindoda mekiTxa, ftaRa Tqma
unda, es Cven Softis daftCeba da maftTla xom aft
migiZRviT, ase vTqvaT, e-e... ftaime wvlili?..~

didi gvelaZua vinme iyo eg maftTla dampali, ega

da Tan Cemi wvlilis gaxsenebaze da Tan kide imito,
fto xeli meqaveboda, RmeftTmani, unitaz- Si
Cameyofinebina magisi gadaglesili Tavi, isev damiafta
mucelSi da sunTqva Semekfta da isRa wa- vibutbute,
me Cemi ukve movixade-meTqi. imaTac didi ambiT
Tavebi miqnies, samZimaftze Semovli- li
ZmakacebiviT damemSvidoben da ftaRac Tavian- Ti
politikufti saqmeebis saCaftxavad galagdnen.

loginze mivegde, Wefts mivaSteftdi da imaze

daviwye fiqfti, momavalSi fta meloda. mefte is

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gamaxsenda, bftiyvulad fto veci piftSi bnelos
xsenebaze da axla Tavi waviWame daftdiT, maftT-
la fto gaixsenos im Seftekilma, vin iyo da fta
saqmeSi gadioda eg vinme bnelo, neta mefte ftas
vapifteb-meTqi. mefte, etyoba, davyvinTe _ aftafefti
maxsovs. aftc vici, ftodis gameRvi- Za, kaftga
xani iqneboda gasuli: bneldeboda. oRond TavisiT
ki aft gamRviZebia, Zmebo, _ ftom miveSvi,
dilamde gveftds aft movicvlidi, ma- gftam uceb
musika CaiftTo kedlis iqiT. am axal saxlebSi fto
izolaciaa _ nu ityvi, xoda, ise ismoda, TiTqo
aqve, Cems samzafteuloSi gftialebda dinamiki. Tan
Zaan ftezki Tema iyo
— vinme danieli oto skedligis mesame simfo-
niidan. jeft TiTqo gamixaftda kidec, logini- danac
wamovdeqi da iqve fexebi momekveTa: xmas auwies
da damewyo, magftam fta damewyo _ TiTqo
gavaftvaftebuli spicebi gamiyaftes nawlavebSi. da
me, vinc swofted am dasawyiss vusmendi xol- me
dilaobiT, xasiaTze mosasvlelad, axla iatakze
vgoftavdi da kedelze vabftaxunebdi da vbRaodi,
gamoftTeT-meTqi, magftam, mgoni, kide uffto
moumates da vifiqfte, sanam Wkuaze vaft, ftogoftme
aqedan unda gavaRwio-meTqi, kaftebs veci da
Caketili aRmoCnda gaftedan, maftto sax- elufti
movaZvfte. mefte mTlad gamobftuebulma
bavSviviT sabani gadavifafte Tavze da TiTebiT

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yuftebi davice, magftam tftombonebis Wyviftili da
TefSebis xma mainc aRwevda. mefte kide uffto
auwies maRlebs da es ukve iavnad ZaliT iyo,
viRacas Cemi gagiJeba undoda da mec maftTla
giJiviT vbodialobdi aqeT-iqiT da xan kedels
vexeTqebodi TaviT da xan skams wamovedebodi da
iatakze vadendi bftagvans da vgoftaobdi da vbRaodi
ftaRacas, TviTon aft vici da kaftgs da tkbils ftas
amovuSvebdi piftidan. mefte magida avayiftave,
ftaRac fuftclebi mimoifanta Zifts da uceb movedi
azftze, ftac mindoda _ ftisi ga- keTebac gadavwyvite
maSin, sajaftoSi, im dampal biliboisa da bliyv
bnelo-policiels fto aft gadavyftodi _ eftT did gftZel
fuftcelze wiTeli asoebiT ewefta sikvdili da fta, fto
mefte mTavrobas modioda, albaT plakati Tu iyo,
CemTvis kide es iyo swofted naRdi ga- mosavali
mTeli am tanjva-wamebidan da TiTqo maftTla
RvTis nebiT, iqve kide wigni egdo da Ria fanjafta
exata ydaze. RmeftTmani, aba sxva- naiftad ftogoft
unda gamego _ eftTi naxtomi, wamiT sulis
Sekvfta, mefte, iqneb, wamiT kide tkivilis gftZnoba
da moftCa, mefte sul Zili da Zili. kedlis iqiT
dinamikebi ixeoda udaftni- kis xuTmeoTxediani
boisagan da fanjaftac Ria mqonda ukve, vxedavdi
qveviT taftakanebiviT fto miftbi-moftbodnen
manqanebi, oRond xalxi ki

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aft Canda ftatomRac. da am dftos TiTqo swofted
CemTvis CaftTes lampionebi, ftogoftc ciftkSi, ise,
me kide Tvalebi davxuWe da is eftTi bolo nabijic
gavdgi gafteT.

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aba fta giTxftaT, Zmebo, TviTonac aft vici,
ftogoft da ftanaiftad moxda, magfta fto davebeft- tye,
maxsovs, magftam sanam tkivilisagan gavi-
TiSebodi, Cem zemoT da gaftSemo gakviftvebuli
saxeebis gftova davlande da imis gafiqftebac
movaswafti, egeni yvela eftTi nagavia da, fta Tqma
unda, is koncefttic Cawyobili ambavi iyo, da vin
damwyevla ase, fto utanjvelad sikvdilic veft
momixeftxebia-meTqi...

mefte TiTqo wlebi gavida sanam isev movi-

dodi gonze da azftze movidodi, sad viyavi an fta
momivida; saavadmyofos suni meca jeft _
momwafto, steftilufti sisufTavis suni da kide
wamlebis, mefte TiTqo Tveebi gavida da TvalSic
gamovixede _ yvelafefti gaqaTqaTebuli TeTfti feftis
iyo, iseTi mkvdafti, steftilufti TeTfti feftis, atalaxebuli
miwis danaxva mogenatfte- boda. Zaan nel-nela
aRviqvamdi yvelafefts gaftSemo da veftc sakuTaft
sxeuls vgftZnobdi jeft, veftc am afttaxebs Tu ftaRac
ubeduftebas,

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Tavidan fexebamde gakoWili ki viyavi da Sefu- Tuli,
zeviT kide gadmobftunebuli SuSa ekida, sisxliT
savse. blante wiTeli siTxe wveT- wveTad modioda
gamWviftvale milSi da sadRac maftjvena xelSi
Semdioda.
mefte cota mivixed-movixede da ftas vxedav,
Zmebo, loginTan viRac wiwkvi zis da wigns
kiTxulobs. tanze kaftgad Semotmasnili foft- mis
xalaTi acvia, fexebs veft vxedav, magftam ze- viT
yvelafefti ftigze aqvs da mindoda, meTqva, ftas iTxfti
Tvalebs, magas sjobia, ageft momiwve gveftdSi-
meTqi, magftam sityvebis magivftad ftaRac SsT-fSst
stvena-fSvitini amomivida da eniT fto movisinje,
eftTadeftTi wina kbiliRa vipove. isic yanyalebda.
gogoSka kide wels qveviT naC- qmetiviT Sexta da
moftige eqimis dasaZaxeblad gavaftda. fexebic
gvaftiani hqonda, Tvalis Sev- leba movaswafti. mefte
isev gaviTiSe da, etyoba, isev kaftga xniT, imito fto
Tavze ukve is dampa- li sameuli madga da
ftomeliRaca, mgoni dela silva enagauCefteblad
meqaqaneboda: `..xalxi SfoTavs, exla amaT
veftavin gaaCeftebs, wasulia mTavftobis saqme. Seni
Rvawli kide, Cemo patafta megobafto, pafttiisa da
Tavisuflebis ideis wi- naSe, me vityodi,
ganuzomelia!~

Tqveni dedac da mamac da yvela keTilebi-

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meTqi, _ mindoda meTqva. ftom movmkvdaftiyavi,
xo mTlad ukeTesi da gadasaftevi iqneboda da ma-
Sin yvelafefts kaftgad gazomavdiT-meTqi, magftam
piftidan isev fSvena-fStvenis meti aftafefti am-
omivida. maSin eftTma gazeTebis amonaWftebi da
fotoebi damilaga win da ftaRa aft iyo iq, Zmebo:
asfaltze fto vgdivaft da mefte nasilkebiT fto mtenian
manqanaSi da waftweftebs kide nuRa ity- viT:
kriminaluri reformis pirveli msxverpli! mecnierebi _
despotizmis samsaxurSi!.. mTavroba _ m k v l e l i!
da fta vici, kide fta afta. am dftos is Cemi wi- wkvi
medda daeftWo da atexa eftTi aliaqoTi _ es fta
ambaviao, eqimma sul oftwuTiani vizitis neba
dagftToT, pacients axla sftuli simSvide esaWiftoeba,
Tqven kide am fotoebiT sulieft wonaswoftobas
akaftgvinebTo da, mokled, gautia da gayafta yvela.
aftaviTafti wonaswoftoba me aft damftRvevia, fta
Tqma unda, oRond male sizm- ftebSi wavedi da
ise kaftgi iyo, Zmebo, ftogoftc Zvel dftos, ftoca
janmftTeli da saR-salamaTi viyavi. jeft iyo da,
viTom mopaftul manqanaSi vijeqi, sadRac tftasaze
mivjliginobdi da eftT bebftuxanas zed gadavuafte
boftblebiT, magftam aftc cudad gavmxdaftvaft da aftc
aftafefti. mefte viTom mftgval scenaze gamovedi, es
Cemi medda gamovaTftie TmebiT, saopeftacio
magidaze dava-

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bi, skalpeliT nazad davuWefti foftma da iqve
mivaweqi mTeli eSxiT. mayuftebels kide magfta
gauswoftda, taqtSi mikftavdnen taSs da ftaRac
SeZaxilebiT mamxnevebdnen.
mefte aftc vici, ftamdeni meZina, Tvali fto ga-
vaxile, Cemi ded-mama dameCiTa _ sxedan gu-
gulebiviT TavianT Zaan cud dReSi Cavaftdnili
Svilis sawolTan da dedo slukunebs gauTave- blad.
axla ukve yba iseTi gasiebuli aRaft mqonda da
cota ukeTesadac SemeZlo lapafta- ki, xoda
vekiTxebi Zaan ise, mwafted da iazvu- ftad: `aha,
ftogoftc iqna moicaleT eftTadeftTi Svilis
mosanaxuleblad!~

dedom iqve bu-hu-hu-huu amouSva da

mamaCemi kide ftaRac ise daftcxveniliviT
abufttyunda:
`ho, Svilo, ici fta _ gazeTebidan SevityveT
yvelafefti... da, mgoni, cota Cveni bftalicaa...
magftam awi Seicvleba yvelafefti da Sin dab-
ftundebi, xom? ~

`mefteda ftasa iqms Cveni ojaxis is axali

wevfti, biWi joni? xom maZRftadaa?~

amaze dedom kide mouSva onkani da axla eftTi

cxviftsaxoci aRaftc hyofnida, meoftec daaZfto,
mamam kide amoioxfta da Zaan gula-
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moskvniT meubneba: policiasTan mouvida fta- Rac
usiamovneba, mgoni, winaaRmdegobac gau- wia,
samsaxuftidan daiTxoves da sadRac pata- fta qalaqSi
gadaasaxleso.
`maS ase~, _ veubnebi, _ `yvelafefti Tavis
kalapotSi dgeba nel-nela, ftogoftc vxedav... da
Tqvenc gindaT, gadmovaftdnili bafttyi isev budeSi
daabftunoT _ asea?~

`ho, Svilo, ftogoftc Sen ityvi...~ dedaCemma kide

meti fta icis _ fSlukunebs

da Tavs ukantuftebs mxolod. `movifiqfteb~,
— veubnebi dinjad, _ `dfto mWiftdeba. cotas
movjobindebi da movifiqfteb. aqedan mainc afta- vin
magdebs jeft.~ amaze dedom kide eftTi u- u-u
Cabefta cxviftsaxocSi da albaT kide eftT moTqma-
godebasac moayolebda, magftam dftoze
Cavawyvetine xma. sxva Tu aftafefti, momsaxufte
peftsonalTan iyo uxeftxuli.

`aft SeiZleba ase~, _ mamaCemi meubneba, _

`aft SeiZleba ase uyvifto sakuTaft mSobels!~

`Tofte Tu mSoba, Zaan-Zaan vexvewe da

Zaan kaftg adgilas amovyavi Tavi! movftCeT axla,
xom giTxaftiT, movifiqfteb-meTqi. oRond Tu isev

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gamiWiftebT saqmes, sulac gavyof im binas da
calke Sesasvlels gavikeTeb, mombezftda.~

`kaftgi, Svilo, ftogoftc Sen ityvi. oRond ki male

gnaxo fexze damdgafti...~
wavidnen da aftaviTafti sindisis qenjna me aft
migftZnia, fta Tqma unda, ucnaufti is iyo, TiTqo, ftac
uffto avfsixdebodi, ukeTesad vgftZnobdi Tavs. iyo
amaSi ftaRac dasafiqftebeli.

ftamdenime dRe viweqi kide ase, kaciSvili aft

mawuxebda, mefte ki ofti axalgazftda eqimi
mestumfta, Zaan damtkbafti RimilebiT saxeze,
gveftdSi momisxdnen: eftTi _ maftcxniv, meofte
— maftjvniv da ftaRac didi wigni gadamiSales. axla
suftaTebs giCvenebTo, _ meubnebian, _ Sen kide
Seni azfti mogvaxseneo. meTqi _ maSay- ifteben,
magftam mefte gamaxsenda, im ludovikos centftSic
fto aseve daiwyo yvelafefti da vi- fiqfte, amaTgan
yovelgvafti goTveftnobaa mosa- lodneli _ jobia,
fftTxilad viyo, kide ftame xaTabala aft avikido-
meTqi.

`aba, ftas gvetyvi?~ _ eftTi meubneba.

`Citis budes hgavs~, _ veubnebi, _ `Sig kveftcxebi

awyvia. mSveniefti suftaTia, maftTla.~

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 `da ftas uzamdi, Seni neba ftom iyos?~

`suftaTs?~ _ gakviftvebuli vekiTxebi.

`afta, maftTla ftom ipovo Tbili, TeTfti kveft- cxebiT
savse bude?~

`aha, gasagebia~, _ veubnebi dinjad, _ `avi-

Rebdi da saTiTaod mivalewavdi kedelze, an qvaze,
an ftame egeTze da mefte vuyuftebdi, fto- goft
gaidRabneboda da CamoewveTeboda Zifts.~

`Zalian kaftgi~, _ Tqves eftT xmaSi da axla meofte

suftaTi maCvenes _ didi gafxoftili faft- Savangi iyo.
`amas kide sul Refta-Refta davaZ- ftobdi kuds da
bolo cals davutovebdi maft- to da mefte vnaxavdi,
fta maftaosac gaSlida... ise, ftom Seiwvas, afti ftame
gansxvaveba magasa da, vTqvaT, indaufts Softis?~

zftdilobianad vikiTxe, aftafefti iseTi aft mifiqftia,

amaT kide eftTmaneTs gadaxedes da Zaan
Rftmaazftovnad dauqnies eftTmaneTs Tave- bi. mefte
kide gadafuftcles, mefte _ kide, mec ftas vkaftgavdi fta
_ mSveniefti gasaftTobi iyo da aftc damimalavs, an im
dekoltian banovans ftas vuzamdi, an im beftetian
tips, RamiT sana- piftoze fto micunculebda im
saxatavi yuTiT

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xelSi, mgoni molbeftti hqvia, da bolos, Cve- ni
Caftli kapelanis is Zmakaci fto maCvenes, jvafts fto
miaTftevda mTaze, veubnebi: mand viyo da eftTi
CaquCi da kai gftZeli luftsmnebi mom- ca-meTqi!

iseTi naamebi ftoJebi gauxdaT, fta moxda-

meTqi, _ vikiTxe.

`siRftmiseuli hipnopedia~, _ Tu ftaRac am-

dagvafti miTxfta maftjvenam da daumata: `mgoni,
awi aRaftafefti giWifts.~

`ftasaa, fto bodialob?~ _ veubnebi, _ `eS- makma

icis, ftamdeni xania vgdivaft ase SefuTu- li da ftaRac
mavTulebze SeeftTebuli, kbile- bic ki aRaft SemftCa
mTeli da axla meubnebiT, aRaftafefti giWiftso!~

`cotaRa dagftCa~, _ axla maftcxena mamS-

videbs, _ `male TabaSifts mogaZftoben.~.

`Tavsac Tu aft miayoleben zed, madlobeli

davftCebi...~ _ vbuzRuneb CemTvis.

`magisi SiSi nu gaqvs, Seni Tavi axla wona oqftod

uRiftT zogieftebs.~ _ Tqves, Caicines

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da galagdnen. neta magiT ftisi Tqma undodaT-
meTqi, _ eftTi ki gavifiqfte, magftam swofted am
dftos SuadRis sauzme momaftTves da im ofti
doxtuftis gadakftul sityvebze tvini aRaft mi- Wyletia.

eftT dilasac gamomicxades, dRes gansa-

kuTftebiT sapativcemulo mnaxveli mova Sen-
Tano da atyda eftTi aliaqoTi, iqauftoba ise- dac
kftialebda da axla mTlad gadaaqaTqaTes, Tavze
bintebi ukve moxsnili mqonda da liCnad
paftikmaxeftic ki momiyvanes, cota aft iyos da
wamozftdili Tmis Sesaswofteblad, magidaze didi
vazac gaSanses yvavilebisTvis da ftaRac
dezodoftantic Seasxuftes faftdebs. RmeftTmani,
Zmebo, meTqi pftezidentis coli Tu mobftZan-
deba amaliT. giJi aft iyo _ gavixede da Tavad yvela
im saqmeTa ministfti aft mestumfta, eftTi aTi-
Toftmeti fotogftafi mainc mohyva da kide sami Tu
oTxi sxvadasxva ftangis funqcionefti. Zlivs
daetivnen palataSi. TviTon ministefti imisTana
Cacmul-daxuftuli iyo, manekenad gamodgeboda,
Rimili kide _ naRdi kbilis pastis fteklama! piftdapift
Cem logins moadga da atyda eftTi CxakaCxuki da
blicebis feTqva. TqvenRa makldiT-meTqi, _
veubnebi, axla aqac aRaft momasvenoT!

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 `cota wesieftad~, _ eftTi meubneba, viTom
CuftCuliT, _ `aft ici, vis ftogoft elapaftako?~
`mokete, bftatka!~ ministeftma egfteve akftifa
iniciativa _ `megobftebSi mosula egeTebi, ase aftaa,
Svilo?~

`megobftebSi ki~, _ veubnebi, _ `sada myavs

megobftebi? mtftebi kide ftamdenic ginda.~

`moica, aftc mTlad masea saqme~, _ Tavs

aqnevs ministefti, mefte Zaan svetski JestiT iw- evs
pijakis kalTas da gveftdiT mijdeba, log- inze.
Tvalebi movWute, blicebis iseTi zalpi gamouSves
aqeT-iqidan.

`mtftebi maftTlac gyavs, Toftem aq aft mox-

vdebodi. jeft imisi imedi hqondaT, daiRupe- bodi
da Sens sikvdilSi mTavftobas daadana-
Saulebdnen, es ftom aft gauvidaT, axla eftT- ma
Tavi moigiJiana da amtkicebs, TiTqos Sen geftios
xeli mis ojaxuft ubeduftebaSi... gaiZa- xis _ Cemi
xeliT davaxftCobo. sabftalo! iqneb maftTla veft aftis
Wkuaze, magas gaaftkveven, ai sxvebs ki sasjeli aft
ascdebaT.~

`gmadlobT~, _ veubnebi, _ `Zaan damava- lebT.

im kacs, etyoba, swofted magaT Caagones

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egeTi ftame, Toftem TviTon Zaan megobftulad me-
pyftoboda Tavidan.“
ministeftic Tavs miqnevs da cali Tvali
gazetCikebisaken gauftbis: `Zalian kaftgi, boRmas
ftom aft ideb gulSi _ swoftedac gamo- janmftTelebis
niSania. kaftgi mopyftoba ki aq aft gaklia da
megobftebic ftom bevfti gyavs, ama- sac male naxav _
gamoxval aqedan da aftavi- Tafti pftoblema Sen aft
geqneba, amaze Cven viz- ftunebT. oRond
megobftobis daviwyeba, mtfto- bisagan gansxvavebiT,
aftafftiT aft SeiZleba... SevTanxmdiT?~

`namdvilad~, _ veubnebi, _ `Cemi imedi

gqondeT, seft!~ ministeftic magftad maftTmevs xels
da afti isev eftTi blicobana da CxakaCxu- ki da
ftaRac didi fiftma yuTi SemoaqvT, xsnian da manam
amoiRebdnen, ukve vici, ftac afti, viRa- ca
baboCkiani tipi kide dasta-dasta diskebs maCvenebs
da mekiTxeba: `fta davdoT _ mocaft- ti?
beThoveni? Sonbeftgi? kaftl oftfi?~

`mecxfte~, _ veubnebi, _ `diadi `mecxfte~...

da, Zmebo, daglija, _ geubnebiT, _ fta xma

iyo, fta maRlebs iRebda, aftaviTafti foni da
wkapawkupi! Tvalebi mivnabe da gavitftune

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— saukuneebi gavida TiTqos, ftac ase aft gam-
swoftebia da ministeftmac daxufta _ xma aft
gauRia, Cumad galala xalxi da maftto eftTi viRaca
iyo, xeli momiwefte aq da aqo, _ mTxova da tempSi
movuwefte, aftc damixedavs, fta qaRal- debi
SemomaCeCa da aftc menaRvleboda. mefte kaftic
gaixufta da davftCi CemTvis.

maftTla sxvanaifti gftZnoba iyo, Zmebo, _ didi

xnis mwyuftvali mTel tolCas fto moi- yudeb, iseTi
da mefte, skeftco fto daiwyo, ukve TiTqo sadRac
mivqftodi sivftceSi da mTel akiv- lebul samyaftos
saxes vuseftavdi Cemi bftitviT da is neli adgilic kide
win iyo da bolos is mSveniefti gundic xom iqneboda
finalSi...

RmeftTmani, ukve Zaan, Zaan janmftTeli viyavi.

namdvilad.

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 saftCevi

winasityvaoba
winaswaftme yvelebis meqanika,
anu efteikuli SeniSvnebi eftTi aftSemdgafti li
eftauftuli iubiles gamo
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