ქორის ბუდე by მწერალთა სახლი

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გერონტი გოგინაშვილი

ქორის ბუდე

შიდა ქართლის მწერლობა http://mweraltasaxli.blogspot.com/ 2018 წ.

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გამომცემელი: ა(ა)იპ გორის მუნიციპალიტეტის კულტურისა და ტურიზმის განვითარების ხელშეწყობის სააგენტოს მწერალთა სახლი

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winasityvaoba me mwerali var, es ki niSnavs, rom mgznebare survili maqvs, Tavisuflad gamovxato yvelaferi, gulSi nadebi, rasac vxedav, vgrZnob, vfiqrob, ganvicdi, ganurCevlad mdgomareobisa da pirovnebisa. qarTveli mkiTxveli momTxovni da obieqturia, Secdomasa da TaRliTobas ar gapatiebs. mwerlis Canafiqri sulieri naJuri wveT-wveTad gadmoedineba, erwymis Seqmnil nawarmoebs da gvamcnobs avtoris msoflmxedvelobas, mizans, survilebs da aSiSvlebs eris dRevandel mdgomareobas. axali aRmoCenebiT ver davikvexni, yvelaferi Tqmula, dawerila, uswavlebiaT da uswavliaT, bevr gacveTil sityvasac movixmar da nasesxi winadadebis gameorebasac mravaljer SexvdebiT, magram minda, adamianebma cxovrebaSi gaiTavison am nawarmoebis mtkivneuli cxovrebiseuli movlenebi, rom aRar iqnas daSvebuli is araadamianuri qmedebebi, gulistkiviliT rom aris aRwerili romanSi. ai, sad aris vanos, Tamros, naTelas Tu saZageli gelas arakacuri da sxva cxovrebiseuli tragedia, spetaki siyvaruliT, amaRlebuli, mtkice xasiaTiT rogor gadmoicema siyvaruli da Secdomebic. minda, wignis fuclebma Semogvinaxos da amcnos axalgazrdobas gzaabneuli cxovrebis mcire istoria, romelic samSoblos wylulad rCeba, nadgurdeba qarTveli kacis jiSi da jilagi. minda axalgazrdobam da [5]

mozardebmac gaiTavison, cxovrebaSi ar dauSvan aseTi Secdomebi. mwerlis dedaazri da gulis tkivili isaa, rom knindeba, mcirdeba eri, mSveleli ki ar Cans. mkiTxvelo, SeiZleba gagikvirdes am Tavisufali da TiTqmis megobruli toniT saubari, magram, vfiqrob, ufro mimzidvels gaxdis nawarmoebs papaSviluri dialogi. `vinc lamaz nawarmoebSi cud azrebs eZebs, TviTonac garyvnili da mimzidvelobas moklebulia, xolo, vinc mSvenier nawarmoebSi lamaz azrebs eZebs, WeSmaritad kulturuli adamiania~ (sibrZnis simfonia, 249 gv.).

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ď&#x192;&#x201C; vano papa ezoSi samfexa skamze ijda da mzeze gverdebs iTbobda. SviliSvili, Tornike, miepara, beWebSi xeli Caartya da gaiqca. `ar waiqce, biWo, Se mamaZaRloo~, _ miaZaxa. bavSvma ki qva aiRo, papas esrola da ena gamouyo. `ra onavari kviciviT xar, ver isveneb, modi CemTan, zRapari unda mogiyve~. is ki daeWyana da miaZaxa: _ ar miyvarxar, ara, Seni araferi minda. dedas rom abrazeb. xmaurze dedamisi, Tebro, gamovida cocxiT xelSi. rom dainaxa, Tornike papas ubrazdeboda, wivana xmiT miaZaxa vanos: _ ra ginda bavSvisgan, ratom ar gaanebeb Tavs, ras giSlis, TavisTvis TamaSobs. ratom gviwamlav sicocxles, meti saqme ara gaqvs, Se uqnara, bexreko. midi, SeSa daWeri, cecxli aanTe, unda davrecxo, Se muqTamWamelo! vano guldakodili wamodga, daRonebuli aTreuli nabijiT wavida. Tebrom ki agdebulad miaZaxa: _ ra gasuqebuli ixviviT dabajbajeb, droze midi, Se bebero ZaRlo, _ da gamarjvebuli ieriT Caiqirqila doinjSemoyrilma. vanom saxeze aifara xelebi da yurebamde gawiTlda. rom gamopasuxeboda, Tebro wioks atexda, mTel mezoblebs daaxvevda Tavs da isev siCume arCia. `saubarman umecarman Smagi ufro gaaSmagos~. arasodes uRalato Rirsebis grZnobas, Tavmoyvareobas, patiosnebas. zogjer tyviaze saSinel tkivils sityva [7]

ayenebs kacs. vano sibrZniT datvirTuli kaci iyo, bevri av-kargis mnaxveli da gulCaTuTqulma waibutbuta: _ araferi gamoasworebs am SobelZaRls, ra sikeTec ginda gaukeTe. gulqva da ugrZnobia, xelmeoredac rom daibados, mainc araferi eSveleba. lanZRva enis wverze aqvs gamzadebuli. naTqvamia: `avsa kacsa avi sityva urCevnia sulsa, gulsa~ (SoTa rusTaveli). _ vaime, Svilo, gogla, Sen mecodebi magis xelSi, Torem me SeCveuli var yovelgvar ukuRmarTobas. cxovreba moulodnelobisa da faTerakebis grZeli jaWvia, ras ar Sexvdeba kaci, ra winaaRmdegobas, ugunurebasa da Ralats. afsus, Tina, RmerTma acxonos Seni suli, ra Zvirfasi adamiani iyo, SexedulebiT ver daitrabaxebda, magram didsulovani, keTili, Tavmoyvare, sindisiT savse adamiani iyo. rogor gamibedavda sityvis Sebrunebas. adre wavida amqveynidan is sacodavi. mas yovelTvis pativiscemiT vigoneb, yovelTvis cocxalia CemTvis. Svilic rogori damjeri, keTilSobili aris. dimitri cremlebiT savse, danaRvlianebuli TvalebiT xSirad meubneba: _ papa, dedaCemi rom gardaicvala, sami wlis viyavi, Sen jarSi iyavi, papa. kargad maxsovs, rogor mefereboda, TvalebSi Semcicinebda, mealerseboda, mkocnida: `Cemo sicocxleo~. grZnobda, rom cudad iyo da marigebda, ar Semarcxvino, dimitri, iswavle, Sen cxovrebaSi bednieri kaci iqnebi, samSoblosac gamoadgebio. _ ki, Svilo, vici, kargi aRzrdili iyo dedaSeni, Zvirfasi adamiani. _ sizmarSic ki marigebda, papa. rom gamomeRviZeba, cremlebs veRar vikaveb. roca SevZleb, leqsi unda davwero. [8]

_ kargi iqneba, biWo, dedis siyvaruls da amags gadaxda unda, Svilo. dedaze uamravi leqsi dawerila da daiwereba. ai, erTi maTgani: Tumc yvela deda lamazi aris, Sen, Cemo deda, sul sxva xar mainc. Sens siTbosa da Sens silamazes vadareb turfa da lamaz maiss. Seni xelebis siTbom gamzarda, Sen Semayvare rwmena da RmerTi, yvelaze didi simdidre Cemi am qveyanaze dedaa erTi. mkiTxvelo, rom gavizarde, davvaJkacdi, poeziis siyvaruli Cemi sulisa da gulis moTxovnileba gaxda. `qarTul xelovnebaSi pirvel adgilze qarTuli poeziaa Tavisi brwyinvalebiTa da mSvenierebiT, is qarTuli enis ganZia (boris pasternaki). Sen ki, qali ki ara, veragi da RvTis risxva xar, Se mamaZaRlo. bavSvi mecodeba Sens xelSi. vici, ra veragsa da borots aRzrdi, magas enacvalos papa. kargi Svilis aRzrda gonivruli aRzrdis Sedegia, mSoblebs bavSvis aRzrdaSi udidesi misia akisriaT. gazrda sxvaa da aRzrda kidev _ sxva. pirveli maswavlebeli bavSvisa dedaa mxolod. mozardi uaryofiTs ufro male iTvisebs, vidre _ dadebiTs! deda yvelaze kargi da sanukvaria, mis siyvaruls swavla ar sWirdeba, deda Cveni sikeTis, sicocxlis, sibrZnis saTavea. deda yvelaze did rols TamaSobs mozardis cxovrebaSi. `me ase mgonia, rom adamianma pirveli adgili unda dauTmos bavSvs wrTvna-swavlaSi~ (i. WavWavaZe) adamians SexedulebiT ver amoicnob, misi sulis jurRmulSi unda Caixedo, awon-dawono. colis moyvana tansacmlis gamocvla ar aris, ver mogergos da sxva [9]

Caicva. Cemi vaJi ki aCqarda, ar gaikiTx-gamoikiTxa da ai Sedegic. Tumca SexedulebiT arauSavs, magram Wkuas ki ver daikvexnis. magis Semyure goneba damiClungda, kidobaniviT dacarielda. ra vuTxra? Cems darigebas cudi sizmariviT iviwyebs. xonTqaris qaliviT kapasia da zemodan dagvyurebs, TiTqos mWadis kuti ar enatreboda, manam Cvens ojaxSi ar Semoabijebda fexs. Cemi tanjviTa da SromiT SeZenili qonebiT cxovroben dResdReobiT. me rom aRar viqnebi, maSin mixvdebian, ra viyavi maTTvis, magram ukve gviani iqneba TiTze kbenani. mSobeli arasodes Seegueba Svilis tanjvas. gana ver vamCnev Cems vaJs? golas saxeze sixaruliT ulvaSi rom aRar uTamaSebs, sul daRvremil-Cafiqrebulia, loTobas aris gadayolili. kargad vici da bevric minaxavs siyvaruls zogjer adamiani mxecad uqcevia, mxeci ki adamianad. Cems rZals ki Cemi vaJi, albaT, ar uyvars, Torem egre sastikad ar momeqceoda. piriqiT, yovelgvar Cems nakls, Secdomas, moxuci var da, damSvidebiT Sexvdeboda. qveynad sindissa da patiosnebas vemsaxurebodi da vatyob, magis Semyure, imasac vkargav. rodemde gavZleb sxvis CrdilSi yofnas?! aRar vici. wavide, movcilde aqaurobas, mere Cemi SviliSvili dimitri xom dameRupeba qoris xelSi? naTqvamia, Svilma gulSi gaiara, SviliSvilma _ gulis gulSio. axalgazrda meryevia, kargs verafers iswavlis magis xelSi, magas daemsgavseba bavSvi. sjobia, jerjerobiT moviTmino, xom vici, moTmineba yvela sabrZolo xerxze ukeTesia. dro-Jami wisqvilis dolabiviT fqvavs da aTasnair ucnaurobas, borotebasa da sikeTes aCens. vnaxoT, iqneb Semotrialdes da gamoswordes. isic kargad vici, dro spobs da anadgurebs warsuls da TviT adamians, mxolod istoriis furclebze rCeba asaxuli misi adamianoba. eh, ramdeni sikeTe da siyvaruli [10]

damiTesavs, imisi mesamedic ki ver movimke. zogjer davsjilvar kidec, magram ar vnaRvlob, radganac me adamiani mqvia, Cemi valia, adamianad davrCe! eh, dro arasodes brundeba, Torem cxovrebaSi Tu ram Secdoma damiSvia, arasodes gavimeorebdi, piriqiT... fiqrebSi jaWviT dabmuli vano, albaT, didxans iqneboda datyvevebuli, rodesac SviliSvili, dimitri, daadga Tavze da papas miaZaxa: _ ramdeni dagipia, papa, mTeli kvira aryis gamoxdas eyofa. vano fexze wamodga, Camoibertya winsafari, TiTqos mas gaatana dardi da varami. _ sad daikarge, biWo, gelodebodi, SeSis dalagebas miSvelis-meTqi. _ dedinacvalma gamzgavna mezobel SaqruasTan, tyemlis mokrefa uSveleo. _ xoo, kargi gagikeTebia, moxucebulebi arian, xeze ver avidodnen, _ xeli gadahxvia, beberi kavkasionis mwvervals gaxeda da warmoTqva: _ TqvenTvis sul erTia _ zamTaria Tu zafxuli, magrad uZlebT JamTa svlas, wuTisoflis tial brunvas. kidev kargi, usuloni xarT, Torem, albaT, adamianebiviT ganukiTxavni borotebas CaidendiT. Cven ki, gulTan migvaqvs yvelaferi, kargia Tu cudi. is ki ar icis zogierTma vigindaram, kargi sityva oqrosaviT rom fasobs. ratom ar icis adamianma, rom saWiroa fiqrisa da saqmis gazomva. ymawvilo, Tqvi, ras gaCumebulxar?! amitom aris, rom qveyanaze kargi da cudi adamiani ar daileva. Cemi rZlis Tebrosnairi, RmerTma daifaros, yvela. eg rac aris, aris. RmerTsa vTxov, aRar daibados misnairi. rogorc ginda dauyvavo da Seaqo, mainc Tavisas aWenebs, koWli joriviT jiutia. rogorc civ kecze mWadi ar gamocxveba, ise magisgan sikeTes ar veli. eg mxolod nedl SeSas hgavs, mware bols rom uSvebs [11]

da Tvals gwvavs. bednierebaa, Svilo, roca cols moiyvan. Senze metad mas unda uyvarde da meuRled gamogadges da ara _ meurmed. usiyvarulod ki, zogjer iseTi Segxvdeba, gamCens gawyevlinebs, sicocxles mogiSxamavs, verafriT moarjuleb. roca qals uyvarxar, meuRleobas giwevs da axladamoyrili maneuliviT Sens nebaze mogyveba da ojaxs baraqa da sikeTe daetyoba, sicocxles fasi edeba. ha, xom ar moiwyine, biWo, Cemi saubriT? _ ara, papa, piriqiT, kargia, danarCenze xval visaubroT. oTaxSi unda Sesuliyvnen, rom Tebrom saTonidan Tavi gamoyo da Tornikes mkvaxed miaZaxa: _ saca gaggzavne, miexmare biWo? _ maSa-maSa... papa dimitris gauwyra: _ egre ar SeiZleba, Svilo, Seni dedinacvalia, ufrosi, zrdilobianad unda gepasuxa: _ ki, qalbatono, kidevac movkrife da saxlSic mivutane, damavales, Tebros madloba gadaecio, _ siyvaruliT Tmebi auCeCa da sityvac miayola, _ magas rogorc esmis, ise iqceva, Sen ki wigni yvelafers gaswavlis. wadi, civi wyali moarbenine wyarodan. _ TviTon ki oTaxSi Sevida.

*** zamTris dResaviT moqufruli, magram mainc mxne da yoCaRi vano gareT gamovida Tu ara, Semodgomis grilma niavma gamoacocxla. iqve, tyesTan axlos, cxovrobda. aremares gadaavlo Tvali. tyis foTlebi boSa qalis aWrelebuli kabasaviT lamazad gamoiyureboda. buneba agrZnobinebda suliers, rom Semodgomas magrad moekida fexi. msubuqad ecva tanze, [12]

SeaJrJola, xalaTze qamari SemoiWira, galife Sarvali da gawkrialebuli Ceqmebi ecva. rom Sexedavdi, ityodi, es samxedro oficeri iqnebodao. dinji nabijiT midioda tyisken dardnaWami gulis gasaqarveblad. gverdiT Cauara patara liaxvs, romelic Tavawyvetili miquxda da gabrazebuli, qafmoreuli buldogi ZaRliviT iyefeboda, kedels ejaxeboda, wylis Sxefebs damsxvreuli broliviT fantavda. daundobeli, giJi liaxvi rom adiddeboda, Tan fesvebianad moglejili xeebi, kldis mongreuli qanebi da qva-RorRi mohqonda, magram mainc sikeTis momtani da glexis gamxarebeli iyo. axalgazrdoba moagonda, morevSi Tevzaoba, gogo-biWebTan Wyumpalaoba da, rac mTavaria, is dauviwyari siyvaruli, romelic gulis jibeSi briliantiviT hqonda Semonaxuli da romelzec qvemoT meqneba saubari... cas axeda. patar-patara dafantul Rrublebs qari cxvris farasaviT mierekeboda aRmosavleTidan dasavleTisken. kavkasionis mTa ki TeTrnabadwamosxmuli kaciviT dayudebuliyo. mxolod iqve, oras metrSi, tyeSi siberiT SeWaRaravebul rcxilas, muxasa da wifelas wverebi Sehxmoboda da idgnen xavsmokidebuli wverosnebiviT, viT locvaSi garinduli berebi. buneba ubadlo moqandakea. ra silamazesa da saocrebas ar Sobs. Cvens qveyanaSi uxvadaa uZvelesi cixe-koSkebi da taZrebi, romelnic Cvens saxelovan istoriul warsulze metyvelebs da ai, erTi maTgani... tyis SuagulSi, did moedanze amayad azidul kldeze idga erT dros cixe Cafaxuri, ufro zemoT ki, patara liaxvis saTavesTan axlos, iyo Seuvali cixe buxuSi, romelic ekuTvnoda didi liaxvis xeobis [13]

erisTavs da qarTlis kaTalikoss. mtris Tavdasxmis dros igi iyo Tavdacvis mTavari punqti. saukuneebis qar-cecxlSi gamoiara qarTvelma erma. koWlma, daundobelma mtarvalma Temur lengma, rvajer Semosevis dros, saqarTvelo aaoxra, miwasTan gaaswora, ar daindo qarTveli adamianis naSieri, gaCexa vazi, magram ver aiRo cixe buxuSi. Tavadi virSelis mSvildosnebma Temur lengs kudiT qva asrolines (winaparTa gadmocemiT). im bunebis simSvniereSi, romelic erT dros dedofaliviT gamoiyureboda, JamTa svlisa da adamianis uyuradRebobis gamo, uswormasworod miwaze yria kldis CaduRabebuli uSvelebeli mkvrivi natexebi. bunebis am gamoucnob saidumloebaSi mTebisa da tyis SaravandedSi gaxveuli idumalebiT moculi mxare, sadac mamaci sulis adamianebi cxovrobdnen, iyo vaJkacobisa da gmirebis sabudari. netav, CamorCenili teqnikis periodSi amxela kldeebi am simaRleze ra xelma da Zalam aitana?! gasakviria, Cveni winaprebi yvelaferSi rogor gvjobnidnen?! bevrjer mifiqria, magram jer kidev ver mimignia. vfiqrob, albaT, qristianobis rwmenas, Tavisi xalxis erTgul siyvarulsa da Tavis gadarCenis Zalas augia. vano tyidan gamovida, Camavali mzis sxivebi jer kidev celqobdnen da licliciT TamaSobdnen xeebis wverebze. bunebis silamaziT kmayofils, qarmac Tbilad daubera. cas Sexeda. sawvimar Rrublebs gaeSalaT frTebi da Cqari nabijiT saxlisken wavida. uxmod Sevida Tavis patara oTaxSi, muTaqa gaaswora, wamowva, Wers axeda. undoda, Tvali moetyuebina, magram, Tavisdauneburad, fiqrTa duRils SeeWida. erT wuTSi ganvlil cxovrebas gadaavlo Tvali, Rrmad amoioxra. axalgazrdobam wamoyo Tavi, gamococxlda, siyvaruls gauRima, Tan mwared amoioxra. qariSxalma mostaca [14]

pirveli, dauviwyari siyvaruli. sawolze wamojda, Tvalze cremlebi moadga. waiburtyuna: ox, Cemi damwvari bedis deda... taxtidan gadmovida da SviliSvilma, dimitrimac, Semoyo Tavi da papas Seexmiana: _ sad daikarge, kaco? lamis mTeli sofeli Semoviare, ver gipove. cudi feri dagkravs saxeze, SeuZlod xom ar xar, papa? wamali xom ar mogitano an xom araferi ginda? _ madloba, Svilo, Seni kargad yofna minda da didxans sicocxle, Seni imedi maqvs, vici, masaxeleb, Wkviani, gonebagaxsnili biWi xar, gvars ar Semircxven. `ai, es aris Cemi Svili, Cemi mSveneba, Cemi siberis patieba da gamarTleba~ (Seqspiri). _ midi, dimitri, Svilo, boselSi, erT adgilze, kuTxeSi yavaria axdili. vedro daudgi, iwvimebs, saqonels Seawuxebs. diliT SevakeToT me da Sen. mamaSens ramdenjer vuTxari, magram yurad ar iRo. sityva daamTavra da saSinlad daiquxa, cas kalTa gaerRva, Sxapuna wvima wamovida, fanjris minebi dabana. _ axla wadi, Sens saqmes mixede. me cotas waviZineb, raRac vera var gunebaze. xo, marTla, Tu kargi amindi iqneba, skolis mere, gakveTilebis swavlas rom morCebi, qvemoTa baRSi viqnebi, TuTis qveS grZel skamze, me da Sen rom gavakeTeT. wigni maqvs dasamTavrebeli. minda, Semdeg Sen waikiTxo, didad saintereso naSromia. papaCemi istoriul wignebs da mis yvela gmirs did pativs scemda. mis sulSi mTeli cxovrebis ganZi iyo damaluli da undoda, skivrisTvis aexada Tavi da CemTvis eambna yvelaferi, keTilSobili, naswavli, eris patrioti Svili vyofiliyavi.

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*** oTaxSi sinaTle izmoreboda. mamalma daiyivla da mezoblis mamlebmac aubes bani. vanos aRar daeZina, gareT gamovida. qars Rrublebi panRuriT gaeyara, aRar wvimda, magram Semodgomis civi haeri danavardobda. labada wamoisxa, boselSi Sevida, vedro wvimis wyliT gavsebuliyo. Zirs, miwaze, gube idga. vedro gareT gamoitana, wyali baRSi gadaaqcia da damSvidebuli saxlSi Sevida. erTxans tansacmliani taxtze wamowva, fiqrs misca Tavi: _ ra vqna, rogor moviqce, Tornike xelidan wava Tebros uxeirobiT. aRzrda unda bavSvs da ara _ waTamameba. Cems vaJs vuTxra misi Tavxedobis Sesaxeb, rom Tavisi ugvano saqcieliT bavSvs Rupavs, vici, golac meuRles miemxroba da Cemi rZali iseT wiokobas atexs, sofels dagvaxvevs Tavs da mTeli dRe CxubSi, wyevlaSsa da lanZRvaSi gaatarebs. saqoTavSi amomiRebs. vetyvi rames, davarigeb, piriqiT moiqceva, Seni dasarigebeli ra mWirs, Se bebero ZaRloo. iZulebuli var, gavtvrinde ZuZus goWiviT. ayolas Cayola sjobia, magram rodemde?! mec aRar vici, adamiani xom aRzrdis produqtia da isic mozardi... daigvianeb da xesaviT dasxvildeba da mere ufro Znelia masze kargi kvirtis damynoba. `araferia ise Zneli, rogorc cudad aRzrdili kacis xelmeored aRzrda~ (komenski). kerpi, Tavneba bavSvisgan sikeTes nu eli. igi xom norCi xe aris, romelsac ayvaveba da nayofis mosxma uweria, magram rogor nayofs moisxams _ adamianisaTvis sasargeblos Tu _ piriqiT? `aswavleT bavSvs Sroma, Torem, momavalSi mas cxovreba aiZulebs, rom iswavlos, magram gauZneldeba, dagvianebulia moswavleoba~ (uSinski) [16]

velur da jiSian cxenebs, Tu Tavidanve gavxedniT, sasargeblo bedaurebi dadgebian, magram Tu gauxednavs davtovebT, jiut da gamouyenebel cxovelebad darCebian. rasakvirvelia, bavSvs celqoba ar unda Caukla, celqobac sasargebloa misi janmrTelobisaTvis. bavSvisaTvis magaliTisa da rCevis micema yvelaze saukeTeso saSualebaa. berZnebi bavSvis aRzrdas saxelmwifo saqmed miiCnevdnen. zneobrivi aRzrda xels uwyobs bavSvis sulier samyaros, Tumc, aravin ar icis winaswar, axalgazrda rogori suliskveTebiT aRizrdeba. TviT mis gonierebazecaa damokidebuli. fiqris morevSi iyo CaZiruli da TavisTvis msjelobda da butbutebda, roca katam daiknavla da Tarodan mawvnis carieli qila gadmoagdo. ymawviliviT wamoxta, namsxvrevebi Cqar-Cqara wamokrifa, karebi frTxilad gaaRo, moSorebul adgilas unda gadaeyara, magram Tebrom saZinebeli oTaxidan mkvaxed miaZaxa: _ ra jandaba da dozana dagemarTa, aRar daaZineb adamians, Se mudrego... _ da vanos oTaxSi mourideblad, perangiani Sevarda. rom dainaxa karSi qandakebasaviT mdgari vano, romelsac xelSi qoTnis namsxvevebi eWira gadasayrelad gamzadebuli, sibrazisagan bayayiviT gaebera loyebi, amRvreuli, cecxlismfrqveveli Tvalebi mianaTa. im katas hgavda, ZaRlsac da patronsac rom eSinia misi. mwivana xmiT ise daiwivla, soflis TavSi rom daewivla, soflis boloSi gaigonebdnen. mezoblebi gamocvivdnen, am uTenia dilas da gamosZaxes: xom mSvidobaa, Tebroo?.. _ amas winaT wylis koka gamitexe, Se bebero ZaRlo, axla mawvnis axali qila. ra lamazi iyo, goglam [17]

cxinvalSi imerlebisgan iyida. xval, albaT, saxls gadawvav, Se uqnara, boroto. me papis oTaxSi meZina. yvirilze maSinve wamovxti, mamaCemi ki _ sacvlebiani, Tvalebis fSvnetiT, nasvami iyo da jer kidev ver garkveuliyo, raSi iyo saqme. wylis suras dauwyo Zebna, gemrielad Caarakraka wyali. koka xom me gamityda, wyarodan rom movdiodi, fexi wamovartyi wvetian qvas da papa vanom daibrala, dedinacvlisgan cemas gadamarCina. magas rogor momiTmenda, isedac amrezili miyurebda. sul mcire rameze mwyevlida, saTaqvavSi miRebda da arc joxs iSurebda CemTvis. papaCemi jer kidev daudgromeli energiis, suliT mebrZoli, gautexeli iyo, magram Cemi dedinacvlis saqcielze daRonda. mSvidad warmoTqva: _ me arafer SuaSi var, Cemo rZalo, sircxvilia, am uTenia Cxubi vis gaugia, ras ityvian mezoblebi? katam gadmoagdo, mag oxerma, gawuwkebulia rZeze. dawynardi, nu brazob. zeg, kviras, cxinvalSi waval da magaze lamaz da mozrdil qoTans giyidi. _ da CaiCurCula: ex, ra vqna, an ra unda giTxra, Sen ar xar aRzrdili da Sens Tornikes rogor aRzrdi, Se mamaZaRlo. iqve mdgomma mamaCemma Tvalebis fSvnetiT papaCems usayvedura: _ marTla ra gemarTeba, kaco, ra uyuradReboba dagCemda. ojaxi xom ar unda gaminadguro. wamo, qalo, ar gacivde, _ xeli mohkida, wayvana daipira. me papas maSinve saxelo Camovuwie, wavCurCule: _ ar gabrazde, papa. _ ra vqna, biWo, nervebi cxenis sadave ar aris, xan mozido da xan miuSva Tavis nebaze.

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_ nu geSinia, papa. me Sen ise miyvarxar, rom Sens yvela naTqvam sityvasa da darigebas, rogorc Rrubeli _ wyals, ise Sevisrutav da cxovrebaSi gamoviyeneb. kmayofilma vano papam ise amoisunTqa, TiTqos orTqlmavalma dagrovili uvargisi orTqli gamouSvao. _ papa, Sen rom amaswinaT fuli momeci, kamfetebi iyideo, ar damixarjavs, Senaxuli maqvs, mogcem da uyide mag satanas. papaCems Tvalze cremli moadga, Tavze xeli gadamisva da daayola: _ Sen genacvalos papa, Cemo imedo, Sen macocxleb, SeniT vamayob. vici, rom am uvargisebs ar daemsgavsebi, _ xelSi amiyvana, loyaze momefera, gulSi Camixuta. Semdeg damsva, Tma momqaCa da guldakodilma warmoTqva: _ qals ras gamoapareb da isic Sens dedinacvals, grZnobs, rom Sen ufro geferebi, vidre Sens Zmas, Tornikes, da qalis Suri yvela Surze ufro saSiSia da veranairi boroteba da saZagloba ver mova qalis borotebasTan. eg Tavis Wkuaze ise aTamaSebs goglas, rogorc _ nardis kamaTlebs. saSineleba da didi sircxvilia, roca coli batonobs qmarze. erTguli coli ki axarebs Tavis qmars da mis wlebs simSvidiT aRavsebs. ase yofila da ase iqneba. logini da qalTan alersi ras ar Caadeninebs unebisyofo kacs. amisTana gulCvilma, sacodavma kacma am gautanel qveyanaSi rogor unda icxovros? Cemma Svilma icis, rom marTali kaci var, me da tyuili mtrebi varT, magram, xom dainaxe, vaJo, erTi sityvac ar uTxra, isev me gamamtyuna. ver daviyolie da ver movatriale Cemken. daugeSavi cxeniviT Tavis nebaze daqris. goglam Rvino Tu naxa, qinqlasaviT Sig vardeba. axlac nasvami iyo. magas Cemi darigeba ise esmis, rogorc melias [19]

aukrZalo qaTmis sabudarSi Sesvla. magram me yvelafers vitan imitom, rom minda gvari gamravldes, saqarTvelo gaZlierdes, buxari ar Caqres. Secdoma vis ar aqvs? adamiani daibadeba Tu ara, Secdomac Tan dahyveba wuwki ZaRliviT, magram unebisyofobam ar unda waaqcios kaci, mucels ar unda gadahyves. naTqvamia: `mucels aRoreb, Roriao da aqoreb, qoriao~. kacma Rvinoc unda dalio da unda gaerTo kidec, magram yvelaferi normis farglebSi. ernest heminguei Rvinos kacobriobis civilizaciis udides mwvervals uwodebda. ganerviulebul vano papas Tambaqos boli sasuleSi gadaucda. didxans axvela, saxe gaulurjda, kisris ZarRvebi daebera. ZlivsZlivobiT amoisunTqa da xrinwiani xmiT warmoTqva: _ ver davaRwie Tavi am veranas, narkomaniviT unebisyofo, uZluri gavxdi da Cemi naxevari janmrTelobac aman waiRo. Svilo, gTxov, am saSinelebas ar mieCvio, bevri vaJkaci Cauwvenia miwaSi. ra vqna, vidardo, Cems guls Sevaskde, amiT ra gamova? davknindebi, goneba damiClungdeba da mTlad samasxarao gavxdebi Sinaurisa Tu ucxosTvis. xom xedav, munji adamianiviT, ar vekamaTebi Sens dedinacvals, mis brazmoreul, cecxlovan, borot Tvalebs da sulelur, giJur laparaks. me Cemi gza maqvs sakeTebeli. minda, Sen keTilSobili adamiani gagzardo da me mas veguebi, ginda es gza eklebze fexSiSveli gavlas utoldebodes da utoldeba kidec: `dardi Trgunavs adamianis guls, keTili sityva ki amxneves mas~ (solomoni). kargi, Cemo biWo, rac aris, aris, veRar gamocvlis gogla cols, Svili hyavs, romlis aRzrdazec unda ifiqros, guli ar unda CauTuTqos bavSvs. bavSvs dedac uyvars da mamac. yvelaze didi sasjeli patarisTvis mSoblebis ganSorebaa, romelic [20]

udides sulier travmas iwvevs, guls ucruebs swavlasa da TanatolebTan urTierTobaze da gulCaTuTquli dadis, sazogadoebas gaurbis. siyvarulze meqneba SenTan saubari. guSin giTxari, ar dagaviwydes, me da Sen rom TuTis ZirSi dasasvenebeli skami gavakeTeT, iq modi, saubari minda SenTan, Cems Tavs gadaxdenili kargi Tu cudi, dagrovili dardi, boRma Tu mwuxareba gzas iTxovs da Senze karg gulSematkivars vis gavuziareb. Sen iseTi damyoli xar, rogorc Tixa _ meWurWlis xelSi da imedi maqvs, tyuilad ar Caivlis Cemi zrunva Sendami. papaCems undoda Cems sulSi sikeTe da bedniereba daemyno, rom sikeTisa da patiosnebis nayofi metarebina. misi darigeba Cemdami dResac Rvivdeba da mwifs Cems gulSi. fiqrebdatvirTuli, galanZRuli vano gareT gamovida, civi haeri saxeze miefera, mielamuna da Tavisdauneburad gaeRima da Caibutbuta: _ mainc ra aris cxovreba, ras ar Sexvdeba kaci, _ da Rrublebs Sexeda. gamTeniisas mTvare ufro gaicrica, miilia, bac laqad darCa. mze amoiwvera da misma sxivebma es laqac waSala. mzem TandaTan elvare, sasiamovno sxivebi mewamul ferebSi gamofina, aremares Tvali gadaavlo. xisa da balaxis foTlebze darCenilma wvimis wveTebma vercxlisfrad daiwyes cimcimi, ramac ufro gaalamaza midamo. baRSi gaiar-gamoiara, Sarvali dausvelda, TiTqos esiamovna kidec. bunebis silamaziT kmayofilma, gunebagaxsnilma cxviri magrad daacemina, gaiRima da Tavis oTaxSi Sevida.

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*** is iyo vano papas wigni daemTavrebina da Cafiqrebuli sadRac warsulSi mogzaurobda, rom mec mivedi daTqmul adgilze. sanam ar Cavaxvele da sityvac ar mivayole, fiqrebSi Cayiravebulma Tavi ar wamoswia. _ ra moxda, papa, xom mSvidobaa. _ hoo, moxvedi, dimitri? eh, ra giTxra, ymawvilo, cxovreba uZiro okeanea, adamianebi ki _ mocurave WuWulebi. modi, gverdze momijeqi. guSinac giTxari, yvelafers getyvi, rac vici, rac minaxavs, rac gadamxdenia, cxovrebaSi momxdar kargsac da cudsac mogiyvebi. ar minda, am qveynidan ise wavide, rogorc balaxebis samkurnalo Tvisebebis mcodne adamiani, romelmac aravis gaando saidumloeba da saiqios gaiyola. _ vano papa gulSi dagrovil sakuTar gulisTqmas iSviaTad Tu gadmoRvrida vinmesTan, isic simTvraleSi. _ xom xedav, rogor movxucdi. raRa damrCenia, Cemi kalo ukve gavlewe, kbilebi rac damrCa, isic beberi cxeniviT momicvda, Tvalebidan veRar vixedebi kargad, magram mainc ar moveSvi, Zlivs davamTavre es RvTaebrivi, bevris macne wigni da, Sen Tu ginda, Sens cxovrebas fasi mieces, bednieri iyo am qveyanaze, wigni Seiyvare, Svilo. me gvian mivxvdi, sicocxlis fass adamiani sibereSi igebs. Sen ukve vaJkaci, gamgebiani biWi xar, cxovrebas civi gonebiTa da saRi TvalebiT unda uyuro. vinc ar unda dagarigos, Tu misaRebia, Sens cxovrebas gamoadgeba. unda gaiTvaliswino. Senze umcrosi iyo romis papi benediqt meore, romelic 11 wlis akurTxes. rusi kompozitori sergei prokofovi 9 wlisa iyo, roca pirveli opera dawera. aseve patara avida taxtze iulius keisari, daviT aRmaSenebeli da mravali sxva mefe... magram [22]

saxelmwifos warmatebiT marTavdnen. brZeni adamianebi hyavdaT. Cemi saubari didi cxovrebiseuli gakveTili iqneba, rasac verc erTi saswavlebeli ver mogcems. vfiqrob, axalgazrdobas gamoadgeba cxovrebaSi da arc ufrosebs awyenT. mesaubreboda da sixarulis eqstazSo Sesuls, marcxena Tvalze msxvili cremli ubzinavda. veRar gauZlo wamwamma da briliantiviT Camougorda, wverze miekro. xelSi amiyvana, gulSi Camikra, rogorc naavadmyofari Svili _ dedam. _ ha, rogor xasiaTze xar, dimitri, xom ar mogawyine saubriT Tavi? rogor midis saqme skolaSi, xom aravin gCagravs? _ ara, papa, piriqiT, yvelas vuyvarvar, pativs mcemen, Cemi suraTi wiTel dafazea gamokruli, rogorc friadosani moswavle. mismenda da Tvalebi sixarulisgan cicinaTelasaviT ucimcimebda. _ yoCaR, Svilo, kargia, magram, icode, codnas gamoyeneba unda. `codnis miReba sakmarisi ar aris, codnas gamoyeneba unda, icode~ (ciceroni). albert ainStains skolaSi swavlisas fizikaSi oriani hyavda, magram didi Sromis Sedegad, mecnier-gamomgonebeli iyo. igi sakuTar samyaroSi cxovrobda, masTan saubari urTulesi saqme iyo, radgan ramdenjerme unda gagexsenebina saTqmeli. cols rom ar Seexsenebina, quCaSi fexsacmlis gareSe ivlida. yvela didi mecnieri Sromis Sedegad gaxda. Tu bulbulma ar imRera, ra darCeba? ubralo Citia. cxovrebaSi ramdeni didi mecnieri da Tanamdebobis piria, vin moTvlis, magram, icode, jielo, yvelaze didi profesia aris adamianoba, kacoba, romelic yvelas ar SeuZlia, yvela ar aris Rirsi kacis, adamianis saxelis tarebisa. adamianma saxeli ar unda [23]

daagdos Zirs da fexiT ar unda Sedges. Znelia adamianis amocnoba, rogorc garedan kakalSi lebani. aviRoT erTnairi Tanamdebobisa da codnis pirovneba. erT-erTi mTxovnels akmayofilebs, magram gamodis kabinetidan mTxovneli da dedas orSaurad uxdis da miaZaxebs, fu, Sen adamianobaso. meore Tanamdebobis pirTan Sedis mTxovneli, magram ver usrulebs Txovnas, magram esaubreba, rogorc Tanatols. gamodis kabinetidan mTxovneli da miaZaxebs, Sens gamzrdels venacvale, aseTi zrdili, keTilSobili adamiani rom gauzrdixaro. adamianma unda icodes, Tanamdeboba, didkacoba droebiTia, wuTisofeli gveliviT Wrelia, miusafari da gaugebari, aravin icis, rodis dagikravs Tavs da gamogkravs sarmas. adamians zemodan nu dauwyeb cqeras da nu CaTvli araraobad. icode, rom Senc adamiani xar da vin icis, SeiZleba, Sen masze uaresad sacodavi gaxde. jobia, SeZlebisdagvarad, gverdSi amoudge, Tbili sityva uTxra da daexmaro, rogorc SegeZleba. adamiani dedamiwis samkaulia. sxvisi azris mosmena da gaziareba unda icodes kacma. ai, swored maSin xar adamianSi adamiani. qristians ar SeSvenis win aRud-ges WeSmaritebas. `yovel sikeTes oflis fasad yidian RmerTni~ (sokrate). `Cemi msajuli Cemi tvinia, da is patara RmerTi, romelsac sindisi hqvian~ (ilia WavWavaZe). azri aqvs dakarguli xalxSi Seginebul, Seuracxyofil cxovrebas. isic vici, biWo, adamians lamazi, mdidari cxovreba unda, radganac icis, ukvdavi ar aris. cxovreba rTulia da ukidegano. SeiZleba zRvas gadarCenili cvarma dagaxrCos. aravin icis, xval ra mogelis. isic vici, qveynad arian skamisa da eris adamianebi. pirvelni didebasa da savarZlis maRla awevaze zrunaven, meoreni ki samSoblosa da eris didebaze. adamianebi sikeTes unda emsaxurebodnen. ar SeiZleba, sikeTesa da borotebas [24]

erTnairad uyurebde. cxovrebaSi bednieria is, vinc ar icis SiSi da Ralati. unda icode, Secdomas cxovreba ar gapatiebs, magram aris SemTxvevebi da arc mcire keTilSobileba Rupavs adamians. diax, Svilo, xSirad sikeTes boroteba mosdevs, iseve rogorc moqcevas _ ukuqceva, dRes _ Rame, magram sikeTe bolos borotebas spobs. adamiani valdebulia, mainc sikeTe akeTos, erTmaneTis daxmareba bednierebis wyurvilad unda iqces yvelasTvis da, vinc amas fiqrobs da akeTebs, ai, is aris adamiani, suliT mdidari da xalxsac uyvars. àrasodes ise araferi ar amSvenebs da alamazebs adamianis guls, rogorc SegrZneba imisa, rom is uyvarT~ (senkeviCi). kidev kargi, amqveynad keTili adamianebi ufro mravlad arian, vidre borotebi, ase rom ar iyos, qveynad sicocxle Caqreboda. isic kargad vici, yvela adamiani ganumeorebeli individia, yvelas ar SeuZlia sikeTe akeTos, siyvaruli da siZulvili erTnairad aRiqvas, visac rogor esmis, ise iqceva da verc gaamtyuneb. ùnda gasce adamianuri siTbo yvela maTTvis, visac igi sWirdeba~ (albert Sveiceri). yvelas unda hqondes survili daCagruli mezoblis guliscemas miugdos yuri. adamianebma erTmaneTs imediTa da rwmeniT unda uyuron TvalebSi. `rad minda grZnoba, Tu aravis gavuziareb? rad minda codna, Tu megobars ar mivcem rCevas~ (akaki). adamiano, Seni daniSnuleba, Seni sindis-namusi yovelTvis unda gaxsovdes. àdamiani aris mTeli kacobrioba~ (goeTe). zemoTac aRvniSne da bevrjer gavimeoreb: gana yvelas Sestkiva guli erTi dedis, saqarTvelos ZuZuTi gazrdilebs? es gulSiCamwvdomi sityvebi, pirvel rigSi, mTavrobaSi mokalaTebul vaJbatonebs exebaT, ymawvilo. adamiani sindiss ufro xSirad kargavs, vidre fuls, magram fulis dakargvis gamo ganicdis [25]

met nerviulobas. `zogierTi kacis cxovreba uniWo mwerlis romans hgavs, CaaTaveb da ityvi, netav, ar wamekiTxao~ (k. gamsaxurdia). rwmenisa da sulieri muxtisagan ar unda daicalo, imedi ar unda dakargo. adamians vin aniWebs saxelsa da didebas? isev Tavisi Tavi, ganaTleba, Sroma da Wkvianuri moqmedeba, qveynierebis skivri jer kidev bolomde amouxsnelia. geniosebis naazrevi da mowodeba saukuneebis manZilze anaTebs da aTbobs kacobriobas. adamianis yofierebaSi aris ori ZiriTadi cneba _ sicocxle da sikvdili. adamianebi sikvdilis Svilebi varT, magram arian adamianebi sicocxlis Svilebad rom rCebian, maTi saxelebi ukvdavia. marmarilos Zeglebs udgamen, romelTac talaxi ar ekareba: dedis guliviT wmindaa _ sibinZurisgan miuwvdomeli. adamianma ise unda icocxlo, sikvdilis mosvlamde ar unda mokvde da arc _ sikvdilis Semdeg. Seni saxeli ukvdavi unda iyos da arian kidec pirovnebebi. maTi CamoTvla Sors wagviyvans. maTi genialuri naSromebi da moRvaweoba msoflio xalxma Seafasa da ukvdavyo. diax, arseboben gmirebi, swavlulebi, romlebic arasodes kvdebian istoriis aTaswleulebis manZilze. maTi saxelebi dauviwyaria, manam qveynierebaze adamiani icocxlebs. `mkvdrebi aRar arian mkvdrebi, roca cocxlebi maT mowiwebiT acocxleben~ (a. morua). `aTas cocxalsa bevrjera, asjer sjobs erTi mkvdaria~ (vaJa-fSavela). magram geniosebi ggonia Secdomas ar uSveben? qveyanaze ar dabadebula adamiani, Secdoma ar daeSvas. lordi baironi ver daaoka verc didma saxelma, griwko rasputiniviT TavaSvebuli iyo da avxorci, Tavs daesxa sastumros mrecxav qalebs, namusis axda moundoma maT. jek londonma aTjer meti narkotiki miiRo da saiqios gaemgzavra. 74 wlis didma goeTem qalaq karoliovoe varSi, sastumro `imperialis~ [26]

sacekvao darbazSi, cekvis dros coloba sTxova 19 wlis urdiak fon degockis da mravali sxva, Sors wagviyvans CamoTvla, Cemo biWo, _ da vano papam leqsic miayola: `davbadebulvar, rom viyo mona da saqarTvelos medgas uReli. maS, gamarjoba, tkbilo sicocxlev, davrCebiT erTad Cven ganuyrelni. (tician tabiZe) nisliT Tvalwakrul mTebs dasxletoda mzis Tbili sxivi, TuTis foTlebSi gamomZvraliyo da vano papas ulvaSze davlurs uvlida, sasiamovnod uRitinebda da iRimeboda. etyoboda, ukve Zili wamohparvoda, amTqnarebda, Zil-buranSi iyo, magram mainc SevekiTxe: _ papa, kargad vici, umaRlesi saswavlebeli ver daamTavre, frontze waxvedi. saidan ici amdeni ambebi? Tumc wignis didad moyvaruli xar. Sevatyve aRar mismenda da saubari Sevwyvite. Tvalebi nel-nela gaaxila, wamodga, Sarvali da winsafari Camoibertya im mewisqvilesaviT, romelic wisqvilis dolabis gaCerebis dros iRviZebs da daRlili, moTenTili xmiT warmoTqva: _ raRac Zilma momakiTxa, gadaviRale, biWo. dRes gveyofa. Tan Senma dedinacvalma ar mogisaklisos. magis Saris Tavi vis aqvs, xval ganvagrZoT.

*** mze ukve Subis wverze Camoskupebuliyo, SuadRes amcnobda. vicodi, papaCemi melodeboda, magram Zma-kacebs ver vuRalate, patara liaxvze wavediT, toti davwriteT, viTevzaveT da karga blomadac daviWireT. daRlil-daqanculi, garujuli daTqmul [27]

adgilas mivedi. erTi amxed-damxeda, ulvaSs wiwkna dauwyo. mtyuani viyavi, ra unda meTqva, Tavi davxare. marjvena fexiT balaxs davuwye sresa da wavibutbute: _ bodiSi, papa, mapatie, damaviwyda, rom melodebodi. biWebTan gaverTe. papaCemma gasayidi mozveriviT amaTvalCamaTvaliera da muWSi Caaxvela, TvalebSi Semomxeda da naRvelmoreulma warmoTqva: _ dimitri, Svilo, Sengan ar moveli tyuilis Tqmas. egre ar gicnob. biWo, Tqvi simarTle, saTevzaod viyavio. xalaTze Tevzis farflebi gaqvs isev SemorCenili, Tan sveli xar. simarTle yvelas sjobia, icode: `tyuils mokle fexebi aqvs~, _ xom gagigonia. amis Semdeg, ukeTesia, simarTle Tqva, gind saSinlad mware iyos. tyuili yvela senze ufro senia... Tofis wamaliviT mfeTqavia da Zlieri, Tanac narkotikiviT icis miCveva am sazizRrobam da Znelad Tu daexsnebi. usafuZvlo laqlas, enis mitanas, dabezRebas da eWvianobas bevri patiosani ojaxi, siyvaruli, naTesaoba da megobroba daungrevia, SeuZulebia da bevrjer adamianis sicocxlec Seuwiravs. ai, aseTi veragi da saSinelebaa tyuili. magram, zogjer _ sikeTis momtanic. _ rogor, papa, ra sikeTe unda moutanos tyuilma adamians? _ xoo, rom gaizrdebi, cxovrebas SeeWidebi, yvelafers gaigeb. magram raxan gainteresebs, getyvi, Svilo, Sors ar waval, Cemi TvaliTa da Cemi yuriT mosmenilsa da danaxuls giambob: Cems deidaSvilTan, griSasTan viyavi TbilisSi wasuli. biWi SeeZina. erTi kvira ar gamomiSva. avlabarSi cxovrobs. maT ezoSi oTxi ojaxi binadrobs. erTimeoris jam-WurWelic ki ician, ramdeni aqvT. griSas mopirdapire binaSi axalagzrda col-qmari [28]

cxovrobs siamtkbilobiTa da siyvaruliT, hyavT qalvaJi, erTimeoreze lamazebi da celqebi. maTi danaxviT gulSi siTbo geRvreba da saxeze Rimili geTamaSeba. deda stomatologia, mama _ trikotaJis fabrikis direqtori da erTimeoris Sesaferisi. meuRle lalis, kviris garda, yovel dRes bavSvebi sabavSvo baRSi dahyavda. erTi SexedviT, misabaZi ojaxi iyo, magram qals raRac eSmaki dastakeboda, qmars Ralatobda. yovel orSabaT dRes dilis TerTmet saaTze axalgazrda, jmuxi dabali kaci modioda patara CanTiT xelSi. albaT, Sampanuri da Sokoladebi ewyo da isev im CanTiT brundeboda ori saaTis Semdeg. icoda, lalis meuRle, mixeili, yovel orSabaTs samsaxurSi iyo da TaTbirs atarebda dilis saaTebSi. lali mas mamidaSvilad asaRebda, magram mezoblebs ras gamoaparebda da isic qalebs. albaT, lalis ar uyvarda meuRle. usiyvarulod ki ojaxi Znelad aSendeba, uxarisxo doqiviT bzari uCndeba da iSleba. maT ezoSi, mixeilis saxlis pirdapir cxovrobda erudirebuli, upatiosnesi, ganTqmuli pensioneri moxuci qirurgi. imasac mixeili erqva. mixeil daviTis Ze kvira dRes xSirad lalis meuRles Wadraks eTamaSeboda. erTi sityviT, Svilo, erTimeores pativs scemdnen. eqimic eWvianobda lalis saqcielze, nerviulobda, wneva uwevda, magram lalis ver ubedavda, Tavs ikavebda. roca qalebis Woraoba lalis meuRlis yuramdec mivida. eWvi iseTi zRva aris, dagaxrCobs, wveTic _ mciredi. maSinve Tavis eqim megobars SeekiTxa, Sen yovel dRes saxlSi xar, Cems ojaxSi mimsvlel-momsvlels uyureb. Sens sindisnamuss gaficeb, vici, ar miRalateb, vin dadis yovel orSabaTs diliT lalisTan? xelze ikbina, iaraRi SeaTamaSa. `tyuili miT ufro saSiSia, roca Sig erTi wveTi marTali urevia~ (eirbaxi). eqims sicocxleSi [29]

tyuili ar eTqva. mixeils Seutia, ra Tqvi eg, mixeil, Sens `patiosan~ meuRleze, zogierT vigindaras unda Tqveni ojaxis dangreva, Suriania adamianio. gadaarCina ojaxi tyuilis Tqmam, biWo. lali sikvdils gadaarCina, baSvebi ki oblobas. xedav, simarTles zogjer binZuri tyuili sjobia. ai, ra aris sityva. _ kargi, papa, mapatie... _ mipatiebia, Cemo biWo, magram icode, roca adamiani gelodeba, vinc ar unda iyos, daTqmul dros aucileblad unda mixvide, an miusvleloba unda amcno, radganac is kargs arafers ifiqrebs da inerviulebs. gamCenma gagimarjos, Svilo, Se mamaZaRlo, _ xeli gadamxvia da daayola, _ Sens cdaSi dardiT lamis infarqti damemarTa. lodinSi TiTqos saaTmac Seanela isrebis svla. vuyvardi vano papas da did pativs mcemda, marigebda da TvalebSi Semomcicinebda, anTebuli kvariviT gzas minaTebda da eSinoda, xelSi ar gahqroboda. _ qarTveli adamiani da kanoni mtrebi arian, TiTqos genebSi gvaqvs gamjdari, unda davigvianoT. vfiqrob, Cveni winaprebi ase upativcemulod ar moiqceodnen. axla ki Tanamedrove upasuxismgeblobam gaidga fesvebi xalxSi: krebaze, Sexvedraze, TaTbirze Tu saqeifod, gansakuTrebiT Tanamdebobis pirebma, unda daigvianon. es ki iqca wesad, romelic eris kulturaze uaryofiTad moqmedebs da, vfiqrob, danaSaulis tolfasic aris. ratom baZavs qarTveli zogierTi CaTqvirebuli, fulis tomrebiT damZimebuli ucxo qveynis `aristokratebs~, sibinZuriTa da siglaxiT datvirTul adaT-Cvevebs, qarTveli xalxis SecdomaSi Seyvanas da damkvidrebas. ar sjobia, germaneli xalxis Sromisunarianobisa da maTi disciplinis danergva?! did sikeTes moutans Cvens qveyanas. ar arsebobs siZnele, romlis daZleva ar SeeZlos xalxs. es mZime [30]

uReli, romelic ers awevs, droulad unda moviciloT Tavidan, Torem gviani iqneba. napoleonis generalma, gruSma, naxevari saaTiT daigviana da volteris brZola waago. gulmaviwyoba ki sul sxvaa. mwerali albert kamiu iseTi gulmaviwyi iyo, coli samSobiarodan rom gamoiyvana, tyupebi samSobiaroSi darCa. isaak niutonma erTxel moxarSa sakuTari saaTi kvercxis magivrad, romelic xelSi eWira. qvemoTac meqneba saubari, Svilo, SenTan saintereso sakiTxebze. qarTveli kacis jiSsa da jilagSi, marTlmadidebloba, adaT-Cvevebi, pativiscema Rrmad aris gamjdari, muxis fesvebiviT da maT veraviTari veraguli Zala ver Selaxavs da amoagdebs! rogorc dResa da Rames ar SeuZlia erTad yofna. qarTvel kacs uyvars Tavisi samSoblo miwa-wyali, patiosneba, viT axladnalogineb dedas _ Svilis gulis cema. qarTvel ers, Svilo, didi tanjva-wameba da gmiruli istoria aqvs. bevrjer aRmdgara mTlad ganadgurebuli, mtris Semosevis Semdeg. misi istoriis gaxsenebaze, aRwerasa da saubarze Tveebia saWiro. me mokled agixsni da gadmogcem, rac Cems SesaZleblobasa da mexsierebas SemorCa. ise, axali aRmoCenebiT ver davikvexni, yvelaferi Tqmula, dawerila, uswavlebiaT da uswavliaT, bevr gacveTil sityvebsac movixmar, magram, rac mTavaria, axalgazrdobasa da ufros Taobasac ar awyens gaiTavisos, rac kargia da sasargeblo cxovrebaSi, bednieri sagzuri yofiliyos maTTvis... adrec giTxari, biWo, dro-Jamis siave axlos ver ekareba mxolod gamoCenil pirovnebebs. isini gardacvalebis Semdgomac cocxloben marad. dro verc avis mqnelebis xsenebas aklebs rames. [31]

sabednierod, arc ise bevrni arian. iyvnen adamianebi, romlebsac arnaxuli sisaZagle aqvT Cadenili da istoria ar iviwyebs maT. magaliTad, ucxo qveynis Svilma herostatem dawva artemidas taZari, Svididan erT-erTi msoflio saocreba, raTa istoriaSi Sesuliyo; babilonis damangreveli iyo qserqse; brevinskim, romelmac oTxmocamde udanaSaulo adamiani mokla, romlisTvisac sikvdilic ki cota iyo, cixeSi `itanjeba~, arc gazeTebi aklia da arc televizia, pijakiTa da yelsabamiT brZandeba cixeSi, icinis da mxiarulobs, Tavs ise grZnobs, rogorc Tevzi _ wyalSi. am qmedebas afaseben okeanis gaRma CaTqvirebuli batonebi, amayoben demokratiis usazRvro TavisuflebiT. vai, Tqvens patrons sacodavs, TqvenTvis damilocia aseTi demokratia. msoflio xalxs ki ar aviwydeba da arc daaviwydeba aseTi veragoba da bevri ardawerili saSineleba. rogor fiqrob, biWo, Cvens qveyanas, saqarTvelos ar hyavda Sinauri mtrebi? eh, vin moTvlis, ramdeni sulgayiduli boboqrobda Cvens miwa-wyalze, gareuli Tu Sinauri: yorRanaSvili, ciciSvili, berbiWaSvili, orjonikiZe da sxvebi da sxvebi... `didi kaci Tu gamogveria, mas ise davkortniT, rogorc dakodil Zeras yvavebi~ (k. gamsaxurdia). zurgSi Cacemuli maxvili qarTvels yovelTvis qarTvelisagan hqonda da ara mtrisagano. qarTvelisadmi nasroli tyvia qarTvelis mizans ar ascdeba. vaxtang gorgasali qarTvelma mokla, qarTvelebma umtres giorgi saakaZes, qarTvelebma uRalates erekle meores, qarTvelma mokla ilia WavWavaZe, qarTvelma mokla efrem meore, martyofSi, mokles pirveli prezidenti zviad gamsaxurdia da sxvani... [32]

daviT aRmaSenebelma saqarTvelo oTxasi wlis tyveobidan ixsna. mis umcros Zes, vaxtangs, romelsac mama moferebiT `cvatas~ eZaxda da usazRvrod uyvarda, taxtis memkvidrem, demetrem, Tvalebi dasTxara. daviT aRmaSenebelma Tavisi sicocxle saqarTvelos keTildReobas Seswira. qarTveli xalxi, istoria ar iviwyebs borotebis Camden kacunebsac. zizRiT moixsenieben maT! `erT moyvare mters asi gadamTielis odeni vnebis motana SeuZlia~ (otia ioseliani). aseve ar aviwydeba xalxs sasufevelSi wasuli eris Rirseul SvilTa saxelebis ukvdavyofa. `brZen adamians ar gamohyavs sakuTari Tavi mzis sinaTleze, amitomac brwyinavs. is ar laparakobs sakuTar Tavze, amitomac saxelganTqmulia; is ar zrunavs saxelze, amitomac damsaxurebulia; is ar imaRlebs Tavs, amitomac ufrosia sxvebs Soris~ (lao-Zi). `xsovnis kalendars drom furclebi ver Camoaxia~, `Rirseul sicocxles unda codna, Torem sikvdili yvelas SeuZlia~ (balzaki). cxovrebaSi didi dafiqreba da awon-dawonaa saWiro, Cadenil saqmes ra Sedegi mohyveba. zogjer vaJkacis mier Cadenil vaJkacobas didi ziani miuyenebia adamianebisaTvis. `saca ara sjobs, gacla sjobs, kargisa mamacisagano~, jielobaSi wavikiTxe da axlac kargad maxsovs, rom mters mtrulad unda moeqce da moyvares _ moyvrulad. aTasi wlis win mcxovrebi petros delavale Tavis CanawerebSi: `qarTvelebi sparseTis gzaze~, romelic moiZia meliq ramiSvilma, werda: qerimxanis mier damonebulebs meTofe TavaziSvils da raman onikaSvils undodaT misi mokvla karavSi, magram TavaziSvilma ganacxada, ase laCrulad kacs zurgSi tyvias ver vesvrio da mxolod yalioni aufeTqa. qerimxanma ki sastikad iZia Suri. vinc [33]

gadaurCa tyveobas, sikvdili arCia da kldidan vardebodnen. mTavarsardali uCa onikaSvili qerimxanma zarbaznis lulas miakra da hkiTxa, bolo survili ra gaqvso, lula saqarTvelosken miabruneTo. miabrunes da zarbazanmac igriala. ai, Cemo lomgulo, veragi ar unda daindo. aq vaJkacobaze zedmetia saubari. mteri _ mteria yovelTvis. Sen daindob, is ar dagindobs. miznis SesrulebisTvis kargia Tu cudi, nebisyofa da rwmenaa saWiro. rwmena Zalaa, rac laCrebs ar SeuZ-liaT. Tu ibrZoleb, gaimarjveb kidec, Tu survili da mondomeba geqneba, yvelanair saqmes moabam Tavs, rwmena, gaWirveba da SiSi cxovrebaSi yvelafers SeaZlebinebs adamians. mismine, Svilo, ra buzankaldaxveuli mozveriviT borgav, saintereso, gasakvir ambebs mogiyvebi kidev: jer kidev qristes dabadebamde, ormoci saukunis win aSenda da aigo msoflios Svidi saocreba. esenia: piramidebi, aleqsandriis Suqura, babilonis dakiduli baRebi, rodosis kolosi, halikarnasis mavzoleumi, artemidas taZari efesoSi, zevsis qandakeba olimpoSi. garda amisa, ras SeiZleba miaweros kacma xefsis didi piramida, romlis aSenebisaTvis Tanamedrove teqnikac ki uZluria, filebiT gadaxuruli akldama, TiToeulis wona 15 tonamde meryeobs. filebi moziduli yofila Cvidmeti kilometris siSoridan. an egvipteSi safexuriani xeofsis piramida. igi 60 metri simaRlisaa da misi TiToeuli bloki 2,5 tonas iwonis. igi iseTi maTematikuri sizustiTaa aSenebuli, mecnierebi dResac gaocebulni arian. im periodSi, 4700 wels faraonebis dros adamianis SesaZlebloba da bunebis amoxsna Znelia. Cveni erovnuli kulturis faseulobanic ukvdavia, jielo, da udidesi siyvaruliT gamsWvaluli [34]

SevcqeriT mis naTebas yovelTvis. unikalur eklesiebsa Tu cixe-simagreebs, kldeSi gamoqvabulebs. adamianze Zlieri da gonieri gamCens arc erTi suldgmuli ar gauCenia. `ase gaxsna kacTa gonma, bunebam cxraklitulSi Rrmad Camarxulgamonaskvuli aTasgvari saidumloeba~. rwmenis simtkicis gamo, jordano bruno koconze dawves, ver gadaaTqmevines, dedamiwa rom brunavs. Tavdajereba adamianis Rirseuli nayofia. usinaTlo amerikelma alpinistma erik venongaierma everesti daipyro. rwmena iseTi simdidrea, romelsac nemismier drosa da epoqaSi unda dacva da mofereba. germaneli poeti hainrix haine suliT mobrZavi wamodga loginidan, gaWirvebiT Caicva da luvris gzas daadga, uWirda momakvdavs luvramde misvla, magram mainc mivida da pirdapir venera moleris qandakebisken aiRo gezi. didxans idga am qandakebis win, didxans Rvrida cremlebs da ase eTxoveboda am genialur naSroms _ msoflio kulturis Sedevrs~. ai, Cemo biWo, ra aris mondomeba da rwmena ras SeaZlebinebs adamians. isic unda icode, yvelaze mZime danakargi axalgazrdobaSi uqmad, umiznod gatarebuli droa, romelic aRarasodes dagibrundeba. `araferia iseTi, romlis miRwevac mondomebas, erTgulebas, erTobas ar ZaluZs~. naTqvamia, rwmena mTebs Zravso. rwmena iseTi simdidrea, romelsac nebismier drosa da epoqaSi unda dacva da mofereba. _ amoioxra da Cafiqrda, mogonebebs dauwyo qeqva da yornis gundiviT wamoiSala. Tvalze cremli moadga, mrisxanebis talRam gadauara, basri danasaviT dausera guli, saxe wamoenTo, gulCaTuTqulma daiwyo:

[35]

_ eh, ramdeni Secdoma maqvs daSvebuli axalgazrdobaSi, vin moTvlis da ramdenjer mtkenia guli Cemi daufiqreblobiT. magram TandaTan yvelafers daviwyebis nacari wahyria, erTis garda, romelsac ulamazesi sityva `siyvaruli~ hqvia da sikvdilamde gulis marcxena parkuWSi aris magrad mokalaTebuli. is yovel wuTs SeiZleba abrialdes. ramdeni droc ginda gavides, namdvili siyvaruli nacrad ar gadaiqceva arasodes. mis mogonebas ise ufrTxildebi, rogorc saTburis yvavils. esec icode, Svilo, qalis guli uZiro zRvasaviT aris, verasdros gaigeb, ra devs mis ZirSi, _ saxeze xelebi Camoisva, gulsaklavad amoioxra, fexze wamdga, dinjad gaiar-gamoiara, cxviri daacemina, TiTqos mas gaayola axalgazrdobis uiRblo siyvaruli, dardi da varami, magram jer kidev gamosacleli hqonda tanjvis fiala. dadardianebulma warmoTqva: _ Cemo dimitri, sicocxle xanmoklea ufro Raribi kacisTvis, dardi ki auracxeli, magram unda gavuZloT da SevinarCunoT sulis mxneoba. kargi, dRes gveyofa saubari, modi venaxSi CaviaroT, yurZens gemo gavusinjoT, kargaxania, aRar vyofilvar Cemi rZlis gadamkide. ukve Semwifebuli iqneba, WriWinebma ukve WriWini daiwyes, _ xeli momiTaTuna mxarze da dinjad wavediT. Tan gzaSi mesaubreboda: _ eh, rogor miyvars RvinobisTve, namian, mocimcime dilas venaxSi rom Sexval poeturad ametyveldebi: `Sexedav venaxs, am qarTlis sindiss, qarTuli Wiris da lxinis gamtans~. mzis sxivebi rogor gelamuneba, kocnis Txis jiqaniviT dakidebul qarvisfer yurZnis mtevnebs da vercxliswyaliviT brWyvialebs nami, susti qari lekviviT Cerdeba vazis ZirSi da ynosviT ealerseba daSaqrul mtevnebs. winadRiT gamomcxvar mWadsa an purs rom miatan yurZens da Caitkbanureb [36]

pirs, sicocxles fasi eZleva. masze ukeTes ras SeWams kaci. kidev kargi, mdidarma bobolebma ar ician misi fasi. *** _ modi, Svilo, yovelTvis me unda gelodebode mefaitonesaviT? erTxel Sen damaswari mosvla, Se mamaZaRlo, _ CaiRimila. _ kargad vici da gamocdilebac maqvs, axalgazrdebi Zilisgudebi rom xarT. kacs SuadRemde ar unda eZinos, Cits unda aswrebdes adgomas. xom gagigonia: `adre amdgarsa kurdRelsa ver daeweva mwevario~. `dilis lukma colis mziTevs jobiao~, da gaicina. `dasvenebuli, gonebiT nafiqrali saqmis gakeTebas wuni ar aqvso~. gvian amdgari kaci ki daTenTilia, xafangSi moyoliliviT miaTrevs fexebs da saqmec ar gamosdis, uqnara da Raribia. gaige, jielo? modi, gverdiT damijeqi, dRes amxanagobasa da megobrobaze meqneba saubari. me jer kidev maqvs sakeTebeli _ minda, codnas daeuflo da suliT mdidar adamianad Camoyalibde da am saqmes vemonebi. minda, cxovrebaSi gaiTvaliswino da gulSi Semoinaxo Cemi darigeba... kaci rom tyeSi gaivlis, ra jiSis xes ar Sexvdebi da gana yvela xe erTnairi simagrisaa? asea adamianic, yvelas Tavisi dadebiTi mxarec aqvs da uaryofiTic. nu gagikvirdeba, am qveyanaSi ra rjulis adamiani ar Segxvdeba, arian keTilSobilnic da arian kacunebic, adamianis anafxekebi, borotebi, yovelgvari sisaZaglis Camdenebi. ra aris adamianSi kargi da cudi? ena! mas yvelaferi SeuZlia, Svilo. gulwrfeloba, uRalatoba, es megobrobis winapirobaa. WeSmariti megobroba _ es bednierebaa, kaci umegobrod araraobaa, magram zogi mgelia cxvris qurqSi gaxveuli da [37]

rTulia misi amocnoba. `megobari aris adamiani, romelmac yvelaferi icis Sen Sesaxeb, magram mainc uyvarxar~ (ilfi). zogi kaci cudubralod ar Segaqebs, Tu Sengan raime sargebels ar moelis. Turme, aravis ar unda endo bolomde, sakuTari Tavisac ki. TviTkontroli aucilebelia. boroti adamiani naxSirs hgavs _ an dagwvavs, an gagaSavebs. yovelgvari boroteba zogierTi megobrisgan modis, roca Sen imaze metad sazogadoeba pativs gcems, adamianobiT ori TaviT maRla dgaxar masze. Suri oxeri da veragia, veRar uZlebs misi boroti suli da guli da is, patara kacuna, yovelgvar sisaZagles sCadis. `da brZenad gaCvenebs Tavs regveni gamobrZmedili~ (Seqspiri). `meqoTnes meqoTnisa Surs~. gvSurs imaTic, vinc swrafad miiRo is, rac man ver miiRo, gvSurs sxvisi SenaZeni da warmateba, radganac warmatebulni Seni Zmakacebi da axloblebi arian. Surianebs uyvarT yovelgvari saSualebebiTa da xerxebiT didebis mopoveba. Znelia misi adre amocnoba, roca mas mSvidi saxe da gulSi didi boroteba aqvs damaluli. vireSmaka kaci wengoSi gaxveul kakals hgavs, rom gakrolav, maSin gamoCndeba, vargisia, Tu ara. ra mospobs qveyanaze Surs, mtrobas, gulis javris amoyris Jins. SexedulebiT ver amoicnob adamians, aravin icis, Tu ar Caswvdi mas sulsa da gulSi, gauxsnel niJaraSi margaliti devs, Tu carielia. sulieri simdidre erTaderTi saTayvanebeli kerpia yvela saqmisTvis. adamianma rogorc unda Secdoma dauSvas saubarSi, Tu misi kamaTi gonivrulia, maRali zneobis aRzrdilma TavdaWerilobas pativi unda sces da ara ukmexad sityvis gasworebiT. megobrobis zoli ar unda gadakveTo. xSirad sikeTes boroteba mosdevs, ise rogorc zRvis talRebis moqcevas _ ukuqceva, dRes _ Rame. rasac Cven madlis gaRebas vuwodebT, is zogjer [38]

Sxamad gvibrundeba. amaSia cxovrebis simrude, gautanloba da daundobloba. erT Cems saukeTeso megobars yvelaferSi vendobodi, rCevas vekiTxebodi da isic mekiTxeboda. rwmenis guTani xnavda da megona, bolomde moxnavda, magram xvnaSi gadatyda. me ra vicodi, ra edo gulSi da, Tu miRalatebda vazis klertiviT dagrexil cxovrebaSi. wuTisofeli gveliviT Wreli da gautaneli yofila. TviT ZaRlsac ki axsovs Seni lukmis gemo, Sens amags ar daiviwyebs, gind yoveldRe scemo. magram kaci, zogi kaci, rom gadahyve Tana. sul patara wyenisaTvis zurgSi Cagcems danas. naTqvamia: `uiRblo kacs qva aRmarTzec miewevao~. yvelafers movelodi, magram amas ki _ aradros. kaci Senze win aradros unda daayeno, Tu kacobiTa da adamianobiT Senze naklebia, Torem yovelTvis mogTxovs pativiscemasa da qedis moxras da, swored, magan gaaTamama, rom uRirss veferebodi, Cemze win vayenebdi. dRevandel cxovrebaSi, Turme, adamianis urTierToba, qeba, iseTi aucilebelia, rogorc taotis wasma urmis Tvalze, magram sakuTari Tavis fasic unda icode, ar unda dagaviwydes.. sityvas araTu kacis mokvla SeuZlia, aramed qveyanasac daaqcevs. mudmivi wveTis cema qvas xvrets. marTali sityva guls malamod edeba. `keTilgonieri megobrisgan rCevis mosmena igivea, rac oqros Tasidan _ wamlis miReba~ (solomoni). uRalato kacis megobroba sicocxles axangrZlivebs. `Suri uaRresad Zlieri grZnobaa, is erTnairi siZlieriT daibudebs RaribTa qoxebSi da [39]

mefeebis sasaxleebSi~. (servantesi). diax, batonebo, Suris bralia SinaaSliloba, dapirispireba da angariSsworeba. cxviraweulze da ampartavanze keTili survilebi da ekonomikurad pativiscema TivaSi Cavardnili nemsiviT daikarga. `Tu Tqven gaWirvebul megobars daexmareT, is aucileblad gaixsenebs Tqvens amags, roca kvlav gauWirdeba~ (tveni). gaWirvebuli adamianis pativismcemeli da RirsebiT savse kaci var, sisaZagles, Ralats aravis vapatieb. guli saSinlad metkina, suli tkivils SeebrZola da mas vapatie. `mtris patieba ufro advilia, vidre megobris~ (belinski). adamiani yovelTvis fiqrobs sikvdilsicocxleze, warsulsa da momavalze, dResa da Rameze, samSobloze, siyvarulsa da megobrobaze, magram, vai rom zogi ar fiqrobs, gul-RviZlSi aqvs boroteba CaduRabebuli. sindiswaqceuli kaci sacodavia da arakacia cxovrebaSi. gveli sicilis dros kbilebs ar aCens. `momwons, roca CemTvis ormo mzaddeba, im ormoSi TviT gamTxreli vardeba, ganwiruli aqeT-iqiT edeba, amoyvanas isev Sen gevedreba. amoiyvan, sixaruliT itirebs, mogexveva, Sig Cavardnas gipirebs. sindiswaqceuli kaci sacodavi da arakacia cxovrebaSi. `yvelas aqvs Secdomis ufleba, magram cotas SeuZlia droulad mixvdes sakuTar Secdomas~ (Tagori). `ver waval ise, vidre Sens Tvalwin sarkes ar davdgam, raSic SegeZleba Seni sulis siRrmis danaxva~ (Seqspiri). uRalato kacis megobroba sicocxles axangrZlivebs. mkiTxvelo, ai, rogor Znelia megobris amocnoba da minda `jorjian TaimsSi~ gamoqveynebuli rva wlis luka [40]

gordaZis patara werili gagacnoT: èrT rames vSiSob, sabavSvo baRidan maqvs es SiSi gamoyolili da skolaSic vakvirdebi: TamaSis dros rom waviqcevi SemTxveviT, pirvel rigSi is maxteba zemodan, visac yvelaze karg megobrad vTvlidi~. àdamianebo, iyaviT adamianebi, es Tqveni valia~ (Jan Jak ruso). dedamiwaze yvelaferi wuTieri da warmavalia. maTusala aravin varT, 969 weli vicocxloT, sicocxle xanmoklea. erT dros Cvenc aRar viqnebiT, wavalT am tanjvawamebis qveynidan da aRarc davbrundebiT arasdros. manam cocxlebi varT, ar vufrTxildebiT erTmaneTs, erTimeoris qiSpobasa da borotebis CadenaSi amogvdis suli. ar viciT sicocxlis fasi, am Tvaluwvdenel qveyanaze cocxlebi ver vTavsdebiT, Torem im qveyanaSi yvelasTvis moiZebneba adgili. àRar gaTavda Ralati da gautanloba, aRar gaTavda ZmaTa Soris SuRli da RvarZli~ (rezo amaSukeli). wuTisofeli sicocxlisa da sikvdilis Widilia. oRond, eg aris, ubedureba, sikvdilma dro da asaki ar icis. dedamiwa dRes yvela Cvenganis didi saxlia, sadac mSvidobiT unda vicxovroT. winaaRmdeg SemTxvevaSi, Cveni saxli ganwirulia dasangrevad. Rvino bevrjer Wkuas akargvinebs, Svilo, axalgazrdebs. ori Seqeifebuli axalgazrda soflis TavSesayarze idga, lazRandarobdnen, icinodnen. Camoiara lamazma qalma meuRlesTan erTad. maT Soris erTma Tavzewasulma axalgazrdam Zmakacs uTxra, sanaZleoze ai, im lamaz qals vakocebo, Tu saRamoze pur-marils ikisrebo. razea laparaki, ki, batono, akoceo. wavida da akoca qals. qmarma jibidan amoiRo da Tumniani aCuqa. coli gadairia, es ra qeni, kargad unda gecemao, fu, Sens vaJkacobaso. nu cxarob, [41]

dedakaco, eg Tumniani daRupavs magaso. meore dRes, nabaxusevze myofebma birJaze gaiseirnes da ras xedaven. ulamazesi qali-vaJi xelkaviT moseirnobs da icinian. daunaxavs Tu ara guSindel gamarjvebuls, ZmakacisTvis waurtyams xeli, wavida sanaZleoo da gogosTvis ukocnia. biWisgan tyviac miuRia SublSi. WkuiT unda moiqce, koka yovelTvis ver moitans wyals. an mis Zmakacs rom daeSala, winaaRmdegi wasuliyo, ar daiRupeboda. yvelafers dafiqreba unda, biWo, ras ra mohyveba... mze dasavleTisaken miizlazneboda, Tan oqros savarcxeliviT varcxnida Rrublebs. susti qari ki kocnida TuTis wveroebs da iqve msxlis daxunZlul kenweroebs. vano papam ise Semomxeda, vigrZeni, rom ukve daiRala saubriT da uTqmelad wamovdeqi fexze. mxarze xeli momartya da daayola: _ kargi, Svilo, dRes amiT davamTavroT, _ TiTqos zurgze didi tvirTi awva, nel-nela wamodga, cxviri daacemina. me maSinve mivaZaxe: _ didxans sicocxle, papa. gamiRima da momaZaxa: _ Sen icocxle da gaixare, Cemo imedo, Sen. _ xeli gadamxvia da saxlisken gzas neli nabijiT gavuyeviT. jer kidev ar iyo daRamebuli, rom oTaxSi Sevida, tangauxdeli miwva loginze da mixuWa Tu ara Tvalebi, fSvinva amouSva da sizmrebSi gaexvia, ise rogorc abreSumis Wia Tavis mbzinav ZafSi. *** meore dRes, skolaSi rom unda waxvide da ar daigviano _ cota adrec ki mivedi daTqmul adgilze. misuli rom daminaxa, ise gaexarda, TiTqos didi ganZi epovos da momaZaxa: [42]

_ yoCaR, Sengan yovelgvar sikeTes moveli. Cemi darigebebi, vatyob, gulTan migaqvs. es ki didi sikeTis momtania. xeli gadamxvia, gulze mimixuta. sixarulis cremli Caudga TvalebSi. kaWkaWs rom ar daeCxavla, albaT, didxans veyolebodi Caxutebuli. _ Cemo biWo, dRes unda gesaubro siyvarulze, romelic Senc unda igemo. warsuli bednierebisa da tanjvis mogonebani dapatronebodnen mis sulsa da guls. Caaxvela da daiwyo: _ Svilo, dimitri, xandaxan mogonebebis mTeli korianteli wamoiSleba da suli yelSi mebjineba. sulieri simdidre erTaderTi saTayvanebeli kerpia yvela sqesisaTvis. yovelgvari saqme unda awon-dawono da ise Seudge mis ganxorcielebas. siyvaruli rTuli da CaxlarTuli situaciebiT savsea. siyvaruli zogjer qarliSxaliviT SeiWreba gulSi, mokalaTdeba SigniT da imas veravin amoagdebs iqidan. guli jiuti da Tavnebaa, siyvaruli raki erTs moikidebs fexs, Caikireba da Cabetondeba. usiyvarulod adamiani saqonelia da arc dabadebula. adamiani siyvarulisTvis cocxlobs da usiyvarulod, udabnoSi CarWobil unayofo xes hgavs, gaxmobis piras misuls, qveyana siyvaruliTa da madliTaa aSenebuli... gaavebuli qofakiviT Semomyefa cxovrebam, magram imedi ar damikargavs. xandaxan bunebasa da gamCenis neba Tavisi gziT gatarebs, sakuTari fexiT migiyvans iq, sadac Zalian ar gepitnaveba, eqiSpebiT erTimeores, didi dafiqrebaa saWiro. boroteba mxolod keTilSobilebiT iTrguneba, magram rom ar arsebobdes boroteba, iarsebebda ki keTilSobileba? cxovreba moulodnelobisa da farisevlobis grZeli [43]

jaWvia. siyvarulma Tvalebis axveva icis. ver gaigeb, ver Caswvdebi mis sulsa da guls. amas dro da garemoeba sWirdeba. qals yvelaferi amSvenebs, rac qaluri silamazea da siyvarulis moTxovnileba axlavs. zogjer saubari ar unda, usityvod grZnobs, rogorc vaJkacis guli, aseve _ qalisa. SexedulebiT adamians nurasdros Seafaseb. igi amoucnobia. Tumca, qalis silamazes, bunebisagan momadlebul iers, yvelgan didi privilegia aqvs. `mamakacebisTvis namdvil siyvarulSi warumatebloba, nebismieri siyvaruliT gatacebis sababia~ (stalini). qveyana ki saSinelebis didi okeanea. yvela warmavalia, cas veravin gamoekereba, mihqris dro fafarayril ulayze Semjdari, veraviTari winaaRmdegoba ver SeaCerebs, cxovrebaSi moswreba unda yvelafers: qrolva, navardi, drostareba uxdeba sulsa da guls, erTxel mosulxar amqveynad, am dalocvil dedamiwaze, magram ar dagaviwydes, yvelafers Tavisi wesi da adaTi aqvs. qveyanaze bedis Carxi trialebs. Tu erTi gagiRima bedma, Seni varskvlavi didad ibrwyinebs da imediT aRivsebi, magram, vfiqrob, Seni damsaxureba unda uZRodes win. siyvaruli vrceli, ukidegano, dausabamo da dausrulebelia, rogorc sicocxle da TviT samyaro. siyvaruls sagangebo dro da adgili ar sWirdeba, aravin icis, sad dagejaxeba, sad dagikravs Tavs. igi yovelTvis Cvens sulsa da gulSia damwyvdeuli, veraviTari tanjva-wameba ver Seasustebs. igi mZleTamZle Zalaa. siyvarulis grZnobaa, mzea, romelic uxvad afrqvevs naTel sxivebs da izidavs misken yvela suldgmuls. mamal pingvins rCeulTan xelis saTxovnelad Wreli, lamazi kenWi miaqvs. swored, imiTi aris siyvaruli maRali, mSvenieri, momxibvleli da sanetaro, rom yvela adamiani ver SeigrZnobs aseT sitkboebas. adamiani var, Svilo, [44]

rezinis guli ki ar midevs mkerdSi da ZarRvebSi _ borjomis wyali. me, Cemo dimitri, 18 wlis viyavi, siyvaruli sigiJemde mwyuroda da miyvarda kidec. pirveli siyvaruli gazafxulis Semosvlas hgavs. Wabukuri imedi udardelad yvaoda, cxovrebis sitkboeba, siame win meloda, radganac vgrZnobdi, masac movwondi. romantikuli sio daqroda, aboboqrebuli siyvarulis gulis cemas lamis sakinZis Rilebi aewyvita, magram vai rom yvelaferi uceb movardnilma mRvrie wylis talRebma waleka. ra damaviwyebs im sanatrel, romantikul, xaverdovan saRamos. soflis TavSeyris adgilas, `birJaze~, gogo-biWebi grZel skamze mtredebiviT Camomsxdarni `fantinobas~ vTamaSobdiT. Tamro, Cemi siyvaruli gverdiT mejda da iRblad mas ergo Cemi kocna. faqizad makoca loyaze, magram dResac maxsovs da magiJebs misi ambori. varskvlavebiT moWedili ca da dairasaviT savse mTvare lamazad dagvnaToda. wamoberili Tbili niavi germis sabaniviT wamogvexura da ufro vnebian netarebas SevigrZnobdi. Tan dedal-mamali mtredebiviT vJRurtulebdiT da amxanagebis saqcielze vicinodiT. Cemi guli netarebas grZnobda, mozRvavebuli pativmoyvareobis talRebSi curavda. gavbede da sulis kankaliT mivaZaxe: _ me uSenod sicocxle ar SemiZlia, Tamro, da leqsic mivayole: `rogor miyvarxar! grZnobebs ver vmalav, mklavs undobloba Seni faruli, riT dagimtkico, ar myofnis Zala, riT dagimtkico es siyvaruli~ (Sandor patefi). Sen Cemi energiis da sicocxlis erTaderTi wyaro xar. gagulisebulma meore dRes, lxinSi, sacekvaod gamoviwvie Cemi ocnebis dedofali. Tavdaviwyebulma [45]

cekvam sulmouTqmelad STanTqa adrindeli gaubedaoba, magram vxedavdi, cekvis dros xSirad gaxedavda xolme Cems amxanags, gelas, romelic gogoebis gverdze idga da mxiarulobda. siyvaruli did codnas moiTxovs. ar ician axalgazrdebma misi gafrTxileba. me misTvis yuradReba ar mimiqcevia da arc daveWvebulvar. icoda, rom me miyvarda. ise, Cemo dimitri, Cemze kargi Sexedulebis iyo, kargi moWidave, CemTan SedarebiT, ufro kargadac cxovrobda, magram uzrdeli gaiZvera iyo. Cems meore amxanags, lamaz, aSoltil SoTasac moswonda Tamro, undoda Semcileboda cekvaSi da daWimuli jixviviT TiTqos sali kldidan gadmoxtomas lamobso, magram Cems Tvalebs rom waawyda, reziniviT moeSva da gamiRima. lxini rom damTavrda, Tamro gverdze gavixme, enis borZikiTa da gulis baga-bugiT siyvaruli avuxseni. igi ukve poetobda da leqsic mivayole: `me Sen miyvarxar TavdaviwyebiT, ram dagaRona, Cemo mimino, Sens lamaz buded gadaviqcevi, Sen mudam CemTan unda ifrino~. win CamoSvebuli kululebi Tavis koxta gaqneviT mxrebs ukan gadaiyara, ironiulad gamiRima, sityva maCuqa _ vnaxoTo _ da gogoebTan iremiviT TavaRebuli gaiqca. verasgziT movarge gasaRebi da ver Sevedi Tamros siyvarulis cxraklitulSi. roca gavige, Tamros da gelas erTmaneTi uyvarTo, guli aduRebul wyalSi Cayrili nacarqaTamasaviT CameTuTqa, kankali daviwye. mowamluli TevziviT vegde gulaRma da karga xans ar myofnida haeri. baRSi mezoblis Zroxam daibRavla, gamovfxizldi da nacemi ZaRliviT wamovdeqi. ocneba momikvda. Tamro CemTvis miuwvdomeli varskvlavi gaxda, romlis elvarebas Sevcicinebdi mxolod. ori nabijic ar mqonda [46]

gadadgmuli, rom gulma reCxi miyo, TavSi erTma azrma gamielva. mTelma sofelma icoda, rom Tamrosa da gelas sagvareuloebi istoriulad gadakidebulebi iyvnen, erTimeores mtrobdnen da sofels ar axsovs, am ori gvaridan erTimeoreze daqorwinebuliyvnen, magram qals Tu dResxvaloobiT SeuCndi da cotac moewone, mis guls aucileblad moinadireb. qali yvelaze veragi da Tanac sacodavi qmnilebaa. siyvaruli ki yvelaze mZleTamZlea cxovrebaSi. soflis axalgazrdoba, biWi Tu gogo, xarbad umzerda Tamros silamazes, Camoqnil tansa da mSvenierebas. is iyo mTvaris anaTali, mtevaniviT Sekruli, nazi, rogorc niavi, wynari, rogorc maisis JuJuna wvima, broweulis yvaviliviT yvaoda misi silamaze. RvTisagan madliT savses, swyuroda cxovrebis wminda wyali, ojaxis Seqmna-patronoba. rom icode, Cemo biWo, sofelSi simdidriT ganTqmuli oja-xis Svils, SoTasac, uyvarda Tamro, romelsac, weRan rom giTxari, cekvis dros undoda Semcileboda da arc gelaze naklebi Sexeduleba hqonda, magram Tamrom uari rom uTxra, indauris CiCaxviviT CamouSva cxviri. man ar icoda, marto simdidre da Sexeduleba siyvaruls rom ar Svelis. Citze gasrolili qva yovelTvis ar xvdeba mizans. Tamro yvelas moswonda da Tvalebs uJuJunebdnen sofelSi da cxinvaleli biWebic. naTqvamia: `Tafli iyos, Torem buzi baRdadidan mofrindebao~. bavSvo, Sen tiri, roca ibadebi, Sen garSemo ki yvela mxiarulobs. icxovre ise, rom Seni cxovreba Rimili iyos da ara _ tanjva. magram, vai rom yovelTvis ase ar xdeba, gangeba gvawers Sublze yvelafers. me mainc varigebdi, Svilo, Cems umanko, spetak pirvel siyvaruls, es gamoucdeli biWi _ me Seni sikeTe msurs, Tamro, Seni gadarCena mwadia. Cems [47]

siyvaruls nu exumrebi. Seni gulisTvis yvelafers gavakeTeb. _ Tamros siyvaruli iseTi lamazi da Zlieri iyo, Tavs makargvinebda da, rom eTqva, loms SeveWidebodi. `rCevis mimcemi imdenia, ramdenic ginda, SemsrulebelTa monaxva ki yovelTvis Wirda~ (lafoni). _ raRac ar momwons gelas saqcieli da ZmakacebSi trabaxi, `sul male muxlebze davaCoqebo~. frTxilad iyavi, gogo. magram is agdebulad icinoda. vicodi, rom Tamros gela uyvarda, misi wyena ar mindoda da vCumdebodi. guli ki raRac cuds migrZnobda, meSinoda, raime saSinelebas ar gadahyroda. siyvaruli xom abrmavebs adamians, SeiZleba ubedurebasac gadahyroda da eWvis Wia guls miRrnida. gamarTlda kidec winaTgrZnoba... acuncrukebulma siyvarulma wamarTva Tamro da bedisweris borbalic ukuRma datrialda. cxeni wyalTan erT kacs mihyavs, magram Tu ar swyuria, ZaliT ori kacic ver daalevinebs. zrdasruli adamianis guli 260 grams iwonis, magram Tavis Wkuaze atarebs yvela simZimis adamians. matyuara, boroti kacisa da uzneo qalis fici ar aris dasajerebeli. siyvaruli did codnas moiTxovs. ar viciT misi gafrTxileba. adamianis azrovneba gulidan, centridan imarTeba, guli sicocxlis simboloa, is pirveli iwyebs sicocxles organizmSi da imitom batonobs adamianze da mis yvela nawilze. guli jiutia da Tavneba. xSirad Cagravs da abuCad igdebs gonebas. sakmarisia gonebam Tundac erTi wuTiT gaimarjvos, aRar moxdeba saSineli ubedurebebi da danaSauli. `guli aris adamianis sulieri da xorcieli sicocxlis SeerTebis adgili, aqedan momdinareobs keTili da boroti zraxvani da qmedebani... guli _ es aris adamianis yvelaze didi siwminde, igia kvarcxlbeki da kanonebis dacvis gareSe [48]

ganvixilavT mas, rogorc sociologiur gamokvlevas!~ (saqarTvelos patriarqi ilia meore). adamianis guli macduria da vin gaugebs mas?! kacis gulidan gamodis yvelanairi boroteba, ukuRmarToba da sikeTec. guls ver amosdeb lagam-aRvirebs! gulSi bwyinavs qriste RmerTi! diax, batonebo, magram, vfiqrob, mxolod is kacia bednieri, visi Tavic meTauri da aRmzrdelia gulis! ra mSvenieria es qveyana, radgan masSi qali aris da Znelia, rTulia Cveni cxovreba mis gareSe. Sen gagimarjos qalo _ RvTaebav, qalo _ RmerTo, qalo _ samoTxev da xSirad jojoxeTo. amboben `eSmaksac hyavs Tavisi angelozi da angelozsac _ Tavisi eSmakio~. adamianis sulSi Casaxuli demoni yovelTvis sisaZagles Caadeninebs adamians, radgan dabadebidan ar arian aramzadebi, avazakebi da moRalateni. isini Semdeg, raRac mizeziT, iqcevian xolme aseTebad. axalgazrda cuds ufro advilad aRiqvams, vidre kargs da, swored, xelmrude, gautaneli da boroti biWi iyo gela, romelic aRzrdis naklovanebas ganicdida da mSoblebis araswori aRzrdiT, maTi cqeriT, xuligani biWebis samWedloSi gamoiwkipa aseTi boroti da daundobeli pirovneba. gulSi Caido Tamros gaupatiureba, mliqvnelobiTa da farisevlobiT Tavi Seayvara mas da isic ise daeyrdno, rogorc brma _ yavarjens. misi unaxaobiT veRar Zlebda. misi ocneba haerSi moTamaSe mercxaliviT mxiarulobda, xolo misi danaxva ise uxaroda, rogorc torolas _ mzis amosvla. siyvarulma daabrmava, eWvi cxramTas iqiT gaeqca. gelas sityvebi saamod elamuneboda smenas, magram mxiaruli, ironiuli Rimili ar moswonda da erTi xanoba gadaifiqra kidec tyeSi gaseirneba, dafrTianebuli Cikotelas `karareikis~ bartyebis wamoyvana, miuxedavad [49]

imisa, Zalian uyvarda maTi WikWiki da maTTan erTad mReroda. galiaSi katam TaTiT rom dauxoca, Zalian dardobda da tiroda. im dRes gakveTilebic ki gaacdina. gelam kargad icoda, erT TiTs Tu moakakvinebda, danarCeni TavisiT moiRuneboda. qameleoni erTaderTi arsebaa, romelsac SeuZlia Tvalebi sxvadasxva mimarTulebiT erTdroulad amoZraos da feri icvalos. gelam mtkivneul fexze fexi daabija: _ maS kargi, raxan ar mendobi, ar gyvarebivar, _ da TiTqos gaebuta, Tavi daRuna nacemi mozveriviT, amoioxra da Tvalebi viTom cremlebiT hqonda savse, cxvirsaxociT moiwminda. rogorc gveli ukeTebs hipnozs msxverpls da pirdapir xaxaSi uvardeba. _ kargi, kargi, nu ibutebi, xom ici, rom miyvarxar, magram vinmem rom dagvinaxos, ras ityvian. sofelSi Wori agordeba. _ ici, rom miyvarxar da colad unda mogiyvano. erTi wlis Semdeg saSualo skolas davamTavreb. vinc ra unda, isa Tqvas, fexebze mkidia. usityvod, aTreuli nabijiT gadadga fexi. ganagrZes tyisken svla. molaRuri totidan totze xtunavda balerinasaviT da Tavis satrfos siyvaruliT mouxmobda, biWo, gio, sad daikarge, Seyvarebulebi modiano. gavarvarebuli mzis disko cecxlovani sxivebiT asaCuqrebda marCenal dedamiwas. midamo Wreli xaliCasaviT gamoiyureboda. daRlili, naseirnebi sio efereboda dapurebul jejils da namalevad ekoneboda qalwulebriv momRimar yayaCoebs. ramden veragobasa da borotebas malavda gelas guli, ise mxiarulobda, TiTqos obligaciaSi didi fuli moegos. Tamros ar SeeZlo mis gulwrfelobaSi eWvis Setana, magram tyesTan rom mividnen, Tamro Sedga, [50]

goneba ugrZnobda, rom guli Secdomas uSvebda da SeebrZola. undoda, tyeSi ar Sesuliyvnen, magram siyvaruls ver ajoba. Tvinierad gahyva Tokmobmuli dekeuliviT. biWis win idga mSvenieri arseba, SeRerebuli, Sededebuli, mkerdsavse qalwuli ubralo CiTis kabaSi da sevda ukrToda TvalebSi, oboli margalitiviT. eSmaki iyo Semjdari gelas mxarze. ra icoda Tamrom, rom gela aseTi gaTaxsirebuli, boroti, daundobeli iyo da sasikvdilod gaimetebda, Torem... siyvaruls did lods miagorebda. ra saSineleba da simwarea, rom vinc Sen giyvars, cocxlad dagmarxavs. `avazakoba Tavis sanatrels roca miaRwevs, mxolod maSin gamoaCens WeSmarit saxes~ (Seqspiri). gelam gaSiSvlebul, fumfula mklavze mohkida Tu ara Tamros xeli, vnebaTa grZnobam vulkaniviT amoafrqvia. rogorc yvela qaliSvili, Tamroc pirvelad ganicdida WeSmarit vnebaTa grZnobas, romelic agiJebs da sisulelisken ubiZgebs da vnebaacetebuli daWrili frinveliviT pirdapir msxverplad uvardeba. Tamros esiamovna `vaJkacis~ xeli da iseTi gznebiT Sexeda gelas, isedac aforiaqebulma mwvaneze wamoawvina. axalgazrdobaSi arsebobs iseTi simwifis zRvari, romlis qmedebas angariSs ar uweven. Tanac awyvetilma siyvarulma gogonas yvelaferi daaviwya da suliT xorcamde gelas miendo. adamians ZaluZs moerios sakuTar Tavs, daiokos Tavisi survilebi da CaixSos sindisis qenjna, magram mas ise uyvarda da endoboda, rom gauWirda qaluri Rirsebis dacva da grZnobebis CaxSoba. ulmobelma bedisweram yvelaferi ukuRmarTad Seatriala. Znelia, gulmSvidad da auRelveblad isaubro mis arakacobaze. rom magondeba, wneva miwevs saSinlad, Svilo. [51]

xedav, Svilo, me asakovani kaci da bevris mnaxveli adamiani var. me araferi gamakvirvebs. rom ityvian, qicic vici da qicmacuric. magram gelas saqcieli ar amomdis Tavidan da arc msmenia aseTi sazizRroba. gela ise daacxra Tamros, TiTqos qorma wiwili igdo brWyalebSio. rom morCa veragul wadils, Tamro SeRonebuli egdo miwaze. gela zeze ar wamodga, ufro gametebiT daawva da Casafrebul Zmakacebs Caustvina. es ki SurisZieba iyo. buCqebSi Casafrebuli nadiri rom gamovardeba da msxverpls daacxreba, ise swrafad gamocvivdnen da mivardnen. Rirsebaayrili Tamro mixvda gelas veragobas, gaibrZola da saxe Camougaza. sindis-namuss TavganwirviT icavda, mTeli ZaliT kioda da ewinaaRmdegeboda, magram ras gaxdeboda Sveli mxecebTan?! Zmakacebi ayefebul vnebebs rom icxrobdnen, gela Soriaxlos idga, icinoda, Tan ise daxtoda, rogorc daWrili gnolis sisxlze gulmojerebuli yvavi. frinvelebma galoba Sewyvites kivilis gagonebaze. kaWkaWi ki fiWvis totebze xtunavda, Tan dasCxaoda, amas ras SvrebiT, nuTu sulieri adamianebi ar xarT. magram ar icoda, rogori gulqvaa adamiani, adamianis Seubralebeli mteria. arc erTi suldgmuli ar Caidens iseT sisaZagles, rogorc samyaros dampyrobeli vaiadamiani. `SemoseT qali wiTeli vardebiT, qali xom trfobis cecxlis alia, nu uRalatebT, guls nuRar atkenT, isic eyofa, rom is qalia!~ (vaSakiZe). arakacebma rom Seisrules sawadeli, Tamro gulwasuli, gaupatiurebuli, SelanZRuli ise miagdes, rogorc cxel silaze dagdebuli damWknari vardi. [52]

Tamro nel-nela gons movida. kabaSemoxeuli, Tma-gawewili, gasisxlianebuli wamoxta da iseTi xmiT iyvira, TiTqos gaxurebul ToneSi agdebeno. mdinarisken gaiqca, TiTqos krazanebis mTeli gundi misdevda ukan, SeSinebuli garboda. gelam ki am dros, warmatebiT kmayofili fexbureTeliviT gaikuntruSa, fiWvis girCs amohkra fexi, waiRiRina. gaTaxsirebul, gulqva, borot arsebas Wkua dauSlida Tu sindisi Seawuxebda. boroteba, biWo, misi aRzrdis da ugulobis Sedegia. mze ki uSurvelad afrqvevda sxivebs, aTbobda da akaSkaSebda codva-madliT damZimebul qveynierebas. aba, Cemo dimitri, ra SeiZleba vuwodoT maT saqciels? _ ra giTxra, papa... _ ai, amitom vambob, ar SeiZleba yvela orfexas adamiani erqvas. sityvac ar moiZebna maT Sesafaseblad. davigviane, biWo, davigviane. xom vicodi gela xuligani, boroti da garyvnili adamiani iyo, raRac saSinelebas Caidenda. misgan kargs arafers velodi. an misma dedam ra unda Tqvas? an ra eTqmis, qvewarmavali vSobeo? `Zvali ganeldes gamxmari, ferfli aduRdes grZnobiTa, mkvdari xarobdes saflavSi kargi Svilebis yoliTa~ (vaJa-fSavela). dimitri, Turme, sikvdilma kacs uTxra, unda mogklao da kacma uTxra, Seni Wkuisgan mjerao. Cemi uyuradRebobis bralia yvelaferi. ver vixseni Cemi siyvaruli, Cemi sicocxle. ai, dagvianebis Sedegic. Tamros bebiam rom miTxra, mayvalam dauZaxao, _ ar mesiamovna, erTi avardnili gogo iyo, samjer ganaTxovari. qmrebs Ralatobda. iseTi avxorci da axurebuli iyo, rogorc wukna ZaRli _ Tebervlis [53]

TveSi. gatenili mkerdi hqonda, gafuebul, fifqia barZayebs dajdomis dros xSirad aCenda da biWebs aRizianebda. biWebma icodnen, rom gelas sayvareli iyo da Tavs ikavebdnen. miuxedavad amisa, Tamros yovelTvis eCurCuleboda, gogo, gelas uyvarxar, xelidan ar gauSvao. kiTxva-kiTxviT gavige, gela da Tamro tyisken miseirnobdneno. soflidan tye axlos iyo, magram TavSi damcecxla, nabijs avuCqare. vai rom ver mivuswari, ver gadavarCine oblis kveri _ Tamro. tyes rom mivuaxlovdi, davinaxe, rom biWebi sicillazRandarobiT moseirnobdnen. davimale, yuri mivugde, magram qari sawinaaRmdegod sisinebda da veraferi gavige. ar gasula ori wuTi, Tamro davinaxe, Tmagawewili, kabaSemoxeuli liaxvisaken garboda. arc davfiqrebulvar, maSinve ukan avedevne, magram Zirs dagdebul xmel tots fexi wamovkari, zRarTani movadine. marjvena fexi metkina. ar SevimCnie, wamovxti da koWlobiT gamovekide, magram mimaswro mdinaresTan, morevs dauwyo Zebna da is iyo unda gadamxtariyo da sikvdilis Jami damdgariyo, rom mTeli ZaliT daviRriale _ Tamro... da SiSisagan xma Camiwyda. moixeda da, rom daminaxa, ise sacodavad Semomxeda, guli CameTuTqa. gamwarebulma TavSi Semoikra xeli da gawewili bRuja Tma pirSi Caitena, cecxlSimoyolili ZroxasaviT SemombRavla, cremlad daiRvara, undoda gadamxveoda, magram Tavi Seikava. axlos mivedi, damSvideba davuwye, gadavexvie. guli ise ucemda, rogorc ZaRlebisgan dakbenil, gamoqceul cikans. Tamro Cemze maRali iyo, cremlebis frqveviT mTlad damisvela mxari. uceb, TiTqos raRac moagondao, gverdze gadga da danaRvlianebulma warmoTaqva: _ eh, Cemo vano, ar dagijere, me gamotvinebulma, da ai, Sedegic, biWo, _ da aqviTinda. [54]

cremlebi gazafxulis wvimasaviT Camosdioda saxeze wurwuriT. uniaTobisaTvis ver daeRwia Tavi. im adamianiviT iyo, sawamlavs rom dalevs da aucileblad unda mokvdes. _ Cemi bralia, Cemi, Tavs ar vicocxleb, biWo. CaiCoqa. wamovayene Tu ara, mkerdze muStebiT damiwyo cema. _ ar dagijere, Sens patiosan siyvaruls sila gavawani, guli mogikali. ra dReSi Cagagde, me ubedurma. _ kargi, Tamro, kargi. gatexil kokas dardiTa da TavSi cemiT ver gaamTeleb. raRac unda movifiqroT, modi CamovsxdeT, _ fexma Semawuxa. _ ra vqna, vano. gulma daCagra goneba, Tavi Semayvara. misi cudi saqcielic kargad meCveneboda. Tan misma Sexedulebamac damabrmava. siyvarulma damimona. Cemi guli me aRar mekuTvnoda, suli da sxeuli mis sakuTrebad gadaiqca. misi danaxva ise mixaroda, rogorc galiaSi damwyvdeul Cits _ Tavisufleba. ar gewyinos, Sendami siyvarulis grZnoba srulad daclili da ganadgurebuli iyo, _ cremlebi CamoRvara da amoioxra. ai, Cemo dimitri, rogori dafiqreba da awon-dawona unda yovelgvar nabijs, miT umetes, qalis. mimino rom Tasmas aiwyvets, arwivi nakuw-nakuw aqcevs. mravali codva-madlis mnaxveli, daRlili mze dasavleTisken taatiT midioda, magram dedamiwas sicocxles unawilebda. dRe miiwura, mTebs mzis sxivebi iisfrad gadaefara da nel-nela siomac wamoyo Tavi, midamo aacekva. mzem cxviri Cayo dasavleTis kunapetiviT Sav RrublebSi. midamo gauferulda. sevdam da mwuxarebam daisadgura dedamiwaze. [55]

_ kargi, wavideT, vano, dRe iwureba, magram sad wavide, ra vqna. vinmem rom daminaxos kabaSemoxeuli, Tmagawewili SenTan erTad, ras ityvian? mayvalas meti ra unda, TviTon saWoraos, Woris xonCa mudam Tavmodgmuli aqvs soflis ambebiT. Cems am dReSi CagdebaSi lomis wili mas miuZRvis. rogorc Semodgomis foTols aitacebs qari da ar icis, sad waiRebs, ise Tamrom ar icoda, sad wasuliyo. Tvalebi ubneldeboda, tani ucaxcaxebda. ZlivsZlivobiT miaTrevda fexebs daRlili, galanZRuli da imedgacruebuli. rom Sevatyve, yoymanobda, alersiani xmiT vuTxari: _ jer SenTan, saxlSi unda mivideT da mere vnaxoT... mzveraviviT fexakrefiT mivdiodi win. Tu vinmes SevamCnevdi, xels maRla avwevdi, rom damaluliyo. ase javriT datvirTulni mivediT mis saxlSi cremlebis RvriT. vano papa fexze wamodga. civma qarma daubera, mTlad Camobnelda, elvamac gaanaTa Semogareni da ise saSinlad daigruxuna, aremare Seazanzara. Sxapuna wvima wamovida. papam maSinve gaixada pijaki da Semomaxvia, magram saxlSi mainc galumpuli mivedi. vano papa ise iyo gadafarebuli Cemze, rogorc arwivi Tavis marTveze. kidev kargi, Cemi dedinacvali saxlSi ar dagvxvda, Torem... gamicina, pijaki gamomarTva, skamze gadakida da daayola: midi, Svilo, tansacmeli gamoicvale, ar gacivdeo da Tavis oTaxSi Sevida. *** uJmuri, amRvreuli dila gaTenda. wvima da qari erTad navardobdnen sofelSi. me tkbilad meZina. papaCemma momaZaxa: [56]

_ gaiRviZe, Se Zilis gudav. adeqi, saqonels Tiva miuyare, mSromelma kacma adgoma Citis afrenas unda daaswroso. me raRac Semamcivna, tanSi mamtvrevs. iqneb buxarSi cecxli daanTo. wamovdgebi, miveficxebi, ofli momiva da kargad gavxdebi. ise, ra saamoa, Svilo, roca cecxli gizgizebs buxarSi. zamTris wyvdiad RameSi gaTbeba gaTiSuli sxeuli. qoTanSi TuxTuxebs wiTeli lobio, qinZsa da nigozTan Sezavebuli. es Raribi, gulgatexili glexisTvis mTeli simdidrea. glexi rom qaTams daklavs, Svilo, unda icode, an qaTamia avad, an _ glexi, an stumari miuvida. Tavisi TavisTvis egre iolad ar imetebs. sicocxle xanmoklea da, Tuki saSualebaa, Sens Tavs pativi unda sce. zogierTi mdidari, yviTelze gagiJebuldamonebuli, isic ki Tavisi pirisTvis ver imetebs. oqros hyavs damonebuli, umatebs da umatebs, misi suli da guli ver ZReba, is ki aviwydeba, rom mokvdavia. rodesac SeekiTxnen msoflioSi yvela drois yvelaze mdidar adamians jon rogferds, romlis kapitali iyo 328 miliardi dolari, kmayofili xarT Tqveni qonebiT, Tu arao, man ganucxada _ ori amdeni, rom meqneba, albaT, maSin viqnebi kmayofilio? zustad aRar maxsovs, mgoni msoflio klasikosis nizam ganjelisaa es leqsi, kargad mismine: `rogor gadidrda yarumi da mainc mokvda axia, isic da misi cxovrebac axla miwaSi marxia. Tumca, sadidma sasaxle aago oqros aguriT, magram ra darCa, _ sikvdili da guli dardiT daguli~. mixvdi, ymawvilo? gaumaZRari da xarbia kacis guli. [57]

saqmes rom morCebi, saWmeli gaacxele, Cveni ojaxidan wasulebs TiTo WiqiT Sendoba vuTxraTo, Tan daayola, naTqvamia: `dilis sauzme colis mziTevsa sjobiao~. _ Seni dedinacvali da mamaSeni naTlobaSi wavidnen da Cems uiRblo siyvarulze dawyebuli mogonebebis gudas pirs movxsni da buxarTan tkbilad viWukWukoT.

*** cxovrebaSi rac ar berdeba, siyvarulia. igi Sobs sicocxles. meore dResve mivedi TamrosTan, im uiRblo bedze dabadebulTan. Cemi fiqrebi Tamros mimarT usaZirkvlod agebuli koSkiviT uceb daingra da gaifanta. unapiro okeanis boboqari talRebi aRimarTa Cvens Soris, magram ra ar xdeba qveyanaze? gana aris sinaTle, romelsac ar axlavs Crdili? Turme, kacma yvelanair tkivils unda gauZlos. eh, ras izam? ase iyo da, albaT, ase iqneba, manam yoveli boroti, RvarZliT savse, ugulo adamiani iarsebebs qveyanaze. zogisTvis cxovreba saaraye qvabiviT TuxTuxebs da gadmodis, bednierebis mwvervalzea Seskupebuli. zogierTs ki mWadic enatreba. es qveyana gleja-fleTis moedania. biWo, vinc gonebiT Zlieria da sindiszec mwyralad aris, is imarjvebs. mdidrebi, qonSi mocuraveni, rodis iyo RatakebisTvis iclidnen da zrunavdnen? Turme yovelwliurad dedamiwaze SimSiliT 13 milioni adamiani iRupeba, maT Soris 12 milioni bavSvi. madloba RmerTs, mze da mTvare marto maTTvis ar amodis. xo, imas vambobdi... is iyo Tamros saxlTan mivedi, unda dameZaxa, rom ezoSi lekvi da knuti davinaxe, romlebic TamaSobdnen da erTmaneTs ealersebodnen. [58]

xan erTi gakotrialdeboda miwaze da xan _ meore. fisom lekvs cxvirSi TaTi Caartya, lekvma wkmutuni daiwyo. fiso dajda, daRonebuli Sehyurebda, es ra Cavidineo, manam lekvma TamaSi ar dauwyo. gavifiqre, es mter-da moyvare roca gaizrdebian, nuTu eyvarebaT erTimeore? magram genebi Tavisas ityvis-meTqi. Cemdauneburad, gameRima, Tumc Rimili yovelTvis ar gamoxatavs sixaruls. am fiqrTa xlarTebSi viyavi gaCxiruli, rom saxlidan Tamros babo, mariami, gamovida. rom daminaxa, ise Semomkivla da TavSi cema daiwyo Tmebgawewilma, rogorc Svilis cxedarze misulma didixnis unaxavma naTesavma. saxlSi rom Sevedi, Tamros ganuyreli, siRaribeSi erTad gazrdili megobari, ivlita, damxvda. oriveni cxvirCamoSvebulebi, gasusulebi, daRonebulebi iyvnen. ivlita fexze wamodga, momesalma. Tamrom ki qviTini daiwyo. me erT adgilze mivejaWve damunjebuli. ra meTqva, riT gamemxnevebina Cemi gulisa da sulis imedi. me xom miyvarda da yovel dRes rom ar damenaxa, ver vZlebdi. rogorc paloze dabmuli cxeni, ise vtrialebdi misi saxlis garSemo. isev ivlitam gamomarida fiqridan da mdgomareobidan gamovZveri. Tamrosa gaufrTxileblobam da axalagzrdulma giJurma siyvarulma tanjva-wameba arguna Tamros da mis gulSematkivrebs, aseve piradad mec. _ modi, biWo vano, Cems gverdze Camojeqi taxtze, _ CaiCoCa da gulCalewilma daiwyo, _ raRac unda viRonoT. xom xedav, erT dReSi ras daemsgavsa, aRarc Wams da aRarc svams, dRe da Rame tiris. Zili ar ekareba. Tvali ar mouxuWavs. mxolod imas gaiZaxis, ar vapatiebo. wavCurCule: Cemo daiko, ivlita, arc aris gasakviri. siyvarulSi motyuebul, gaupatiurebul qalze ufro [59]

saSiSi am qveynad TviT daWrili Zu leopardic ar aris. Tamro icremleboda, kvnesoda. cali TvaliT me gadmomxeda, xelebi saxeze Semoirtya. zeze wamoiWra, giJiviT tirili da sicili erTad moaTavsa da gareT gavarda. iRblad bebiamisi SeefeTa, gadaexvia, kocniTa da tiriliT sul dausvela saxe. sityvebs setyvasaviT ayrida. Zlivs daamSvida SviliSvili. _ ra vqna, rogor unda Seveguo am ubedurebas, miTxari, bebo, _ Sestira Tamrom. mwuxare xmaze me da ivlita gavcvivdiT da, rogorc iyo, davawynareT. saxlSi SemoviyvaneT. Tamros eniT auwereli zizRi hqonda gulSi dagrovili. sityva uZluri iyo am zizRis gamosaxatavad. sarevela balaxiviT amoiglija gelas siyvaruli gulidan. win rom Camovujeqi, nazi siyvaruliTa da naRvliT savse TvalebiT Sevcicinebdi gulCalewili, ra meTqva, riT menugeSebina?! am fiqrebSi CaxlarTuli, umweo ZuZus goWiviT viyavi gatvrenili. Tamro momaCerda, Tavi ver Seikava, cremlebi gadmoyara da slukuniT miTxra: _ mapatie, vano, mapatie, siyvaruli ver dagifase. yovlisSemZle enam damRupa, enam. am uZlieresma iaraRma. `sityva igive Tesli aris, norCi guli _ miwaxnuli~ (akaki). albaT, gamCenma erTmaneTisTvis ar gagvaCina, Torem xom ar ggonia, damaviwyda, mamaCemis mkvlelobis Semdeg, dedaCemic dards gadahyva. bebom gamzarda. ekonomiurad rogor gviWirda. Cumad Tu cxadliv lukmas minawilebdi, erTmaneTs SevcicinebdiT da gviyvarda. Sen ki meubnebi, nu tirixaro. ggonia, marto Cemi ubedureba matirebs?! nuTu ar gesmis, Sen myavxar axla satirali! papaCemma amoioxra, Tvalebi cremlebiT aevso da daiwyo: rogor ar Semiyvardeboda, Svilo, erTad gavizardeT. me rom vinme biWi wamaqcevda, tiroda, [60]

momvardeboda, xom araferi getkinao. beWebsa da Sarvals mtvrisagan misufTavebda. xels Camavlebda, iqaurobas momacilebda. pirveli klasidan erT merxze visxediT, skolaSi erTad davdiodiT. gakveTilebs erTad vswavlobdiT da lukmas vunawilebdiT erTimeores. sicocxliT savse, giJmaJi, kviciviT moTamaSe, erT adgilze ver Cerdeboda vercxliswyaliviT moZravi, mosiyvarule da erTguli iyo. erT dRes skolidan movdiodiT me da Tamro sicil-kiskisiT. ubanSi biWebi Sekrebiliyvnen, xelis gadawevaSi ejibrebodnen erTmaneTs. me da Tamroc mivediT da yureba davuwyeT. gamarjvebuli mezobeli niko movida, xeli gadamxvia da iqve mdgar Cems Tanatol biWze, Saqroze, miTxra, ras ityvi, daeWidebio? me Tamros Sevxede, Tamrom gaicina. daveWide, Tan Tamros gavcqerodi cali TvaliT. igi gafacicebuli gviyurebda. Saqrom ceri gamomkra fexSi da waviforxile. Tamrom loyaze miirtya xeli, vaio, wamoiZaxa da daRonda. muSti damiqnia, Tan sityvac moayola _ midi, vano, midio. me raRac Zala momemata, beWebze davaxeTqe Saqro. Tamro sixarulisgan Sexta da Semoprowialda, xelebi gaSala, movida, gadamexvia da loyaze makoca. xeli momkida da iqve, grZel morze CamovsxediT. momefera, xeli gadamxvia da simRera daiwyo: `am sxivTan erTad, viT angelozi, Camomjdariyo Citi pawia. ustvenda tkbilad, gulSiCamwvdomad, firuzis frTebic farTod gaSala. CemTvis galobda, CemTvis lamobda da am WikWikiT ramdens ambobda! me msgavsi rame jer ar menaxa, isic ar vici, kidev Tu vnaxav~ (lord baironi) [61]

is dResac miyvars da meyvareba sicocxlis bolo wuTamde. ra SemeZlo, biWo, mis siyvaruls gelasadmi ver davasamarebdi. me mas Seuracxyofas ver mivayenebdi, sigiJemde miyvarda, sicocxleze metad da miyvars. Cemi gulis sarkeSi Caixede da mere ise ganmsaje, biWo. bevri maqvs satirali da TavSi sacemi _ Cemi sisustiT Tamroc davRupe da Cemi Tavic. Cems ZarRvebSi patiosani, kacuri, mamapapuri sufTa qarTvel keTilSobilTa sisxli yivis, suli ki aRsavsea patiosnebiTa da siyvaruliT. sibrZne codnis gamo ar eZleva adamians. sibrZne Sen unda aqcio cxovrebis nawilad. isev Tamros saSinel gulistkivils davubrundebi. Tamros gulSi SurisZiebis lursmani CasWedeboda da veRar amoeZro. suliTa da xorciT ganadgurebulma warmoTqva: _ eh, ra Tavawyvetili momavlis imediT kmayofili, netarebiT vcxovrobdi, sicocxlesaviT miyvarda eg garewari. magram, Turme, didxans ar mewera bedniereba. beds, Turme, mware dasaRupi gzisken mivyavdi. arasdros vapatieb im bednierebis warTmevas, romelic RvTaebam maCuqa da mag gaTaxsirebulma arakacma wamarTva da Tavisnair Zmakacebs ZaRliviT daajijgnina Cemi Tavi. suli momiwamla. sicocxle aRar minda. crua wuTisofeli. sindisi mqenjnis, gaigeT, ver vewinaaRmdegebi. guls miklavs damcirebis simware da fexqveS gaTelili Tavmoyvareoba. igi hgavda gzajvaredinze damdgar adamians. saiT wasuliyo, ar icoda. ivlita mivida, Tavze xeli gadausva. _ kargi, Tamro, geyofa. xom xedav ras daemsgavse, rogor fiqrob, Seni sikvdili gelas ewyineba Tu gaaxarebs?! [62]

_ gavaxareb ki ara... Cems gulSi SurisZiebis qariSxali boboqrobs. rom SemeZlos, Cemi xeliT ise siamovnebiT movkveTdi Tavs, rogorc kombostos, magram jerjerobiT ar SemiZlia... _ hoda, nuRar tiri. _ ra vqna, daiko, cremli guls mibrunebs, tkivils miyuCebs da tanjvas mimsubuqebs. _ vici, Cemo kargo, vici, magram tiriliT aRaraferi eSveleba, kokas ver gaamTeleb, Tavi ar unda daiCagro, mtris Tvalebis dasamiweblad, yoCaRad unda moiqce. win aTasnairi CaxlarTuli saqme gelodeba. _ kargi, Tamro, kargi. weRanac giTxari, dardiTa da javriT verafers uSveli. dafiqrebiTa da gonierebiT yvela siZnelis gadalaxva SeuZlia adamians. erT rames girCev, mTlad nu gadaiwurav imeds. erTi imedis Semdeg, meore Cndeba. uimedo adamiani mkvdaria, sicocxle ganumeorebelia da natexia RmerTis sulisa. dro gadis da ar gvelodeba, dro-Jami Tavisas izams. axalgazrda, lamazi gogo xar. Seni bedis karic gaiReba, axal cxovrebas SeeWidebi. _ eh, Cemo ivlita, vis unda namusaxdili. yvela kars didi boqlomi adevs. Sen ar ici, SiSi, gulgatexiloba rogori saSiSi bacilaa da gadadis adamianidan adamianze da akninebs. _ Sen ginda, mec Caviqnio xeli momavalze? ara Cemo kargo, ara, mec SensaviT tanjva-wamebaSi var gazrdili da momavlis imediT vcocxlob. arc egrea saqme. adamians sul gatkepnil, usafrTxo gzaze siaruli ar uweria. ar SeiZleba, erTxel mainc ar waiforxilos. gana xis totebs xisave surviliT amtvreven? ver amCnev, seqtembris balaxiviT rom icvale feri da Wknebi. manam droa, Sens Tavs Sen unda mixedo. Seni gamowerili receptiT unda imkurnalo, mezobeli mezoblis tkivils verasdros ver gaigebs. axla simarTlis povna [63]

iseTive rTulia, rogorc dRisiT caze varskvlavebis danaxva. girCev, TbilisSi wadi, _ ivlitam ipova gamosavali, xsnis gza, Tamro TbilisSi gamgzavrebuliyo Tavis gadarCenis mizniT, _ didi qalaqia, vin icis, Senze uaresi nawameb-natanji ramdeni adamiani cxovrobs, magram Tavs ar iklaven. cxovreba naCuqari cxenia, unda gamoiyeno. sikvdili arasdros gafrTxilebs, rodis gamogkravs fexs. Tbilisi Sen sofeli nu ggonia, Worikana da ugulo, soflis boloSi rom daacemino, soflis TavSi gaigeben, raRac Tamrom kargad ver daaceminao da agordeba Wori. qalaqSi ki Seni Tavi Sen gekuTvnis. niWieri gogo xar, samuSaos miagneb, ar gagiWirdeba. droTa ganmavlobaSi sofelsac miaviwydeba es saSineleba. Tamros imedis wveTi epkura gulze, dagrovil boRmasa da varams sila gaawna, droebiT moiSora da fiqrTa mRvrie morevSi CaZirulma Tavi wamoswia, xelebi saxeze Camoisva, cremlebis zRva Camoirecxa gafiTrebuli saxidan, datyvevebul fiqrebs gza misca, muWSi Caaxvela da danaRvlianebulma daiwyo: _ vcdilob, ivlita, vcdilob, gana ar vici, sibraziTa da tiriliT cecxls ver Cavaqrob. isic xom ici, sixaruli da bedniereba CemTvis aRar arsebobs, magram rom davfiqrdebi, vxvdebi, meti gamosavali ar aris. Cems Canafiqrs, SurisZiebas gloviT verafers vuSveli da Tanaxma var, Seni darigeba davijero. ivlitas wrfelma, guliT naTqvamma sityvam SeaRwia mis daxuruli gulis karSi. ivlitas Zalian gaexarda Tamros gadawyvetileba, TiTqos msjavrdebuls es-esaa Sewyaleba amcneso. _ kargi, dao, dagijereb. rac iqneba, iqneba. amaze meti ubedureba xom ar damemarTeba. magram bebo rogor mivatovo? _ misken gaixeda. [64]

ivlitam Tamro ise Semoabruna, rogorc mzesumziris yvavili ibrunebs xolme pirs mzisken. bebiamisma Tavsafris wveriT cremli moiwminda da gulCangreulma naRvlianad warmoTqva: _ Cemi Tavi jandabas, oRond Sen iyavi kargad, Cemo sicocxlev. Cemi cxovreba tanjva-wamebaSi ZaRlumadurad gavatare, SeCveuli var ukuRmarT cxovrebas. SeniT vcocxlob jer kidev, Cemo erTaderTo guliT damtirebelo, _ da aqviTinda. veRar gauZlo bebos gulsaklav tirils, veluri gaxelebiT wamovarda, xelebi yurebTan miibjina, fanjarasTan mivarda da sadRac usaxelo sivrces gauStera anTebuli, Casisxlianebuli Tvalebi da RapaRupiT Camosdioda cremlebi. ivlitam sityvas brazi Seuria da warmoTqva: _ kargi, geyofaT tirili da TavSi xelis cema. amiT saqmes ar eSveleba. mixaria, Cemo daiko, rom saR azrs daTanxmdi. eh, Cemo dao, bavSvobidan vmegobrobT, erTad varT gazrdilebi, Cveni mama-papanic yovelTvis mxarSi udgnen erTimeores, mxolod erTmaneTis siyvaruls Tu gavixsenebT. ggonia, me ar mwydeba guli Seni wasvliT, magram sicocxle tkbilia da erTxel modis, romelsac didi gafrTxileba unda. naTqvamia, niaxuri xom ar xar, xelmeored amoxvideo. isic ici, mxolod sikvdils araferi eSveleba, Torem, gonieri adamiani Tavis gadarCenis mizniT yvelafers gaakeTebs. oRond ar dagaviwydes, Suagzaze siaruli ar SeiZleba, xifaTs gadaeyrebi. gzis erTo saimedo napiri unda airCio. zemoTac giTxari, Sen niWieri, damjeri, lamazi gogo xar, swor gzas aucileblad ipovi, Tu rwmenas ar dakargav. siyvaruls siZulvili klavs. SeiZleba axal siyvaruls waawyde, Zvels ki qva da RorRi miayaro. [65]

_ eh, Cemo dao, weRanac giTxari, misi siyvaruli mas Semdeg sarevela balaxiviT amoviglije gulidan. mxolod siZulvilma moikalaTa da rom movkvdebi, saiqiosac Tan waviReb. _ kargi, Tamro, kargad ici, aRmarTs daRmarTic mosdevs. ras ar Sexvdeba adamiani cxovrebaSi. Suris seniT Sepyrobil kacunebs arc Wkua-goneba hyofniT, arc sindis-namusi, magaT araferi gamoasworebs sikvdilis garda. raxan damijere da damyabuldi, nuRar geSinia, RmerTi ar gagwiravs, magram nu dagaviwydeba Seni cxovrebis bed-iRbali Sen xar, Senzea damokidebuli. sxvis dakrulze nuRar icekveb. Tamro foTolgacvenili, damWknari yayaCosaviT idga suliT xorcamde Seuracxyofili. uceb, TiTqos sizmridan gamoxtao, mis suls daeufla TavdaWeriloba, qaluri saTnoeba, saxeze imediT alakrulma warmoTqva: _ kargi, Cemo dao, kargi. Sen rom ar myavde gulisSematkivari, ra meSveleboda me ubedurs. yvelaferi gasagebia. amis Semdeg tvins fexs davaWer, naucbaTevad da daufiqreblad arafers gavakeTeb. Seni darigeba meqneba yovelTvis cxovrebis winamZRolad. zedmetad aRar Caverie maT saubarSi, Casvelebuli bavSviviT gatvrenili vusmendi. veRar gavuZeli misi sulis tanjvas, bodiSi movixade, gareT gamovedi. niavma saxe amiloka, mesiamovna, iqvemdgom TuTis xes miveyrdeni. mitovebuli wisqviliviT videqi, daRonebuli, Tmebgawewili. cxvir-piri Camomtiroda. fiqrebSi Sevyavi Tavi. ar vicodi, ra meRona maTi gadawyvetilebis Semdeg. uceb Caxvelebis xma gavigone, Semdeg sityvac mohyva: _ ra iyo, biWo, cxeniviT zezeula gZinavs? [66]

mivixede gaocebulma da Cveni klasis damrigebeli, giorgi, iyo. Cemdauneburad Sarvali gaviswore, dakerebul fexsacmelze davixede. _ modi, Svilo, vano, am skamze CamovsxdeT, _ xeli gaiSvira, _ sibere Tavisas Svreba, fexebi mawuxebs, cotas davisveneb. eh, ra kaci iyo, Svilo. Znelad moiZebneba iseTi didsulovani adamiani: saqarTvelo iyo misi salocavi xati, iyo patiosani, utexi sityvis patroni. misi guli erovnuli Rirsebis, erovnuli siamayis grZnobiT iyo dakodili. mas arc warsulisa da arc momavlis ar eSinoda. `is iyo kaci, viT Sehferis kacsa _ kacoba~ (Seqspiri). sibrZniT datvirTuli idga, qmnida da moRvaweobda. ase icoda, yvela adamians unda axasiaTebdes cxovrebaSi oTxi sikeTeo: sibrZne, simamace, zneoba da samarTlianobao. `adamiani brZendeba ara RoniT, aramed bevri kiTxviT~ (jordano bruno). siyvarulma, niWma da talantma sazRvrebi ar icis. gonebanaTeli, zekaci, erudirebuli, ganswavluli moRvawe, uSurvelad gadascems Tavisi umdidresi codnis salarodan saganZurs qarTveli axalgazrdebis sulieri gajansaRebisaTvis. masSi Cabudebuli iyo qristes aTi mcneba, maTi aRsrulebis Zala da unari. iyo fenomenaluri niWis patroni, sulis sispetakiT, saTnoebiT aRsavse, Sromismoyvare kaci. qudi moixada, ubis jibidan xilabandismagvari didi cxvirsaxoci amoiRo, ofliani Tavi moiwminda, amoioxra da daiwyo: _ nu gagikvirdeba, Svilo, samyaro sikeTesTan erTad aTasnairi ubedurebiTa da arnaxuli sisaZagliTaa datvirTuli. yvela epoqas, dros Tavisi maxasiaTebeli miaqvs da moaqvs. dro ki Tavisi sidinjiT nela miizlazneba. ramden ugvanos, kretins, avazaksa da araadamians itevs qveyana, vin moTvlis. ise, Cemo vano, [67]

yvela pirovnebaSia Casafrebuli sakuTari nadiri da arakacoba. zogi mas Trgunavs, zogi _ vera. amitom Cvenc mudam velur garemoSi gvixdeba cxovreba da moqmedeba. ase daawesa RmerTma, bunebam, keTilSobileba da boroteba mudmivad eqiSpebian erTmaneTs. boroteba mxolod keTilSobilebiT iTrguneba xSirad. magram cxovreba moulodnelobis da faTerakebis grZeli jaWvia. sulieri muxtidan daclili adamiani yovelgvar sisaZagles Caidens. ramden garewars SeuZlia binZuri xeli afaTuros Sens sulSi, vin moTvlis. rom ar arsebobdes boroteba, iarsebebda ki keTilSobileba?! vin icis. borotebas borotebiT ar unda upasuxo, magram aris iseTi sazizRroba Cadenili, marTlmsajulebac ki uZluria mis winaaRmdeg, sikvdilic ki rom miusajos. sindisi? da mxolod sindisi da patiosnebaa amomavali wertili, unda iwamo da icxovro amqveyanaze. cxovrebas ise unda Sexedo, rogorc RvTisgan naboZeb saCuqars. cxovreba viris kudiviT moklea. arc is dagaviwydes, usiyvarulo kaci verc ers argebs da verc _ saqmes. uqalod ki sicocxle warmoudgenelia. rogorc mcenare ver gaZlebs uwylod, aseve adamiani ver icocxlebs siyvarulis gareSe. magram RmerTma maSoros qva vesrolo, lafSi amovsvaro kacis saxeli qalis gulisTvis. amas ki ar unda geubnebode, rogorc maswavlebeli, magram qali Tu Tavisufalia cxovrebaSi, meti ra unda SerCes kacs, Tu ara sitkboeba, Tund erTi wamisa. rogorc napoleoni ambobda: ...qali ukacod igivea, rogorc vardi ubulbulod. zogi qali karg Rvinos hgavs, wlebis matebasTan erTad ukeTesi xdeba. cxovrebaSi aravin icis, xval ra moxdeba, gangeba yovel dRe axal-axal gansacdels amzadebs. Tumc, buneba aTasnair silamazes qmnis, magram es silamaze qaliviT cbieri, gautaneli da daundobelia. [68]

qariSxali yvela xes ver waaqcevs. kargi saxeli ki didi ganZia. yvela adamians aqvs kargic da cudic, gansxvavebulia adamiani adamianisgan. ar gainteresebs, vin iyo, biWo, gelas mama _ mixa? yasbis ZaRliviT Catuknuls, melaZua kacs, Tavi gasieboda da Sig boroteba iyo mxolod Cagubebuli. gveliviT moxerxebuli da saSiSi, gaTaxsirebuli aferisti kaci brZandeboda. qurdsa da qurdbacacas dRe eZina da RamurasaviT Rame qurdobda. kviraobiT cxinvalis bazrobebis gamyidvel osis qalebs atyuebda. iseTi avazaki iyo, yvela cxovelis daundobel Tvisebas aRmouCendi mas sulSi. Tanac iseTi uzneo kaci iyo, qali Tu moewoneboda, vinc ar unda yofiliyo, Tundac Zmis coli, Tofis samizneze Seaskupebda da nebiTa Tu ZaliT Seacdenda, aqoTebul, ayefebul vnebebs icxrobda. misi SiSiT yvelas mucelSi hqonda Cavardnili ena. WinWariviT msusxavi, mouridebeli enis patroni iyo. mis sixarbes sazRvari ar hqonda. mTeli saqarTvelos qoneba rom migeSavebina, mainc ver gaZReboda misi guli. swored, am sixarbem inacvala kidec. cxinvalSi ebraelebTan viTom Zmakacobda, magram qurdebTan iyo Sekruli da am ZmakacobiT maT qonebas asufTavebda. erT dResac qurdebTan saqonlisa da fulis gayofis dros iaferista, ixarba da qurdebma gamouyvanes wirva, ZaRliviT miaxrCes. gelas deda _ Tebro ki, erTi aSari, Worikana, boroti avTvali qalia. visac Tvals daadgams, iseT gulis satken Wors mougonebs, simarTle masTan araferia. kargad icis, ciliswameba yvela sasjelze mwarea da sastiki. yovelgvari sibilwe da ukuRmarToba magaT ojaxSia Cabudebuli, Tavmoyrili da gana SeiZleba, aseTi ojaxis Svili keTilSobili da patiosani aRizardos?! [69]

rodis iyo, niangis kvercxidan farSevangi iCekeboda, an yvavis budidan mercxlis bartyebi frindebodnen. zemoTac aRvniSne, Cemo biWo, gazrda sxvaa da aRzrda kidev _ sxva. pirveli maswavlebeli bavSvis dedaa mxolod, mere _ Cven da misi wre, Zmakacebi. deda yvelaze kargi aRmzrdeli da sanukvaria, mis siyvaruls swavla ar sWirdeba. dedaa Cveni sicocxlis, sibrZnisa da sikeTis saTave. bavSvs yvelaze Zalian deda uyvars da misi naTqvami sjera. mkiTxvelo, erTi patara magaliTi unda mogaxsenoT. Cveulebrivad, erT dRes, SviliSvils, 5 wlis iraklis veTamaSebodiT. bebom bavSvs hkiTxa, erekle, deda ufro giyvars Tu mamao. mamamiss Sexeda, dedamisi iq ar iyo, Cafiqrda da bebos miaZaxa, _ deda mainc deda, baboo. me Tu rame kargis gakeTeba SemiZlia, mSoblebis wyalobiTaa. mamaCemi sasuliero piri iyo, dedaCemic RvTis msaxuri. patiosnebisa da eris siyvarulis mqadageblebis xelSi davvaJkacdi Tu ara, SromaSi Cavebi swavlasTan erTad. cxovrebiT ver davikvexnidiT, magram yvela gaWirvebuls, SeZlebisdagvarad, xels vumarTavdiT, gzas vukvalavdiT. aba, axla miTxari, vin iyvnen Tamros mSoblebi. cxonebuli mamamisi, Tedo, iseTi Ronieri iyo, nals Runavda xeliT da Tanac raionSi WidaobaSi beWdaudebel falavnad iTvleboda. Widaobis dros fexi stkenoda da odnav koWlobda. zneobiTa da garjiT mTel sofelSi iyo cnobili da did pativs scemdnen. koxtad morgebuli qalamnebi, Wrel windebSi Catanebuli galife Sarvali da xalaTze SemoWerili qamriT ulamazesi vaJkaci iyo. samoc welsac ar iyo mitanebuli, gerisTobis dReobidan nasvami modioda Turme RiRiniT saxlSi, viRaca arakacma zurgidan miparviT Tofi esrola. ori dRe [70]

icocxla cxonebulma, sikvdils ebrZoda, ramdenime saaTi mec vamxnevebdi. arc mas sjeroda, rom daiRupeboda, magram sisxli moewamla, eqimebma veRar uSveles. gamomZiebeli ususuri gamodga, mkvlelis kvals ver miakvlia da ampatiosani kacis sikvdili borotebis Camdens xaxviviT SerCa. Tumca, RmerTma ar apatia. vizec eWvobda sofeli, daundobel garewars, mixas, saflavic ar eRirsa. qurdebma did liaxvSi welze qvamobmuli gadaagdes. eg erTi gogo hyavda Tedos da masze amosdioda mze da mTvare. cocxali rom yofiliyo, ver gaubedavdnen eg garewrebi egeT sazizRrobas da rom gaebedaT, saTiTaod miaRrCobda ZaRliviT. bevris momswre da mnaxveli var, Svilo, bevri Wirvaramis gadamtani, magram rwmena arasodes damikargavs, Cemi patiosani sindis-namusisTvis xeli ar mikravs. rogorc iyo, gamoviWire gela, biWo, eg aramzada, uqnara, garyvnili, uwignuri, kunZiviT egdo Cems gakveTilze. rogor movifiqrebdi, Tu aseT saSinelebas Caidenda eg arakaci. ra icoda sawyalma, sacodavma, oblobaSi gazrdilma, patiosanma, niWierma Tamrom, skolaSi Ria karis dros leqsebis niaRvarSi misi leqsebic Tavs rom wamoyofdnen xolme, egreTi veraguli ganzraxva Tu hqonda gulSi dabudebuli. rogorc unda hyvareboda, mag garewars, borots, sazizRar qmnilebas rogor endoboda? es xom warmoudgenelia. mis gulSi, Turme, WianWvelas budeSi SeCxikinebuliviT fuTfuTebda Suri da boroteba, dros ucdida, Sxamiani gveliviT daekbina da naxa Tu ara dro da SemTxveva, misma Tavawyvetilma velurma grZnobam vulkaniviT amoafrqvia da Tamroc Sig moiyola da daasamara. qals yovelTvis gafrTxileba marTebs, vano. magisnair gaTaxsirebul mamakacebs [71]

dasakargi araferi aqvT. Tamrom ar icoda, sad iyo ZaRlis Tavi damarxuli, Torem... rom daminaxa mag nadirma da gaTaxsirebulma, tyuCebze gamkilavi Rimili auTamaSda da gaikriWa. Cems SekiTxvaze, sad xar, biWo, ramdeni xania dageZeb-meTqi, brinjiviT daibna, wamowiTlda, bayayiviT gabera loyebi. ar icoda, ra eTqva, rogor daeZvrina Tavi. miuxedavad imisa, mosuliyo CemTan, movekiTxe, rogor brZandebiT, pativcemul maswavlebeloo, agdebulad miyurebda. me SemiZlia yvela ubedureba gadavitano, garda Rirsebis Selaxvisa. mis saqcielze sibrazisagan guli yelSi momebjina, cecxliviT avenTe, Tavi veRar Sevikave da mkacrad mivaZaxe: _ modi aq, Se sazizRaro, arakaco, es ra Caidine, Se uRmerTo! amis Semdeg adamiani rogor unda giwodos kacma?! arc erTi sulieri ar Caidens aseT sisaZagles, Se adamianis anafxeko. sasamarTlos veqiliviT rom gaqvs ena moqnili da Seayvare Tavi mag codvis kvers, isic vici, tkbili, alersiani sityva zogjer samarTebelze ufro metad sWris, moatyue da boColasaviT mogdevda. Tavawyvetili siyvarulis qariSxalSi moayole, bednierebis okeaneSi egona Tavi Cavardnili. Seayvare da siyvaruls Tavze daeca mexi, rogorc dafaze, ise waSale. magram icode, natkeni gulis Zgeras ver gaeqcevi. gakveTilebze munji TuTiyuSiviT gdixar TvalebdaWyetili, savaJkacod sityva Sen arasodes agilesavs, Sens Wkuamde ver davida, rom wigni patiosnebisa da xelovanTa dedaa, xolo gaunaTlebeli axalgazrda yvela epoqaSi maradiuli wyvdiadisTvisaa ganwiruli. Sen rom nakiTxi iyo, wigni giyvardes, am saSinelebas ar Caidendi. dalocvil gamCens Tavis magivrad mware gogra gamoubams SenTvis. ganaTlebas ki sikeTiT savse misi guli mihyavs taZramde. ramden veragobas malav, Se [72]

sazizRaro. ra unda mogTxovos kacma, sindisi Sen ar gagaCnia da namusi. Sen da sindisi mtrebi xarT erTimeorisa, suliT patara kacuna xar, Se mamaZaRlo. Sen araferi gamogasworebs, xelmeoredac rom daibado, ra ZaRlis naSieric xar, isev is darCebi. Sen mier Cadenil sisaZagles gamarTlebis natamalic ki ar gaaCnia da veranairi wvima, xoSkakala da setyva ver Camorecxavs, Se gaTaxsirebulo arsebav. icode, garyvnileba junglia, mas arc momavali da arc warmavali ar gaaCnia da mamaSeniviT daitanjebi da CaZaRldebi. rogor fiqrob, gapatiebs eg sacodavis kveri? ara mgonia! qali amoucnobi fenomenia da Znelia, Caswvde mis mimalul fiqrebs. qalma Tu kaci Seiyvara da mizans ver miaRwia, Tanac Sennairi sisaZagle Caidina, gaavebul daWril afTarsa da mSier loms daemsgavseba. Se garyvnilo, siyvaruli aris kacobriobis gamravlebisa da ganviTarebis umaRlesi cneba. masze xelis SeSla danaSaulia, igi ioli mosamkali ar aris, igi sicocxlis bolomde aris mokalaTebuli gulis kunWulSi. jer ar dabadebula amqveynad satrfoze, siyvarulze ukeTesi megobari, romelic qals gaaCnia. qals gaaCnia RmerTisagan miniWebuli sikeTe. qali aris mamakacis Tanamgzavri, megobari, meuRle da ara meore naxevari. qalis Rimilsa da cremls bevri vaJkacis sicocxle uxsnia. Tugind Cemi ZmisSvili Tamuna, rogori Sromis moyvare, lamazi, fxiani gogoa. misi meuRle, daTa, janRoniT savse, erTi uqnara loTi iyo, magram, xom xedav, sauRle mozveriviT rogor gamoqna da Ronieri qedi xalisianad miuSvira mZime uRels da ojaxic fexze daayena _ ai, ra aris qali, Svilo, gind agaSenebs da gind dagingrevs yelamde moyurWul cxovrebas. ormxrivi siyvaruli RmerTis saCuqaria da cxovrebis sixaruli. mag garewars Tamro rom SeerTo colad, [73]

sul sxva adamianad gardaiqmneboda, mis sicocxles, cxovrebas fasi miecemoda. Cemi meuRle didad naswavli ar aris, arc silamaziT daikvexnis, magram misi mdidruli suli miyvars, sxeuli ki mxolod WurWelia sulisa. erTimeore SeviyvareT da erTmaneTs gavugeT, erTi ena gamovnaxeT. usiyvarulod ojaxi ver aSendeba, yovelTvis bzari uCndeba. CemTan erTad aris ojaxis erTguli, Svilebis kargi aRmzrdeli, gamgebi da lamazi sulisa da gulis patroni. rom ityvian, qicic icis da qicmacurico. sofelSi yvela pativs scems. misma adamianobam da mxarSi dgomam Semiqmna cxovrebaSi saxeli da qoneba. vesaubrebodi, varigebdi da valdebulic viyavi, Svilo, magram elaparake jors. veubnebodi, modi, gela, rac aris, aris, droebiT colad moiyvane, saidumloebis gasaRebi jer kidev Sen gabaria da unda gaufrTxilde, Tu kidev SegrCa sindis-namusis natamali. mere vnaxoT, xalxi brZenia da gagigebs. mec Sen gverdiT davdgebi. magram, ra sawyenia, roca maxvili sityva regveni msmenelis yurSi kvdeba. Cemi sityvebi Jangdeboda mxolod. giJiviT ikriWeboda. codva-madlis gafuWebul sasworze Seagdo Tamros saqme da bolos momaZaxa _ ra gamitrake saqme, aravis aqvs ufleba, Cems saqmeSi cxviri Cayoso. Caustvina da Tan RiRini daiwyo. misi sityva isariviT momxvda gulSi da piri ise davaRe, rogorc apeurwaWerilma xarma. simwrisgan, Cemdauneburad, cremlebi gadmovRvare da mkvaxed mivaZaxe: _ eh, ra giTxra, Se ugunuro, sacodavo, rogorc mwyeri ar Sejdeba xeze, ise Sengan kaci ar gamova, Se degenerato, arakaco, mTel sofels WiriviT ejavrebi. kaci sikvdilis mosvlamde ar unda mokvdes, ara, SeuSvi yurebSi. `gzis gakvalva da gamarjveba SeiZleba mxolod SromiT da patiosnebiT, zarmacoba, [74]

cuRlutoba, sicrue da siyalbe, adamians adre Tu gvian ueWvelad daRupavs~ (mixeil javaxiSvili). eh, Svilo, qveynad ramdeni garewaria, vin moTvlis, maTi Taflic ki mwareze mwarea. _ gulCalewili wamovedi. is erTaderTi imedis naperwkali, roca vfiqrobdi, rom damijerebda, Tamros droebiT mainc moiyvanda colad, gulsa da suls rom asuldgmulebda, uceb Caiferfla, am usamarTlo samarTalSi ras unda gaxdes kaci. sicocxle sastiki da ucnauria, yovelTvis ver isxams xe nayofis kvirts. ex, verafers gaawyobs kaci regvenTan. qveynad arsebobs uaresze uaresi... dRes tyuilsa da marTals erTi fasi aqvs. Sen ggonia SerCeba eg saSineli umsgavsoba? RmerTi maRalia, uflis wisqvili nela fqvavs, Svilo. naTqvamia, an unda Zmas Zma hgavdes, an kargi Svili mamasao. saubedurod, rac mama iyo, Svilic iseTi gamouvida. sityva gamigrZelda, vano, didi dro gasula, mgoni dagRale. TamrosTan minda Sevide, gavamxnevo, eg sacodavi, uiRblo bedze dabadebuli. Cemi xaTri aqvs, rac ki miTqvams, yvelafers mijerebs. oh, rogori imedi mqonda, umaRles saswavlebels warCinebiT daamTavrebda, gzas gaikvalavda, karg ojaxs Seqmnida, magisgan didi adamianis dadgomas velodi. magram, Turme, bedi da iRbali sxva sasworiT wonida. ra eSveleba, rogor gavamxnevo, ra vurCio, ar vici. aris gulis tkivili, romelic samudamod grCeba. eg xom norCi xe aris, romelsac ayvaveba da nayofis mosxma uweria. ratom unda gaxmes, biWo, ratom... raRac unda viRono. _ pativcemulo maswavlebelo, erTi Txovna maqvs, Tu SeiZleba?.. _ Tqvi, Svilo, Tqvi. [75]

_ modi, nuRar SevalT TamrosTan. iq roca viyavi, sircxvilisagan mkvdris feri edo, tani ise ucaxcaxebda, rogorc wisqvilis sarekeli da saxe kelaptariviT ewvoda. did gulistkivils ganicdis. bedisgan aTvalwunebuli, Tavmoyvare gogoa, Tqvens danaxvaze, SeiZleba ufro cudad gaxdes. isedac gvari da saxeliRa SemorCa, ise CamoWkna, rogorc vardi dekembris susxSi da SeiZleba sananebeli gagixdeT. Cafiqrda da warmoTqva: _ Wkviani biWi xar, kargi sityva bavSvisganac unda miiRo, Tu misaRebia. Sen ki vaJkaci kaci xar da rogor ar dagijero?! Cemnairi gamgoni, RmerTsa vTxov, Svilebi gamogividnen, _ da ulvaSSi CaiRimila. _ meca maqvs saTxovari, ymawvilo. _ gulisjibeSi xeli Caiyo, oci maneTi amoiRo, _ exla meti saSualeba ara maqvs, gasayidic araferi SemomrCa. am verana sicxem yvelaferi mospo da moloka. magaT exla yvelaze Zalian uWirT, ukaco ojaxia. es fuli magaTTvis sicocxlis tolfasia. eh, Svilo, axalagzrdobidanve SromaSi viyavi Cabmuli, guli mewvoda gaWirvebuli kacis gulis tkivilze, me mtkioda gaWirvebulis tkivili, Torem mdidars, ugunurs da gulqvas fexebze ekida misi gaWirveba. dakoJrili xelebiTa da alali guliT rogorc SemeZlo, vexmarebodi gaWirvebul kacs. sofelSi siRaribe Cabudebula. sicxisgan Camxmari balaxi yviTlad moCans, Wanga da WinWari ZaRliviT ikbineba, gaborotebuli gvalva fanjrebze daisis uZravi cecxliviT brialebs, damskdari miwa tuCebs ilokavs. jerjerobiT Cems saxels nu etyvi, keTilma adamianma gadmogqcaTo. yvelaferi xdeba cxovrebaSi, kacma yvela gaWirvebas unda gauZlos, rwmena ar unda davkargoT. rwmenis guTani unda xnavdes yovelTvis. axla unda wavide, _ mZime-mZimed wamodga, xeli CamomarTva, gulCaTuTqulma Rrmad [76]

amoioxra, gulze xeli miido da danaRvlianebulma warmoTqva: _ dro Tavisas Svreba... dro ar gvindobs. guli dameCagra guli, biWo. `Tumc aRar var, rogorc viyavi, rac rom miyvarda, is isev miyvars~ (fridon xalvaSi). eh, Svilo, didi dro aRar damrCenia, guli mRalatobs, biWo. dro axlovdeba, tkbil-mware wuTisofeli xels miqnevs wasayvanad. ar minda Cemi sikvdiliT vinme Sevawuxo. me generali ermilovi ar var, romelmac 50 wliT adre icoda Tavisi cxovrebis yvela detali, gardacvalebis TariRic ki _ 1861 wlis 11 aprili da moemzada, mwyobrSi moiyvana Tavi, gaafrTxila Sinaurebi, rogor eglovaT. arc giorgi maswavlebeli iyo ermolovze naklebi. WKviani iyo da gonieri. yovelTvis dros uswrebda da datova Tavisi nakvalevi, rogorc `mTebze naxtomi xariremis~. _ kargi Svilo, RmerTi iyos Seni Semweo, _ marjvena xeli aswia da guldakodili wavida. maswavlebeli xom eris winamZRvaria, magram rogoric giorgi maswavebeli iyo, iSviaTi da misabaZia, Rrma inteligenturobiTa da gonebis farTo diapazoniT gamoirCeoda sxva maswavleblebTan SedarebiT. aseve erTgulebiTa da siyvaruliT. yvelasTvis erTnairad sapativcemulo: ganaTlebuli, gulkeTili, mTis broliviT sufTa kaci, axalgazrdebis brwyinvale aRmzrdeli, qomagi, mesaidumle, gaWirvebulTa Semwe, samSoblos patrioti, sakuTari Rirsebis Semnaxveli. saqarTvelosTvis hqonda guli Ria da mis siyvarulSi iferfleboda. rom daelaparakebodi, mis mzeraSi udidesi TanagrZnoba, saocari siTbo da adamianoba amoikiTxeboda. niWsa da sulis silamazes scemda pativs, mzesaviT yvelas erTnairad unaTebda da [77]

aTbobda, magram zogierTi ugunuri, garewari, umaduri mis siTbos arafrad agdebda. patiosnebiT mopovebul Sromis oflis TiToeul wveTs pativs scemda, adamianis yuaTiani gamrje Sroma acocxlebda. uTenia dgeboda, Tavis mamulSi balaxs amosvlas ar acdida, SeZlebisdagvarad cxovrobda, sasesxeblad ar midioda. Tan iseTi marTali kaci iyo, vinc ar unda yofiliyo, simarTles ar daukargavda. rasac fiqrobda, imas laparakobda. zogierTiviT veragi da flidi ar iyo, iseTi keTili, marTali gulis kaci Znelad sapovni iyo. iyo adamianebs Soris adamiani. icoda sakuTari Tavis fasi. igi yvela virusze acrili iyo, rac saqarTvelos zians moutans. masTan megobroba sulieri fufuneba iyo. sikeTes gascemda uangarod. maswavlebelTan saubarSi TandaTan wamogvepara sibnele, dRem gamoketa Tavisi daraba da qarmac ena amoidga, xis kenweroebi waaCxuba da aakvnesa. mec dardiT datvirTuli, daboRmili, TamrosTan aRar Sevedi da fexaTreuli wavfarfatdi saxlSi. mkiTxvelo, papaCemi, vano, Tu SeuZlod ar iyo, ase grZeldeboda saubari yoveldRe...

*** borotebam da uzneobam, Svilo, Tu erTxel gaimarjva da ailesa kbilebi, mere mSvidobiT, laRo cxovrebav, manam Tavis borot gulSi dasaxuls yvelafers ar molokavs da bolos ar mouRebs, ar SeCerdeba. gelam Tavis sawadels rom miaRwia da naxa, rom momCivani aravin iyo, iseTi gaTaxsirebuli, araraoba da suliT maxinji iyo, sofelSi, biWebSi xma daagdo: Tamro bozia, sam biWs gagvimaspinZldao. biWebsac meti [78]

ra undodaT, gadareulebi iyvnen uqalobiT da cxinvalidanac ki akiTxavdnen. Zuknas rom aedevnebian qofakebi, ise dasdevdnen im sawyal, patiosnebiT aRsavse gogos. Tamro SiSiT saxlidan veRar gamodioda. soflis Worikana qalebs ras daajerebdi mis `upatiosnebas~, qarborbalasaviT dahqroda da anagvianebda patiosani xalxis sulebs. Tamro grZnobda, rom mis Tavze raRac saSineli Rrubeli Camowoliliyo da dardma da uWmeloba ise daasusta, pepelasaviT farfatebda, metismeti tirilisagan xmeli xesaviT gamomSrali, marto moTqvamda Tavis ubedurebas. Tvalebidan cremlebi aRar Camosdioda, sikvdilis kalos kevrze iyo Seskupebuli. eh, Cemo dimitri, roca qali giyvars da Tan gasaWirSia, guli Semogtiris, sul ginda mis garSemo itrialo paloze dabmuli ulayiviT. ra momasvenemda, ori dRe iyo gasuli, Tamro ar menaxa, Tan fuli mqonda gadasacemi, giorgi maswavlebelma rom damitova. frTxilad davakakune karze da Sevedi. babo mariami gasusuli ijda Tamros gverdze, xeli kalTaSi Caedo, efereboda da imduRreboda. zemoTac aRvniSne, rom daminaxa, ise SemombRavla, rogorc panaSvidze misulma didixnis unaxavma axlobelma. gadamexvia da tirili ganaaxla. cremlebiT mxari damisvela. _ veRar vuZleb, biWo, am saSinelebas, Cemi Tamros tanjvas, ra vqna, ra gavakeTo?! ra ubedurebam ar gadaiara Cems zurgze, magram aseT damcirebul, saSinel mdgomareobaSi ar vyofilvar. Cems danaxvaze sofelSi ise yuCdebian, rogorc micvalebulis kubosTan mjdari Wirisufali. Tavs xom ar moviklav, biWo, exla sWirdeba Cemi Tavi, am uiRblo varskvlavze dabadebuls. xandaxan imasac ki vfiqrob, Cemi meuRlis [79]

danatovari TofiT sicocxles xom ar gamovasalmomeTqi is sazizRari da raRac Zala makavebs. Tamros babo mariami osi iyo, mxne da gamrje qals sofelSi pativs scemdnen, gaWirvebuli adamianebis mfarveli da mSromeli iyo. _ Zalian meZneleba, Sen xar Cemi guliT damtirebeli, magram ra vqnaT, Tavs zeviT Zala aRar aris, wadi, Svilo, TbilisSi, yoCaRi, niWieri gogo xar, rame saqmeSi Caebmebi, ivlitas davujeroT. _ kargi, babo, kargi, waval, magram mTeli suliTa da guliT SenTan viqnebi. me arc davfiqrebulvar, dimitri, uceb wamoviZaxe: _ mec SenTan wamoval, Tamro, _ da yurebamde gavwiTldi, Semdeg enis borZikiT gavagrZele, _ orni viqnebiT, yovelgvar siZneles davZlevT. _ Cemo vano, vici, erTguli xar, giyvarvar. Sen gadamarCine daxrCobas da vici, rom yvelafers gaakeTeb CemTvis, magram Seni Rirsi ar var. ar SemiZlia, Sens siyvaruls, Sens guls mourCenel Wrilobas mivayeneb. ver davfiqrdi, Sens spetak sulSi ver Cavixede, ramxela guli gqonia. gelas Sexedulebam, kargma Widaobam, biWebSi yoCobam da, rac mTavaria, enam damRupa, enam. sityva yofila adamianis damaqceveli, sikeTis momtani da damRupvelic. mezobelma, viTom megobarma, mayvalam, gadamCexa kldeze da xeibari gamxada. mteri ver Caidens iseT sisaZagles, rogorc man Caidina. guSinac giTxari, biWo, gelas sayvareli yofila, Turme, samjer ganaTxovari. gelas davalebiT or dReSi erTxel modioda CvenTan, roca bebiaCemi saxlSi iyo, maSin iwyebda gelas qeba-didebas. erT dResac moxsna gudas Tavi da daiwyo: or weliwadSi saSualos daamTavreb, Tamro, lamazi, niWieri gogo xar, ra viciT, vis gadaeyrebi. TqvenTvis sikeTe msurs, oblobaSi gazrdili gogo xar. gavige, gelas uyvarxar, [80]

xom xedav, rogori vaJkaci biWia, cxovrebiTac ver daiwuneb, mamamisma sakmarisad dautova. gogoebi rogorc Tafls krazana, ise exvevian. Tanac, gavige, cxinvalSi sarfiani samsaxuri uSovia da, rac mTavaria, or gvars Soris mtrobas daesmeba wertili. gaikriWa da daayola, icode, samaWanklo ar dagaviwydeso da bebiaCems gadaxeda. bebom ki me Semomxeda da daayola, ise, mag biWs Cvengan dasawuni araferi aqvso. gamoucdel gogos meti ra unda? jer kidev ar megema siyvarulis SarbaTi. vxedavdi, gogoebi rogor eprunwkebodnen da sityva amovagde, vnaxoT-meTqi. Sexvedrebma da daTaflulma, alersianma sityvebma dRes-xvalaobiT Semayvara Tavi, Cemma gulma kari gauRo. ai, ra mosdevs acundrukebas, daufiqreblobas. es ki yvela gogom unda gaiTvaliswinos, rom bolos sananebeli ar gauxdeT, cxovreba mRelvare mdinarea. ar SevarCen Cems gaubedurebas, lafSi amosvras, vano. SurisZiebis nakverCxali aiRo, misi wamebiT dasja Seinaxa gulSi, mxolod es gaxda misi dasamSvidebeli wamali. _ Tumca, vici, aRar damibrundeba patiosani saxeli da isev Sevuyvardebi vinmes? _ me xom miyvarxar, gogo, yvelaferze Tvals davxuWav. Cems sicocxles uSenod fasi ar aqvs, icode. leqsic mivayole: `rogor miyvarxar grZnobas ver vmalav, mklavs undobloba Seni faruli, riT dagimtkico, ar myofnis Zala, riT dagimtkico es siyvaruli. Cemi ubralo sityvis ar gjera, riT gagifanto eWvi tiali, miyvarxar! Tugind giTxra asjerac, mainc ar gjera Cemi trfiali. ratom oqroTi mdidari ar var, [81]

ar davzogavdi SenTvis aTasebs, Semogavlebdi oqros da qarvas, Semogwiravdi did-did atlasebs~ (Sandor patefi). _ eh, vano, vano, weRanac giTxari, Sen patiosani, niWieri axalgazrda xar, Sens cxovrebas ver gavaubedureb. ras ityvian soflis Woriknebi? _ oRond Sen Tanxmoba miTxari, fexebze davikideb yvelas. wavideT TbilisSi an ruseTSi, an Sen saca mogesurveba, iq vicxovroT, gavcildeT sofels. _ Cemo Tayvanismcemelo, kargad vici, siyvaruli ra aris, magram me Cemi sindis-namusi ar damikargavs, imis miuxedavad, rom am dReSi vimyofebi. SeiZleba fexmZimedac ki viyo... _ magasac Seveguebi, Sens Svils SviliviT gavzrdi, gavufrTxildebi, patiosan moqalaqed gavzrdi. ra vqna, gogo, Sen rom gamoCndebodi, mze maSin amodioda da amodis CemTvis. namdvili siyvarulis gulisTvis bevr rameze Tvalis daxuWvaa SesaZlebeli. aseTi siyvarulis winaSe sikvdilic ki Tavs daxrida. leqsi mivuZRveni: `mze ratom ar var, RrublebSi sadme, me davtovebdi samyaros farTos, Tvals davxuWavdi yvelafrisadmi, rom Sens TvalebSi meqcira marto~ (Sandor patefi). Svilo, dimitri, gadairia Tamro, skamidan wamoxta, gadamexvia, loyaze makoca, gamiRima im naTeli RimiliT, romliTac arasdros gauRimia. qarbuqiviT boboqari gogos gulSi mzem gamoanaTa. _ vaime, Sen Cemo Tavo, es ra mesmis. amas ki aRar movelodi Sengan, biWo, _ xeli damartya gulze da tirili daiwyo. Semdeg cremli SeimSrala da gulamomjdarma, slukuniT daiwyo: _ rogori didsulovani vaJkaci yofilxar, ram damibrmava Tvalebi me ubedurs. Turme ramxela [82]

gulis patroni yofilxar, biWo, ramxela. rogori dafiqreba unda gogos, SexedulebiT ki ar unda Seafaso adamiani, mis sulSi unda Caixedo, gaigo, rogori fqviliT aris mozelili. amis Semdeg unda Seiyvaro. magram axla ukve gviania, Cemo kargo, adrec giTxari, biWo, Seni bedi ar vyofilvar da Tugind momkali. iseT dReSi viyavi, biWo, dimitri, dana rom daekraT, sisxli ar gamoJonavda. ise gavSri da CameTuTqa guli, rogorc aduRebul wyalSi Cayril wiTeli Warxlis foToli. xelis kankaliT ubeSi Senaxuli fuli amoviRe, giorgi maswavlebelma rom gamomatana. amas davumate wina kviras dedaCemis TanxmobiT gayiduli qaTmebis fuli 15 maneTi, enis borZikiT yvelaferi vuambe, maswavlebels danabarebi ver Sevunaxe. didi winaaRmdegobis Semdeg, rogorc iqna daviTanxme da 35 maneTi xelis kankaliT gadaveci. SenTvis dnebodes, SenTvis kvdebodes, SenTvis sicocxles swiravdes, Sen ki Tavs ikavebde, saSinelebaa. `Saqris lerwami Seni tania da eg Tvalebi SavizRvis kide, me bevri dardi amitania da am erT dardsac gavuZleb kidev~ (ioseb griSaSvili) Semovtrialdi da guldakodilma areuli nabijiT davtove iqauroba.

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*** ase yofila da ase iqneba, veraviTari fuliT, veraviTari keTili saqmiT, veraviTari alersiT ver moinadireb qalis guls, Tu TviTon gulma ar ukarnaxa. amboben, sicocxleSi maradiuli araferia, yvelaferi daviwyebis sudariT ibureba da qrebao, magram CemTvis siyvaruli mourCeneli tkivilia, gulis kunWulSia mimaluli, romelic Tavs yovelTvis dagikravs. ramdenjer damsizmrebia, biWo, Tamro TeTrad mosil ulamazes qalwulad, rogorc cxadSi, koWebamde msxvili nawnavebiT, magram yovelTvis siciliT ganze mixtoda, uCinardeboda da me SeSinebuls, Tamros ZaxiliT meRviZeboda. aseTia namdvili siyvaruli, sizmarSic ki gelandeba... siyvaruls yovelTvis uxdidi qiras... Tan fiqrs ras uzam, fiqrs ver moTokav, igi Cemi sicocxlis nawilia. wina dRiT, sanam Tamros gavacilebdiT, babo mariami gelas saxlSi aforiaqebuli kruxiviT mivarda, xoSkakala da qarbuqi daatexa Tavze. _ gela xar, Tu Savi Wiri, miTxari, ra dagiSaveT iseTi, rom Cemi SviliSvili sasikvdiled gaimete, Se murtalo da gaTaxsirebulo. Tu mama-papuri mtrobiT daRupe, Se banditis naSiero, mamis naWamma tyemalma SviliSvils mosWra kbilio, ra SuaSi iyo Tamro, ise rogor gaiwyvite Sublis ZarRvi, sindis-namusi, Se gulmkvdaro, cbierebiTa da mliqvnelobiT Tavi Seayvare mag sacodavs, Svlis nukriviT mogendo oblobaSi gazrdili gogo. romeli suldgmuli Caidenda egreT sisaZagles. motyuebiT waarTvi sawyal gogos qalwuloba, esec ar ikmare, Sennair gaTaxsirebul Zmakacebs ZaRliviT daajijgnine sacodavi gogo. dagvCagre, miwaSi cocxlad Cagvmarxe, [84]

Se garewaro. xom saxalxod xar Casaqoli an Tokze CamosaxrCobi, magram daewvas sawer-kalami axlandel samarTals. Zveli dro iyos, mere geWikWika. exlac amogayofinebdi Tavs viris abanoSi, magram, vai rom Tamro Tavs igiJebs, sasamarTloSi ver viCivleb, ar minda Cemi ubedureba qveyanam gaigoso, me TviTon movuvli mag saqonelso... gela Tofis wamaliviT afeTqda da agdebulad miaZaxa: _ ras mizams, Se bebero ZaRlo, yurebze xaxvi ar damaWras! `dacinva moCans imis TvalebSi Sezavebuli gesliT da wyromiT, arvis Sescqeris is TanagrZnobiT, zed aweria aSkarad mis Subls, rom siyvaruli ar ZaluZs mis suls~. _ aba, ra giTxra amis Semdeg, Taxsiro da araraobav, vin gagzarda egreTi, Se amosawyveto. kidev kargi, Sens kapas dedas eg erTi gvelis wiwili hyavxar, Torem Sennairi kidev mTels sofels mowamlavda da vin icis, ra sazizRrobas Caidenda. rodis iyo, qoris budidan mercxlis bartyebi WikWikebdnen an rodis iyo, akaciis xe xurmas isxamda. rac Seni gaTaxsirebuli, bedovlaTi mama iyo, imasac ki gadaaWarbe, Se araraobav. magram icode, RmerTi ar gapatiebs am saSinel borotebas. uflis Tvali yvelafers xedavs da aTasjer naTelia mzeze. is adamianTa da yvela sulieris gzasa da saqciels xedavs da ggonia gadaurCebi, Se Taxsiro da arakaco? ara, nu geqneba gadarCenis imedi, ise daixrukebi, rogorc cecxlSi Cavardnili virTxa. Seni saqcielis Semdeg kidev SeiZleba adamiani dagiZaxon?! fu, Tqve jilagamosawyvetebo! _ dardiT damZimebuli, cremlebis frqveviT moscilda iqaurobas guldakodili. [85]

ivlita TanagrZnobiT usmenda gulCalewil mariams da sibraluliT yinvaSi moyoliliviT kankalebda. ra eTqva, riT enugeSebina imedgacruebuli, guldakodili da sicocxlegamwarebuli adamiani. TavCaRunuli, damunjebuli misdevda. mariamma gzaSi cremlebis wmendiT daiwyo: _ eh, Svilo, ivlita... _ SeCerda, xeli gulze miido, saxe daemanWa, ZlivsZlivobiT kankaliT warmosTva, _ gulma Cxvleta damiwyo. CamovsxdeT sadme, Svilo. kaklis xis qveS gakeTebul grZel skamze Camosxdnen. uCumrad isxdnen ramdenime wuTiT. suli moiTqva da danaRvlianebulma Tqva: _ Svilo, ivlita, miTxari, ra davaSave aseTi RmerTisa da xalxis winaSe, rom am dReSi Cavvardi. sicocxleSi kargi araferi minaxavs, sul tanjvawamebasa da tirilSi gavatare mTeli cxovreba. Cemi Tamro iyo Cemi sicocxle, Cemi gamxarebeli, Cemi imedi da damtirebeli. yovel kvira eklesiaSi davdiodi, RmerTs SevTxovdi mis bednierebasa da gaxarebas, xedav, gogo, eg imedic anTebuli kelaptariviT Camiqro mag dasamiwebelma. albaT, raRac codo maqvs Cadenili... ra vici, kidev vnaxav Cems Tamros, me uiRblo varskvlavze dabadebuli? suli gaminiavda, Svilo, Zili damekarga. ra vqna, fiqris talRebma wamiRo. mec xom ar wavyve, miTxari, ras gaCumebulxar? ivlitam tirilnarevi, xrinwiani xmiT ZlivsZlivobiT warmoTqva: _ aba ra giTxra, babo mariam, vfiqrob, moxuci rom ar iyo da fexic ar gtkiodes, SeiZleba merCia, ors ufro ar gagiWirdebodaT cxovreba, magram amJamad Sen verafriT Seumsubuqeb mdgomareobas, piriqiT, zedmeti Tavsatexi gauCndeba. [86]

_ marTali xar, Svilo, marTali. aq vegdebi, aqaurobas mivxedav, buxars ar Cavaqrob mtris jinaze. Tu rame SemeZleba, aqedan davexmarebi. oRond Cemi Tamro, Cemi sicocxle, iyos kargad da Cemi Tavi jandabasac wauRia.

*** ori dRis Semdeg, mezoblebis Cumad, me da ivlitam goris rkinigzis sadguridan TbilisSi gavacileT Tamro momcro boxCiT. Svilo, dimitri, ena ver ityvis, kalams ar ZaluZs is gulistkivili, cremlis Rvra, rac erTimeores Soris ganvicadeT. dimitri, ar SemiZlia, ar giTxra erTi monakveTi mainc: matarebeli Camodga Tu ara, Tamrom erTi amxed-damxeda, gamoqanda da rogorc didi xnis unaxav Zvirfas naTesavs, gadamexvia, sul damikocna loyebi, Subli. mis xvevna-kocnaSi ver vgrZnobdi verc vnebaTa siyvaruls, verc daZmurs, verc Secodebis alerss, raRac sul sxva, amouxsneli siyvaruli iyo, romelisTvisac dRemde ver mimignia. gaSterebuli videqi da ise vRelavdi, sunTqva miWirda. ofli wurwuriT Camomdioda, saxe mewvoda. matarebeli rom daiZra, erTi kidev Semomxeda, loyaze xeli momiTaTuna, gulsaklavad amoioxra da vagonSi avida. me daZrul matarebels gavcqerodi, kidev erTxel mindoda damenaxa. xeli mqonda maRla aweuli, magram Tamro aRar gamoCenila. didxans vidgebodi uazrod, ivlita rom ar Semxmianeboda, wavideTo... mivdiodi, magram fiqri mSieri lekviviT amedevna. ra bednieri viqnebodi, Cems beds ZaRli ar dahyefda, Tamro Cemi meuRle rom yofiliyo. cxovrebas azri miecemoda da yovelive siZneles gadavlaxavdiT. mis [87]

warsuls, oblobasa da gaWirvebas qvas mivagorebdiT, gveyoleboda bevri Svili da saxelovan moqalaqeebs aRvuzrdidiT samSoblos. naTqvamia: `kaci bWobda da RmerTi icinodao~. auxdeneli natvra da Camqrali ocneba cxovrebis mRvrie zvirTebSi CaiZira. frTebi daemtvra Cems ocnebebs... Cemo Tavo, vis ucxovria ocnebis gareSe, TviTon sicocxlec ocnebaa. rasac aRaraferi eSveleba, imas aRar unda gamoekido. `namtiralevi mivdivar dResac, sadac ar mival, yvelgan Ramea. netav, Cems gulSi Camogaxeda, ramdeni kvnesa da varamia~ (niko samadaSvili) magram, vai rom egre wavida saqme, Cemi guli _ daRlili, gawamebuli, gaumTelebuli grZnobebiT damZimebuli, erTxans mTel dros ZmakacebSi vatarebdi, Rvinos vsvamdi, vikriWebodi, magram Cems guls sixaruli ar ekareboda. Zlieri siyvaruli didi Wirisufali yofila!

*** Tamro TbilisSi saRamo xans Casula. biWo, gzaSi sabargo matarebeli Cavardnila. sadgurSi auarebeli xalxi ucdida matareblebs, iyo gadaZaxilebi, Jivilxivili, ver gaigebda kaci, vin vis eZaxda. Tamros arc nacnobi hyavda da arc naTesavi. baqanze myofi xalxi nel-nela wavid-wamovida, zogi vagonSi avida da zogic saxlSi an nacnobebsa da naTesavebTan wavida. Tamro udabnoSi SemorCenili xesaviT idga gabruebuli. iqve mdgomma muSam, romelic sazidarze bargs alagebda, miaZaxa, ras dgaxar, gogo, gverdze gaiwi, sadgurSi Sedi, iq mogakiTxaven Senianebio. [88]

Tamros WkuaSi daujda, sadgurSi Sevida. iqauroba gadaWedili iyo xalxiT, arasasiamovno suni trialebda haerSi. bedo, Se ganukiTxvelo _ `uRirss pativs miageb dagmobis nacvlad da devnilia WeSmariti srulyofileba~ (Seqspiri). iqaurobas Tvali miavl-moavlo. Suaxans gadacilebuli qalis gverdiT Tavisufali adgili SeniSna da iqve mokalaTda. mosacdel darbazSi myof mgzavrebs Tvali gadaavlo, iqve savaWro jixurze ulvaSebdagrexili Ripiani, Suaxans mitanebuli, dabali kaci saWmel-sasmelebs hyidda. mis danaxvaze Tamros kuWi aujanyda. mTeli dRe lukma ar gaeReWa. Tamrom erTi cali funTuSa iyida morcxvad. iqve oTxi biWi luds svamda, Tan gamyidvels elaparakebodnen da icinodnen. etyobodaT, soflis nobaTi gaeyidaT, carieli kalaTebi gverdiT elagaT. Tamrom funTuSa rom iyida, biWebma erTimeores gadaxedes. maT Soris yvelaze dabalma, riJam, xanZarSi moyolils rom hgavda, gverdze mdgom Zmakacs xeli waartya da daayola: _ naxe, biWo, ra gogoa, erTi magas Camaxuta. Zmakacma xeli miartya mxarSi da miaZaxa: _ ise, mTlad gamoTayvanebuli ar yofilxar, Cofura, gogos arCeva gcodnia, magram SenisTana boTes muWaze wyals ar dagisxavs, _ xeli wamoartya kiserSi. Tamro Tavis boxCasTan mivida Tu ara, gverdze mjdomi qali gauwyra: _ Svilo, matarebelSi Casxdoma gamoacxades, Sens fuTas Tavi ar davanebe, sadguri savsea jibgirebiTa da qurdebiT, frTxilad iyavi, gogo. soflidan xar, vatyob, pirvelad xar qalaqSi, dabneuli, gakvirvebuli Canxar axladgamoCekili batis WukiviT. _ Tan Cqarobda, tansacmels isworebda, jibeSi bileTs eZebda. rom naxa, damSvidebulma miaZaxa: kargad iyavi [89]

gogoni, Tavs gaufrTxildi, _ da axalgazrduli, Cqari nabijiT wavida matareblisken. Tamro darCa eulad, dabneuli, sulieri tkiviliT damZimebuli. ra gaekeTebina, ar icoda. Sinagani Wriloba verasdros mouSuSdeboda. Tvalwin edga tanjuli da namusayrili Tamro, romelsac sircxvili da Seuracxyofa mudmivad tanjavda, anadgurebda da mxsneli arsad Canda, lokokinasaviT iyo Tavis niJaraSi moqceuli. dRe umisamarTod quCaSi da bazarSi dadioda, mSvelels eZebda, undoda, raime samuSao epova, TavSesafari enaxa. magram sami dRe gavida, sasikeTo araferi Canda da Rame isev vagzalSi aTenebda. aqac kaciSvili xmas aravin scemda, iyo avadmyofi TuTiyuSiviT abuzuli, ufrodaufro itanjeboda, uimedobas Seepyro misi suli da guli. ramdenimejer ifiqra, matarebels Sevuvardebi, Tavs moviklavo, sofelSi ki aRar davbrundebio, magram SurisZieba win kedeliviT aRemarTeboda xolme. diliT, jer kidev skamze mZinares, damlagebelma, Suaxans gadacilebulma qalma gaaRviZa, romelsac saxeze mitklis feri dasdeboda da Ronemixdili da gasavaTebuli iyo. Sewuxebuli, tkivilgareuli xmiT warmoTqva: _ es mesame dRea gakvirdebi, gogoni, raRac did tanjvas ganicdi, getyoba, wasasvleli arsad gaqvs, SveliviT alali da sandomiani gogo xar. Sennair lamaz gogos aq aravin gaaCerebs, saroskipoSi gikraven Tavs. qveyana saSinelebis didi okeanea. verxvis foToliviT rom caxcaxeb, Svilo, xedav im Ripian, RoriviT ukisro, Cafskvnil policiels, Casafrebul mxecs hgavs, rogori TvalebiT giyurebs, buCqebSi gaCxerili gareuli taxiviT abrialebs Tvalebs, gulSi raRac veragobas qsovs, Torem aqamde gagagdebda aqedan an policiis ganyofilebaSi [90]

amogayofinebda Tavs, sadac Cveulebrivad TuxTuxebs `vulkanis lava~. vatyob, gogoni, daRupvis gzaze dgaxar da Svela gWirdeba aucileblad. dasufTavebas movrCebi da wamodi CemTan, saxlSi, erT lukma purs ar dagamadli, Suaze gagiyof da SeZlebisdagvarad Tavs rogorme gadavirCenT am dasaqcev, gautanel qveyanaSi. nu geSinia, Svilo, bediswera Senc gagiRimebs, rwmena ar unda dakargo. _ eh, ra giTxra, deida, Cemi bedisweris gasaRebi didi xnis win davkarge. _ ara, Svilo, jer axalgazrda xar, kargi aRnagobis, lamazi Sexedulebis, cxovreba win gaqvs, nu gadaTelav. Seni bediswera sikeTisaken Sen TviTon unda moipovo da moipoveb kidec, gatyob amis SesaZlebloba gaqvs. Tamros imedis mkrTalma sxivma gaunaTa suli, uflis kalTam Seifara, mis cxovrebaSi axali varskvlavi daibada. sixaruliT aRsavse TvalebiT miapyro mzera da kurcxali cremli gadmougorda marjvena Tvalidan. misma darigebam gaWra, daubrunda imedis rwmena, romelic sicocxlesaviT esaWiroeboda. yoCaRad wamoxta, joxze gakeTebuli sveli tilo CamoarTva da dasufTaveba daiwyo. Tamrom naTela piradi samyaros ganuyofel nawilad miiCnia, romelnic erTi bedisani iyvnen. qarTvelo qalo, Sen SegiZlia sicocxle aCuqo adamians, anda sasikvdilod gaimeto. Sen amoudeqi mxarSi gzaabneul, ufskrulis piras misul, sulCalewil, tanjul axalgazrdas. Sen aRmoCndi misi janmrTelobac da misi sicocxlec, Sen xar misi RmerTi. `kargad ar vici, ra giwodo, Sen, RmerTi Tu adamiani. RmerTi ar xar, radgan dedamiwaze adamianebTan cxovrob, magram adamianebs xom aRematebi mravalgziT~ (berZeni filosofosis naTqvami). [91]

adamiani unda iyos upovarTa, glaxakTa da gzaabneulTa gamkiTxavi da damxmare, magram, vai rom ase ar aris. vis stkiva maTze guli, vis SeuZlia, amoudges mxarSi da SeZlebisdagvarad daexmaros. mxolod maT, visac gamoucdia tanjva-wameba, siRaribe da ubedureba. `giyvardes moyvasi Seni, viTarca Tavi Seni~. Tamros xeli gadaxvia da Caicina: _ amdeni gelaparake da arc ki vici, ra gqvia. _ Tamro, deida. _ me naTela deida damiZaxe, Svilo. nu geSinia, axalgazrda, lamazi gogo xar, getyoba Wkua-gonebac xels giwyobs, cxovrebaSi raRa ar Segxvdeba, magram yvelafers unda gauZlo, zurgze ar unda daece, mSvidi gonebiT unda Sexedo karg ambavsac da cudsac: survili da mondomeba aswavlis xerxs, smenas uorkecebs, Rones umatebs da mizans aRwevs. gana ar vici, dakodili suli yvela Wrilobaze Znelad xorcdeba, magram unda gauZlo, rwmena ar unda dakargo, gogoni. adamians mxolod rwmena da imedi aZlierebs da asuldgmulebs. Sen ra ici, ra cecxlis kalo datrialebula Cems Tavze, magram rwmenas, momavlis imeds gadavurCenivar, yvelafers mogiyvebi, Tamro, dedasaviT migule. me Senze sacodavi viyavi, mTlad oboli, upatrono, uiRblo varskvlavze dabadebuli. bevri ubedureba gadamitania. dawvrilebiT saxlSi mogiyvebi, magram xom xedav, mainc ZaRluri cxovrebiT vcocxlob. sicocxle fasdaudebelia. Tamros raRacis Tqma undoda, piri gaaRo, magram imedCamdgarma ena veRar moitriala, waibutbuta, gmadlobTo, qurdi cremli gadmougorda marcxena Tvalidan da waiCurCula: kidev kargi, mze da mTvare mxolod mdidrebisTvis ar amodis. [92]

_ dilis 7 saaTidan amxela mosacdel darbazs movrCebi Tu ara, sasadiloSi gavrbivar, iqaurobas mivalag-movalageb, WurWels davrecxav, mwyobrSi moviyvan, rom Ripianma, gulqva ufrosma samuSaodan ar damiTxovos, mizezi ar minda mivce. Sen ggonia gapatiebs rames? rodis iyo mdidrebs Ratakebze SestkiodeT guli, piriqiT, magram mainc bednieri var, mzes, mTvares, xalxs vuyureb da arc imeds vkargav. erTi kilometric ar hqondaT gavlili, qvemodan finia ZaRli morboda da yefiTa da wkmutuniT naTelas xelebis lokva, mifereba da TamaSi dauwyo. naTela miefera, xeli gadausva Tavze, Tan gaeTamaSa da miaZaxa, sad daikarge, biWo, guSin rom ar Semxvdi? Semdeg yurebze daxeda, ZaRlebisgan nakbeni, dasisxlianebuli hqonda, Caucucqda, nakbenis sinjva dauwyo. _ patarZalTan iyavi da dagCagra Senma jiSma da jilagma? eh, ras izam, ase yofila da asec iqneba, vinc Zlieria, is imarjvebs yovelTvis. kargi, nu gewyineba, Senc gagiRimebs bedi. _ ise elaparakeboda, rogorc megobars megobari. _ rao, Tamro, ra gakvirvebuli miyureb. cxovrebaSi esaa Cemi erTguli da Cemi amagis damfasebeli. quCaSi vipove, SimSilisagan dalaslasebda, saxlSi waviyvane, davapure, davbane da binis diasaxliss vaCuqe. ra meqna, mTel dRes vmuSaob da xandaxan Tu gaveTamaSebodi. sad mqonda magis dro? daRlil-daqanculi mivegdebodi sawolze, magram man amagi damifasa. Rame Cemi saZinebeli karis ukan eZina da mdarajobda, dRisiT samuSaodan rom movdiodi, gzaSi megebeboda da mlokavda da ai, axlac, xom xedav, rogor gaxarebuli Semxvda. kargi biWia da gzaSi vinmem xmamaRali sityva miTxras, an ZaRlma Semomyefos, egreve zed vardeba, Tavs wiravs CemTvis, romeli orfexa dagicavs da Tavs [93]

sasikvdilod gaimetebs SenTvis... amboben, visac ZaRli da bavSvi ealerseba, is kargi adamianiao. _ qalbatono naTela, sakvirvelia, mainc rogor igebs Tqvens wamosvlas, gzaSi rom gxvdebaT? _ amboben, ZaRls smena adamianeze oTxjer metad ganviTarebuli aqvso, xolo ynosva 37-jero da yvela adamians Tavisi specifikuri suni aqvs, Cemo kargo. ZaRli adamianis ganuyreli megobaria, Cemo Tamar. miuxedavad imisa, rom naTela oblobasa da gaWirvebaSi izrdeboda da saSualo ganaTlebac ver mieRo, bebiamisma qarTuli tradiciebiT gawonasworebuli adamiani aRzarda da amitomac iyo suliT mdidari, sikeTiT savse pirovneba.

*** mkiTxvelo, vano papaze minda visaubro da gavimeoro zogierTi misi naTqvami... mas kviciviT viyavi adevnebuli. imasac uxaroda, TanatoliviT mesaubreboda, yovelTvis marigebda. man Cems cxovrebas didi sikeTe daaCnia da yovelTvis win midgas misi erTguli, damrigebluri, Wkviani saxe. papaCemi, droTa WidilSi daRlil-gatexili, Tavisi warsuliTa da awmyoTi, iseTi patrioti iyo Tavisi qveynisa, sul imas CamCiCinebda, adamians ar aqvs ufleba Tavi daudrikos cxovrebas, miT umetes, qarTvelmao. vano papa ar iyo gulficxi, iyo lamazi, sportuli agebulebisa. Sromisagan dakoJrili xelisgulebi hqonda da majebze daberili ZarRvebi TuTis fesvebiviT uCanda. xelebi ukankalebda, magram jer kidev xoroSinis rkinasaviT gamZle, magari, siamayiTa da RirsebiT savse kaci iyo. iumoris moyvaruli, poeziis Tayvanismcemeli, kargi Tamada, simReris jadoqari, gaWirvebuli adamianebis [94]

qomagi. uyvarda drostareba, megobrebTan puroba, qalebTan garToba. qali ukacod igivea, rogorc vardi ubulbulodo. cxovrebaSi meti ra unda SerCes kacso, Tuki is Tavisufalia, Tu ara sitkboeba da qalTan gancxromao. Tan dasZenda, RmerTma maSoros, Zala vixmaro qalze an qva vesrolo ojaxis kacs mis axlobel qalTan arSiyobisTviso. zomierebis farglebSi yvelaferi kargia. usiyvarulo kaci verc ers rgebs da verc saqmeso. qali iyo da aris yvela STagonebis saTave, bednierebisac da ubedurebisac. uqalod sicocxle warmoudgeneliao. igi gzas unaTebs kacis damZimebul sulsa da gonebas da sicocxles xalisi eZlevao. `qalebi mamakacebis didebuli aRmzrdelebi arian~ (fransi) qali mamakacisTvis sicocxlis mamoZravebeli wyaroa. adamiani araa borotebisTvis gaCenili, igia sicocxlisTvis dabadebuli, magram, vai rom dRes keTili borots ver jobnis. SeiZleba, qali giyvardes, maSinac ki, roca mas ezizRebi. namdvili siyvaruli dro-Jamsac ver axunebs. Tamros siyvaruli Cems gulSi Cauqrobeli koconia, romlis naperwklebi, wlebi gadis, magram nacarwayrili RadariviT ar Camqrala. Tu fiqrob, Tu giyvars, itanjebi, Sen adamiani xar. isic icode, biWo, qals Tu dResxvalaobiT SeuCndi, mis guls aucileblad moinadireb, Tumca qali yvelaze veragi da gveliviT Wkviania, Tanac sacodavi qmnileba. qalma Tu giTxra, gaCerdi, sircxvilia, aravin dagvinaxoso, saqme gaCarxulad CaTvale. ras geRimeba, biWo, suli ar wamiwydes, marTals geubnebi. isic icode, qalis Ralati isea mosalodneli, rogorc maisSi uceb movardnili niaRvari. rasakvirvelia, yvela qali ar SeiZleba Ralatis kevrze Seaskupo. siyvaruls veravin aRudgeba win, is [95]

erTi SexedviTac ki SegiZlia Seiyvaro, guli jiuti da Tavnebaa. Sinaganad unda iyo sufTa da sulieri sijansaRiT savse, siyvarulSi cbierebas adgili ar aqvs. siyvaruli Tavmoyvareobaze Zlieria. siyvaruli afTiaqSi ar iyideba. namdvil siyvaruls verc siSore da verc unaxaoba ver Searyevs. `TviT ukvdavebac ar arsebobs usiyvarulod~ (galaktion tabiZe). ar SeiZleba win aRudge im siyvaruls, romelic SvilisTvis bednierebis momtania, rasakvirvelia, mSobeli valdebulia Svilis bednierebisTvis izrunos, magram imis gulisTvis Tav gaigiJos, Cems Svilze ufrosia da Raribio, es didi ugunureba da Secdomaa, Tu misi momavali bednierebis momtania. adrec mqonda saubari SenTan siyvarulze da bolos getyvi, ecade, gogos rom Seiyvareb, Senze Zalian mas uyvarde. ormxrivi siyvaruli RmerTis saCuqaria da cxovrebis sixaruli. Sen ar gegonos, Svilo, rom me yvelaferi vici an cxovrebaSi Secdoma ar damiSvia. sikvdilamde swavlobs kaci Wkuas. `iSviaTad vxvdebiT gulwrfel, didi nebisyofis adamians, romelic arasdros moixris qeds borotebis winaSe da swori xazidan sul mcire gadaxvevac ki borotmoqmedebad miaCnia~ (balzaki). bavSvi, ZiriTadad, awmyoTi cocxlobs, moxuci warsuliT. papaCems warsulma mocaxcaxe ekraniviT gaurbina da gulCaTuTqulma warmoTqva: _ minda gavixseno, biWo, Cemi bavSvobis daviwyebuli, mtvermiyrili, umowyalo, gulsaklavi cxovrebis Tavgadasavali, romlis mogonebaze yovelTvis cremlad viRvrebi, rom RmerTma ar mapatia: cremlsa da Rimils Soris sifrifana tixaria. es ase moxda: bavSvobaSi, Svilo, nametani celqi viyavi, viqnebodi ase 9-10 wlis, me da Cemi mezobeli da klaseli, viqtori, romelTanac vZma-kacobdi, skolaSic ki SurduliT, [96]

`lagatkiT~ davdi-odiT. gvimTavrdeboda Tu ara gakveTilebi, baRebSi mivdiodiT Citebze `sanadirod~. Cveni damSleli aravin iyo da arc Cven viyaviT `brZenebi~, bavSvuri daufiqreblobiTa da ugunurebiT vxocavdiT bunebis gamacocxlebel, uwyinar mgalobel Citebs, romlebic adamianebs ar gaurbian da soflis meurneobisTvis, xalxisTvis didi sikeTis momtanni arian, radgan yovelgvar mavnebel mwers anadgureben: RobemZvralebi, nibliebi, beRurebi da bulbulebi. vicodiT, roca bulbuli mReroda, Tvalebs xuWavda da maSin veparebodiT. ramdenjer bartyebiani deda mogviklavs da, rasakvirvelia, umweo bartyebic daixocebodnen. CamovikidebdiT monadiresaviT TasmiT qamarze da gagulisebulebi mxiarulad mivabijebdiT sofelSi. Tu vinme dagvinaxavda ufrosebidan, daSlisa da Cxubis magier, piriqiT, gvagulisebdnen, daxe-daxe, monadireebs, ra yoCaRad unadiriaTo. amaTgan kargi monadire dadgebao. ase umowyalod vanadgurebdiT mamlebsa Tu dedlebs bartyebianad. Cvens siglaxes da borotebas ufrosebi aWarbebdnen, daSlis magivrad gvaqezebdnen. Tqven ggoniaT, nanadirevs vWamdiT an rameSi viyenebdiT?! ara, Svilo, meore dResve sanagveze visrodiT katebis Sesaqcevad. amiT ar damTavrebula Cemi ugunuri, bavSvuri, daufiqrebeli saqcieli. erT dRes me da viqtori `nadirobidan~ rom movdiodiT, man sami Citi mokla, me ki ori da didgulad gadmomxedavda xolme gzaSi. is iyo mezoblis saxlTan movediT, mavTulze mercxali ijda Tavis bartyTan erTad. gafrindeboda, gainavardebda, mwers moutanda. bartyi elodeboda, pirdafCenili frTebs Slida, dedas piridan mwers arTmevda. kmayofilebi erTmaneTs eWikWikebodnen. Zmakacze gagulisebuli, mercxlebs mivepare da [97]

SurduliT bartyi movkali. gadairia deda mercxali, gamoqanda, frTebi SxuiliT Tavze damejaxa da Tan damWyivla, bartyi ar amayvanina. albaT, damwyevla, ramdenimejer frTa gamkra saxeSi, albaT, SemafurTxa kidec. xeli rom movisvi, saxe sveli mqonda da mas Semdeg saxe damiWorflianda, veranairma Sinaurma wamalma ver miSvela. rom veRar daminaxa, deda mercxali Zirs Camofrinda, bartys daafrinda, rom mixvda, mkvdari iyo, kamara Sekra, Wyivil-WyiviliT maRla-maRla wavida, SurduliviT daeSva bartyisken da im qvas daenarcxa, romelzec bartyi daeca da SvilTan erTad sulic dalia. viqtorma `vaao~, _ viTom Semaqo, xeli momartya mxarze. gulSi ZarRvi amewva, viqtors xeli vkari, wadi Seni-meTqi... Surduli davamtvrie, zed mivayare da saxlSi gaviqeci. rom wamovizarde, maSin mivxvdi, ra saSinelebas Cavdiodi da bavSvebs vukrZalavdi, Surduls varTmevdi, magram Cemnairebi Zalian cotani iyvnen sofelSi. monadire zogjer mxecze uaresia, rogor unda mokla nadiri an frinveli, roca dedas umweo Svilebi hyavs gasazrdeli?! erT dResac frTamotexili niblia daviWire venaxSi, momeCvena, rom Cits cremlebiT hqonda savse Tvalebi. guli amewva, saxlSi waviyvane, frTaze vumkurnale, rogorc iyo, movarCine da baRSi gavuSvi. TuTis totze Semojda, CaiWikWika, madloba miTxra da gafrinda... zogierTi `adamiani~ yvelaze saSinel cxovelze saSinelia _ Tavis naSiers sicocxles uspobs... Sen ggonia, Svilo, RmerTma mapatia Cemi ugunuri saqcieli?! Cemi pirveli siyvaruli qariSxalma momtaca. Sen mis Sesaxeb ukve mogiyevi. frontidan dasaxiCrebuli rom Camovedi, mamaCemi jafisgan daCaCanakebul-daberebuli damxvda, dedaCems Cemi [98]

ugzo-ukvlod dakargvis Sesaxeb cnoba mieRo da dardisgan gardacvliliyo. ojaxs gamrje diasaxlisi sWirdeboda da mezoblis soflidan gamiriges qali. pirveli biWi gveyola da xom ici, Cemo dimitri, qarTveli kacis ambavi, biWis dabadeba ojaxSi ramxela bednierebaa. iseTi lamazi, TmaxuWuWa biWi iyo Cemi gio, romelic cxra Tvis ukve Tavisuflad dacunculebda da xan erT mezobels mihyavda TavisTan da xan _ meores, Tan saCuqrebs aZlevdnen da eTamaSebodnen. axlac ar vici, ratom veZaxdi mercxalas Cems gios. saxlSi rom ar damxvdeboda, Cemi mercxala sad arismeTqi, gavyvirodi. omi axali damTavrebuli iyo. soflis xalxi Tan gaxarebuli da Tan danaRvlianebuli iyo. saRamoobiT ezoebSi ikribebodnen qalebi Tu kacebi da Woraobdnen. ZiriTadad, omis ambebze saubrobdnen, guls iqarvebdnen. Cveni kinoc es iyo da Teatric. Cemi meuRle nino bavSvTan erTad grZels skamze iyo Camomjdari. gio Zalian mousvenari iyo da iqve daiwyo TamaSi da bancali. uceb waiqca da Tavi im qvaze daartya, romelzec oci wlis win mercxalma moikla Tavi. gamCenma ar mapatia. Svili dameRupa. marto me ar viyavi aseTi `gmiri monadire~. soflis bavSvebi umowyalod xocavdnen yovelgvar frinvels. ispoba da nadgurdeba frinvelTa samyaro. xelisSemSleli da damrigebeli aravin Cans. mSobelma da skolam unda gaiTavisos, bavSvs pataraobidanve Caunergos frinvelTa siyvaruli. bunebasa da wamlobas ver Seeguvnen ulamazesi frinvelebi da Sida qarTlSi maTi nasaxic aRar aris, magaliTad: molaRuri _ `biWo gogias~, rom iZaxda, guguli, kodala, ofofi da sxva mravali... eseni xom bunebis samkaulsa da mSvenebas warmoadgendnen, iyo da Tan mwerebsac anadgurebdnen. vfiqrob, cudi ar iqneba, [99]

mTavrobam raRac kanoni miiRos frinvelTa samyaros gadasarCenad. `simarTles bevri momxre hyavs, magram cota damcveli~ (platoni). yvelas Tavisi kuTxe-kunWuli uyvars, sadac daibade da gaizarde. frinvelebsac ki ar aviwydebaT, sadac daiCiknen da gaizardnen. gazafxulze, daiquxebs Tu ara, yvela Tavis yofil adgilsamyofelSi binadrobs da axali ojaxis gamravlebas iwyebs. im deda mercxals, me rom bartyi movukali, mezoblis Ria aivanze bude hqonda da iq gamoiCeka. im adgilas da mis axlo-maxlo mercxlebi aRar budobdnen. amboben, dro-Jami Tavisi grZeli cocxiT Slis Sens nafexurebso, magram ase ar yofila. sicocxlis fass adamiani sibereSi igebs, Tumca sicocxle yvelas unda, sibere ki aravis... ra guli uZlebs amden javrsa da ugunurebas. ukve movxucdi, guli gonebas daemorCila, sidinje da sibrZne momemata, cxovreba ki midis, rogorc wyali wisqvilis RarSi da Tavis movaleobas asrulebs. wisqvilis qvas atrialebs da ifqveba wlebi. me ki minda, biWo, dimitri, Cemi movaleoba Sevasrulo. adrec gesaubre, yvelaze mZime danakargi dakarguli droa, romelic aRarasdros dagibrundeba. `drom Sedgoma ar icis, wuTi wuTs misdevs, adamianic yovelTvis icvleba da, Tu igi ukeTesi ar gaxda, rasakvirvelia, uaresi unda gamxdariyo~ (r. fidrixi). TiToeul sityvas unda daukvirde. sikvdilamde swavlobs kaci Wkuas. brma qaTamiviT ar unda mihyve cxovrebas. unda iyo Semoqmedi. yvela sityva unda awondawono. Tixis WurWels Rumeli gamocdis, xolo kacs misi saubari da moqmedeba. Sens rwmenasTan erTad sxvis rwmenasac unda sce pativi, urwmuno kaci ki daundobeli da saSiSia. mters uZluri ar unda eCveno. [100]

egec icode, moZalade kacs cxovrebaSi bedniereba ar uweria. saidumloebis gamcemi ndobas dakargavs da sulis megobars verasdros ipovis. wyeulic iyos damsmeni da cilismwamebeli, radgan bevri mSvidobiani, marTali xalxi dauRupavs. ra ganukiTxaoba iyo, Svilo, 1937 wels, trockistebis dros, vin moTvlis? `yoveli drois cilismwameblebs kargad scodniaT, rom adamianis usastikesi dasja mxolod maSin xdeba, roca mas, swored, imaSi sdeb brals, romlis winaaRmdegic Tavad aris~ (k. gamsaxurdia). sindisi da mxolod sindisi aris adamianis Semfasebeli da cxovrebaSi damfasebeli. e.i. sindisi ar unda waeqces, Svilo, kacs.

*** omidan rom davbrundi, aq gavige gelas samSoblosTvis `patriotoba~, jarSi ar wavida, simuliantobda, fexSi cxenis Zuas ikeTebda, usivdeboda, koWlobda da ase gadairCina Tavi Turme. kaci rom danaSauls Caidens da xaxviviT SerCeba, Svilo, mere imas TavSi uvardeba da danaSauls danaSaulze Cadis, Tanac wresgadacilebuli amayia axalgazrdobaSi, Zmakacebs zemodan dascqeris, yvelanair avazakur saqciels ar Takilobs. Sida qarTlis xalxi dResaswauls `gerisTobas~ aRniSnavda. mlocvelebi, visac ra hqonda SeTqmuli `gerisTobas~ wminda giorgis salocavisTvis, Rames uTenebdnen, swiravdnen da qeifobdnen. meore dRes, ZiriTadad, sofel arboSi grZeldeboda. eklesiaSi locva-kurTxevas atarebda mRvdeli. Semdeg grZeldeboda qeifi, dros tareba da gadapatiJebebi da Tavawyvetili cekva-TamaSi, Widaoba. qalaqidan Tu [101]

soflebidan Camodiodnen: naTesavebi, Widaobis falavnebi, axalgazrda gogo-biWebi bedis saZebnelad da, swored, aq xdeboda qal-vaJis mowoneba da aq iTeseboda siyvarulis marcvali, aseve aq xdeboda vaJkacebis gacnoba, ficis micema, Zmoba da megobroba. zogjer SurisZiebis Teslis momtani Cxubi. bevri vaJkaci daRupula am dReobaze. Rvino amCatebs kacs da akargvinebs gonebas. magram es wesi, winaparTa mier dakanonebuli, Zlierad iyo gamjdari muxis fesvebiviT, xalxSi. xalxis damcvelebi, policiis muSakebi yovelTvis yuradRebiT adevnebdnen Tvals, icavdnen wesrigs, magram isinic xom adamianebi arian, maTac undaT danayreba da dros gatareba. Saqro gamomZiebeli ise damTvraliyo, gonebadakarguls kaklis qveS CrdilSi misZineboda. ise fSvinavda, TiTqos cxel fafas uberavso. gela ras daakldeboda dReobas, Tavisi ZmakacebiT, SezarxoSebuli, ZaRluri ynosviT, gogoebis gamoWeras cdilobda. misma erT-erTma Zmakacma, romelic ezoSi wylis dasalevad Sesuliyo, mZinare policieli dainaxa. igi Cqari nabijiT mivida gelasTan, romelic gogos earSiyeboda, saxelo Camoswia da yurSi uCurCula mTvrali gamomZieblis Sesaxeb. _ midi, Temo, xalxSi Seerie, Cxubi atexe, xalxis yuradReba miiqcie, danarCeni me vicio, _ uTxra gelam da mZinare gamomZieblisken frTxili nabijiT wavida. iaraRi amoacala, iqaurobas moscilda ZmakacebTan erTad. Saqrom roca gamoiRviZa da naxa, iaraRi aRar hqonda, gacofda, wamoxta, TiTqos Rvino wveTic ar daelia. waxda kaci, cixe ar ascdeboda. datrialda aqeT-iqiT, miikiTx-moikiTxa, saimedo veraferi gaigo moqeife xalxisgan da daRonebuli isev kaklis qveS qvaze Camojda da fiqrs misca Tavi. [102]

_ ra vqna, aq Cemi ori agenti daborialobs, Tu raime danaSauls miagnes, metyvian. maT gavumxilo iaraRis dakargvis Sesaxeb? yoCaRebi arian, ZaRliviT dageSilebi, ipovian, vinc mompara, magram maTic meSinia, rogorc ar unda gavafrTxilo, mainc miutanen ambavs Cvens ufross da gamibazreben saqmes. suliT avanturistebi arian, enis tartars miCveulebi, Zmas ar daindoben, adamianis tanjva-wameba maT did siamovnebas hgvriT. vici, cixe ar amcdeba. am fiqrTa WidilSi iyo, iqve mcxovrebi saxlidan JriamuliT, sicil-kiskisiT bavSvebi gamocvivdnen. Saqro giJiviT wamovarda, bavSvebs dauZaxa, aq modiTo. hkiTxa, roca meZina, CemTan mosuli xom aravin daginaxavTo? bavSvebma erTimeores Sexedes da gaCumdnen. gamomZieblisTvis ukve gasagebi iyo, raRac icodnen da Saqrom maTSi taniT ufrosi romelic iyo, Tavze xeli gadausva da alersianad, dayvavebiT uTxra: _ Sen pioneri xar, xom Svilo? _ ki, Zia. _ hoo, pioneri yovelTvis simarTles ambobs. bavSvebma wamoiZaxes: _ Cvenc pionerebi varT, biZia, _ erTi-meores aRar acdidnen laparaks, _ ezoSi rom vTamaSobdiT, Tikunam dagvanaxva lurjperangiani, mklavebdakapiwebuli maRali kaci, ubeSi rogor idebda mZinare kacis raRac rkinas, Semdeg Cqari nabijiT wavida. SaqrosTvis ukve yvelaferi gasagebi iyo. naTqvamia, `mindors didi Tvalebi aqvso~. nacnobebidan gaigo, vis ecva lurji perangi da meore dResve, dilaadrian miakiTxa gelas saxlSi. ezos karebi daketili daxvda, daabraxuna, magram xma aravin gasca. mxolod ZaRlma gaigiJa Tavi yefiT. is iyo unda wamosuliyo, mezoblis biWma gamoixeda, Saqros miaZaxa: [103]

_ wuxelis faitoniT moiyvanes mTvrali gela biWebma, albaT, isev sZinavs. gadavxtebi ezoSi da gavaRviZeb. Saqrom Seaguliana: _ ra yoCaRi biWi yofilxar, Svilo, ra gqvia? _ nukri, Zia. _ hoo, me ar vicnob Sens mezobels, rom Semxvdes, ver vicnob, arada aucilebeli saqme maqvs masTan. rogori agebulebisaa da rogor perangs icvams xolme? _ maRalia, Zia, Tma buCqiviT adevs Tavze da cisferi, saxeloebaweuli perangiT dadis. gadavxtebi, Zia, vnaxav. etyoba, dedamisi aq ar aris, Torem aqamde gamoixedeboda. Robes gadaevlo, miaTvalier-moaTvaliera iqauroba, saxlSi Seixeda, rom veravin dainaxa, WiSkris kari gaaRo da Saqros miaZaxa: _ aravin ar aris, Zia. gela xmaurze ZaRlis ynosviT mixvda, raSic iyo saqme, iqve ezoSi didi godori iyo da Tavze Camoimxo, daimala. Saqro gamomZiebelma biWs Tavze xeli gadausva, sityvas alersi gauria: _ miTxres, binas hyidiso, Seval, barem davaTvaliereb. nukrim mxrebi aiCeCa: _ ar gamigia, binas Tu hyidis, magram mibrZandiT, daaTvaliereT. Saqrom saeWvo veraferi naxa, saxlSi aravin iyo. gaifiqra, gamaswro, mag parazitmao. is iyo gareT gamovida, unda wasuliyo, magram gulma raRac reCxi uyo, ukan Setrialda. moeCvena, TiTqos godori gainZra. fexi waartya damxobil godors, magram ar gadabrunda. orive xeli daavlo, maRla aswia da ras xedavs, gela Cacucquliyo da kankalebda buCqebSi mimaluli kurdReliviT, mgeli rom daadgeba Tavze da veRar [104]

inZreva SiSisgan. gamomZiebeli iaraRiT rom dainaxa, daundobelma, sazizRarma qmnilebam, bavSviviT daiRrija, xvewna dauwyo: _ ar momkla, vici ratomac moxvedi. iaraRi Cemma Zmakacma waiRo. gamiSvi da xval, sadac metyvi, iq mogitan. gamomZiebelma gaiRima da mkacrad miaZaxa: _ eg nakmazi Sens wiwilebs dauyare, Semotrialdi, Se avazako, Seni deda... _ gacofebulma Saqrom naTxovari nagani ferdSi miartya. ikadra erT dros amayma, ugulo, Tavxedma gelam, xelebi gauSvira borkilis dasadebad. Saqros ar awyobda saqmis gaxmaureba, gelas sasamarTlosTvis gadacema. sam TveSi pensiaze gadioda. umwikvlo muSaobisTvis maRali pensia unda daeniSnaT. ufrosTan moiTaTbira da droebiT, xulignobis muxliT cixeSi amoayofines gelas Tavi. mkiTxvelo, es is gelaa, Tamros damRupveli. ukeTurobis cecxlma ver daferfla samarTlianobis rkinis kedeli. vera da ver aTqmevines gelas, sad hqonda Senaxuli iaraRi an romel Zmakacs misca. oCani viriviT iyo gajiutebuli. mxolod imas gaiZaxoda, mTvrali viyavi da aRar maxsovso. Zneli misaxvedri ar aris, rom am profesiis adamianebs gulis magivrad sipi qva udevT mkerdSi. sakanSi `nasetka~ Seugzavnes. yvelam icodes ukeTuroba, Ralati mudam ganwirulia isev arakacis xeliT. simarTle Tavisi Zlevamosili kverTxiT dadis da moqmedebs, simarTlis kverTxs veravin dalewavs. miTiuri qalRmerTi `Temida~ akontrolebs. gela sakanSi Seagdes Tu ara, iqaurobas amayad gadaavlo Tvali, xelis aweviT miesalma damxvdurebs da uTqmelad Tavisufal adgilze, narze Camojda. saknis mayurebels, axalgazrda `karg biWs~, momaval [105]

`qurds~ eZina. sakanSi myof danarCen patimrebs Tavi CaeRunaT, qeSad miSterebodnen gelas. aq sityva Zviri iyo, mayureblis gareSe. gela ki ise ibRvireboda, Casafrebul mxecs hgavda. saknis karebis xmaurze levos, metsaxelad `lomas~ gaeRviZa. axali patimari rom dainaxa, naridan Camoxta, saxeze wyali Seisxa, grZel magidasTan Camojda da TiTiT aniSna, Cems pirdapir Camojeqio. rom gaigo gelas policielisTvis iaraRi moepara, gaicina da daayola: _ vaa, maladec, jigari yofilxar, _ xeli miartya mxarze. gela gayoCaRda, trabaxi daiwyo, Tuki ram sazizRroba hqonda Cadenili, yvelaferi Camofqva, Tamros ambavic ar daiviwya. Tavisi WkuiT, undoda, vaJkacad waredgina Tavisi regveni Tavi, magram motyuvda. cixe simarTlis skolaa, mosamarTle ise rom msjelobdes, rogorc braldebulebi da sasjels gamoutandes damnaSaves, danaSauli nulamde davidoda. `lomas~ feri ramdenimejer Seecvala. patimrebma erTmaneTs Sexedes da avismomaswavebli siCume Camovarda. xmas veravin iRebda, ZuZus goWebiviT gatvrindnen. axlovdeboda gelas gankiTxvis dRe. aris periodi, situacia, kaci tyuiliT ufro gaiTqvams sakuTar Tavs, vidre maSin, roca simarTles RaRadebs. gela qaluri gumaniT da gaRletili policielis alRoTi mixvda, raRac saqme ar iyo kargad da xafangSi momwyvdeuli virTxasaviT acecebda Tvalebs. Suaxans gadacilebulma, sandomianma mxne pirovnebam, romelic gaflangvaze ijda, gelas miaZaxa _ da gyavs, veran? rom uTxra arao, cudiao, _ mkacrad miaZaxa, _ Se parazito, eg ra Cagidenia, rogor gaaubedure [106]

qaliSvili gogo da isic samma, Se parazito, Se Taxsiro da naZirala, mxecic ki ar Caidens amgvar sazizRrobas. nuTu marTla qarTveli xar, _ da lomas gadaxeda, ras ityviso. loma fexze wamoiWra, gelas miaZaxa _ ox, me Seni dedao, Sen ra, aq bordeli xom ar ggoniao, es cixea SennairebisTvis gamosasworeblado da mama-papuri sila uTavaza ybaSi. gela wamoxta, ZaRliviT SehRrina, xeli unda gaertya, magram motyuvda _ mis gverdze myofma patimarma pledi gadaafara Tavze. gelas jinSi Cayrili simindiviT sacexvelasaviT dauwyes muStebiT cema. igi mgeliviT Rrialebda, magram, sanam Zirs ar daeca da Tav-piri ar gausisxlianda, ar moeSvnen. xmauris gagonebaze morige policielma daabraxuna karze, ra ambaviao. Seixeda da patimrebmac miaZaxes, es sazizRroba aqedan mogvacile, sanam ar CagviZaRlebiao. gela sacodavad gamoiyureboda. erTi saaTis win yelmoRerebuls, `vaJkacobis~ Camdens, ise Camoeyara mxrebi, rogorc mwife balze Camokidebul safrTxobelas. igi saknidan gaiyvanes. gaigo Tu ara es ambebi Saqro gamomZiebelma, saqme Caawyo da cixidan gamoiyvana. saqme sasamarTlomde ar miiyvana da iaraRic daibruna. gela acrili RoriviT gadarCa sikvdilsa da sasjels. gelas wasvlis Semdeg, mixeilma axalgazrda, gamxdar, gasacodavebul nodars miaZaxa, romelic indauris moparvisTvis ijda da meore Tve iwureboda, erTad isxdnen sakanSi: _ Sen ratom ar daartyi muSti im garewars? _ Zia mixeil, 20 wlis vxdebi da jer adamianisTvis sila ar gamirtyams, raRa waqceuli kacisTvis damewyo cema, Tqven ra, daakeliT? [107]

_ Sen axalgamoCekili WuWuliviT gikvirs yvelaferi. es qveyana ucodveli nu ggonia. cxovreba didi tanjva-wamebisa da sixarulis moedania. bunebaSi yovelTvis Zlieri imarjvebs, sacodavi ki sacodavad rCeba. Cveni kameris mayurebeli ganaTlebuli axalgazrdaa, magram, etyoba, cxovrebam umuxTla, veRar daaRwia Tavi mrude gzas. Sen, Svilo, raRa dagemarTa, ram gaiZula, rom qurdoba Caidine, mezobels indauri mohpare, maSin, rodesac mnaxvelTagan mogdis nair-nair saWmeli? _ mec ver gaverkvie, Zia, raSia saqme, eqvssulian ojaxs gaWirvebiT vinaxavdi, avadmyofi deda da umcrosi oTxi da moagonda SimSilisagan gamxdargasacodavebulebi, tansacmelmiglejilmoglejilebi da cremlebi gadmoscvivda. _ kargi-kargi, dasicxuli mozveriviT nu Camokide Tavi. nu geSinia, RmerTi didia, Senc gadmogxedavs. nodarma igrZno adamianis siTbo da imedismomcemi sityvebi, yvelaferi uambo. mkiTxvelo, nodari sofel ergneTidan, mamisaanTubnidan iyo. mama meore msoflio omSi daeRupa. darCnen: deda da xuTi Svili. nodari ufrosi iyo. ojaxs Zalian uWirda. mxolod 17 wlis nodaris jamagiriT irCendnen Tavs. nodari ebrael moSesTan iyo mojamagired cxinvalSi da lukma-purs awvdida ojaxs. igi bavSvobaSi mezoblis TuTidan Camovarda da marcxena fexiT koWlobda. misi ori da bazarSi civ wyals hyidda WiqebiT. aRebuli kapikebiT dedis wamlebs yidulobdnen. moSes sami mojamagire hyavda, ori biWi da erTic _ gogo. ori maRazia hqonda, erTi bazarSi, meore _ qalaqis centrSi da Tan ganTqmul `cexaviks~ saamqro hqonda gaxsnili, Custebs akervinebda daqiravebul muSebs. omi axali damTavrebuli iyo da daxocili meomrebis gadayril [108]

Ceqmebsa da dabalyelian fexsacmelebs vagonebiT ezideboda da sxvadasxva raionSi momuSave saamqroebis ufrosebsac amaragebda. saqarTveloSi am Cia, kafandara kacs, romelic 50 kilosac ar iwonida, did saqmosnad da fulis mSovnel kacad icnobdnen da pativs scemdnen, cxinvalis policiaSi da obkomSiac ki Tanamdebobis pirebTan kudi hqonda gamonasvkuli. mdidari Tu xar, Senc kargi xar da Seni _ STamomavlobac, xolo Tu Raribi xar, rogori ganswavlulic unda iyo da ra didi STamomavlobis patroni, mainc ar giSvelis araferi. fuli, simdidre iyo, aris da, albaT, darCeba yvelas baton-patronad. Cemi gagebiT ki, vfiqrob, mTavaria sulieri simdidre da ara fuli da qoneba. Tu cota Tavis gadarCenis saSualeba gaqvs. magram moSe iyo Zunwze Zunwi, mojamagireebs roca moesurveboda, jamagirs maSin aZlevda. vin iyo xmis gamcemi aburdnul saxelmwifoSi?! SimSili da ganukiTxaoba mefobda, roca Canaxi simindi aTasi maneTi Rirda, moSes ki specialurad gakeTebuli mozrdili saTavso hqonda ezoSi, sadac blomad yiyinebdnen batebi da indaurebi. axali weli modioda, visac ra SeeZlo, omis periodSi miviwyebul dResaswauls glexoba Zveleburad xvdeboda. nodaris ojaxs arc araferi gaaCnda, ra unda gaemzadebina? moSemac jamagiri daugviana. nodarma cdunebas ver gauZlo da moSes didi mamali indauri saTavsodan Cumad waiyvana da gaifiqra, Tu gamigebs, jamagiridan damikavoso. saxlSi rom mivida, bavSvebma taSi Semokres, gauxardaT, axal wels Cvenc daviyenebTo. dedamisma ki almacerad Sexeda nodars da naRvliani kiloTi uTxra: ar damRupo, Svilo, vin mogca? nodari Seyovnda. mas sicocxleSi tyuili ar eTqva. misdauneburad gauRima [109]

da enis borZikiT warmoTqva: ufrosma momca, xelfasSi damikavebso. magram erTi kviris Semdeg, vai rom, tyuilma gamoyo fexebi da nodari cixeSi aRmoCnda. moSes ebraelma Zmakacebma gaiges Tu ara, saxlSi miuvardnen. isakam sul daibdRvna sibrazisagan yvelaferi da mkacrad miaZaxa: _ es ra Cagidenia, Se marTla uria, indauris gamo, rogor gaimete sawyali biWi cixisTvis. sad iswavle an sad gaigone, ebraels kaci cixisTvis gaemetebinos, isic `qafari~ qarTveli. Se boTe, ras ityvian Cveni Toris winamZRolebi, SeiZleba ToraSic aRar SegiSvan, Cven xom qarTvelebisgan gvidgas suli da mandariniviT vfcqvniT sawyal xalxs, maneTian saqonels sam maneTad vayidebT da yvelanair sisaZagleze Cumdebian, Cven ki vmdidrdebiT da vmdidrdebiT. binebic kargi gvaqvs da fulic blomad da oqroc. sxva Zmakacebmac aubes mxari: _ marTalia iasaka da sjobia, manam ar gabazrebula, sasamarTlo ar yofila, axlave unda Cakla eg saqme, rac unda dajdes, eg biWi cixidan unda gamouSva, es Cveni erisTvisaa saWiro. Tan mosakiTxi miawode, `qsivi~ werili Segzavne, biWi daaimede da ojaxs daxmarebac gauwie. sanam saqmes ar moagvareb, Cven Tu rameSi varT saWiro, gvimsaxure. sityvas CavagdebT bazarSi, ebraelma moSem Tavisi TanamSromeli qarTveli cixidan ixsnao. sityvas ki, ici, ra Zala aqvs, Senma mzem. amiT or kurdRels daviWerT. WkuaSi daujda moSes, datrialda es Zunwi kaci, aRar dainana fuli. oTxi Tvis Semdeg ise moSesTan Sromobda nodari erTgulad da TavdaviwyebiT. biWi iyo, vinmes gaebeda, moSeze cudi ram eTqva, laye kvercxiviT Seaskdeboda. [110]

ramdeni awon-dawona unda saqmis swori gziT wayvanas, erTi Secdomis daSveba SeiZleba satanjveli da cxvirSi sacemi gagixdes Sens cxovrebaSi.

*** ra bawarmobmuli mousvenari mozveriviT ukan-ukan iqaCebi, gamoadgi fexebi, dRes cota adre unda mivideT saxlSi. rom movdiodiT, Tebrom boroti TvaliT Segxeda, mizezi araferi mogidos. _ ki papa, Sen rogorc ityvi, ekali SemerWo fexSi, erT adgilas qalamani maqvs gacveTili. _ amaswinaT amogiwani qalamani, dReobisTvis ginaxavdi da raxan gacviTe, saxlSi rom mivalT, mogcem da Caicvi. dRes oriode sityviT patriotobaze, samSobloze unda gesaubro.

*** kargad daimaxsovre, dimitri, samSoblo adamianisTvis yovelgvar amindSi samSoblo aris! qarTvel kacs uyvars Tavisi qveyana, viT axalSobils _ dedis ZuZu. saqarTvelo samyaroSi erTi iyo da erTad darCeba patiosnebis etalonad, rogorc dedis ZuZui ar gaicvleba sxvazeda. `minda gagzardo lomis bokverad da ara mfrTxali, rogorc kurdReli, aha, samSoblo, Svili erTguli, daadgi Seni mZime uReli~ (Temur CalabaSvili). `bedi yvelas TviTon masve ekuTvnis, mxedars mklavze hkidia, mwerals kalmis wverze, muSas grdemlze udevs, glexs mklavze hkidia da momRerals [111]

yelSi uzis, Tu igi ver ipovne, sxvas nu daabraleb, bedovlaTi xar da ver gamoiyene~ (m. javaxiSvili). `yovelTvis ia-vardiT ar iqneba Cveni cxovreba mofenili. Cven vflangavT dros da Sedegze ar vfiqrobT. sxvis tkivilze, sxvis zurgze SejdomiT sakuTari bednierebis mopoveba codvaa. sityva gamigrZelda, Svilo, rac guls miRrRnis da mwared mawuxebs, Cveni valia, Sens Zmas, Tornikes mivxedoT. Zmas yovelTvis Zmurad unda moeqce, mxarSi unda amoudge. es ki Sen ufro SegiZlia. erTad iTamaSeT, ufro Seayvare Tavi da yvelafers dagijerebs. Cven rom axla xeli vkraT, ra viciT, rogor gzas daadgeba, rogor yulfSi gayofs Tavs?! Tebros cqera daRupavs bavSvs. ramdenic ginda efero, mainc martis TvesaviT aris, erTi wuTiT karg xasiaTzea, eg SeCvenebuli, meore wuTiT mtris kars misi gabrazeba da saqcieli. qali ojaxis mebairaxtre unda iyos, Svili unda gawvrTnas da aRzardos misi sulieri mxare, skolasTan erTad, magram gana yovelTvis mSoblisa da maswavleblis bralia bavSvis arasworad aRzrda? bavSvis aRzrda-Camoyalibebaze mis megobrebs, mis wres didi gavlena aqvs. adamiani angelozad ibadeba, magram sazogadoeba xandaxan borotad zrdis. _ rac SemeZleba, yvelafers gavakeTeb, papa. _ madloba, Svilo, amqveynad gamgon Svilze ukeTesi araferia. Tu kaci upiroa, misi arc sityva uqnia RmerTs da arc saqme. Tu vicocxleb, SenTvis vicocxleb. cota ram mec gamaCnia, Zvirfasi nivTebi, omidan wamoRebuli oqro-vercxli, romelic Cems garda aravin icis da Sen getyvi mxolod, SenTvis miCuqebia. sikvdil-sicocxle adamianis mudmivi Tanamgzavria, aravin icis, rodis gamokravs fexs. `Sen gagimarjos, sikvdilo, sicocxle Svenobs SeniTa~ (vaJa). [112]

Sen male saSualo skolas daamTavreb, gza gagexsneba axali cxovrebisaken, davaJkacdebi, dacolSvildebi. ra ar Segxvdeba cxovrebaSi, kargica da cudic. cxovrebas Tavi ar unda dauxaro, rwmenis guTani unda xnavdes yovelTvis. patiosnad SeZenili cxovreba yvelaze gemrieli da dauyvedrebelia. da, rac mTavaria, codniT, Svilo, yvelafers kargs miaRwev. wigni unda Seiyvaro, biWo, wigni, yvelaze didi damrigebeli da cxovrebaSi sikeTisaken gzis gamkvalavi. wigns sicocxleSi araviTari ganZi ar Seedreba! `rom aSeno, unda icode, rom icode, unda iswavlo~ (stalini). swavla cxovrebis ganuyofeli nawili da didi sikeTis momtania. siyvaruli ki yvela axalgazrdis gulSi budobs, magram igi xandaxan dagubebuli wyaliviTaa da, Tu gasasvleli naxa, Tavs aiwyvets, yvelafers Tan waiRebs, rac win gadaeRobeba, arafers moerideba. sityva ar daemTavrebina, rom Cemi dedinacvlis wivil-kivili gavigoneT. SeSinebuli gamovcvivdiT oTaxidan. xboze mobmuli TokisTvis Caevlo xeli da Tavisken eqaCeboda, magram ver Zalavda, isev ZuZus moswovad iwevda da Tan miaTrevda Cems dedinacvals. rom daminaxa, damwyevla, Se jandasamiwebelo, xbo ver daabi wesierad, aiwyvita, Zroxas jiqanSi rZe aRar aqvso. me veRar moviTmine, gavepasuxe, Tqven daabiT da me rad mabralebT-meTqi. erTi amas uyureo da joxi mesrola, Tavi gamitexa. papaCemma miaZaxa, ras Svrebi, qalo, ra dagemarTa, qali xar, Tu qajio, jibidan mozrdili pirsawmendi amoiRo, sisxli momwminda, saxlSi Semiyvana, wyalSi daasvela, mtkivan adgilze damado. momefera: _ naTqvamia, virisgan wixli sawyeni ar aris. rogori gazrdilic aris da rogorc esmis, ise iqceva. xom xedav, rogor `auSva afrebi~. eg iseTi gamousworebeli [113]

qmnilebaa, urduls ver daadebs namusis karebs, _ Tqva dardiani xmiT papaCemma. marTlac, mezoblebisac ar moerida, Cemma dedinacvalma lanZRvas gaukvala sadinari da dedali koRosaviT mwared ikbineboda, arafris rcxvenoda. `sircxvili adamianis mimarT kargi grZnobaa, magram ukeTesia, sircxvili sakuTari Tavis mimarT gagaCndes~ (tolstoi). mis wivilsa da yvirils qari TanaugrZnobda, iRrineboda, afTariviT kbilebs akraWunebda, gagiJebuli cxeniviT Wixvinebda. vano papa mocilebiT, gverdze iyo gamdgari, sibrazisagan damunjebuls saxeze mkvdris feri edo. Tvalebidan gabrazebuli doqiviT cremlebs gulsaklavad afrqvevda. Tan simwriT ofli wurwuriT Camosdioda, dasicxuli xariviT qSenda. Cveni siCumiT dagvimorCila da enas ise iqnevda, rogorc kargi vaJkaci _ brZolaSi xmals. Zalas, rogorc wesi, Tan sdevs siamaye da gamarjvebuli mxedariviT amayad gadmogvxedavda xolme. mamaCemi nasvami iyo, meuRlis damSvidebis nacvlad, gineba dagviwyo, mkvdari da cocxali aRar dagvitova. vityodi rames da kai Citsac daviWerdi. mamaCemis gamosarCleba dedinacvals gulze malamosaviT edeboda da eRimeboda. gulCaTuTqul papaCems Tavi daexara, simwriT qveda tuCs ukbina. cxvir-piri gaqucul babuawveras ugavda. amis Semdeg, papaCemma, rogorc iyo, mamaCemi fxizeli gamoiWira da usayvedura: _ ar SeiZleba, Svilo, meuRlis, Tebros Cadenili saqcielis gamarTleba. egre rogor dagimona, biWo. ras ityvian mezoblebi. cota Wkuas mouxme, Svilo. ra zis mag Sens uZiro sulSi, rom ver SevaRwie. arasodes [114]

getyvi, cols gascildi-meTqi, Svili gyavT, man ra daaSava, dedac uyvars da mamac, magram Seni kacobis fasi Tu ar ici, nametani codo yofilxar da SenTan laparaki zedmetia. papaCemi suliT Zlieri iyo. mefereboda, manugeSebda: _ nu geSinia, Cemo biWo, marTalia, mama-papaTa sakuTari Weri Camogvengra, me aq gamCerebeli aRar var. meSinia, xifaTs arafers gadaveyaro, Svilo, magram guls nu gaitex, me SenTan var, jer kidev cocxali, gonebanaTeli. Cemo biWo, Cems dasTan wavideT tirZnisSi, gaexardeba. iq vicxovroT. skolac iq ukeTesia. daamTavreb. me gverdze geyolebi. sanam cocxali var, arafers gagiWirveb, Cemo sicocxlev, _ maimedebda da mjeroda kidec misi, rom me viyavi misTvis sicocxleze meti da Seasrula kidevac Tavisi sityva. *** cxovrebaSi mec myavda, Svilo, Wkuis damrigebeli da misi wyalobiT didi Secdoma ar damiSvia. is, rom bavSvobaSi yofiliyo Cemi aRmzrdeli, mercxlis mokvlis ambavi rom mogiyevi, im saSinel umsgavsobas ar Cavidendi, romelic dResac laqad acxia Cems sulsa da guls. gamCenmac ar mapatia. yovelTvis Tvalwin midgas leqso papa. is iyo: Tvaladi, tanadi, mxne, didsulovani, gonebanaTeli, bunebisagan uxvad dajildoebuli kaci, magram amave dros nametani xaTriani da morcxvi. mis tanjul TvalebSi sikeTe iyo Cabudebuli. axali cxovrebis sio dastakeboda, bolSeviki gamxdariyo, magram Zalian keTili da sulgrZeli kaci iyo. sul bolSevikebis qebaSi iyo, Cven rom ar gagvemarjva, axlac batonebis mojamagireebi [115]

viqnebodiTo. RmerTma acxonos, yovelTvis pativiscemiT vixseneb da aRdgomas, saflavze gasvlisas, sanTelsac vunTeb, kvercxsac gavugoreb, Rvinis Wiqas wavuqcev, Sesandobars vityvi xolme. CemTan mosvla uyvarda, cxonebuls, miuxedavad imisa, rom papad mekuTvnoda, rogorc tolsa da megobars, Tavis dardsa da varams gadamiSlida, javrs iqarvebda. erT dRes saxlSi damibara, ukve logins iyo mijaWvuli. mivedi Tu ara, gamiRima bavSvuri, Tvinieri RimiliT, skamze mimiTiTa, axlos moitane, dajeqio. ramdenime wuTi xmas ar iRebda, iseTi gulsaklavi TvalebiT Semomcqeroda, TiTqos Cems sulSi eZebda imedis naperwkals da dadardianebulma, naRvlianma, gulistkiviliT, enis borZikiT warmoTqva: _ vici, Cemi dReebi daTvlilia, Svilo, miqelgabriels xeli aqvs CabRujuli wasayvanad. Sen gandob Cems saidumlos, vici, ar miRalateb. oTxmocdaxuTi wlis gavxdi guSin. sityva aravisTan damiZravs, _ da isev gaCumda. erTi wuTi micqeroda naRvliani TvalebiT, gulSi damwyvdeul boqlomdadebuli saidumlos gasaRebi xelSi eWira, gaeRo Tu ar gaeRo, am fiqrTa WidilSi iyo. me Cavaxvele, fiqrebidan gamoxta, xeli Caiqnia, xmas gasaqani misca da naRvlianma daiwyo: _ daviRale, biWo, davCaCanakdi da sikvdilamde minda movaswro da gTxovo, rom Cems Svils mixedo. Cemi mezobeli gogias biWi, leqso, Cemi Svilia, _ wamowiTlda, qveda yba auTamaSda, sacodavi ieri miiRo, cremlebma gamoJona Tvalebidan da ganagrZo, _ me da gogias meuRles nucas, RmerTma acxonos misi suli, bavSvobidan gviyvarda erTmaneTi. xom gaxsovs, biWo, rogori lamazi, saTno da didsulovani qali iyo. [116]

_ rogor ara, Zia leqso. mgoni WleqiT gardaicvala... _ ki, Svilo, ki. ver aitana uCemoba, siyvaruls ver ajoba, tirilsa da avadmyofobaSi gaatara sicocxle. ocdaaTi wlis iyo, roca gardaicvala. rac icocxla, Svilis, leqsos siyvarulma acocxla. kargad maxsovs, Tbilisidan axali Camosuli viyavi da SemTxveviT Sevxvdi, bavSvi eWira xelSi, meuRlesTan erTad iyo. rom daminaxa, gawiTlda, bavSvi miixuta, mkerdze dauwyo kocna, magrZnobina, Sen gkocnio. eh, siRaribes ra vuTxari, oblobaSi viyavi gazrdili, Rarib-Rataki. miuxedavad imisa, rom gogias aTi TabaxiT vjobdi _ silamaziT, aRnagobiT, niWierebiT, swavliT, zrdilobiTa Tu adamianobiT, magram nucas mSoblebma gogias qoneba amjobines da usiyvarulod, ZaldatanebiT miaTxoves. kargad icodnen, rom me da nucas erTmaneTi gagiJebiT gviyvarda, magram fulma ajoba siyvaruls. daqorwinebis wina dRiT, nucam rogorc iyo moixelTa, Semxvda da miTxra: _ leqso, Cemo sicocxlev, Cemo siyvarulo, mSoblebs winaaRmdegoba ver gavuwie, veraferi gavawyve da erT gamosavals mivageni, amaRam SenTan moval, raimes movimizezeb, minda, qalwuloba Sen gaCuqo, Sen iyavi Cemi pirveli mamakaci, Tu davfexmZimdebi, Cems sicocxles fasi miecema da Cemze bednieri cxovrebaSi aravin iqneba. Tu biWi SemeZina, Sens saxels davarqmev, biWo, Sens saxels, leqsos da Sennair mosiyvarule vaJkacs gavzrdi, _ Camexuta, cremlad daiRvara, mec matira. biWi eyola, vano, biWi da Cemi saxeli daarqva. ha, ras ityvi, Seni Zmakaci leqso mgavs?! _ Seni ganaWeria, Zia leqso, Seni. _ hoda imisTvis mogiyevi es ambavi, rom Seni imedi maqvs, cxovrebaSi ra vici, ra moxdeba, Sen yoCaRi [117]

axalgazrda xar, Tanac Cemi Zmakaci, _ gamiRima, _ mxarSi amoudeqi, CemsaviT morcxvi da Tavmoyvare biWia. xom ici, dedinacvali TvalSi nacario. nucas Svili eyola Tu ara, maSinve movcildi aqaurobas. xom ici soflis Woriknebis ambavi. coli ar momiyvania, ise davberdi. raRac groSebi da nivTebi maqvs gadanaxuli, Sen dagitoveb da gTxov, mas moaxmaro. aba, daifice RmerTisa da xatis winaSe, Cems mamobas nu gaumxel. Cems leqsos... _ cremlebiT gaevso Tvalebi, yelSi sityva gaeCxira, amoixriala, Tvalebi Wers miapyro da gaTavda kaci. misi danabarebi Sevasrule erTis gamoklebiT, saidumlo Sen gagimxile, Svilo.

*** sofel tirZnisSi axali wlis wina Rames erTi metri Tovli movida da yinvac zed miayola, Tovlsa da yinulis loloebs xis totebi daezniqaT, veRar uZlebdnen da TandaTanobiT cviodnen. frinvelTa samyaro Sewuxebuli xidan xeze xtunavda CxaviliT da sakvebis ZebnaSi iyo garTuli. wisqvilis ruze mdinare yinulis napirebs urcxvad lokavda da Tavawyvetili RarSi mieqaneboda. CqafuniT ejaxeboda borblebs da Sxefebs aqeT-iqiT isroda, rogorc maRlidan gadmovardnil damsxvreul brolis natexebs. wisqvilSi safqvavis rigi idga, miuxedavad imisa, sami Tvali muSaobda. glexoba SeZlebisdagvarad emzadeboda. vinc ki SeZlebuli glexi iyo, winaswar daeWira Tadarigi, damSvidebuli gamoiyureboda. axali wlis wina Rames yvelas undoda, gamoecxo `dedas puri~. da iyo Toneze sicil-kiskisi. diasaxlisi yvela bavSvis saxelze `basilas~ acxobda, xolo [118]

gasaTxovari gogoebisTvis `bedis kvers~. sofelSi iyo mxiaruleba, gadaZaxili da Roris Wyvitini. Tu glexi SeZlebulia da ori Rori hyavs, SedarebiT pataras axal wels klavs da mezoblebTan erTad dros atarebs. sofelSi, ZiriTadad, ZveliT axal wels iyeneben. gigucac, wesisamebr, ZveliT axal wels aRniSnavda. qarTveli kacisTvis axali weli yvelaze didi dResaswaulia da arafers iSurebs stumrisTvis, gadanaxul tkbileuls da produqts da, rac mTavaria, moxarSuli Roris Tavs dingi unda hqondes aweuli sufraze. glexi yovelTvis ver imetebs Tavisi TavisTvis nebier cxovrebas. adrec aRvniSne, glexi rom qaTams daklavs, an glexia avad an _ qaTami. tetunaanT gigucas ezoSi saaraye qvabiT wyali TuxTuxebda, naperwklebs isroda, iqve xuTfuTiani Rori ise Wyvitinebda, mTel samezoblos esmoda. ori vaJkaci daswoloda, Zlivs ikavebda, miuxedavad imisa, rom xanjali hqonda gayrili mkerdSi, etyoboda, guls ascdenoda. gigucas ar undoda, TviTon daekla, patara goWi gazarda, efereboda. isic rom dainaxavda, WyvitiniT ukan dasdevda, Cqara maWameo. giguca iZulebuli gaxda, saxlidan gamovarda, xanjali gamoarTva da Rors daartya Tu ara, erTi gaakankala da gaCumda. gigucam Sublidan ofli moiwminda da damkvlels usayvedura, yvela saqmes codna unda, jielo, mxarze xeli mouTaTuna da meuRles gasZaxa, spilenZis samlitriani Cafi da tomara moitane, uceb gavasufTavebTo. Roris `panaSvidze~ (ase eZaxian sofelSi, xumrobiT) gigucas oTxi mezobeli hyavda dapatiJebuli da erTic imerliSvili mixa (tatala), romelic mevele iyo. aseve ori damxmare, Roris damkvlev-gamputavi. sul Svidma kacma moiyara Tavi, magram sufraze rom dasxdnen da qeifi daiwyes, [119]

damxmare biWebmac Sindis gaTlil totebze wamocmuli mwvadi rom Semoitanes, sufraze daupatiJebeli ori mezobli kacic Semoemata. jer garedan dauZaxes, giguca, stumrebs ar miiRebo? gigucamac SeipatiJa. sofelSi xandaxan Roris dakvlis dros imdeni daupatiJebeli stumari moiyris Tavs, patrons mxolod salaRa rCeba. puroba mwvadiT iwyeba, mwvads xaSlama mosdevs, xaSlamas _ yaurma da aris Tavawyvetili Rreoba, sanam gonebis natamalsac ar dakargaven da zogic xeliT wasaRebi gaxdeba. Saliko (qandarbaqo), mezobeli, romelic dapatiJebuli iyo, cota gvian movida. ojaxis diasaxlisi kato miegeba, mobrZandiT, geTayva, mobrZandiT, gelodebian. Salikom gauRima, xeli CamoarTva, axali weli miuloca. katomac ar daagviana, Senc gilocav axal wels, daeswari mravals... qandarbaqom xeli odnav mouWira da erT adgilze gaqvavda, gawiTlda, Tvalebi mianaTa saxeze. katom Tavi daRuna, bodiSio da gareT gavarda. didixania, eprunwkeboda lamaz, mTvaris anaTal katos, magram fexi ar Casdioda. qali zurgidanac ki xedavs, kaci ra TvaliT Sexedavs. yvela kaci ar aris Rirsi kacis saxeli ataros. qandarbaqo oTaxSi rom Sevida, qoriviT gadaavlo Tvali moqeifeebs. tatala rom dainaxa, ar esiamovna, safeTqelTan ZarRvi auTamaSda, saxe wamouwiTlda. xelis aweviT miesalma yvelas. qandarbaqos wagrZelebuli nikapi hqonda, arwivis niskartiviT mokauWebuli cxviri da cecxlismfrqveveli Tvalebi, maRali da moqnili iyo, cxenis gamxedniviT Zlieri mklavebi hqonda. skami miutanes, miiw-moiwies da iZulebuli iyo tatalas win damjdariyo. arc erTi iyo mama abramis batkani. soflis xalxs arc erTi epitnaveboda, erTimeoreze gautaneli borotebi da uvargisebi iyvnen. xalxi [120]

laparakobda, tatalas kudi aqvs gamonaskvuli miliciasTano. tatala ukve baxuss hyavda miRbeuli da kum droze adre gamoaCina fexebi. mZvinvarebiT aRsavse, amRvreuli, cecxlismfrqveveli TvalebiT Sexeda pirdapirmjdom qandarbaqos, romelmac dagvianebis gamo gansxvavebuli mozrdili sasmisiT Rvino marwyviviT gadaylapa. Tamada sufris SeuzRudavi mbrZanebelia da xeliT aniSna erT-erT axalgazrdas, erTic Seuvseo. is iyo fexze wamodga qandarbaqo, sadRegrZelo wamoiwyo, tatalas TavSi nel-nela Rvivdeboda naRverdali, sxeulSi cecxli ugizgizebda, moTminebis Zafi gauwyda, wyromis sagubars moxsna piri da mkvaxed miaZaxa qandarbaqos: _ ox, Se CaTlaxo qurdo da daundobelo, patiosani kaciviT rom laparakob, Cems win zixar da TvalebSi rogor miyureb. ra dagiSava Cemma biWma, surenam, egre rogor gaimete biWi, Se uRmerTo, dalurjebuli hqonda mTeli tani cemiT. liaxvze magis meti aravin Tevzaobda Tqven mier dawyvetil totSi?! _ wamovarda zeze da WiqiT Rvino Seasxa saxeSi. sacemrad gaiwia, daemuqra. Tamadam da maspinZelma ZlivsZlivobiT daaSoSmines. qandarbaqom ki sami TiTis kombinacia uCvena da Tan mkacrad daayola: _ yurebze xaxvi ar damaWra, Seni dedac... qalamnis TasamasaviT dagixvev, Se miliciis bozo. ra unda miyo, baRlinjosaviT gagsres, Se axvaro. gamwarebuli wamoxta ojaxis ufrosi, magram qarTuli stimarTmoyvareobis, tradiciebis didi pativismcemeli kaci iyo da gaCumeba amjobina. qandarbaqom ojaxis ufross borotad Sexeda da nawyeni kiloTi miaZaxa: _ Senc kargi Citi xar, es bozis Svili Tu aq brZandeboda, me raRas mepatiJebodi. xom ici, Cveni [121]

Txebi erTad ver Zoven, _ kbilebi gaakraWuna da fexaTreviT gavida. ra icoda gigucam, rom `pandoras yuTis~ gverdiT idga... tatalas gverdze mjdomi, menaxire mixo, romelic mzeze gaSavebuli losiviT iyo gamoyvanili, ise xvrepda Rvinos, rogorc sicxeSi mTis civ wyaros da wveTs ar tovebda WiqaSi, SiSCamdgari TvalebiT miStereboda meveles. WiriviT ejavreboda igi, romelic boroti sulis patroni da ganukiTxavi iyo. ori kviris win Sari mosdo, Seni morigeobis dros kolmeurneobis nakveTSi, Seni uyuradRebobiT erTi measedi Warxali moaZovine saqonelso. xuTi maneTic gadaaxdevina da siliTac daajildova. verafers gaagebinebdi, viriviT oCani iyo. sad eCivla?! Zalac mis xelSi iyo da samarTalic. mixo rva Svilis patroni iyo. Svidi gogo da nabolara biWi hyavda. gasacodavebulebi iyvnen. `Raribebs bevri Svili hyavT, mdidrebs ki _ bevri naTesavi~ (uaildi). mixom tatalas gadaulaparaka: _ xom ici, `Seni didi xaTri maqvs~, _ Tan xeli Camousva mklavze, _ magas Seneburi sarma daude, dabadebis dRe awyevline. frTxilad iyavi, xom ici, rogori veragi da daundobelia, arsad Cagisafrdes, gafrTxildi. mixos misi bedi ise awuxebda, rogorc givi amilaxvars cxinvaleli moSe uriis bedi. mas Tavisi muclis gvrema hqonda. kidev ar moedo misTvis Sari. am gautanel qveyanaSi sad iyo samarTali? Tamada Saqro Cafskvnili, dabali kaci iyo, sofelSi brZen Saqros eZaxdnen. daufiqrebel sityvas ar ityoda. iseTi marTali da Sromismoyvare kaci iyo, saqmis garCevaze yvela mas eZaxda. misTvis mdidari, naswavli da Rataki erTi iyo. mxolod simarTle iyo [122]

misTvis uzenaesi kanoni. qorwinebisa da qelexebis Seucvleli Tamada, axalgazrdebis Wkuis damrigebeli. Svidi klasi hqonda damTavrebuli, magram umaRlesdamTavrebuli masTan noli iyo. wignis didad miyvaruli iyo, aseve iumoris didi ostati, gaWirvebuli adamianis damxmare da didi moqeife kaci, samSoblos patrioti. erTi SexedviT rom gansajo, qarTveli kaci daundobeli da Tofis wamaliviT mfeTqebadia. adamiani adamianis Semwynarebeli unda iyos, magram, vai rom ase ar aris yovelTvis. wuTisofeli Wrelia, erTimeoris wyena da gulistkivili gonebis ujredSi ibudebs da simTvraleSi gabrazebis dros iRviZebs misi arakacoba da xdeba danaSauli. e.i. simTvraleSi vlindeba, vin ra sulis adamiania, aseve fulis aRebmicemaSi. sindisi da gonierebaa saWiro, romelic aris adamianis Semfasebeli da cxovrebaSic damfasebelic da Semwynarebelic. eh, ramden borotebas, ugvanosa da kretins itans es qveyana, vin moTvlis? vin aniWebs saxelsa da didebas pirovnebas, adamians? isev Tavisi Tavi, Sroma da Wkvianuri moqmedeba. rom ar arsebobdes boroteba, iarsebebda ki keTilSobileba?! `rasac unda flobdes adamiani dedamiwaze, SesaniSnav janmrTelobas, cxovrebis yvela sikeTes, is mainc ukmayofilo iqneba, Tuki ar sargeblobs xalxis pativiscemiT~ (f. paskali). Tamadam ulvaSze xeli gadaisva da daiwyo: _ rogori TavSekaveba unda sufraze adamians, vin moTvlis? kargiT, rac iyo, iyo. ojaxs pativi vceT da wynarad ganvagrZoT qeifi, _ fexze adgomiT mama-papani moigona, Rvinis Wiqa wauqcia purze da ganagrZo, _ Cveni winaprebi, lxinis sufra iqneboda, Tu Wiris, ojaxs did pativs scemdnen. sufraze yovelTvis wesrigi sufevda, aq wydeboda kacisa Tu eris saqme da iyo Taviseburi [123]

akademia. axla, dRevandel pirobebSi rogor aris saqme. gulze xelis dadebiT adRegrZeleben da pirjvris weriT eficebian Zmobas da erTgulebas, xolo sul mcire SekamaTebis dros yvelaferi aviwydebaT da erTmaneTs sasikvdilod imeteben. `aRar gaTavda Ralati da gautanloba, aRar gaTavda ZmaTa Soris Suri da RvarZli~ (rezo amaSukeli). qarTvelebma ar ician erTmaneTisTvis daTmoba, ar viciT^cxovrebis gafrTxileba, romelic didad saWiroa. cxovrebas ise unda Sexedo, rogorc RvTisgan naCuqars. `amayi xar Sen, adamiano~ (dumbaZe). `siamaye xSirad aRvivebs CvenSi Surs, Tumc, igive siamaye gvexmareba mis winaaRmdeg gamklavebaSi~ (laroSfuki). sityva gamigrZelda, esec Rvinis bralia. sasmisi gamocala, sufris wevrebs siamayiT gadaxeda da `mayruli~ SemosZaxa. axalgazrdebic ahyvnen, qeifi eSxSi Sevida. sufraze SemTvrali glexoba zRvaze motortmane xomalds daemsgavsa. im axalagzrdam, romelmac dakvlis dros Rori ver CaaCuma, diasaxliss gasZaxa: _ deida kato, Cafi moitane, Cafi. Tamadam grubad gadaxeda da daayola: _ Svilo, giga, vazs sami mtevani moaqvs: siamovnebis, Trobisa da ubedurebisa. Rvino kameCs agiJebs. Sen jer axalgazrda xar da sasmels nu eTamaSebi. biWo, sasmels bevri SenisTana vaJkaci daumorCilebia, dauCaCanakebia, maTxovrebi gamxdaran. gana narkomaniaze naklebi boroteba moaqvs. norma icode, Svilo, norma. ise, icode, cru kaci, tyuilis mTqmeli narkomani da loTi cxovrebaSi sacodavi da datanjulia, sazogadoebisTvisac arafers warmoadgenen. Sen ki niWieri, damjeri, gamgoni, mosiyvarule, keTili adamiani xar, megobrisTvis Tavdadebuli. [124]

_ kargi, Zia Saqro, kargi, yvelaferi gasagebia. _ diasaxliss bodiSi mouxada, aRar aris saWiroo. am saubarSi iyvnen, rom mixa (tatala) meliasaviT gaipara. sufrionma SvebiT amoisunTqa, TiTqos orTqlmavalma zedmeti, uvargisi orTqli gamouSvao. damsmeni iyo, rwyils aqlemad monaTlavda, Tuki saWiro iyo. sufraze meore axalgazrdam, mitom, Tamadas sTxova, sadRegrZelo maTqmevineo. Tamadam gauRima da alersianad miugo: _ Tqvi, Svilo, Tqvi, sxvasaviT metiCara ar xar, keTili da patiosani mSoblebis gamgone Svili xar. _ ra unda vTqva, Zia Saqro da marTla nasvami var, magram simarTle minda mogaxsenoT. ai, is wurbela da boroti tatala rom brZandeboda da qandarbaqos rom waeCxuba, qandarbaqo misi biWis cemaSi marTali iyo. me iq viyavi da kargad vici, rac moxda. misma sulelma biWma, surenam, patara moTevzave biWebs Tevzi waarTva da Tan mityipa. vin gascemda xmas misi mamis SiSiT. kolmeurneobis Tavmjdomaresac ki eSinia misi da sul eloliaveba. qandarbaqom rom gaigo, ratom tirodnen bavSvebi, erTi gemoze mityipa surena da warTmeuli Tevzebi bavSvebs daubruna. qandarbaqo xom daundobeli qurdi da avazakia, tatala uaresia. minda mogiyveT, mamaCems ra gaukeTa... _ kargi, biWo, aq kolmeurneobis krebas ki ar vatareb, vqeifobT. _ Tqvas, Tqvas, movusminoT, _ erTxmad wamoiZaxes sufris wevrebma. _ kargi, kargi, maSin ojaxis diasaxlisis sadRegrZelos vityvi, gaSra yeli. _ Tamadam aqo da adida diasaxlisi da, marTlac, saqebari, gamrje da patiosani Svilebis kargi gamzrdeli qalbatoni iyo. amis Semdeg axalgazrdam daiwyo: [125]

_ mamaCemi, suliko, kargad iciT, rogori colSvilis mosiyvarule kacia, mSromeli, erTguli, mezoblebis damxmare, patiosani, pur-marilis moyvaruli adamiania. ar maxsovs is dRe, Cvens ojaxSi stumari mosuliyos da an qaTami dagveklas, tatala iq ar yofiliyo. fuli dasWirdeboda, CvenTan morboda, stumari mouvidoda, CvenTan gamorboda Rvinis saTxovad. dasabar-gasaToxni hqonda, me da mamaCemi vexmarebodiT. erTi sityviT, gviyenebda, rogorc undoda. dedaCemi soflis deputatad iyo wardgenili, brigadaSi jgufxeli iyo. erT dRes, muSaobis damTavrebis Semdeg, qalebi saxlebSi midiodnen. orRobeSi urmidan gadmocvenili simindis taroebi eyara. qalebma akrifes. dedaCemma ori taro vedroSi Caagdo. tatala SeefeTaT gzaSi, gaCxrika vedroebi, zogs sami taro egdo vedroSi, zogs xuTi, dedaCems ori taro. miuxedavad imisa, rom dedaCemma da qalebma ganumartes, gzaze eyara, xom xedav, arCeuli simindi ar ariso, etyoba urmidan gadmocvivdao, magram tatalam qva aagdo da Tavi SeuSvira, siminds rom arCevdiT, iqidan wamoiRebdiTo. kantoraSi miiyvana da Tavmjdomares mouyva, es soflis xalxi sul ase zidavs kolmeurneobis qonebas, miliciis rwmunebuls unda vacnoboTo. Tavmjdomares ra unda eqna?! qalebi marTlebi iyvnen, magram tatala rac iyo, isic icoda. 10-10 SromadRe Camoaklebina, dedaCemi ki deputatobis kandidatebis siidan amoaRebina. ciliswameba yvela sasjelze mware da sastikia. ar vici, ra awyenina mamaCemma, ase rom gadauxada, arada megobrobas eficeboda. amoucnobia kacis xasiaTi da buneba, ver gaigeb, vis ra udevs gulSi. erTxel movsulvarT amqveynad am dalocvil dedamiwaze da SuriTa da boRmiT gatenilebi sisxls vuSrobT erTimeores. an ra [126]

gasakviria, mixas mama daundobeli, mabezRara, gulboroti kaci iyo da mamamisis genebi gamohyva. keTili ar aris gadamdebi, gadamdebia boroteba. `borotTa sikeTec saSiSia~ (ezope). mixo ukve gamCens hyavda mibarebuli, wamoxta da enis borZikiT daiwyo: _ mito marTalia, tatala saSineli avazakia. biWebma erTxmad miaZaxes: _ Sen ki didi megobariviT eferebodi, ex, SiSs didi Tvalebi aqvs, Zmao, SiSi ras ar Cagadeninebs. Sen im ZaRls hgavxar, romelic gamudmebiT iyefeba, magram kbena ar SeuZlia. _ eh, ras vizam, tatalasnairi daundobeli, gulqva, regveni ar var. mezobeli magan ar icis, naTesavi Tu megobari. Raribi kacis simarTle ki bevri Svili da patiosnebaa. uswavleloba kbenda gulSi, es tanjavda, Torem sityva-pasuxs fexs ar wamohkravda. `alalmarTlobaa sicocxlis sunTqva, saZirkveli yoveli Rirsebisa~ (draizeri). _ kargi, geyofaT kamaTi. ukve mosaRamovda. ojaxs dasveneba unda. Cveni maspinZeli pur-marilis moyvaruli da mezoblebis pativismcemeli kacia. misgan sikeTis garda, cuds arafers moveliT. Tavmdabali da momTmeni adamiani. _ gigucas xeli gadaxvia. uceb irakli wamoxta: _ ki. batono Saqro, kargia moTmineba, magram rodemde, sazRvari xom aqvs yvelafers?! tatalas saqcieli mosaTmeni iyo? mas rom namusi hqonoda, bodiSi unda moexada da sufridan aTesiliyo. magram rac ar aqvs, ras mosTxov? _ eh, Cemo biWo, `ver gaTeTrdebis yorani, ra ginda xexo qviSiTao~. aba, biWebo, es sasmisi bolomde [127]

davcaloT. aba erTxmad _ Cvens maspinZels gaumarjos! kargia. _ waiRiRina. irakli dabal xmaze ahyva da leqsic miayola: `saqarTveloSi ra menatreba?! aTidan aTi Zmurad saxlobdes. dedasamSoblos SvilTa matebas yvela _ aTiviT _ erTad natrobdes~ (s. baramiZe) _ Sen genacvale, Svilo, irakli, vaJkaci biWi xar, _ xeli gadaxvia Tamadam da akoca, _ mSoblebs daujere, Svilo, Tu ginda cxovrebaSi bednieri iyo. isini Seni megobrebic arian da mSoblebic... mxiarulad, sicil-kiskisiT daemSvidobnen maspin-Zlebs. ra icodnen, meore Rames ra ubedureba datrialdeboda ojaxSi...

*** sofel tirZnisSi naRvlianad gaTenda sneuli zamTris dila. xeebi TeTr nabadwamosxmul kacebs hgavdnen. irgvliv sevdismomgvreli siCume dasadgurebuliyo. im RamiT mosul Tovls Zveli Tovli gadaefara. kudiani qari amovarda, xeebi Searxia. Tovls maRla itacebda, fanjris minebs dauzogavad ayrida. irgvliv mxolod qaris xma ismoda. uceb mexiviT gavarda xma, tetunaT giguca mokleso. am saSineli, amazrzeni ambis gagebiT, sofeli aduRebul saaraye qvabs daemsgavsa. iyo gadaZaxilebi, cremlebis Rvra da vai-viSi, miTqma-moTqma, vin Caidina, im garewarma, rogor gaimeta patiosani, Sromismoyvare, uRalato kaci sasikvdilod. ra dauSava iseTio. am axal wels RmerTis naCuqari sicocxle rogor waarTva, magram gaTaxsirebuli kacisTvis axali [128]

welic erTia da aRdgomaco. aRarc RmerTis swamT da aRarc _ xatiso. qalebi tiriliTa da wyevliT saTaqvavSi iRebdnen mkvlels. qsenia maswavlebeli, romelic gigucas meuRlis, katos, daqali iyo, cremlis RvriTa da tirilslukuniT gaiZaxoda: _ rogor gaimeta patiosanTa Soris patiosani, mamulis siyvaruliT gulanTebuli, uRalato, yvelas erTnairad pativismcemeli, ojaxis mosiyvarule, didsulovani vaJkaci kaci. nuTu mgelze daundobelia adamiani?! adamiani adamians sul ubralo ramiTvis sicocxles uspobs. ra unda vuwodoT aseT tvingayinul, ugulo garewars?! _ araraoba, araadamiani. man isic ar icis, rom is cocxalic mkvdaria. `am wuTisofels Cven sad wauvalT, gvWams mtroba, Suri da dayvedreba~ (j. Carkviani). sami dRe gavida, damnaSaves ver miakvlies. soflis xalxi qariSxaliviT boboqrobda, grgvinavda. axali wlis dReebSi gigucasTan qeifis Semdeg eWvi qandarbaqoze hqondaT. mxolod is Tu Caidenda aseT saSinel sisaZagles da gareuli nadiriviT dauwyes Zebna. milicielic am saqmeSi Caayenes. moqalaqis jibidan amoclili fulis povna aTjer Znelia, vidre yaCaRobisa da mkvlelobis gaxsna, radgan orTiTa ar tovebs araviTar kvals. sad gaeqceoda kaci komunistebs, rwyils daawvendnen da aqlems aSobinebdnen, okeaneSi xamsa Tevzs nomers Seabamdnen, gauSvebdnen da, roca moesurvebodaT, maSin iWerdnen. gamomZiebelma qandarbaqos saxlis Cxrekisas Ceqmaze sisxlis kvals miagno da saqmec gaixsna. nanobda, Selaparakebis dros avReldi da mec ar vici, ratom gavimeteo. adamianis sulSi Casaxlebuli demoni xom masze Zlieria... [129]

_ TviTon momakiTxa saxlSi. cota nasvami iyo. rom gavacile, SevlaparakdiT, waviCxubeT da Semomakvdao. qandarbaqosTan gulaxdilad simarTlis Tqmas naRmze jdoma sjobda. sityva Tu ar moewoneboda, sul muStze iyureboda. xSirad bunebisa da gulis neba Tavisi gziT gatarebs, sakuTari fexiT migiyvans iq, sadac ar gesiamovneba. magram sicocxle xom yvelaferia adamianisTvis da aravis aqvs ufleba, gamCenis garda, waarTvas. zemoTac aRvniSne, naTqvamia: `mgeli mglis tyavs ar daxevso~, magram kaci ki kacis mteria, Tavis jiSsa da jilags ar indobs, sixarbis muxanaTuri guliT erTimeorisaTvis sikeTe da keTili cxovreba gvSurs da erTmaneTs sisxlisagan vcliT. ai, es aris sisaZagle, avadmyofoba qarTveli kacisa. adamianis sicocxle is ganZia, romlis warTmevis ufleba Sen ar gaqvs. nuTu mgelze daundobelia adamiani?! maSinac ki, roca mgeli SimSilisgan Ronemixdili Zlivs dalaslasebs, Tavis jiSsa da jilags Tavs ar esxmis, sasikvdilod ar imetebs. adamiani ki adamians sicocxles uspobs. maSin, rodesac yvela sikvdilis Svilebi varT. viris abanoSi rom Seagdes da gaiges patimrebma, ra mizeziTac daiWires, risTvis gaimeta kaci sasikvdilod, imdeni urtyes cxvir-pirSi, saxe rumbiviT gauxda. mTeli kvira narze egdo ZaRliviT. Cais Zlivs xvrepda. cixis kanoni bunebis simkacres hgavs, ar icis Seni da sxvisi, yvelas erTnairad umaspinZldeba. cixis kanoni rom sufevdes qveyanaze, erT weliwadSi moispoba borotmoqmedeba. iq patara Secdomasac ki aravin gapatiebs. cixidan rom gamovida daCaCanakebuli, xalxi erideboda, kacis mkvleli, cru da flidiao. sofelSi rom Camoivlida, bavSvebi qvebs vesrodiT da [130]

vuyvirodiT _ kacis mkvlelo, hui, Seni deda... _ da gavrbodiT. yvela zizRiT uyurebda. miuxedavad imisa, gigucas ufrosi Svili, leko, ukve vaJkaci iyo da tols aravis udebda, mamis mkvlelze SurisZieba kiserze lodiviT awva da amosunTqvas uSlida. mainc zrdilobianad elaparakeboda qandarbaqos, mkvlelis Svilebs. magram mis gulSi sxva ram imaleboda. undoda, mkvlelisTvis gadaexada. TavSi sul is ambavi utrialebda, magram Rrmad rom Caufiqrdeboda, masac hyavda Svilebi da maTi gulisTvis Tavs ikavebda. patiosnebis Sinagani Zala tanjavda da xeli Caiqnia, gamCeni gadauxdis yvelaferso da, marTlac, erTimeoreze uaresi znedacemuli Svilebi gamouvida qandarbaqos _ qurdebi, garewrebi, soflis muwukebi. RmerTma ar apatia, WleqiT daavadda da ori wlis Semdeg Wiri mogvWama. zRvas ar aCnevia nakvalevi. adamianis cxovrebas da mis namoqmedars ki yovelTvis atyvia vin _ vin aris, rogor cxovrobda. misi yoveli namoqmedari, kargi Tu cudi, mis jiSsa da jilags gahyveba mwvane da wiTel xazebad. simarTle yovelTvis poulobs mzis sinaTles, sikeTesa da borotebas kargi Tviseba aqvT _ adre Tu gvian bumerangiviT ukan brundebian. drom bevri ram gadaafasa, bevri faqti, movlena da TviT pirovneba, sul sxva kuTxiT warmoaCina. me-15 saukuneSi safrangeTis erovnuli gmiri Jana darki pirveli qali iyo, vinc mamakacis Sarvlis Cacma gabeda. samRvdeloebam koconze dawva. dRes kacis mkvleli `vaJkacia~, amayad uWiravs Tavi sazogadoebaSi, ubedureba da saSineleba is aris, rom TviT sazogadoebas arafrad miaCnia misi arakacoba, sadistoba da pativsac ki scemen... sxvaze ukeTesadac cxovroben. [131]

dRe uRimRamod, usixarulod miilia. daTovlili xis kenweroebze kvnesoda qari, mze nazad afrqvevda sxivebs, TiTqos, isic Sewuxebuli, mgloviare, taatiT mibrZandeboda Tavisi samyoflisken. midamo gauferulda, sevdam da mwuxarebam daisadgura dadardianebul sofelSi.

*** zamTarma aikrifa guda-nabadi, welis TreviT, sayveduriTa da ukan cqeriT. martis Tve WinWylobda, Wirveulobda, ar undoda gabatonebuls midamos datoveba, magram gazafxulma muSti Semoscxo cxvirpirSi, geyo, rac ibairame, aqedan mousvio. Rimilgadakruli, gabrwyinebuli saxiT, doinjiT SemobrZanda gazafuli. gaizmora, gaSala grZeli mklavebi, siTbo mohfina aremares. mcenareebma gaiRviZes, gamwvanda midamo, yoCivardebma da iebma yvelas ajobes da amayad gadascqerodnen midamos da peizaJs alamazebdnen. xeze kvirtebi afeTqdnen da surnelis frqveviT erTimeores ejibrebodnen: ayvavebuli nuSi, Sindi, tyemali da atami. Tbili qveynebidan iwyes gund-gundad mofrena gamravlebis JiniT moculma frinvelebma. yvelam Tav-Tavis Zvel binas miakiTxa. atyda xmauri, WikWiki. visac rogor SeeZlo, erTmaneTs ejibreboda. gamococxlda buneba. sicocxle maWariviT aduRda. soflis xalxi welSi gasworda, saxeze Rimili auTamaSdaT. ileweboda weliwadis Tveebi Tavisi SemoqmedebiTa da gawamawiiT. dro ukan arasdros brundeba, midis mZime-mZimed uremSi Sebmuli kameCebiviT, taatiT, Tavisi sikeTiTa da siyvaruliT, borotebiTa da ukeTurebiT. [132]

_ dimitri, modi, biWo, sad daikarge, Se mamaZaRlo, ori dRea, ar minaxixar. jer xom ar damimTavrebia Cems uiRblo, tanjul siyvarulze saubari... _ amxanagebTan viyavi, papa, gakveTilebs vswavlobdiT. _ hoo, es kargia, yoCaR. modi, Svilo, gverdiT Camomijeqi, raxan Sevtope mRvrie wyalSi, napirze xom unda gavide. _ Caaxvela da daiwyo: Tamros naTelam upatrona, SviliviT efereboda, SeZlebisdagvarad, mxarSi edga, lukma-purs ar iSurebda, magram Tamros Tvalze yovelTvis cremli adga, ver egueboda qalaqis xmaurian, Cqar cxovrebas, Tavis mwuxarebas aravis uziarebda, ise iyo, rogorc fuRuroSi SeyuJuli ciyvi. gulSinadebi tkivilis eqimi TviTon iyo. Tvalebi daswiTleboda, Rrmad Cascvenoda, naRvelis gube Casdgomoda. arada, xuTi Tvis win, nawvimarze gamosuli cisartyelasaviT ubrwyinavdnen Tvalebi. axla ki mis gulSi cxare Tone iwvoda da gulSelewili fiqriTa da javriT miWedilmilusrmuli iyo. magram suliT, ocnebiTa da guliT xan sofelSi daborialobda Tavis klaselebTan, xan bebos etiktikeboda. naTela Rame modioda samuSaodan. marto darCenili, gulgatexili Tamro, simwrisgan cremlebs xoSkakalasaviT yrida. mis oTaxSi cremlis gube idga. tirilisagan daRlili cxvirSi srutunebda da butbutebda, Cemi mze ukve Cavida, raRas unda moveswro, bedSavi Cemi axalgazrdoba sapnis kvnitiviT ileva da qviSis saaTiviT imarcvleba. fiqrebSi naTevi momavali cecxlwakidebuli burbuSelasaviT Caiferfla. _ eh, rogor miyvarda saRamos, gakveTilebis swavlis Semdeg, aivanze gamosvla, mTvariTa da varskvlavebiT moWedili lamazi cis cqera, ocnebaSi vikargebodi. [133]

simReras SemovZaxebdi, mTeli qveyana Cemi megona da momavlis bednierebis godors vwnavdi. bebos Zaxilic ki aRar mesmoda. miyvarda Cemi Tavi, Cemi xalxi, Cemi sofeli. diax, mkiTxvelo, Tamro niWiT dajildoebuli, didsulovani gogo iyo, mis TeTryirmiza pirsaxeze yayaCo daswafeboda tuCebze, kiseri ki gedis yeliviT maRali, TeTri da mimzidveli hqonda. fexebi grZeli, gamoqandakebuli, xolo grZeli Tma CanCqeriviT eSleboda beWebamde. misi danaxva siamovnebas hgvrida adamians. axla ki gamxdars, gayviTlebuls, TvalebCacvenils, gafiTrebuls, mucelwamobzekils, sacodavi Sexeduleba dahkvdomoda saxeze. `iqneb iyavi nawili vardis, amkobdi buCqis fersa da texils da axla, radgan Zirs Camovardi, yvelam Sen unda dagadgas fexi~ (avTandil ivaniZe). mis mogonebaze gulSi saSineli tkivili igrZno da bavSvmac mucelSi gaifarTxala. xeli moisva wamobzekil mucelze da wyvelac zed moayola. _ ox, Se mosaspobo, gaTaxsirebulo gela, ra dReSi Camagde, me ubeduri, _ cremlebi gadmoyara, _ xom vici, Subi xalTaSi ar daimaleba. naTelas rogor gavumxilo, an aqamde ratom ar vuTxari, mucelakruli rom davdiodi, ar mindoda, SeemCnia. SeiZleba abortis gakeTeba erCia CemTvis, iqneb sjobdes, movicilo es ZaRlis Svili, magram aborti akrZalulia. Cemi gulisTvis vin aitkivebs Tavs da cixeSi vin wava? Tanac, vin icis, ramdeni fuli momTxovos. vanos mocemuli groSebi ras eyofa, Tanac davagviane, cocxalia es ZaRlis lekvi, _ am fiqrTa WidilSi iyo, daRlildaqanculi loginze pirqve miwva da CaiZina.

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jer kidev axalgazrdas, Tvrameti wlisac ar iyo, rogori tanjva-wameba unda mieRo, rom Tavis Tavze ar fiqrobda, xom SeiZleba, abortis dros daRupuliyo. `adamians mcire imedi mainc unda hqondes, sxvanairad sicocxle SeuZlebelia~ (b. brexti). naTela fexakrefiT Sevida oTaxSi, rom dainaxa, Tamros tangauxdels eZina, Tbili pledi frTxilad gadaafara, rom ar gaRviZeboda da TvoTonac daRlil-daqanculi loginSi Sewva. magram verasgziT daiZina. Tamros bedi awuxebda. fiqrTa qariSxals gahyva. is iyo, Zili wamoepara, Tvali moxuWa, rom Tamro dafeTebuli, giJiviT wamovarda yviriliTa da tiriliT. loginze wamomjdari naTela rom dainaxa, Sercxva, waibutbuta, sizmarSi gela vnaxe, meZalavebodao. misi xma susti iyo da natanji, rogorc wisqvilis Raridan gadagdebuli zedmeti wyali. im dRes naTela samuSaoze ar midioda da Tamrom gadawyvita, yvelaferi moeyola, romelsac nacarwayrili nakverCxaliviT inaxavda. danaRvlianebulma warmoTqva: _ cecxli TivaSi ar daimaleba, yvelaferi unda vuambo, met gamosavals ver vpoulob. naTela momevlina mxsnelad, etyoba, masac didi tanjva-wameba gadautania, raxan ase vecodebi da mxarSi midgas. yvelaferi mouyva Tavis uiRblo siyvarulsa da tanjva-wamebaze dabolos, mucelze moisva xeli, guli auduRda, cremlad daiRvara da guldakodilma wailuRluRa: _ fexmZimed var, deida naTela, miTxari, ra meSveleba?! _ Cemo Tamro, pirveladve rom daginaxe sadgurSi, maSinve mivxvdi, fexmZimed rom iyavi. qals ras gamoapareb, gogo, yvelaferi ainteresebs, Tanac [135]

Sennair mdgomareobaSi myofisa. magram siCume varCie. kargi, rac aris, aris. axla veRarafers uSveli. _ ra Tqvi, naTela deida, rogor Tu verafers vuSveli. gavaCino es ZaRlis naSieri? _ da mucelze dairtya xeli. bavSvi gainZra, Tavi miartya xelze. Tamros TiTqos esiamovna kidec, zemoTa tuCi auTamaSda. _ maS, ras izam, Svilo, aborti ukve dagvianebulia. aravin gagikeTebs. rac ginda fuliT daaxarbo, arc erTi eqimi cixeSi ar wava. tyuilia magaze fiqri. Tan bavSvma ra daaSava, Svilo, umanko, ususuria, SeiZleba iseTi saxlovani gaizardos, Sen misiT didad bednieri iyo da mTeli Seni yismaTi Seicvalos. dedis sulSi afaTurebuli arsebis mkvleli did codos Cadis, mas amis ufleba ar aqvs da RmerTma daifaros, sicocxle ar mouspos. _ ar, ar SemiZlia, mglis naSiers ZuZus ver vawoveb da ver miveferebi. _ kargi, Svilo, kargi, raxan ar iSli, maSin gaaCine da gaaSvile, qveyana mTxovnelia, fulsac mogcemen, oRond nu moklav, codoSi nu Cadgebi, an Tu nebas momcem, me gavzrdi, me ubeduri, _ da tirili daiwyo. _ ratom tiri, deida naTela, ra moxda? Rrmad amoioxra da daayola: _ eh, Sen ra ici, Svilo, ra cecxlCauqrobeli kalo trialebs Cems Tavze da ra mourCeneli gulistkivili mawuxebs. anTebuli sanTeliviT vdnebi. yvelafers mogiyvebi, Tamro. roca pirvelad Segxvdi, xom giTxari, Senze ubeduri me var-meTqi... me kaxeTidan var, sagarejos raionidan, dedaCemi Cemze mSobiarobisas daiRupa. mamaCemma erTi wlis gasvlis Semdeg ganaTxovari, orSviliani, e.i. geriani qali moiyvana. axalgazrda qali iyo da ori Svilic miumata. cudad ar vcxovrobdiT. mamaCemi gamrje, [136]

patiosani kaci iyo, raionSi ganTqmuli monadire. Semodgomis periodi iyo, amxanagTan erTad xoxobze sanadirod iyo wasuli. kargad enadiraT, daRlildaqanculebs SeusveniaT, axal moTibul Tivaze dawoliliyvnen da CasZinebodaT. Tividan qvewarmavali gamomZvrala da mamaCemisTvis marcxena fexze ukbenia. amxanags veraferi uSvelia, umal gasiebia fexi da saxlamde Zlivs Camoiyvana mamaCemi. sicxe misca, krunCxvebi daemarTa da eqimis mosvlamde gardaicvala. me maSin 5-6 wlis viqnebodi. mamaCemis sikvdilis Semdeg dedinacvali kargad ar meqceoda, SemiZula, miuxedavad imisa, rom gamgoni da lamazi gogo viyavi. iZulebuli gavxdi, gadavbargebuliyavi deidaCemTan, romelic uSvilo iyo da daxe saocrebas, adamians rom ar daswers gamCeni bednierebas. puris cxobis dros gaxurebul ToneSi TaviT Cavarda, etyoba nasvami iyo, Rvino uyvarda. mTlad daewva saxe, xelebi, mkerdi, mezoblebma cocxal-mkvdari amoiyvanes da erTi dRis Semdeg gardaicvala. deidaCemis qmari, Tedo, didi gulRrZo da Zunwi kaci iyo. deidaCemi nino saWmels rom damisxamda, borotad gadmomxedavda xolme da mkvaxed miaZaxebda: _ ra ambavia, qalo, muceli ar gauskdeso. miuxedavad imisa, rom Zlivs vikiknebodi. ormocic ar iyo gasuli, coli moiyvana da me amiTvalwunes, TbilisSi, bavSvTa saxlSi Camabares. Teqvsmeti wlis rom gavxdi, miTxres, Sens Tavs Sen mixedeo da gamomiSves. sad wavsuliyavi? TbilisSi aravin myavda gulSematkivari, isev sofelSi vamjobine wasvla biZaCemTan, romelic ori Svilis patroni gamxdariyo. ar esiamovna Cemi misvla da agdebulad momaZaxa: _ ratom gamogagdes, gogo, ra daaSave?! me Tavi CavRune da morcxvad warmovTqvi: [137]

_ araferi, biZaCemo, wlovani gavxdi da aRar SeiZleboda Cemi iq yofna. _ ho, kargi, Sedi saxlSi, raRacas movifiqreb. ori dRis Semdeg gamomicxada: _ Cvens mezobel sofelSi, maCxaanSi, momvleli gogo sWirdebaT da iqneb iq mogixerxo rame. amboben, didad SeZlebuli kacia, meRvine, erTi gogo hyolia, cota waidebilebso da mas gaarTob, moemsaxurebi. me ra, uars vetyodi?! oRond TavSesafari mqonoda, mis yurebas cofiani ZaRlis yureba sjobda. ori dRis Semdeg wamiyvana, Cemi mziTeviT _ patara Sekruli boxCiT, romelSic melaga erTi naxmari kaba, Custebi da erTi pirsawmendi, Sig gaxveuli sarke savarcxliT. rom mivediT orsarTulian, lamaz SenobasTan, aivanze gogona idga, sivrces gahyurebda, Tan icinoda. miTxres, cota butiaa, ar mogeridos, Sinaurulad moeqecio. man ki _ piriqiT, rom daminaxa, gaexarda, xeli damiqnia, CemTan amodio. etyoboda, icoda, rom unda mivsuliyavi. mivedi Tu ara, didixnis unaxavi naTesaviviT gamoiqca, gadamexvia, sixarulis cremlebi gadmoyara. momaZaxa: ramdeni xania, Sen gelodebodio. me mzia mqvia. mec Cemi saxeli vuTxari _ naTela. gakvirvebuli, gaognebuli viyavi. sxvanairad damixasiaTes mezoblebma, sanam masTan kiTxva-kiTxviT mivdiodiT. Zalian SemeCvia. Zvirfasi tansacmeli gadmomilaga, maCvena da sixaruliT isinjavda tanze, Tan sicilkiskisiT meubneboda _ ha, rogor mogwons, mixdebao? me ra unda meTqva, Tavs vukravdi, Zalian, Zalian gixdebameTqi, Tumca, arastandartuli agebulebis iyo _ ZuZuebi Zroxis jiqnebiviT Camovardnoda, dundulebi ki cxvris dumasaviT ekida. rom dadioda, saqanelasaviT aqeT-iqiT aqanavebda. muceli tikiviT gaberili, xolo yeli RoriviT mokle hqonda. magram [138]

bavSviviT gulubryvilo iyo, sacodavi qmnileba. rasac veubnebodi, yvelaferi sjeroda. keTili iyo, Tanac butia. Tavs ar viqeb, magram masTan nino WavWavaZe viyavi. Tumca, maWanklebi TiTqmis yoveldRe mosdiodnen. mamis didZali qonebiT eWinWrebodaT gverdebi, Tan zedsiZed undodaT mosvla, rom qonebas dapatronebodnen. mamamisi xeibari iyo. adre sakuTari faitoni hyavda. erT dRes nasvami, mefaitonis gareSe, sayvarelTan midioda mezobel sofelSi. CasZineboda da faitonidan gadmovardniliyo. fexi moetexa da ZlivsZlivobiT dadioda. Rvinis qarxnis direqtori iyo, pirvel mdivanTan Sekruli. ubatonod xmas vin gascemda, faqtobrivad, mepatrone iyo. fizikurad uWirda yuradRebis miqceva da iZulebuli gaxda, mieTxovebina qarxnis muSebis brigadirisTvis, romelic yovel kvira maWankals ugzavnida. igi SexedulebiT ar daiwuneboda, magram nametani xarbi, gaumaZRari, gulqva da meqalTane pirovneba iyo. oRondac misi cxovreba da qoneba xelSi Caegdo, mis moxuc dedasac moiyvanda colad. didi qorwili gadaixada naZvebis CrdilSi. me qorwilSi wasvla ar mindoda, magram mzia gamebuta da iZulebuli gavxdi, mis gverdze ubralo, naxmari CiTis kabiT davmjdariyavi. siZem, zazam, raRac sul sxvanairad Semomxeda, movewone, viTom mzias gadaxvia xeli da me miCqmita mklavze. sircxviliT daviwvi. ra gamekeTebina, egreTi Tavxedi da garyvnili regveni Tu iqneboda, ukve vicodi, ar momasvenebda da mec verafers gavxdebodi. isedac uxerxulad vgrZnobdi Tavs. pirs arafers vakarebdi. mzia ki mexveweboda, aiRe, gogo, SeWame, ra patarZaliviT zixaro. Semecoda es gulubryvilo, alali gogo, xeli gadavxvie, loyaze vakoce, axlave moval-meTqi, sufridan avdeqi, aviRe [139]

Cemi fuTa da isev biZaCemTan davbrundi. sxvagan arsad wamesvleboda. biZaCemi saxlSi ar damxvda, sazamTro waeRo TbilisSi gasayidad. dedinacvali amrezili Semxvda, magram saxlSi mainc mimiRo da im oTaxisken mimiTiTa, sadac viZinebdi. TiTqos Sevecode kidec. gamokiTxviT Tavi ar Seuwuxebia, TavisTvis saqmianobda, TiTqos gabutuli iyo Cemze, magram biZaCem Tedos mainc sjobda xasiaTiT. ori dRis Semdeg mzia momadga faitoniT mezobelTan erTad, gadamexvia da daiwyo tirili: _ ra gawyenine, gogo, xom ici, dasaviT miyvarxar. ratom gamoipare qorwilidan? veRar vZleb uSenod. ra meTqva, zaza mearSiyeboda da Cemi gaupatiureba undoda. mere Sen rogor Semogxedo TvalebSi, ase didsulovnad meqcevi-meTqi? gavCumdi, xma veRar amoviRe. naRvlis buSti gameCxira, yelSi, davmunjdi. is iyo, xeli momkida, xvewna damiwyo, wavideTo, rom biZaCemic Semojlayunda Ceqmebis braxuniT. arc ki mogvsalmebia, mkvaxed momaZaxa: _ razed mobrZandi, qalbatono. ar mogewona amaTTan yofna? _ xeli mziasken gaiSvira. mziam dayvavebiT ganumarta: _ ratom uyviri naTelas, raSia saqme? Cven SenTan movediT, rom qorwilSi ar brZandebodi da gvinda dagpatiJoTo. me Tvalebi davaWyite, vinc amas debils dauZaxebs, TviTon iqneba debili-meTqi. biZaCemi dawynarda, hoo, eg sul sxva saqmeao. me raRa meTqva, wruwunasaviT viyavi xafangSi momwyvdeuli. xeli movkide mzias, wavideTmeTqi da faitonSi CavsxediT. daiZra Tu ara, mziam gadmosZaxa, gelodebiT, biZiao. me xom pativs vcemdi da dasaviT Seviyvare es didi, uboroto bavSvi da rogor meRalata misTvis? vicodi, [140]

zaza ar momasvenebda, nebiTa Tu ZaliT Tavisas miaRwevda garyvnili, gaTaxsirebuli pirovneba. misi qorwilis meore dRes misma Seyvarebulma, romelsac jer Tavi Seayvara, gaaupatiura, daaorsula, romelic Rvinis qarxnis buRalteriaSi muSaobda da patiosani, Raribi gogo iyo, rom gaigo, zaza daqorwinda da miRalatao, Tavi CamoixrCo. ori Tvec ar iyo gasuli, simamrs saxlSi Rvinis smis dros WiqaSi wamali Cauyara da mkacr, daundobel, fulis mSovnel kacs dubara gadaayrevina, saiqios gaistumra da mis ojaxsa da avladidebas daepatrona. mzia misTvis naxmari, gabinZurebuli Cvari gaxda da mis saZinebelSi Sesvla akrZaluli hqonda. calke, mivardnil oTaxSi eZina. dedamisi sofo Cavardnili iyo, patronoba sWirdeboda. sad wavsuliyavi, Tamro, Svilo, wasasvleli arsad mqonda, Tan mzias da mis avadmyof dedas xom ver mivatovebdi. me viyavi maTi imedi. mzias ar SeeZlo arc saWmlis gakeTeba da arc ojaxis movla. mamamiss golas, gonivruli saqme gaekeTebina, fuli, mTeli qoneba mziaze gaeformebina. es, rasakvirvelia, ar icoda siZem, Torem mliqvnelurad moefereboda meuRles, cxovrebas, qonebas Tavisze gaiformebda. bevri rom ar gavagrZelo, erT saRamos SezarxoSebuli zaza, Ramis ori saaTi iqneboda, Cems oTaxs moawva. daketili rom daxvda, dabali xmiT damiZaxa: _ naTela, karebi gamiRe, kargi ram unda giTxra, aucilebelia. me gavtvrindi. xmas ar viRebdi, vicodi, ra saqmec eqneboda CemTan da xmis kankaliT mainc gaveci pasuxi, avad var, diliT miTxari-meTqi. man TavisTvis Caibutbuta, dedas gitireb, damacadeo. ukve yvelaferi gasagebi iyo. [141]

meore dRes mzia, me da mezoblebi, aseve ramdenime qarxnis muSa yurZnis sakrefad wavediT maT venaxSi. iyo mxiaruleba. urmebze dawyobil godrebSi yurZnis Cayra da qarxanaSi waReba. zazam Cemi karebis saketi Cumad xelosans gamoacvlevina da gasaRebi jibeSi Caedo. rasakvirvelia, es ar vicodi. saxlSi daRlildaqanculi dabindebulze mivediT. me iseve gauxdelad mivweqi dasasveneblad da CameZina. zazac gvian mosuliyo nasvami da Cems oTaxSi Semosuliyo. kaba zemoT amweoda mZinares da ise micqeroda-Turme, rogorc kata sorodan axladgamosul Tagvs. me instinqturad gameRviZa. rom wamovjeqi da davinaxe, zeze wamovxti, karebisken gadavdgi nabiji gasaqcevad, Tumc karebi Caketili iyo da xeli mtaca da pirze damafara xeli. me gavibrZole, xelze vukbine. TiTqos verc igrZno. ras gavxdebodi vnebaaduRebul buRasaviT Ronier cxovelTan. veRar gavuZeli mis giJur vnebaTa Relvas da gamaupatiura, qalwuloba wamarTva. wina dRes, rTvelSi, muSebs Soris lamazi, tanadi, iumoris grZnobiT gatenili axalgazrda muSaobda da sul Tvalebs miJuJunebda, mearSiyeboda. mec guli Semivarda masze. siyvarulis siTbo da Zala ar gamomecada. mas SoTa erqva. xumrobiT miTxra, unda gamogcado, rogori janis patroni xar, kacs uRlis gawevaSi Tu miexmarebio da gaicina. xeliT maniSna patara godorze, sanaZleoze rom agkidos kacma, urmamde Tu miitano. sanaZleo ar minda, isedac gavimarjveb-meTqi. jani merCoda patara bavSviviT, guli mkarnaxobda, midi, midi. Tan mziac maqezebda, nu geSiniao. Tanxmoba rom miveci da beWebze amkida, xeli titvel mklavze Semexo da rogorc denma dagartyas, ise damiara tanSi arnaxulma sasiamovno vnebaTa siTbom. Seatoka Cemi guli, Zala momemata da rogorc [142]

patara yurZnis sakrefi kalaTa, ise msubuqad davdgi uremze, Tan vxvdebodi, SoTac rom momyveboda ukan godorze xelmokidebuli. muSebma taSi Semohkres, yoCaR-yoCaRo. SoTa ise iyo gaxarebuli, TiTqos didi ganZi epovos. movida, ori xeli CamomarTva, TvalebSi Camxeda, TiTqos unda ekocna kidec, magram Tavi Seikava, xalxisa moerida. me ki meliasaviT gatvrenili viyavi da raRac did siamovnebas vgrZnobdi. mindoda, didxans sWeroda mis vaJkacur xelebs Cemi qaluri, nazi xelebi. meore dRes aRar mindoda wasvla, Tavi Semjavrda, magram TiTqos Semiyvarda kidec. guli Tavnebaa, Tanac qalebmac xom gamagones, saqorwino biWia, patiosani, kargi aRzrdilio: `feri-fersa, madli RmerTsao~. magram sindisgalaxuli, dalaqavebuli viyavi da aRar wavedi, Tavi moviavadmyofe. fiqri momeZala, rogor movqceuliyavi, mziasTvis rogor Semexeda am patiosani, daCagruli, keTili gulis gogosaTvis?! erTi kviris win motyuebiT, viTom naTesavTan midioda faitoniT, raionis centrSi Camiyvana. mefaitonem pirdapir samrewvelo maRaziaSi migviyvana. mziam Semomcina da alersianad miTxra: _ CavideT, naTela, CemTvis tansacmeli minda SevarCio. male zamTari dagvikravs Tavso. rac moewoneboda, pirvelad me masinjebda, aba, Caicvi, rogor geqneba, Tu mogixdebao. me, marTlac, yvelaferi mixdeboda da rogor uxaroda, ra lamazi xar, naTelao. erTi sityviT yvelaferi iyida TavisTvis da CemTvis Casacmel-dasaxuri sezonis mixedviT. sicil-kiskisiT davbrundiT Sin kmayofilebi. Cems sicocxleSi aseTi tansacmeli arasdros mcmia. ai, aseT adamians rogor unda `uRalato~?! [143]

meore dRes samuSaod aRar wavedi, Tavi moviavadmyofe. rogor unda Sevxvedrodi movardnil siyvaruls? weli mtkiva-meTqi. nametani Sewuxebuli iyo mzia, magram ras izamda, zaza waeCxubeboda da fexaTreviT wavida. me mzia gavafrTxile, aq aravin movides Cems sanaxavad-meTqi. SoTas vgulisxmobdi. Cvens urTierTobas Savi sudara gadaefara. me mas ver vetyodi momxdar saSinelebas. mzias deda Cavardnili iyo loginad, guli awuxebda, Tan nerviulobda, mzias ase cudad rom eqceoda qmari. icoda, mziasTan rom ar cxovrobda, daCagruli hyavda. Cemzec eWvianobda. wnevam naxevari mxare daudamblava. mezobeli qali uvlida. mzia me gamifrTxilda da axlos ar mimakara. cxonebulma lelam didxans ver icocxla. zazas frTebi Seesxa. me pirvel sarTulze vcxovrobdi mosamsaxurisTvis gankuTvnil oTaxSi. mzia meore sarTulze. zazas ukve xelis SemSleli aRaravin hyavda da Rameebs CemTan atarebda. winaaRmdegobis gaweva ukve zedmeti iyo. piriqiT, SeveCvie kidec, qalurma moTxovnilebebma Tavisi gaitana, axalgazrdobaSi arsebobs iseTi simwifis zRvari, romlic qmedebas angariSs ar uwevs. ase gavida sami Tve. ukve vgrZnobdi, rom fexmZimed viyavi, magram zazas ar vumxeldi. erT dResac miTxra, rom mobezrda mzias yureba, Tavidan unda moviciloo. tanze SiSiT bususebi damayara, tani amewva. e.i. me viqnebodi mzias mkvleli. im Rames Tvali ver movxuWe. vfiqrobdi, rogor gadamerCina am saSinelebisgan da gadavwyvite, dameyvavebina, movferebodi, iqneb adamianuri grZnoba gaRviZeboda. _ eg sisulelea, Cemo zaza, piriqiT, mzias unda gavufrTxildeT. mamamisma, direqtoroba Sen gadmogabara, saxli, cxovreba da qoneba mas ekuTvnis. [144]

magas rom rame dauSao, mamamisis disSvilebs, lomebiviT biWebs, versad gaeqcevi, ZaRliviT Cagklaven. mzias naTqvami aqvs CemTan, me Tu rame damemarTa, mamaCemis disSvilebi gafrTxilebuli myavso. TiTqos SeSinda. _ mec xom mxedav, ukve muceli wamomezarda. gvelis dakbeniliviT Sexta: _ ra Tqvi, rao, egRa maklia, Cemi cxovreba da qoneba nabuSars SevaWamo. ara, qalbatono, magis imedi nu geqnebaT nurc Sen da nurc Sens nabiWvarso. mec, swored, eg mindoda, raime mizeziT nadirs klanWebidan davZromodi, Cemi TavisTvis me mimexeda, oRond mzia gadamerCina. meore dRes mzias werili davuwere, rogor gadaerCina Tavi gaumaZRari mxecisgan. Cemi ambavic ar damimalavs. yvelaferi davwere da mezoblis qals davutove, romelic dedamiss uvlida, kargi urTierToba mqonda masTan, Cvens gaWirvebebs vuyvebodiT erTimeores. me ki im dResve mzias vuTxari, biZaCemi cudad yofila, Cemi naxva sdomebia da unda wavide-meTqi. mziam miTxra, kargi wadi, oRond male dabrundio, Tan bRuja fuli Camido jibeSi. me gadavexvie, vakoce, mivefere, vitire da uTqmelad wamovedi. mivdiodi uimedobiT Sepyrobili, umweo, rogorc obobas qselSi gabmuli buzi. rogor gadamerCina Tavi, sad wavsuliyavi, vis Sevkedlebodi. biZaCemTan misvla gamoricxuli iyo, Tan fexmZimed viyavi da es sikvdilis tolfasi iyo. SemTxveviT xeli jibeSi Caviyavi da imedis naperwkalma gamkra TavSi. mzias mocemulma fulma sixalise Semmata da bevri aRarc mifiqria, TbilisSi amovyavi Tavi. erTi Rame SensaviT sadgurSi gavaTene. sadguri aris umweoTa da daCagrulTa droebiTi [145]

TavSesafari. far-xmali ar damiyria, maSinve mivdeqmovdeqi, dabrZenebul xalxs vekiTxebodi, mosamsaxure xom aravis unda-meTqi. Sexeduleba ar maklda da Cacma-daxurva. mzias nayid tansacmelSi gamopranWuls, cudad aravin Semomxedavda. kuWma Cxubi damiwyo, maWame rameo. iqve, sasadiloSi, Sevedi, davnayrdi da Cemdauneburad, fulis gadaxdis dros, oficiants SevekiTxe, mosamsaxure an damlagebeli xom aravis unda-meTqi. axalagzrda gogom amxed-damxeda, TvaliT amwon-damwona, ar waxvide, axlave movalo, miTxra da Suaxans gadacilebuli, sandomiani qali moiyvana da miTxra, amas mouyevi yvelaferi, icis, vis unda saxlSi mosamsaxureo. me, rasakvirvelia, movuyevi Cemi cxovrebis gasaWiri, fexmZimobis Sesaxeb ena ar damisvelebia. Cafiqrda, saxe ramdenimenairad Seecvala, Rrmad amoioxra, TiTqos sulic amoayolao, marcxena Tvalidan cremlic gadmougorda. etyoboda, masac eWama siRaribis lukma. _ kargi, Svilo, kargi, sul male movrCebi Cems saqmes, damelode da erTad wavideT, im ojaxs gaCveneb, visac mosamsaxure sWirdebao. im ojaxSi damxvda moxuci col-qmari, erTimeoreze patiosani da sayvareli adamiani. kaci, hainrixi, germaneli pianisti iyo, kaxeTSi, lagodexSi dabadebuli da gazrdili. qali, nadia, rusi iyo. lagodexSi erTad umuSaviaT da siyvaruliT SeuqmniaT ojaxi. ...dRes, me mgoni, gveyofa saubari, xval gavagrZeloT, xvalac Tavisufali var. waval, sasadilodan saWmels movitan, ormagi kveba ginda Sen... naTela dedasaviT zrunavda Tamroze da misma gulTbilma mopyrobam TandaTan gamoakeTa, tirils da vai-viSs uklo. dro mkurnalia da mwuxareba da cremlebi wveT-wveTad iRvreboda da ileqeboda mis [146]

daboRmil gulSi. Tamros imednapkurebi cxovreba mdored miizlazneboda, magram jaWvi, jaWvia, rogori msubuqic unda iyos.

*** meore dRes SedarebiT xalisianad wamodgnen. isauzmes, Cai dalies. naTelam xeli gadaxvia. interesCamdgarma Tamrom ki Txovnis kiloTi warmoTqva: _ mere ra moxda, deida naTela? _ hoo, is tanjuli, dauviwyari dReebi Cems sikvdilze uaresia, _ cremlebi gadmoyara, _ Svili gavaCine, Svilo, biWi, deda moukvdes gogis. im patiosanma xalxma didad Semiwyes xeli. lamazi, niWieri, damjeri bavSvi iyo, sul TvalebSi Semomcicinebda. meSvide klasSi iyo, skolaSi Tavis klaselTan waCxubebuliyo. imas mieZaxa, Se nabiWvaro, CemTan ras gaxdebio. daRonebuli movida skolidan. rom SevekiTxe, ra moxda-meTqi, tiriliT momaZaxa: _ me nabiWvari var, deda, Sen ki meubnebi, kargi mama gyavda, Zalian uyvardi. sami Tvisa rom gaxdi, muSaobis dros denma daartya qarxanaSi da daiRupao. ra meTqva, davmunjdi. gavwiTldi. simarTle rogor meTqva da sityva banze avugde: _ ara, Svilo, mamaSeni didi xania, rac daiRupa. _ bavSvs rom vatyuebdi, Cemdauneburad, cremlebiT gametena Tvalebi. mivefere, davawynare. es ambavi saxlis patrons, nadias, movuyevi. gamiwyra: _ bavSvs ar unda moatyuo, rogorc unda mware simarTle iyos. raxan dainteresda mamamisiT, azrs ver Seacvlevineb, droTa ganmavlobaSi simarTles aucileblad gaigebs da SeiZleba Sen Segijavros. sjobs [147]

Sen auxsna ise, rom mama ar Seajavro. mamamisic aseT lamaz vaJkacs, mamis ganaWers rom naxavs, SeiZleba guli Semoutrialdes, damegobrdnen da cxovrebaSi mxarSi amoudges. misi naTqvami WkuaSi damijda. erT dResac, roca ukve maWariviT duRs sisxli, Tavis Seyvarebulze mesaubreboda da icinoda, Wabukobis ltolva da grZnobaTa siSmage mosZaleboda. vicrue, viTom gviyvarda erTimeore me da zazas da misi mSoblebi wavidnen winaaRmdegi, Rarib-Rataki, umziTvo raxan viyavi-meTqi. isic vuTxari, vin aris da sad muSaobs. gakvirvebulma momaZaxa: _ amas mimalavdi, deda?! es xom iSviaToba ar aris, qarTveli kacis sixarbe da avadmyofobaa. saSualo daamTavra Tu ara, Cems daukiTxavad mamis saZebnelad wavida kaxeTSi da Tan friadosnobis atestatic waiRo. kiTxva-kiTxviT miadga Rvinis qarxanas. karebSi mdgomma morige yaraulma gamohkiTxa, Tu visi naxva undoda. rom gaigo, direqtoris, zazas naxva undoda, uTxra, daicade, Seval da movaxsenebo. gaxarebul gogis wamoscda, ra moxseneba unda, gamiSvi, misi Svili varo. yaraulma axed-daxeda, moewona vaJkaci biWi, Tanac zaza wylis wveTiviT hgavda. magram icoda, rom col-Svili ar hyavda. moridebulad miaZaxa, kargi, Svilo, kargi, mainc vetyvio da gamxiarulebuli gaiqca. direqtors rom moaxsena, Seni Svili Semosasvlel karebSi dgaso, gakvirvebulma zazam TiTi safeTqelTan miido, daustvina da mkacrad miaZaxa: _ reebs bodav, sizmarSi xom ar xar, Se viriSvilo, ra Svili, ris Svili. ar damanaxoT, gaagdeT aqedano. fexaTreulma morigem naRvliani kiloTi ganumarta: [148]

_ cdebiT, axalgazrda, mas arc coli hyavs da arc Svili. _ gexvewebi, Zia, erTi Sevxedo, vgavar Tu ara da waval. morigem nawyeni kiloTi miaZaxa: _ wadi, Svilo, manam Sars ar gadahyrixar. Sen pirveli ara xar. amaswinaTac movida axalgazrda gogona, mamaCemis, zazas, naxva mindao da isic ukmexad gaistumra, aqedan momacileT, vin ariso. egRa maklia, nabuSrebs Cemi cxovreba da qoneba SevaWamoo. _ yvelaferi gasagebia, biZia, magram me aq momsvleli aRar var. erTi Sevxedo, iqneb sad vxvdebi, gTxov, ar SemaCero, _ da qarxnis ezoSi Sevida. morige gamoekida, xvewna dauwyo: _ yeli ar gamomWra, Svilo, aqedan gamagdebs. Cemi wvril-Svili ar gecodeba?! xmaurze muSebi gamovidnen da rom Sexedes axalgazrda eZaleboda moriges, ori janRoniT savse axalgazrda mivarda gogis da ZaliT dauwyes gagdeba gareT. daiwyes Widaoba da Cxubi. gogim imarjva, janiani, moxerxebuli biWi iyo da Zirs gaadenina zRarTani. meore muSam daundoblad gaartya ybaSi. gogim waiforxila, mere uceb xeli gadaugrixa, mklavi amougdo. muSam Rriali daiwyo. mTeli TanamSromlebi gareT gamocvivdnen. Seipyres gogi da direqtoris brZanebiT milicias Caabares. sasamarTlom `mamikos~ wyalobiT xulignobisTvis ori weliwadi cixe miusaja gogis. `erTi udanaSaulo adamianis dasja ufro codoa, vidre aTi damnaSavis dausjelad datoveba~. cixe ki axalagzrdisaTvis damRupvelia. `tanjva-wameba adamianis xvedria mudam da arasodes ar yofila Tanasworoba. wyeulimc iyos, ukuniTidan ukunisamde, [149]

vinc moigona cixiT adamianis gamosworeba~. sakanSi xanSiSesuli qurdi _ dima, metsaxelad `gula~ ijda. igi iyo simarTlis moyvaruli da ukanonod daCagrulTa qomagi. meore dRes gogi TavisTan ixmo, gamohkiTxa, ra muxliT ijda. gogim yvelaferi uambo. gulam miaZaxa, dedaSeni lamazia? rom uTxra, kio, gula Cafiqrda, ramdenime wuTiT xma ar amoiRo, mogonebaTa mRvrie tbaSi gadavarda. Tvalwin daudga ganvlili Ralati da TvalTmaqcoba, saxeze feri mravalnairad Seecvala, Rrmad amoioxra, kbilebi gaakraWuna da guldakodilma warmoTqva: _ ox, silamazev, silamazev, adamianis Wkuidan SemSlelo da Ralatis saTavev. albaT, dedaSenma uRalata da imitom ar migiRo, sicocxlegamwarebulia da aRar epitnavebi. _ ara, Zia dima, dedaCemi patiosani qalia. Tvrameti wlisa var, misi cudi ar gamigia. _ eh, Svilo, qalia. qalia amSenebelic, dammSvenebelic, Ralatis saTavec. `diacebisgan ar maocebs urcxvi Ralati~ da verc gaigeb, sad da rodis giRalatebs. me ra minda aq, biWo, yovelgvar cxovrebiseul sikeTes moklebuli naxevar sicocxles cixeSi vatareb. roca Seni toli viyavi, Wabukuri ltolviTa da grZnobaTa siSmagiT savses araferi maklda, cxovrebiTa da qonebiT kmayofili, dediserTa viyavi da mSoblebi manebivrebdnen. Sexeduleba ar maklda da Wkua. skolaSi warCinebul moswavled viTvlebodi, gogoebic meprunwkebodnen, magram me sofelSi Rarib-Rataki menaxiris Svili, cico, miyvarda. Svidi klasi hqonda damTavrebuli, magram ulamazesi qmnileba iyo, celqi, vercxlis wyaliviT moZravi, lxinSi rom gamodioda, yvela gogos Crdilavda. vatyobdi, masac movwondi, magram me [150]

raki mrcxvenoda, ver vubedavdi, Cems megobars, mezobelsa da Tanaklasel daviTs gavende. is nametani xumara, anegdotebis da iumoris moyvaruli biWi iyo, rom dainaxavdnen gogoebi, lxinSi Tu seirnobis dros, miscvivdebodnen da mis monayolze sicil-kiskisi gaudiodaT. mas Suamavloba vTxove, cico SemaxvedremeTqi. man gadaixarxara da wisqvilis sarekelasaviT xmauriT da xtunviT momaZaxa, Seni xmali da Cemi kiserio. daimedebulma miTxra, xval SuadRisas eklesiasTan did kakalTan damxvdio. sixaruliT xeli davartyi beWebze, midi, Zmao, midi, amags ar dagikargav-meTqi. naTqvamia: `kaci _kaciTa, Robe _ qacviTao~. im Rames ra damaZinebda, joxze wamogebuli, naRverdalmificxebuli goWiviT vtrialebdi loginSi. gaTenda Tu ara, wamovxti, Cemdauneburad, Cqar-Cqara Cavicvi tansacmeli, gareT gamovvardi, magram rom mivixed-movixede, siCumes daesadgurebina aremareze, giJiviT gamecina, isev oTaxSi Sevedi da sawolze tansacmliani mivegde. fiqrTa xlarTebSi gavexvie. cico lamazi, tanadi, janmrTeli, mSromeli gogoa, magram dedaCemi cota kapriziani qalia, SeZlebuli ojaxidan aris da winaaRmdegi rom wavides, Ratakis Svils ojaxSi ar SemovuSvebo, rom miTxras? magram mamaCemi xom Raribi iyo, igi didad mSromeli kaci aris, qedgaxexil nikora kameCiviT Ronieri da gamrje. meuRlesTan erTad Sexmatkbilebuli, erT uRelSi Sebmulni, erTad swevdnen Wapans da cxovrobdnen tkbilad, mtredebiviT RuRunebdnen. me maTi Selaparakebac ki ar gamigia. ekonomiurad kargad vcxovrobdiT. `Tu ar iSrome, ar daRvare alali ofli, sxvisi Semyure, mudam mona iqnebi soflis~ (m. jguburia) [151]

da imedCamdgari wamovxti. gaxarebulma giJiviT gavicine. e.i. siyvaruli Zlieria da yoveli dabrkolebas gadalaxavs. daimedebulma guli gavikitre, RiRini daviwye. mkiTxvelo, vimeoreb da gavimeoreb _ adamianis azrovneba gulTan, centrTan, imarTeba, guli sicocxlis simbolod aris miCneuli, is pirveli iwyebs sicocxles organizmSi dabolos, kvdeba. yvela religiaSi guli WeSmaritebis, sindisis, zneobis, siyvarulis simboloa. bevri rom aRar gavagrZelo, gogi, cico colad moviyvane. `Tu lamaz qalze daqorwindi _ iamaye, xolo Tu ar daqorwindi _ gaixare~ (mopasani). Cems sixaruls sazRvari ar hqonda. ver warmovidgendi mis sindisnamuss, siRaribeSi gazrdils, mourCeneli mruSoba Tu SeeZlo. gavanebivre, raRa ar vuyide, Casacmeldasaxuri. sofelSi silamaziTa da CacmulobiT qali ver Seedreboda. ise vufrTxildebodi, rogorc saTburis vards, niavs ar vakarebdi. `siyvaruli aris tkbili tkivili gulSi~ (haine). soflis axalgazrdoba, zogierTi Zmakaci da megobaric ki Suris TvaliT micqeroda. adamians uyvars sxvis sulSi xelebis faTuri, magram cicos galaRebuli cxovreba TavSi auvarda, siTamame Seemata. Cems megobars, maSvral daviTis ojaxSi xSirad stumrobda. masac hyavda ojaxi, coli da Svili. rogor SemeZlo, cudi ram mefiqra, megobari iyo, Cemi dauyvedrebeli naxmari tansacmliTa da lukmiT gazrdili. araferi ise ar amSvenebs adamians, rogorc sxvaTa amagis dafaseba da araferi iwvevs iseT zizRs, rogorc umaduroba, gautanloba da sikeTis magivrad borotebis Cadena. adamianebs xSirad gvaviwydeba, rom amqveynad sikeTisTvis, siyvarulisTvis varT movlenilni. esaa Cveni mTavari movaleoba. ZmakacebSi [152]

rom Camovardeboda saubari, sofelSi araferi imaleba da ityodnen, Saqros coli Ralatobso. me welgamarTuli mivaZaxebdi, is ra vaJkacia, visac coli gaubozdeba-meTqi. Cemma Zmakacma nugzarma agdebulad momaZaxa, Sennairi da Senze ukeTesi biWebi yofilan, cols rqebi daudgamso. egec icode, qalis silamazes bevri Tayvanismcemeli hyavso. gadaixarxara. ar momewona misi sicili, eWvi oxeria da tiali. xis matliviT Ti SegiZvra gulSi, xesaviT gagaxmobs. eWvnaWami saxlSi rom mivedi, cico ar damxvda. saxe amewva, dedaCems mkvaxed mivaZaxe, cico sad brZandebameTqi. manac arasasiamovnod waibutbuta, mgoni Sens megobar (megobars xazi gausva) daviTis meuRlesTan laybobso. guli raRac cuds mkarnaxobda, macduneblad mifarTxalebda gulis mTavari ZarRvi. siyvaruli adamians aZlierebs da cxovrebSi xaliss hmatebs. siyvarulis cecxli ar Caqreba, Tu sicruesa da Ralats ar aqvs adgili, siyvaruli sulgrZeli da tkbilia, magram zogjer damRupveli. kargad vicodi, cxovreba brZolisa da tanjvis gareSe ar arsebobs, magram... `me ra vicodi, siyvaruli iyo saxadi, viT Savi Wiri, mZleTa mZle da seni boroti~ (s. esenini). cico gaRimebuli, damSvidebuli saxiT rom movida saxlSi, Cemdauneburad mkacrad mivaZaxe: _ sad dabrZandebi mTeli dReebi, qalbatono, ojaxSi saqme araferi gaqvs?! Tan bavSvi mainc waiyvane, dedaCems rom utoveb guguliviT gasazrdelad, cxvir-pirs imtvrevs, Rrialebs. _ eg Seni saqme ar aris, me da deda movrigdebiTo, _ momaZaxa. asanTiviT wamovenTe da mkacrad mivaZaxe, _ Wkuas wixli daaWire, Torem... [153]

ar eloda aseT sityvebs. miCveuli iyo alerssa da daSaqrul saubars. Sexta da Semoprowialda, mkvaxed momaZaxa, saca momesurva, iq viyavio. xom ar eWvianobo? Tan mwared waibutbuta, Cvens siyvaruls CaquCi moxvda TavSi. _ aseTi saqcieli ar gamogadgeba, cico, Cems kacobas fexiT ar gagaTelvineb. siyvaruls fexebze davikideb. nu gaviwydeba, rogori siRaribis kalTaze iyavi mikerebuli, _ am dros Cemma Svilma Tamunam Semomtira, xelSi amiyvaneo. `sadRac kvnesis violino paganinis, satrfos saxlTan oxvriT Rames viRa aTevs, cxovreba ki midis, midis da qaliviT ver gaigeb, sad da rodis giRalatebs~. siyvaruli adamians aZlierebs da cxovrebis xaliss hmatebs, siyvarulis cecxli ar Caqreba, Tu sicruesa da Ralats ar aqvs adgili, siyvaruli sulgrZelia da tkbili, magram zogjer _ damRupveli. erT dRes dedaCems bavSvi hyavda wayvanili Tavis dasTan mezobel sofelSi, mamaCemi ki venaxSi muSaobda. meuRles vuTxari, midi, gogo, puri gamogvelia, gamoacxve, mama mSieri mova samuSaodan-meTqi. Cafiqrda da miTxra, Tu Senc miSveli, kio. axlave-meTqi. fiCxis mosatanad wavedi da momaZaxa, puris coms gamovarTmev mezobels da axlave movalo. sanam movidoda, me Tone gavaxure. magram ver mivxvdi me ugono, coms xom gaRviveba undoda. Seagvianda, magram moitana da gaxarebulma warmoTqva, midi, fqvili da saceri moitane, barem saToneSive movzelavo. fqvili rom gacra da comis mozelva daiwyo, bavSvs rom moSardva unda da tokvas daiwyebs, ise daiwyo tokva da momaZaxa, muceli amtkivdao da gaiqca. finia ZaRli myavda, Zalian miyvarda, saca ki wavidodi, sul Tan damdevda. Cemi erTguli iyo. rasac vetyodi, mijerebda. [154]

cunculas veZaxdi. Semovarda saToneSi, Semomyefa, SarvalSi Camavlo piri da gareT wayolas mTxovda. mec SamfuriT xelSi gamovyevi. sabZlisken gaiqca da yefa atexa. sabZels mivaweqi, Carazuli iyo. gamovtrialdi, magram isev SarvalSi Camavlo kbilebi, nu waxvalo. Sevixede da ras xedavs Cemi Tvalebi. cicos zemodan wamosjdomoda daviTi da RorebiviT qSinavdnen. gadavirie kaci, kari Sevlewe, Sevvardi da Samfuri Sig gulSi gavuyare Cem `megobar~ daviTs. Zirs daeca Tu ara, Samfuri gamovaZre da sabZlis boloSi TvalebdaWyetil `meuRles~ movuRere, magram Cems win Svilis landi da siyvaruli aRimarTa, cecxlSi moyolili mozverviT daviwye Rmuili. gesmis, Svilo, ra gamikeTa?! _ gamwarebulma muSti dairtya barZayze da daRvremilma cremlebi gadmoyara. verara boroteba ver mova qalis borotebasTan. qalma Tu moindoma, mtris kars, veraviTari Zala ver SeaCerebs, yovelTvis aisrulebs Canafiqrs. daviTi sisxlad daiRvara da sabZelSive gaWima fexebi. kidev kargi, colic ar mivayole Cems `megobars~. Cemi Svili sulierad ar gavanadgure. deda SvilisTvis yvelaze Zvirfasi da saTayvanebelia, rogoric ar unda iyos, rom gaizrdeba, xom Semomtirebda: `mama, deda rad momikalio~. biWi xar da gauZeli da gaeci pasuxi... me damiWires da xuTi weli momisajes. SensaviT axalgazrda viyavi, gamoucdeli, tvinareuli uaryofiTs ufro iTvisebs, vidre _ dadebiTs. qurdul samyaroSi movxvdi da qurdi gavxdi. es dasawvavi cixe gaxda Cemi navsayudeli. amas ar vCivi, guli ar mtkiva. kaci movkali da sasjelsac vixdi. codva da madli Taobidan Taobaze gadadis. meSinia, Cemi saqcieliT Svils araferi evnos. patiosani cxovrebis gzas avcdi. Cemi fiqri da gulistkivili Cems erTaderT Svils, [155]

Tamunas, ar Sordeba. udidesi gulistkivili mawuxebs. daRonebuli, fermkrTali saxiT da naRvliani yovel Rame melandeba. guli mtkiva, Tavis tol-amxanagebTan rom ver laRobs, mSoblebze roca Camovardeba saubari, Tavs rom Runavs da megobrebTan ver Cerdeba, gulCalewili, gamxdari, Caferflili saxlSi garbis, dedas Sexedavs, SezizRdeba da cremlebad iRvreba. saxlidan gaqceva unda, magram sxva navsayudeli ar aqvs. guls miklavda damcirebis simware, fexqveS gaTelili Tavmoyvareoba. sul danis pirze davdiodi, aRarafers veridebodi. `me SemiZlia yvela ubedurebis gadatana, garda Rirsebis Selaxvisa~ (korneli). mSoblebs bavSvis aRzrdaSi udidesi misia akisriaT. ai, amis sapirispiros ver veguebi, amitom maqvs xeli Caqneuli cxovrebaze. megobrobis rwmena davkarge, Tavic Semjavrda da xalxic. is gogi aRar var, sofelSi yvela gaWirvebul amxanags, SeZlebisdagvarad, xels rom vumarTavdi. cxovreba sastiki da daundobeli yofila. Cven ki gvinda, viyviroT: _ adamianebo, iyaviT adamianebi. es Tqveni pirveli movaleobaa! Sen ggonia, Svilo, marto qalebi arian moRalateebi?! ara, Svilo, ara. zogierTi kaci qalze uaresi aris. ai, es CaTlaxi, _ xeli gaiSvira kacisken, romelsac cocxi eWira da sakans asufTavebda, _ ori Svilis `patronia~, qal-vaJi hyavs. `arc erT Svils ise ar SeuZlia Searcxvinos mSobeli, rogorc mSobelma _ Svili~ (emersoni). siyvaruliT SeirTo meuRle, gaWirvebiT, magram siamtkbilobiT cxvrobdnen, sarfiani samsaxuri iSova Tu ara, gaamayda, es gaunaTlebeli xixo, mbrZanebloba daiwyo saxlSi. sayvareli gaiCina. patiosani meuRle da ori Svili miatova da orjer ganaTxovar sayvarelTan gadavida sacxvreblad. ojaxisken aRar iyureboda. mis ojaxs gauWirda. alimentis gadaxdac ki ar undoda da aq [156]

moabrZanes ori wliT, _ da mkacrad Seuyvira, _ laSa, Se parazito, aq moeTrie. es aris, es gaTaxsirebuli. Svilebi rogor gaimete dasaRupad, Se uRmerTo, naZirala, suliT xorcamde Seuracxyve patiosani col-Svili, kaxpas miekedle. dimas fiqriT danaRmuli, naRvelCamdgari saxe aelewa, nakverCxaliviT gawiTlda, mkacrad miaZaxa: _ ras CagiRunia Tavi. Tqvi, ram gadagria, WkuanaRrZobo, aRviraxsnilo kacuna, ciyvebi sxva ojaxis patara ciyvebs iSvileben, Tu isini mitovebuli naxes, Sen ki adamiani gqvia, Se parazito. ise uWirda laparaki, rogorc surdoTi cxvirs nestoebdagmanuls. waiRrutuna: _ vtyuivar, Sevcdi. Turme, namdvili siyvaruli yvelas ar SeuZlia. axla mivxvdi, furiviT rom mwvela da xvimiraSi Cayrili safqvaviviT rom Camovida Cemi mitanili Tamasuqebi. erTi weli gadis, rac aq vimyofebi, erTxel saWmelic ki ar Semougzavnia. pirvelma meuRlem ki ar damiviwya, mosakiTxic Semomigzavna da bavSvebTan erTad melaparaka, gamamxneva kidec. iseTi gulsaklavi TvalebiT micqeroda, TiTqos Cem sulSi imedis naperwkals eZebso. erTad veweodiT cxovrebis Wapans, patara, wvrilmani jibrianoba da eWvianobac ki ar gvqonia erTimeoreSi, rac did siyvaruls uTxris Zirs. siyvaruli yovelTvis gvirgvins wnavda. gamiCnda sarfiani samsaxuri, fulSi daviwye koWaoba, gavamaydi, ca qudad ar mimaCnda da dedamiwa _ qalamnad, imitom rom, uwignuri var. is avsulic gamoCnda Cems cxovrebaSi, ojaxis siyvarulic nel-nela ganelda. naTqvamia, cecxls sawvavi Tu ar miawode, Tavis Tavs TviTon amoiWamso. amoviWame kidec da aq damsaxurebulad vagdivar. magram, vfiqrob, cxovreba grZeldeba. meuRles TvalebSi rom Cavxede, TiTqos minelebul kocons Tiva miayareso, ise ifeTqa [157]

Cems gulSi Zvelma siyvarulma. roca SevxedeT erTmaneTs TvalebSi, marTalia, sqeli SuSa gvyofda, magram gavuRime, cera TiTi avuwie da mivaZaxe: `yvelaferi kargad iqneba, gamoval da erTad viqnebiTmeTqi~. bavSvebma sixaruliT daiwyes xtunva. `an rogor daiviwyeb mamis alerss, siTbosa da siyvaruls. xelCakidebuli skolaSi mihyvebodnen titin-titiniT, mama Tavze xels usvamda, ki, mamiko, ki. is siyvaruli da siTbo sicocxlis bolomde Tan sdevs~. `siyvaruli mxolod maSin aris kargi, rodesac siyvarulis sxiviTaa gamTbari~ (goeTe). gana vera vgrZnob, bavSvebs dedac uyvarT da mamac. _ Tvalebze cremli moadga da sTxova gaubedavad, sabralo xmiT, _ cocxs nuRar damaWerineb xelSi, nuRar damamcireb biWebTan. `iyo adamiani _ niSnavs grZnobde pasuxismgeblobas~ (egziuperi). dimam muWSi Caaxvela, gogis Sexeda. gogim dinjad, Semwynarebluri kiloTi warmoTqva: _ raxan danaSauls grZnobs, Zia dima, apatie! _ marTali xar, Svilo da Zmao, sinanuliT xdeba sulis ganwmenda.

*** fiqriTa da javriT datvrTulma gogim Wama akrZala. uhaerobam da uWmelobam filtvebi dauziana, CamoWkna, gayviTlda es ulamazesi, jan-RoniT savse vaJkaci. patimrebi arigebdnen, ar gamogadgeba, axalgazrdav, aseTi saqcieli, dards bevri vaJkaci SeuWamiao, magram aravis usmenda, TviT dimasac ki. dadioda TavisTvis, butbutebda:

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_ nuTu dedaCemma uRalata, aseTma patiosanma, keTilSobilma qalma. ar mjera. es rom marTali gamodges, me saxlSi aRar gavCerdebi. rogorc iyo, didi tanjva-wamebis Semdeg, gavida ori weli da dabrunda saxlSi swrafi tuberkuloziT daavadebuli. Seyvarebuli gaTxovili daxvda. cremlad daiRvara. dedamismac veradaver daarwmuna, rom is patiosani iyo, sanam ojaxis patronma, upatiosnesma germanelma hainrixma ar waiyvana gogi `mamis~ sofelSi da xalxis naambobiT ar daarwmuna zazas `patiosnebaze~. Tumca, yvelaferi dagvianebuli iyo, magram TandaTan gamokeTda, loyebi wamouwiTlda sasikvdilod ganwiruls, Turme am daavadebas ase sCvevia. im periodSi medicina susti iyo am avadmyofobis mosarCenad. xuTi Tve iwvala da amqveynidan wavida Tavmoyvare, didsulovani, niWieri, lamazi vaJkaci biWi. usulgulo, Tavxedi, regveni, garyvnili, cxovrebasa da qonebaze Tavawyvetili, gagiJebuli araadamianis Cadenili saqcielis gamo. Svilis gardacvalebis Semdeg, Svilmkvdari dedisTvis, naTelasTvis, gamanadgurebuli daRi daesva glovasa da mwuxarebas. moxuciviT welSi moxriliyo, saxe damanWoda. ormoci wlisac ar iyo, magram, ityodiT, oTxmoci wlis iqnebao.

*** dro akinZuli qarvasaviT imarcvleboda. Tamro salogined emzadeboda. SexedulebiT is Tamro aRar iyo, tirilsa da glovas CiriviT rom gaexmo. naTelas xelSewyobiT mosuqebul-galamazebuliyo. `suli borgavs da boboqrobs gznebiT, alagme, miec simSvide sruli. [159]

dro mkurnalia qveynad yvelafris dardis, wuxilis da siyvarulis~ (naTan baazovi) mSobiarobaze fuls vin gamoarTmevda, socializmis dros, piriqiT, Tu ram saWiro iyo, bavSvisa Tu dedisTvis, yvelaferi ufasod hqondaT. miuxedavad imisa, Tamrom udidesi tanjva-glova gadaitana, janmrTeli tyupi biWi dabada. Tamros bavSvebisTvis zedac ar Seuxedavs, miuxedavad imisa, ZuZus iTxovdnen, tirodnen. naTelasgan winaswar icoda samedicino personalma, rom bavSvi unda gaeSvilebinaT. naTelas gulma ar mouTmina, bavSvebi saTiTaod aiyvana xelSi, daaTvaliera. Semdeg meore oTaxSi momvlelTan erTad, gankuTvnil sawolSi Caawvines. erTi Tvis Semdeg naTelas TandaswrebiT gaaSviles. erTi mosamarTlis uSvilo colma waiyvana, meore ki _ TbilisSi ganTqmuli eqim-qirurgis colma. miuxedavad imisa, rom Txis rZiT kvebavdnen, bavSvs ZuZu mainc sWirdeboda. mosamarTlis colma daiwyo ZiZis Zebna. mosamsaxure qali samSobiarosa da ojaxebSi dadiodnen meZuZuri dedis sapovnelad. sadac Tamrom imSobiara, naTelas TanamSromlebi gafrTxilebuli hyavda, sityva ar daeZraT Tamros sacxovreblis Sesaxeb. magram fuli yvelafris SemZlea, ras ar Caadeninebs adamians, sulsac ki mihyidis satanas. rusudanma bRuja fuli rom daanaxva samSobiaroSi bavSvebis momvlel qals da uTxra, meZuZur qals veZebo, Tvalebi daaWyita, nikapi aucaxcaxda, lamis xelidan gamoglija fuli. aqeTiqiT mimoixeda, Tavis oTaxSi Seiyvana, daxarbebulma wasCurCula: _ ramdens iZlevi, gogo, misamarTi rom giTxra? xom ici, Cemma ufrosma rom gaigos, aqedan amaxvevinebs da sad wavide mere? [160]

rusudanma yurSi CasCurCula, as maneTs mogcemo, asi maneTic ZiZis mZebnel qalbatons moutexa. im periodSi asi maneTi didi fuli iyo da xeli gauSvira, momecio, fuli ZuZuebSi Caitena. ase gaiges Tamros misamarTi da rusudanma im dResve miakiTxa naTelasa da Tamros binaze. iRbalze oriveni saxlSi iyvnen. rusudani yaraCoxeliviT xelis aweviT miesalma da dasZina, stumars ar miiRebTo?! naTela maSinve gaepasuxa, mobrZandi, geTayva, mobrZandiT. man ki bodiSis moxdiT wamosTqva: _ vaa, mTeli Tbilisi Semoviare, Zlivs mogageniT. _ xeli CamoarTva, gavicnoT erTmaneTio da daiwyo, TqvenTan patara saqme maqvs, gTxovT momisminoT da daukiTxavad Camojda skamze. Tamros RimiliT axeddaxeda, RimilCamdgarma warmoTqva: _ mgoni aTianSi movartyi, swored Tqven brZandebiT, visac veZeb, qalbatono, _ iseTi kmayofilebiT gaiRima, TiTqos didi saganZuri ipovao da gulianad gaicina, mZivebiviT Cawikwikebuli qaTqaTa kbilebi gamoaCina. Tamros ekaliviT etaka gulSi eldad movardnili simarTle da cxviri CamouSva. naTelam Tamros rom Sexeda, gulnatkenma wyeniT warmoTqva: _ Svilo, sxvisi azris mosmena da gaazreba unda icode, win nu uswreb movlenebsa da Sedegs. _ bodiSi, qalbatono naTela, mTeli cxovreba sulswrafi var, cxra Tvis magivrad, Svid TveSi davibade, gamCenma ase wamomkra sajdomze xeli da gaiRima. ar ityviT, ramdeni wlisa viyavi, Cems mutruk qmars rom wamovajeqi kiserze, Tu is wamomajda da celqma gogom morCilad did mZime uRelSi Sevyavi Tavi da uzarmazar tvirTs vewevi, TxuTmeti wlisac ar viyavi. yvelaferi minda adre movaswro da jer ocdaxuTisac ar var, sami biWi gavagore ukve. _ iseTi xumara da alali gulis patroni iyo, mwuxaresac ki [161]

gaacinebda. Tamrom da naTelam erTmaneTs Rimilgadakrulebma gadaxedes. naTelas moewona misi alalmarTloba da Sexeduleba, muWSi Caaxvela da SeekiTxa: _ Tbiliseli xar, rusudan?! fexze wamovarda, gadaixarxara da miaZaxa: _ kaxeTidan var, Cokina, ra, ar mogwonvar, Tu? _ ras ambob, piriqiT. am xumara da kvimat gogos sandomiani, saTno saxe hqonda, lamazi, cisferi Tvalebi, grZeli wamwamebi. odnav tansavse iyo, saSualoze maRali, grZelfexeba. msxvili nawnavebi hqonda, welamde dahfenoda da rqagalaRebuli vaziviT iyo tanayrili. misi silamazis mnaxveli emocias ver dafaravda, rafaelis madonas hgavda, gamCens misTvis uxvad daefrqvia es didebuli bedniereba. _ rusudan, albaT, dedaSenic lamazi iqneba SensaviT. rusudanma gadaikiskia: _ nametani, nametani. dedaCemi dabalia, CafskvnilCasuqebul-Cakuratebuli, loyebRaJRaJa, Ronieri. erT tomara fqvils rom wamoikidebs, maRaziidan Seusveneblad moacunculebs saxlSi. mxolod CemsaviT kvimati da Worikanaa. mamaCemi ki _ gamxdari, Savgvremani, cxviri kombostos murks miugavs. mSromeli da patiosani kacia. albaT, dedaCems viRac miepara da gadaikiskisa. _ mere TbilisSi rogor moxvdi sacxovreblad? _ kargi, TandaTan amovalageb xurjinSi gadanaxuls, sofelSi cxovrebis ambebs. Cems meuRles, mixas, anu mutrukas, ufrosi Zma hyavs Tandila. sanam cols moiyvanda, Zmurad cxovrobdnen, siyvarulSi ejibrebodnen erTimeores, magram moiyvana Tu ara meuRle, luba, mtris kars. ar gavida erTi Tvec ki, [162]

meuRles Wkua gadautriala da maTi Zmuri siyvaruli dagorebuli zvaviviT swrafad daiSala. me xom zizRiT miyurebda, erTi Seuxedavi, Sxmaki, boroti qmnileba. miuxedavad imisa, me sul veferebodi, vexumrebodi, mindoda, kargad vyofiliyaviT. ar mindoda Zmebi waCxubebuliyvnen. zogierTi ZmebiviT, mamulze Tu gayris dros codvis kalo datrialebuliyo. yvelaferze fiqri da saqmis gazomvaa saWiro. adamiani cvalebadi bunebis arsebaa, xis foToli ar aris erTnairi da, vfiqrobdi, dayvavebiT iqneb rogorme Seicvalos xasiaTi-meTqi. magram rad ginda _ `ara Sejda mwyeri xesa, ara iyo gvari misio~ _ Tavisas miaWenebda. `yvela ZaRls ZaRli erqvas da yvela adamians adamiani?!~ mamamTilic Seijavra, radgan Zmebis walaparakebis dros simarTle Tqva da ufros Svils, Tandilas, gauwyra. Cemi meuRle, mutruka, mTis broliviT sufTa da keTilia, mamas usayvedura, Tandila meuRlis TandaswrebiT ar unda gagemtyunebina, im kapasis mogonilia yvelaferio. xom ici, Tvalviwro da Suriania, misi guli savsea SurisZiebis gamoulevi sakvebiT, arafers gapatiebs. WkuanaRrZobia. gana ar vici, moTmineba yvela sabrZolo xerxs sjobia, magram vxedavdi, mtris waqezebiTa da xelSewyobiT, TvalTmaqcobiTa da gvelaZuobiT maT ZmobaSi TandaTan SuRli da mtroba bartyebs Cekavda. aRaravis eridebodnen, Cxubze iyvnen gadasulebi. ise ar unda moiqce, sakuTar ezoSi cecxlis gaCeniT, mezoblis saxli gadabugo. wuTisofeli mRvrie talRebs ganukiTxavad miaqanebs ufskrulisken mtyuans da marTals. boroteba da keTilSobileba mudmivad eqiSpebian erTimeores. boroteba mxolod keTilSobilebiT iTrguneba. Cemi meuRle, magas venacvale, patiosani, [163]

sindis-namusiani, erTguli kacia. Tu kamaTSi ar gamoiwvie, aris TavisTvis, rogorc lokokina niJaraSi da uZlebs gausaZlis Jam-uJamobas. meuRle daviyolie, yvelaferi, rac ki Cven gvekuTvnoda _ saxli, mamuli, maT davutoveT da TbilisSi amovyaviT Tavi. SeiZleba TqvaT, giJebi yofilxarT, unda gageyidaT mainco, magram me sindisnamusi gamaCnia, binaSi sxvas ar Cavusaxlebdi. is ugunuri mainc ver gaigebs, magram me xom mesmis... Cveni SromiT, siyvaruliTa da mcdelobiT sxvas xelebSi ar SevyurebT da vcxovrobT siamtkbilobiT, _ saubrobda, Tan Tamros iseTi TvalebiT uyurebda, TiTqos mis sulSi Caxedvas lamobso da miaRwia kidec misi sulis samans. daiTanxma, rom wahyoloda. diax, mkiTxvelo, rusudanis saubarma Tamros TiTqos ufro gauZliera sicocxlis Jini. mis saxeze zRvis talRebSi areklili mzis naTeliviT asxivda. eniT uTqmeli sixaruli mohgvara da daubrunda rwmena, romelic sicocxlesaviT esaWiroeboda. `rwmena adamianisTvisaa saWiro da ara RmerTisTvis~ (kogori). _ deida naTela, sityva Tqven gekuTvniT, ras ityviT? naTelam alersiani xmiT warmoTqva: _ es Tamros gadasawyvetia, magram raxan Cemi azri ginda gaigo, magis adgilze davTanxmdebodi, samSoblos gamravleba da janmrTeli axalgazrdoba esaWiroeba da ara ZuZuebis gamowveliT rZis gadaqceva, Tanac ekonomiurad wagadgeba. _ icoda, rom Tamros Svilze iyo saubari. Tamrom Tanxmobis niSnad Tavi daRuna da waiCurCula, kargio. patiosnebisa da samSoblos siyvarulis samans ver gadaabija. mamapapuri keTilSobiluri fesvidan iyo ylorti amosuli, [164]

veraviTari qariSxali da SeZaxili ver SeaCerebs drois qanqaras! sanam Tamro daTanxmdeboda rusudans, ise iyo aRSfoTebuli, almuri asdioda saxeze. Tanxmoba rom uTxra, iseTi Sveba igrZno, rogorc melogine qalma Svilis dabadebisas. cqvitad wamoxta da sixaruliT miaZaxa, diliT adre moval, Cems putkuna diasaxliss gaCveneb. Tamrom ironiulad miaZaxa: _ ra, bazrobaze Cayvanili cxeniviT ginda aCveno Cemi Tavi im Sens patrons? rusudanma Caikiskisa da miaZaxa: _ Cto ti gavariS... nTelam RimiliTve miugo: _ yoCaR, rusudan, rusulic gcodnia. _ ra vqna, Cveni soflis menaxirec ki laparakobs rusulad, Tavis erTgul finia ZaRls rusulad elaparakeba, `iZi suda~, `uxadi at sudao~ da me ra, imaze naklebi var?.. da gaagrZela: _ rom icode, gogo, Cemi patroni rogori keTilSobili adamiania, Tbili, saTno, misi gacnobiT madlobasac metyvi. magram qmari didi wuwuraqi, maRali, didcxvira Tanamdebobis piria, mosamarTlea, sityvaZunwi adamiani. jer kidev eZinaT, rusudani dilaadrian rom daadgaT Tavze naTelasa da Tamros. naTelam RimiliT miaZaxa: _ ra iyo, gogo, xeze xom ar geZina CitiviT, am uTenia rom Semofrindi? _ ra vqna, deida, mTeli Rame ar daiZina Tornikem, TiTqos Tamros ZuZus elodeba, saWmeli ar gaikara pirSi, _ patara yuTiT Saqaryinuli dado magidaze, _ es Cemma qalbatonma, nucam mogarTvaTo. [165]

Caic ki ar daalevina Tamros, wamo, gogo, gelodeba, erTad visauzmoTo. Tamro ise Cumad midioda, TiTqos fexSiSvela yofiliyos. oTaxSi rom Sevida da bavSvi dainaxa, TiTqis SiSvel tanze WianWvelebi daexvivneno, iseTi SegrZneba daeufla, guli auCqarda, sisxlma CaquCiviT dauwyo cema safeTqlebSi. bavSvs ise dahyurebda, rogorc afofrili deda arwivi Tavis marTves. zeda tuCi auTamaSda, misdauneburad dedobrivi grZnoba moeZala. gafiTrda, saxlis ufrosis rom ar morideboda, moefereboda, gulSi Caikravda, ra icoda, rom Tavisi Svili iyo, yvelafers qoqolas miayrida, dastacebda xels da saxlSi waiyvanda. akvnidan rom amoiyvana ZuZus mosawoveblad, bavSvi dawynarda, dedis suni igrZno da gauRima. Tamromac gauRima, gulze miixuta. bavSvma xarbad daiwyo Wama, wovda Tan TvalebSi Sehyurebda da uRimoda, rZe auqafda pirSi. Tamrom faqizad moswminda pirsawmendiT da RimiliT miaZaxa, nela Wame, Se Rormucelao da meore ZuZu Caudo pirSi, magram bavSvma arasgziT ar mowova, tirili daiwyo da Tamromac isev marjvena ZuZu Caudo pirSi. manac siamovnebiT daiwyo wova da miiZina ase gadioda dReebi. bavSvi rogorc unda mSieri yofiliyo, marcxena ZuZus ar ekareboda. Tamro ZuZus tkivilma Seawuxa, xeliT iwvelida da Rvrida. naTelas SesCivla, ra vqna, bavSvi marcxena ZuZus ar swovs, ra gavakeToo. naTela Cafiqrda, ra vqna, vuTxra, eg bavSvic rom magisia da meore Svilic hyavs da, albaT, Zmis kuTvnil ZuZus mowovis uflebas gamCeni ar aZlevso. modi, Tamro, romel ZuZusac swovs, wiwaka waisvi, iqneb mere mowovos meore ZuZu. magram naTelas darigebam Sedegi ar gamoiRo. ase gagrZelda rva Tve da bavSvs ise mieCvia da SeuyvardaT erTimeore, daSoreba aRar [166]

undoda da, rom gamoemSvidoba ojaxis diasaxlissa da bavSvs akoca, cremlad daiRvara. gadioda wlebi da icvlida wessa da zneobas, magram is saSineleba, rac gadaxda, Tamros Tavs, jer kidev ar daviwyeboda, Wriloba ar Sexorceboda. yvela arsebas aqvs aqilevsis qusli... `drom Sedgoma ar icis, wuTi wuTs misdevs, adamianic yovelTvis icvleba da, Tu igi ukeTesi ar gaxda, rasakvirvelia, uaresi unda gamxdariyo~ (r. fridrixi). *** modi, Cemo imedo da Cemi siyvarulo, ai, ra aris cxovreba, yvela nabijis gadadgmas dafiqreba da awondawona unda. cxovreba rTulia da rTulze rTuli, Cemo biWo... frontze uTanasworo partizanuli Setakebis dros fexSi daviWeri da damatyveves. omi rom damTavrda, gadasaxlebaSi mikres Tavi, cimbirSi. saqmis gamoZiebis Semdeg, rogorc iyo, eqvsi Tvis Semdeg gamaTavisufles. saxlSi davbrundi Tu ara, TbilisSi, kiTxva-kiTxviT Tamros naterfals gavyevi da rogorc iyo, mivageni. keTilmowyobil, sakuTar saxlSi cxovrobda, magram, rad ginda, sxva Tamro damxvda. TiTqos giri Camomkides kiserzeo, ise damimZimda guli. patiosnebisa da kacobis guSagad videqi yovelTvis, ra meTqva, ra imedi mimeca, is angeloziviT gogo, Tamro, RmerTma acxonos misi suli, WianWvelas rom fexs ar adgamda, garemoebam da SurisZiebam qurdul wreSi amoayofina Tavi. kani icvala abreSumis WiasaviT da daundobel adamianad, mZvinvare mxecad gadaiqca. avtoritetuli pirovneba, atamani gaxda. misi sityva alesili samarTebeliviT Wrida. da am wreSi rogor moxvda, ar gainteresebs, jielo?!. [167]

_ rogor ara, papa, momiyevi, Zalian mainteresebs. _ kargi, kargi, raxan egre gainteresebs, cota moiTmine, farda TandaTan gaixsneba. axlave moval, gulma Cxvleta damiwyo. gareT gaval, haerze gavivlgamovivli. gavida da danaRvlianebuli TavisTavs gauwyra: _ ox, Cemo Tavo, me rom TbilisSi wavyolodi, am saSinel ubedurebas, avazakobas xom ascdebodao. ox, Cemo Tamro, Cemo sicocxlev da siyvarulo. _ uRelSi Sebmuli daRlil-daqanculi, yelSi apeurwaWerili xariviT zmuili da bRavili daiwyo. siyvarulSi motyuebuli, dakodili guli da suli yvela Wrilobaze Znelad xorcdeba da Tavis Secdomas, mdumared, cremlebis RvriT gamoxatavda. `mxolod igia WeSmaritad mware cremli, rodesac kaci afrqvevs, roca calkea da marto~ (l. fransua). _ moxvedi, papa, rad daigviane, cudad xom ar xar? feri ar gadevs saxeze, Tvalebi dawiTlebuli gaqvs. _ araferia, Svilo, araferi, _ waiCurCula, _ metis Rirsi var, metis... _ ra Tqvi, papa? _ skami moitane, gverdiT momijeqi. xoo, Tamroze geseubrebodi ara? _ ki, papa, ki. Rrmad amoioxra, TiTqos gulic amoayolao da daRonebulma, xmagatexilma daiwyo. yvelaferi miambo, araferi daumalavs. ileweboda wlebi da Tamros Canafiqris Sedegi ar Canda, gulgasiebuls SurisZiebis CaquCi TavSi mwared urtyamda, tkivils veRar uZlebda. sikvdilmisjiliviT dadioda, guli ki zRvasaviT uboboqrebda. yelSi daucxromeli gadawyvetilebis wyurvili miebjina da mwared gulgatexilma warmoTqva: [168]

_ vano, Cems sicocxles dabmuli ZaRlis yofa sjobia, sixaruli da bedniereba CemTvis aRar arsebobs. Cemi gaubedurebis dRe gvelis nakbeniviT dauviwyaria da sizmarSic ki mesizmreba. giJiviT wamovvardebi xolme da sabZelSi moyolili, cecxlwakidebuli ZroxasaviT vbRavivar. sicocxlem fasi dakarga, cxovrebis interess veRar vpoulob, siZulvilma wamleka, momspo. is Tamro aRar var, ara, laRi mercxaliviT rom dafrinavda Cemi ocnebebi. magram ra meqna, Tavs xom ar moviklavdi. Cemi mizani da gadawyvetileba haerSi iyo Camokidebuli. `brZola cxovrebis pirobaa, cxovreba kvdeba, roca brZola mTavrdeba~ (belinski). Cems cxovrebaSi axalma qariSxalma daubera. naTelam, romelic dedasaviT mivlida da gamosacvleli saburaviviT Tan damatarebda, man gadamatanina yovelive, glova da gaWirveba, TavisTan, sasadiloSi, momsaxure mimtanad muSaobaze damiTanxma. dResxvalaobiT SeveCvie Cems samsaxurs da Tavisuflad vigrZeni Tavi, momxmareblebi kmayofilebiT miRimodnen da zogi xurdasac mitovebda. dRe-Ramis gasayarze sasadiloSi oTxi kargad Cacmuli, eleganturi, erTimeoreze ukeTesi silamazis da janRoniT savse axalgazrda Semovida. rom daminaxes, erTmaneTs raRac gadaulaparakes da maT Soris yvelaze maRalma wamoiZaxa: _ vaa, es ra lamazi Citi mofrenila, _ Tan RimiliT miTxra, _ Zvirfaso, midi Sens Tavgasiebul ufross moaxsene Seni `Zmakacebi~ mobrZandnen, mocunculdes, Tan `banketis~ gasaRebi wamoiRoso. ufrosTan rom Sevedi kabinetSi, vaxSmobda, Tavi nel-nela Semoatriala da mkvaxed momaZaxa: _ ra bzikma gikbina, ra gnebavs. [169]

rom vuTxari, risTvisac Sevedi, uceb wamoxta, sainze xeli mouxvda, iatakze Camovarda da daimsxvra, saWmelic mimoifanta. momaZaxa, mixedeo da gavarda. kabinetidan rom gamovedi, qSena-qSeniT movarda da miTxra, eg axalgazrdebi rom movlen, Sen moemsaxurebi da fulsac ar gamoarTmev, danaxarjis qviTars me momitano. im dRidan, roca modiodnen, me vemsaxurebodi. dResxvalaobiT miveCvie maT momsaxurebas, anegdotebis mosmenas da erTad sicils. maT Soris erT-erTma, romelic yvelaze metad aqtiurobda da mearSiyeboda, asmaneTiani Camido winsafris jibeSi da xeli xelze momiWira. me ukmexad Sevxede da mkacrad mivaZaxe, raRaca geSleba, ramaz. ukve vicodi, vis ra erqva da fuli ukan mivugde. mivaZaxe, amis Semdeg me Tqven aRar mogemsaxurebiT, Cemi ubedurebac meyofameTqi. uceb erTad wamoxtnen da momaZaxes, raSia saqme, vin gawyenina, Tamro, gviTxari, dResve avugebT anderZso. ramazma momibodiSa, kargi, ar gewyinos, Tqvi, vin dagCagra aseTi keTilSobili gogo, amxanagebmac momaZaxes, nu geSinia, Cven aq viyoT da vinme rames rogor gawyeninebs, dedas vutirebTo! Cveni imedi gqondeso. vano, isini Tanamdebobis pirebi megonen, Turme, Zveli biWebi, qurdebi yofilan. maTma uSiSarma, vaJkacurma saubarma TiTqos xeli mkra viRacamo, gamomafxizla, Cemi Canafiqris imedis naperwklebi gamoCnda da naRvelgareulma warmovTqvi: _ madlobeli var Tqveni, biWebo, Cemi daxmareba rom gindaT, SemdegSi rom SegxvdebiT, yvelafers giambobT. _ TvalebSi sixarulis cremlebma gamoJona da gareT gavedi. iseT xasiaTze davdeqi, TiTqos mizans mivaRwie. lamis RiRini daviwye. ufrosi gasuli iyo. gogoebs [170]

vTxove, Cems magidebs mixedeT-meTqi da maxarobeliviT aCqarebuli saxlSi gaviqeci, naTelasaTvis mindoda meambna yvelaferi. igi saxlSi ar damxvda. loginze gulaRma davegde da fiqris gorgals nel-nela vaxvevdi. Semetopa Tu ara damnaSaveTa samyaros mRvrie morevSi. adamians ZaluZs moerios sakuTar Tavs, daiokos Tavisi survilebi da CaixrCos sindisis qenjna, magram zogjer aris iseTi Cadenili danaSauli, romlis daviwyeba adamianis gulsa da suls ar SeuZlia. is sikvdilsac ki Tan misdevs. ar mindoda xelebis sisxlSi moTxvra, adamiani var da ara mxeci, Tanac qali, magram Cemi damRupveli, Cems sulsa da gulSi dauviwyar binZur xelebs rom afaTurebs cxadsa Tu sizmarSi, amas sigiJemde mivyavdi. Cemi Canafiqri mwifdeboda da gonebaSi vaanalizebdi yvela detals, magram sxva gamosavals vera da ver vpoulobdi, an unda momekla, an RoriviT damekidinebina. netavi rame dameSavebina im daundobeli afTrisTvis, siyvarulis garda, mainc SeiZleba Tavi Semekavebina. mxeci xom mxecia, mamri mdedrTan alersis dros Tavis moZme mamrs axlos ar miakarebs, sikvdilamde ebrZvis. mag gaTaxsirebulma arakacma, mxecze ufro mxecma, Zmakacebs ZaRliviT daajijgnina Cemi gulubryvilo, sacodavi Tavi. amitom Semwynareblobaze xeli Caviqnie da biWebs yvelaferi movuyevi, araferi damimalavs, rasac nacarwayrili nakverCxaliviT vmalavdi. biWebi gagiJdnen, gadairivnen, axlave wamodi, gvanaxve, sad cxovrobso, iginebodnen, danarCeni Cven viciTo. vuTxari, or dReSi SemoiareT-meTqi. sasadiloSi veRar vCerdebodi, meCqareboda, naTelasTvis, Cemi dedobilisTvis, momeyola yvelaferi. [171]

`saWiro saqmeebis keTebis dros ise unda viCqaroT, rom TiTqos erTi wuTis dakargvac ki sakmarisia yvelafris dasaRupad~ (belinski).

*** naTelas rom vuyvebodi, vano, biWebis ambavs, saxe aTasnairad ecvleboda. yvela arsebas, Cemi ar iyos, aqvs aqilevsis qusli. Rrmad amoioxra, xeli loyaze momiTaTuna, cremlad daiRvara, miyuCda da xmas ar iRebda. misi Semyure dro gaCerda, xmas verc me vZravdi. cremlebi moiwminda, gulCaTuTqulma warmoTqva: _ ra yofila droTa svla. adamians rogor cvlis tanjva-wameba. TviT Zlieri nebisyofis adamianzec ki moqmedebs. gana me movifiqrebdi rodesme an sizmrad damesizmreboda, Cemo Svilo, rac axla unda giTxra? me Seni gadawyvetileba vicodi, rac unda Cagedina da ver gimxeldi, rom did Secdomad mimaCnda, guliTa da suliT vdardobdi. magram axla, rom magondeba, Cemi Svilis tanjviT miyenebuli sikvdilis Semdeg, yvelaferze var wamsvleli. rom SeiZlebodes, Cemi xeliT movuspobdi Cems damRupvels sicocxles. gTxov, Svilo, Tamro, yvelaferi uambe im biWebs an aq moiyvane, me ufro kargad avuxsni Cems ubedurebas. gasamrjelos Zvirs xom ar moiTxoven, gogo? _ ra Tqvi, deida naTela, piriqiT, rogorc msuqan onavar Txas, ise mowvelian, bobla TevziviT gafcqvnian da madlobasac gvetyvian. _ oRond is miwaSi Casadebi zaza gamwarebuli davinaxo, mets arafers SevTxov RmerTs, dawynarebuli waval Cems SvilTan, deda moukvdes, gauxareli wavida amqveynidan. [172]

vano, biWebs rom movuyevi zazas saqmianobis Sesaxeb, Rvinis qarxnis mepatronea-meTqi, sixaruliT wamocvivdnen, sad cxovrobso. rom vuTxari, saTiTaod gadamkocnes, Tan daayoles, sakmarisia, gasagebia yvelaferio. me mudaris TvalebiT Sevxede Tu ara ramazs, man maSinve momaZaxa, ra iyo, Tamro, saTqmeli xom ar gaqvs rameo. Tavi CavRune da moridebiT warmovTqvi, saqmeze rom waxvalT, TqvenTan erTad Cems ganuyrel megobars, vinc es saqme damavala, naTelasac unda wamosvla-meTqi. biWebma erTimeores Sexedes, Cafiqrdnen da dabal xmaze daiwyes msjeloba. bolos damTanxmdnen, kargi, raxan guliT gadauwyvetia, waviyvanTo. me gavacile da gamxiarulebulma mivaZaxe, me imas marto ar gamovuSveb, mec unda wamovide-meTqi. ramazma agdebulad momaZaxa, vaa, Seni Tavgasiebuli ufrosic xom ar ginda wamoiyvanoo. biWebma miaZaxes, kargi, kargi, geyofao da miTxres, xuT dReSi SegatyobinebTo. Rvino aRar dalies da gamxiarulebulebi gavidnen. marTlac, xuTi dRis Semdeg, sasadiloSi muSaobis dros ramazma gamafrTxila, saRamos movalT TqvenTan da mzad iyaviTo. Tormeti saaTi iqneboda, faitoniT movidnen oTxiveni dol-garmonis TanxlebiT. mefaitonec erTi maTgani iyo. rom CavsxediT me da naTela, gakvirvebulma wamoviZaxe, raa, biWebo, qorwilSi xom ar mivdivarT? ramazma mxiarulad momaZaxa: `egrea saWiroo~ da xma aRar amomiRia. gzaSi uremi, saxedriani sazidari an faitoni Tu Segvxvdeboda, dolsa da garmons axmianebdnen. faitoni soflis boloSi gaaCeres. samni Camovidnen da amxanagebs wasCurCules. wavidnen zazas saxlisken, romelic soflis boloSi cxovrobda orsarTulian keTilmowyobil binaSi. saxlTan rom mividnen, ZaRlma ucxo adamianebis suni igrZno da yefa daiwyo, [173]

magram iRblad damwyvdeuli iyo. kviradRe Tendeboda, etyoba zazas saxlSi stumrebi hyavda an elodeboda. Semodgomis periodi iyo, cxeloda, fanjara Ria daetovebina meore sarTulze. ZaRli ar isvenebda, iyefeboda. maSinve ramazma Camokidebuli abgidan cxvris moxarSuli barkali amoiRo da, rogorc iyo, ZaRls bunagSi Seugdo da gaaCuma. kibe moZebnes, saxlSi Sevidnen da ras xedaven, saxlis patroni zaza loginze tangauxdeli iwva mTvrali da aduRebuli CaidaniviT fSvinavda, dorblebi gadmosdioda da SigadaSig ustvenda wyaladuRebuli CaidaniviT. magidaze sufra iyo gaSlili, saWmliT iyo sufra datvirTuli, Wiqebi da yanwebi miyrilmoyrili, gaCaxCaxebuli liTonis lamfa iqaurobas anaTebda. sufras etyoboda, sams unda eqifa, Wiqebi da sainebi sam kacze iyo gaSlili. operacias ramazi xelmZRvanelobda da amxanagebi gaafrTxila, ar gaaRviZoT, qalebi moiyvaneTo. daTo adgilze darCeso. mivediT da xelebSekruli zaza isev xvrinavda. ramazma yuri auwia, Rvino WiqiT yurSi Caasxa, muSti miartya ferdSi, mkacrad miaZaxa, gaiRviZe, satanao. zazam Tvalebi daaWyita. rom dagvinaxa, wamoxta. `SiSs didi Tvalebi aqvso~, yvirilis dawyebas apirebda, magram xelebSekruls pirSi cxvirsaxoci CasCares, ybaSi mamapapuri sila uTavazes. ramazma nagani amoiRo, nikapze miartya, cxvirsaxoci gamoglija, mkacrad Seutia, ar gabedo yvirili, Torem aqve gagaTavebo da skamze miuTiTa, daegdeo. aba, kargad daakvridi am ori qalbatonidan vis icnobo. zazas egona, gasaZarcvad ki ar mividnen, naTelas angariSis gasasworeblad, sacemrad iyvnen misulebi. saxeze feri mouvida. wamoiZaxa: _ naTela Cemi meuRlea, didi xania veZebdi mis kvals da ver mivageni, unda Sevrigebodi, _ naTelas [174]

guRima, Tan daayola, _ biWi rogor aris, saamayo Svili gagizrdia, mtyuani var mis winaSe. naTelam qviTini daiwyo, mivarda, saxe Camougaza frCxilebiT. _ ox, Se gvelo, sazizRarze sazizRaro, mxeco, arakaco, sustebTan Zliero, ZlierTan _ susto, baRlinjosaviT myralo da gasasreso. Cemi xeliT xar mosaklavi. _ dana gaSala da unda daertya, roca biWebma imarjves, waarTves da usayvedures, jer adrea am garewris sikvdili, cota dagvacade, magasac moeswrebio. ramazma nikapSi amoartya xeli. _ aba, axla Camofqvi, sad gaqvs fuli da oqrouloba Senaxuli, Tu sikvdili ar ginda, Torem, amas xom xedav, _ specialurad gakeTebuli tyavis yelSi wasaWeri gaartya saxeSi da Tan daayola, _ ai, amiT migaxrCob ZaRliviT, Tqvi, Se parazito. zaza damunjda, sikvdilis feri daedo, oCani joriviT ganze gaswia fexebi, Tavi Camokida. ramazis erT-erTma megobarma sosom miaZaxa: _ ras exvewebi, amis deda... axlave movaWri Tavs RoriviT. _ xanjali amoaZro qarqaSidan. ramazma miaZaxa: _ ar ginda, soso, aq wveTi sisxli ar unda davardes, qamriT mivaxrCob, amis dedac... _ wauWira yelSi. zazam Tvalebi daaWyita, ena gadmoagdo. naTelam miaZaxa: _ jer nu moklavT, minda gavigo, misi meuRle, mzia, rogor aris, is sacodavi. _ gaeci pasuxi, Roro, _ mujluguni wahkra ramazma gverdSi. Widaobisas waqceuli kaciviT gafiTrebulma, danaRvlianebulma zazam Tavi Cakida da SeSinebulma wailuRluRa: [175]

_ mgoni naTesavebma TbilisSi waiyvanes sagiJeTSi da iq daiRupa. naTela iatakze daeca, TavSi waiSina xelebi, aqviTinda, slukun-slukuniT warmoTqva: _ ra vicodi, me ubedurma, es saSineleba, Torem CemTan waviyvandi. Tamro, eniT auwereli keTili, sacodavi adamiani iyo... ramazma mkacrad warmoTqva: _ dro ar iTmens... naTelam wamoiZaxa: _ mokaliT es Sxamiani gveli, vici sadac inaxavda xolme ojaxis yofili ufrosi, mzias mama fuls. meore oTaxSi, _ xeli gaiSvira, _ tansacmlis karada rom dgas, mis ukan mozrdili skivria da zed sastumro logini awyvia. Tamrom Tavisdauneburad wamoiZaxa: _ jer ar moklaT, Tavisi TvaliT naxos, am ZunwzeZunwma, gaumaZRarma wurbelam, rom fulsa da oqros rogor SeuZlia adamianis gaxarebac da daRupvac. zazam es rom moismina, mgeliviT daiRmuvla, kbilebi gaakraWuna, qveda tuCze ikbina. biWebisTvis yvelaferi gasagebi iyo. maSinve meore oTaxSi gacvivdnen, miTiTebul adgilze. marto rom davrCiT, vano, naTelam SeafurTxa zazas da sila gaawna. xeli mohkida perangze da miaZaxa: _ wamodi, Se sazizRrobav, garyvnilo, gaumaZRaro Roro, Seni TvaliT naxe, aram qonebas rogor SeuZlia gaumaZRari adamianis daRupva da cocxlad sikvdili. SenTvis, vfiqrob, fulis dakargva yvela sasjelze ufro didi sasjelia da sikvdilze mwarea. skivri rom gaxsnes da abreSumis gadasafarebeli aiRes, savse iyo Sekruli msxvili kupiurebiT aTasaTas maneTad. biWebi amdens ar moelodnen, erTimeores gakvirvebiT Sexedes. skivrSi momcro [176]

yuTic iyo. rom gaxsnes, oqrom da briliantma SeanaTa TvalebSi. ramazma wamoiZaxa: _ rad gindoda, Se upatrono, amdeni fuli da oqrouloba, coli Sen ar ginda da Svili. visTvis gindoda, Roro. tyuilad ki ar aris naTqvami, kacis guli xarbia da gaumaZRario. Turme amerikel miliarders, romelsac oTxmoci miliardi hqonda, SeekiTxnen, bednieri xar Seni cxovrebiTo? Turme man upasuxa, ori amdeni rom meqneba, albaT, maSin viqnebi kmayofilio. ZaRli rom gaZReba, Tavis saWmels sxva ZaRls utovebs. Sen ki, albaT, maTxovrisTvisac ki ar migicia Sauriani, Se axvaro. sakuTarma sixarbem Seni Svilis jalaTi rogor unda gagxados kaci. aRar vici, ra giTxra. Sens Cadenil borotebaze sityvas veZeb da ver vpoulob. amdeni fulis wasaRebad tomrebi dagvWirdeba. naTelam Tqva, me vici, sadac awyvia, axlave movitano da pirveli sarTulidan ori tomara amoitana. magram imdeni fuli iyo, or tomaraSi ver Caetia da danarCeni abgaSi, jibeebsa da ubeebSi Caiwyves. Tamrom ramazs miaZaxa: _ oqroulobas xeli ar axlo. Cven wavediT. es saqoneli, _ xeli zazasken gaiSvira, _ ZaRliviT miaxrCe, magidasTan miagde, lamfa gadmoagde, cecxli gaaCine da saxli gadawvi. Cven gareT dagelodebiT. ar vici, vano, vin mkarnaxobda, didad gamocdili qurdiviT varigebdi Wkuas. yvelaferma kargad Caiara, gamoZiebam qurdobis kvali ver aRmoaCina. ori Sekvra fuli da oqrouloba cecxlgamZle yuTSi ipoves da yvelaferi ubedur SemTxvevad daakvalificires. Cemi didi winaaRmdegobis miuxedavad, biWebma es orsarTuliani, lamazi, keTilmowyobili bina miyides da naTelac CemTan gadmoviyvane sacxovreblad, Tumca Tavidan uarze iyo. magram rad [177]

ginda, ufro dardiani gaxda, oxravda, sul Svilisa da mzias saxeli ekera pirze. dardsa da gulistkivils veRar gauZlo, gulma uRalata. eqvsi Tvis Semdeg gardaicvala. manamde yvelaferi miambo, Tu ram saidumloeba hqonda. miTxra, tyupi biWi geyola. erTi mosamarTles mivyide, xolo meore _ eqimso. am meore bavSvs Sen ZuZus awovebdi. erTs marcxena fexze, koWTan tyirpi aqvso, meores marcxena fexze neka TiTi ar aqvso. maTi mocemuli fuli muTaqaSi hqonda Senaxuli, gaarRvia da gadmomca. maSin mivxvdi, rom dedobrivi grZnobiT miyvarda es patara biWi. naTelas bina davutove mis amxanags, sofos, romelic erTxel sasadiloSi movida bavSvTan erTad. igi daCagruli qali iyo, qmargacilebuli, sxvis binaSi Sekedlebuli. naTela narCen saWmels aZlevda xolme. *** dadga Cemi Canafiqris asrulebis dRec. dro dav-TqviT, rodis unda gvenaxa Cemi damRupveli gela. imedis morevSi Sevcure da ocnebis frTebi gamovisxi. wuTebi saaTad meCveneboda. vCqarobdi, mindoda, male gamemwarebina. daCagruli sulis tareba saxumaro saqme ar iyo, gulSi daleqil sevdas veradaver vicilebdi. gadawyvetili mqonda, samandaudebeli survili Semesrulebina. Tbilisidan oTxni wavediT manqaniT. sofelSi Semodgoma iyo da wvima crida. mosaRamovda, siCumem daisadgura, mosaxleoba saxlebSi moyuCebuliyo. manqana soflis boloSi, didi kaklis qveS davayeneT. samni wavediT gelas saxlisken. daxe sakvirvelebas, gamCeni ar apatiebs borotebis Camdens, gela mezoblis saxlidan nasvami gamovida da Tavisi saxlisken aiRo [178]

gezi. ramazs xeli mivartyi, ai, is aris, visac veZebT, gangebam Tavisi fexiT mogviyvana es arakaci-meTqi. kargi, Sen mand gaCerdi. romelime misi Zmakacis saxeli da gvari miTxario. rom vuTxari, sososac miaZaxa, me win waval, SevaCereb, saubarSi Seviyolieb. danarCeni Sen ici, ar geswavlebao. zaza rom elaparakeboda, soso miepara, iaraRi Caartya TavSi gelas. igi gaTiSuli Zirs daeca. xelebi Seukres, pirSi cxvirsaxoci CasCares, ramazma wamoikida da qSena-qSeniT manqanamde miiyvana. orivem aswia, manqanaSi Setenes Tu ara, maSinve daviZariT. ramazma nemsi gaukeTa da Tbilisamde kunZiviT egdo. CemTan sardafSi rom Caitanes da wyali Seasxes saxeze, Tan niSaduris spirti asunebines da gamofxizlda. me rom daminaxa, sikvdilis feri daedo, xafangSi moyolil nadirs daemsgavsa, waxda, kankalma aitana. duJebi gadmoyara cofianiviT, Tvalebi gaufarTovda, nakverCxaliviT gauwiTlda. erT dros avyiam, gulqvam, daundobelma RoriviT daiwyo Rrutuni da Tavis qneva. Sevatyve, raRacis Tqma undoda da pirSi Catenili Cvari gamovglije. _ ra ginda, Se parazito, Taxsiro, araadamiano. ai, amiT unda gagixvrito eg boroti Tavi, _ iaraRi mivuSvire. Casvelebuli bavSviviT damiwyo xvewna: _ ar momkla, Tamro, miTxari, ra gavakeTo, rogor moviqce? _ ox, Se gvelo, gviania TiTze kbena. swrafi sikvdili SenTvis bedniereba iqneba, CemTvis ki _ ubedureba. unda dagtanjo, rogorc me gamimware sicocxle, araraobad maqcie, Cemi spetaki, uangari siyvaruli Cawixle, cecxli wamikide, ferflad maqcie, gamaubedure. kacis saxsenebeli Semjavrda Seni boroti saqcielis Semdeg. kargad ici, oblobasa da gaWirvebaSi gavizarde, cxovrebaSi kargi araferi minaxavs. vfiqrobdi, male [179]

skolas davamTavreb, Cems Tavs me TviTon movuvli, bebos gavaxareb-meTqi. Se adamianis anafxeko, wertili dausvi Cems axalgazrdul patiosani cxovrebis fiqrebs. eniT auwereli zizRiT aris Cemi guli datvirTuli. sityvac ki uZluria am zizRis bolomde gamosaxatad da amis Semdeg mexvewebi, sicocxle SeminarCuneo?! kargi, jandabas, me Seni sikvdili arc mqonda gadawyvetili. RoriviT unda davakodino Seni Tavi, RoriviT, Se parazito. _ mivafurTxe da gamovvardi. biWebma qirurgs dauwyes Zebna, magram egre advili ar aRmoCnda saqarTveloSi kacis dakodva, Tanac Cumad, binaze, fulze ar iyo laparaki, yvela uarze iyo. gamosavals ver vpoulobdiT. biWebic aRrenilebi iyvnen, mexvewebodnen, xom xedav, Tamro, eSiniaT, aravin riskavs ojaxSi am saqmis gakeTebas, isic viTom erTi dazianebuli trikis amoclas vTxovT, rogorc Cven veubnebiT. ironiulad gavicine da mivaZaxe: _ kacma Tu moindoma, gamosavals yovelTvis naxavs, mxolod dafiqreba da migneba unda. ai, me aseT winadadebas SemogTavazebT. ganTqmuli qirurgis Svili mZevlad aiyvaneT da isic Svilis siyvarulis gamo yvelaferze dagvTanxmdeba. oRond Svili cocxlad unda daubrundes aucileblad. qalis moxerxebas win veraferi daudgeba. erTma amerikelma kacma sakuTar ZaRls anderZiT 68 milioni dolari dautova, cols ki _ erTi centi, magram misma meuRlem gamonaxa saSualeba da memkvidreobis misaRebad ZaRls gahyva colad. oTxivem erTxmad wamoiZaxa: _ vaa, ra magari xar, Tamro, amis Semdeg Sen Cveni bosi, atamani iqnebi. Seni xmali da Cveni kiseri.

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dasakargi araferi mqonda, wumpeSi viyavi orive fexiT Cafluli da siciliT vuTxari, kargi, rogorc Tqven gsurT-meTqi. bevri rom aRar gavagrZelo, vano, is mZevlad ayvanili eqimis biWi Cemi Svili aRmoCnda. SevekiTxe, rogor gaige, rom Seni Svili iyo-meTqi?! saxlis sardafSi, erT ganyofilebaSi gela iyo dabmuli, pirakruli, xelebdaborkili. dReSi orjer Cadiodnen morigeobiT biWebi, uvlidnen, gaZlierebul kvebaze hyavdaT gadayvanili, rom operaciisTvis gaeZlo. bavSvTan ki xandaxan me Cavdiodi, vamxnevebdi da saWmels vaWmevdi. Tormeti wlisa iyo. male SemeCvia. erT dRes gamovkiTxe, sad cxovrobda, mSoblebs ra erqvaT. naTelasgan xom vicodi misamarTi, saxelebi, Tanac mamobili ganTqmuli qirurgi iyo. TavSi deniviT damartya, wavbarbacdi, mivvardi, marcxena fexze fexsacmeli gavxade da, rom davinaxe koWTan tyirpi, cudad gavxdi, guli wamivida. avTandilma tirili daiwyo. gonze rom movedi, mivefere, gulSi Cavixute, vakoce da cremlebis cveniT gareT gamovvardi. saxlSi aravin iyo, arc vicodi, sad iyvnen, mivakiTxavdi da bavSvs gavuSvebdi. Cemi damRupveli gelac aRar mainteresebda. miuxedavad imisa, Sebmuli viyavi borotebis uRelSi. kidev kargi, male movidnen, momaZaxes, yvelaferi kargad aris, Tamro, saRamos gaukeTebs operacias, gviTxra, Tbili wyali damaxvedreTo. daTqmul adgilze moviyvanT Tvalebaxveuls, patara oTaxSi grZeli magida rom dgas, operacias iq gaakeTebs. asea Tu ise, yvelaferma kargad Caiara. Canafiqris murazi Seisrule Tu ara, kmayofilebiT aRsavse netarebis mwvervalze Camoskupdi. [181]

me mainc vnerviulobdi. bewvis xidze videqi, manam Cemi biWi mamobilma ar waiyvana. gelasTan erTi Tvis ganmavlobaSi or dReSi erTxel modioda eqimi, misi meTvalyureobis qveS iyo. ukvirda, amxela virglam rogor gadaitanao, janmrTeli iyo nakvebi mozveriviT. xmas rogor daZravdnen, gafrTxilebulebi iyvnen eqimic da gelac, rom sikvdili ar ascdebodaT. eqvsi Tvis Semdeg Zmebma, ase veZaxdi Cems amfsonebs, Cemi davalebiT moinaxules gela, kiTxva-kiTxviT cxinvalis bazarSi miagnes, tansacmelSemofxrewili, gasacodavebuli, gayviTlebuli, wvergacvenili, sajdomgasiebuli, maTxovradqceuli borotebis okeaneSi daixrCo. rom melaparakeboda, TiTqos ewyina, saxe Seecvala, xelebi Camoisva da dadinjebulma warmosTqva: _ Cemo vano, ra cxviri CamouSvi, gana me movifiqrebdi rodisme an sizmrad damesizmreboda Cemi am dReSi yofna, rom me, Tamro _ mercxaliviT laRi, patiosani, gulCvili, megobrebis, amxanagebis, naTesavebis, soflis xalxis da eris erTguli Svili borotmoqmed, uSiSar, daundobel adamianad gadaviqceodi. siZulvilma da mxolod siZulvilma gamxada aseTi saSineli pirovneba. Cemi marcxena loya, romelzec pirvelad gelam makoca, axlac ki mewvis. ase mgonia, misi gavarvarebuli tuCebi zed SemrCenodes. saxe aewva, gawiTlda, xeli loyaze moisva. mis yovel sityvaSi kvnesa moismoda. Cemi bralia yvelaferi, sxvas ver davabraleb, Cemma daufiqrebelma, axalgazrdulma Tavqarianobam da siyvarulma damabrmava, vano, da Cakla yovelgvari Tavmoyvareoba da SiSi. rogor fiqrob, aRar SemrCa adamianobis natamali?! Cemi sicocxle araraobad meCveneba da Cemi Tavis me TviTon mrcxvenia. kargad vici, susti da udReuria es Zafi, magram mainc vqsov da [182]

vxlarTav Cemive surviliT, TiTqos amaSi iyos Cemi xsna. mainc vfiqrob, rom bednieri var, rom Cemi damRupveli gavadedle, mozveriviT davakodine. es Secdomac aris, magram, vfiqrob, TavSiavardnili, garyvnili, gaTaxsirebuli biWebisTvis _ gakveTili da Wkuissaswavlebelic. me Cemi gulis Wia gavaxare. ise waval amqveynidan, Cemi gagebiT, yvela nebismier namoqmedarSi marTali viyavi. axla miTxari, biWo, xeli damartya mxarze, rogor xar, rogor? coli xom moiyvane, rogor midis Seni cxovrebis Tvalgamocvlili uremi. nu momeridebi, miTxari, raSi amogidge mxarSi. cxovreba da qoneba ar maklia, magram ra TavSi vixalo? Cemi biWebi axlos ar mekarebian, aseTi gzasacdenili deda rom vyavar. erTi mosamarTlea, meore ki _ eqimi, mamobilebis kvals gahyvnen oriveni. kargad cxovroben, saxelovani biWebi arian, mec ar vawuxeb. Soridan vuyureb maT biednierebas. ai, ra aris bavSvis aRzrda. miuxedavad imisa, rom xulignebis, arakacebis, gaTaxsirebulebis naSierebi arian. ra vqna, vano, ra gavakeTo, roca ukve saxrCobelaSi maqvs Tavi gayofili, cali fexiT samares vubraxuneb. vici, didxans ver gastans es `bairamoba~ da erT rames gTxov, xSirad gamomiare, yuradReba momaqcie, Sens meti aravin myavs, biWo. Cemi wamosvlis Semdeg, bebiaCemi tiriliTa da dardiT oTx TveSi daRupula da verc davitire. mezoblebs daukrZalavT, Sen wasuli yofilxar jarSi. ivlita, Cemi ganuyreli megobari, mSobiarobis dros daRupula. Cemi meore dedis, naTelas, tanjva-wamebis Sesaxeb ici, biWi rom daeRupa, dards gadahyva. Cems xelSi dalia suli. ase rom, me aRaravin myavs gulis Sematkivari. cxovreba moulodnelobiT aris savse. vici, axlac ki giyvarvar, Sens TvalebSi amovikiTxe da [183]

minda Cemi ugunuri Secdoma amiT mainc gamovisyido. Cems cxovrebas da qonebas Sens saxelze gavaformeb notariusSi. amas ar velodi da gakvirvebulma warmovTqvi: _ ara, Tamro, ara, me cudad ar vcxovrob. Sen kargad ici, sofelSi SeZlebul ojaxad viTvlebiT. _ vici, rogor ar vici, Sen da dedaSeni Cumad da cxadliv ekonomiurad gvexmarebodiT, magram, xom gagigia, meti erbo fafas ar afuWebso. _ modi CemTan, raRac unda gaCvenoo. kedelze patara xaliCa iyo Camokiduli da kedelSi seifi iyo damontaJebuli. gasaRebiT gaxsna, gaaRo da ras xedavs, biWo, Cemi Tvalebi, gatenili iyo seifi fulis msxvili kupiurebiT. oTxi Sekvra gamoiRo da ZaliT Camitena jibeSi, amaze mainc nu metyvi uarso. _ ase rom, es saqme gadawyvetilia. rom icode, Cems amfsonebs Tvalebi aqvT daWyetili, rodis gadamibrundeba fexi... sityva ar hqonda damTavrebuli, rom karze mokrZalebiT daakakunes. sanam Tamrom ar gasZaxa, Semodio, kari ar gaaRes. Semovidnen orni, erTimeoreze vaJkacuri Sexedulebis kacebi. rom daminaxes, Secbnen da erTimeores gadaxeds. Tamrom miaZaxa, Cemi soflelia, Zma da megobari. erTxmad miaZaxes, didebulia, didebuli. xeli CamomarTves, TamrosTan sityva ar dauZravT, me ki SemomTavazes, restoranSi wavyolodi da gacnoba aRgveniSna. Cems magivrad Tamro gaepasuxa, sofelSi wasvla eCqareba, ver wamovao. maT mokrZalebiT warmoTqves: gasagebia, Sefo. Tamrom xeli gamiyara mklavSi, biWebs miaZaxa, damelodeTo da gareT gamiyvana, loyaze makoca, cremlebi gadmohyara da gulCaTuTqulma warmoTqva: _ Cemo imedo, yvelaferi apatie Sen siyvaruls, biWo, _ da loyaze moferebiT, faqizad gamartya, mTxovneli kiloTi sityvac daayola, _ wadi, rac giTxari, ar [184]

dagaviwydes. Semoiare xolme. _ Sebrunda da oTaxSi Sevida. pirvel sarTulzec ar viyavi Casuli, rom Tamrom damiZaxa, daica, daica, raRac unda giTxrao, movida da xelSi `damski~ danikelebuli patara iaraRi Camido: _ es Cemgan saxsovrad, oRond borotad ar gamoiyeno. Cems magivrad miefere, gana ar vici, siyvaruls sazRvari ar gaaCnia, axlac giyvarvar... _ Tvalebi cremliT aevso da mwared gaiRima. naTqvamia, koka wyalze tydebao. ori Tvec ar iyo gasuli Tamros naxvis Semdeg, sofelSi xma gavarda, milicias TbilisSi qurdobis cxel kvalze, Setakebis dros mTeli banda dauxociao, maT Soris qals, metsaxelad `mimino~-s Tavi mouklavso. me Tamros metsaxeli ar vicodi, magram gunebaSi damcecxla, vaime, Tamro xom ar arismeTqi da raRa gamaCerebda, TbilisSi amovyavi Tavi. bina rom daluquli damxvda, ukve gasagebi iyo yvelaferi. milicias mivakiTxe da rogorc iyo, gavige, jer isev mixailovis saavadmyofos morgSi esvena. bandis ganadgurebis dros Cvenc ori milicieli mogvikleso, xolo maTi atamani `mimino~ xelidan dagviZvrao. meore dRes binaSi rom mivediT gasaCxrekad, kacis formaSi Cacmuls Tavi mouklavs, safeTqelSi dauxlia tyvia, iaraRi isev xelSi hqonda CabRujulio. eh, Svilo, albaT, ifiqra, damiWeren da Svilebs, biWebs, rogor Sevxedo TvalebSio. xolo seifi gatexili da carieli iyoo. vicodi, milicia waiRebda fuls Cxrekis dros, magram ras vetyodi... davtrialdi eqimebTan, miliciis pasuxismgebel pirebTan, fuli SevTavaze, iqneb rogorme daerToT neba Tamro sofelSi damekrZala, magram yovelgvarma cdam uSedegod Caiara. yvelam uariT gamomistumra. ra gamekeTebina, Svilo, sagonebelSi Cavvardi. bevri [185]

fiqris Semdeg, gavbede, misi Svilis, mosamarTlis, misamarTi gavige, mindoda saqmis kursSi Cameyenebina. aRarafers moveride, yvelaferi vuambe. Zalian Sewuxda da xmamaRla morTo qviTini, cremlad daiRvara. misi wyalobiT sofelSi gadmovasvene, bebiamisis gverdiT davkrZale. anderZi Seusrules, Sveba vigrZeni. gasakviri is aris, rom orive Svili daeswro dakrZalvas, cremlad iRvrebodnen. dakrZalvis ceremonia rom damTavrda, gverdze gamixmes da orTavem fulebi Camitenes jibeSi, Sesandobeli dalieTo, Tan misi gamaubedurebeli gela moikiTxes, sad ariso. rom vuTxari, miwas hyavs mibarebuli-meTqi, TiTqos ewyinaT, cxvirebi CamouSves, albaT, im mxecis naxvac ainteresebdaT. xo, marTla, Tamros binasTan dakavSirebiT, romelic Cemze iyo gaformebuli, Svilebs vacnobe, mindoda, isini dapatronebodnen, magram sastiki winaaRmdegobasa da sayvedurebs wavawydi, es rogor gagvibedeo. me raRa gamekeTebina, Svilo, raa, qurdebis naCaliCze dagubebul mRvrie wyals ver davewafebodi, biWo, vera. Cemi sindis-namusi da patiosneba yvela simdidres mirCevnia da mTavrobas Cavabare Tamros naCuqari bina. erT rames gTxov mxolod, icode, Svilo, miuxedavad imisa, dro-Jami waSlis mis saflavs, is arasdros amovardeba da veraviTari qarborbala ver waSlis Cemi gulidan mis siyvaruls da samudamod gamyveba samareSi misi mgznebare siyvaruli. Turme, adamians dabadebidanve Tan dahyveba garkveuli bedi, RmerTi awers Sublze. adamiani sicocxleSi gaweuli qmedebebiT zogi samoTxeSi xvdeba, zogic _ jojoxeTSi. vfiqrob, RmerTi ar gaimetebs jojoxeTisTvis. minda xalxma gaigos misi vinaoba da Taobidan Taobas gadaeces misi tanjuli istoria, romelic [186]

axalgazrdobisTvis kargi gakveTili iqneba. es ki Sen gevaleba, roca amis dro mova. Tu ver SeZeli, sxvas mouyevi, biWo, vinc SeZlebs. ise, icode, mematiane sakuTari ZarRvidan gamowuruli sisxliT Seudgeba Cems moyolil, dauviwyari siyvarulisa da Ralatis aRweras. amas xalxis sakeTildReod gaakeTebs. da mec Sevusrule Txovna, rogorc SemeZlo Cemi cxovrebis damakvalianebel, dauviwyar adamians.

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