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_ There flows the stream Sgimrashuli In Sasashi village... I was a child then...

_ ečanġōnen sopel sasāšisa, mi bōpš xûas, ečelēkûa sgimrašul anġri, ġela.

There is a field on this side of Sgimrashuli and there was a Svan feast in Sasashi.

ale sgimrašul amxen mindor xār i dġesasc̣aul li ešxu lušnu sasāšisa.

I remember it sweetly; it was in my childhood.

mi mašq̇id ale, mišgûa libōpšži ṭḳbild.

They used to make dinner for praising God.

aesq̇ədax ladbašārs.

They had a beautiful "pikali". "Pikali" is a bakery made of stone.

musgûen ḳa xuûāndax amži.

This pikali was made like a tower-bell, fire was set at the bottom.

al ḳas ḳalaḳonaršāl ž'asq̇ə̄dax, čukûān lemes xōšûda,

In big bowls... that... they would carry from home some kneaded dough,

gōbaršû... mədas... aesdax agixen, ləcomaûe coms,

and each family had this bakery hearth of its own.

i tûiteuli oǯax ču xuûānda mine-mine ale lanq̇ā ḳeria.

They used to bake "tablas" here; ( "tabla" - sacrificial bread shaped like board).

amečūnen k'ānq̇ədax ṭablārs.

They used to sacrifice

ži xomzə̄rdax.

They would bless the families and stay there in the field.

ûoǯaxars čûamzə̄rdax i čûārdax ešču mindorisa.

Once, when they were praying in this field applying to God,

ešxûin al mindorisa er ləmməzrīnx i ləmqərālinx,

A twelve-year-old girl has gone there with her people

yešdieru ləzay dina emčedēli miča xalxcaxan ečečūnen

while praying, in short, we call it "Libdashi"à so, here are "Limkharci" and "Lidbashi"

ladbāšs, ser lidbāšs xûaṭūldadá, limxārc̣i i lidbāš.

Afterwards "Limkharci" coincided with Ascension Day... "Limkharci" is ten days after Ascension Day...

limxārc̣i ečanġōn daemtxûa al... anġlebunġo, anġlebunġo yešd ladeġunġo li al limxārc̣i.

In Lashkheti they call it "Limkharci".

lāšxs limxārc̣is xaṭūlix.

This girl fell asleep there, while the members of her family were baking bread,

ale dinōls čûatgednēna ečeču, ûod k'enərbyelna miča yer ûoǯaxi c̣eûral

and when she woke up, she looked... there... there was a hole...

i ču er atgednēna, ži er emnecxēli, sg'ātsgidnena, ečeču... ləmdēne... ləmāreli, ləpīṭ,

and when she looked through it, she saw something... something like!...

i sg'ēr alsgidnēli ečxāûtēysa, imayġena ka xāc̣da eyži, ere ûod amxāû te xočûmina,

it seemed that she had lost her tongue and she could not speak and she got deaf.... People drove mad...

uḳûe nin sg'ātšq̇eda i deymoš ka ləmgərgālin i šṭims čûatgēnena i gagižebulan.

Such a nice girl got deaf and mute.

ali amḳay xoča dina čûalmunǯēli i šṭimsi čûatgēnena.

Then they would have her like this.

xaq̇ēnax ser ečānġo.

They could not help her and that time the Gelovanis arrived from Lechkhuumi, they were looking for a maidservant to hire, a maidservant,

ales deš laxšēdax i am dros lečxumxen emqedēlix geloûānar, xatxēlnax moǯmagīrs, moǯmagīrs,

and "Well, we will take her," - they said.

i "aġo, ales lok adyesx min".

Nestor Gelovani took this girl.

otyax ale dina ami, geloûān nesṭors.

They, the famous Gelovanis, lived in Spatagori.

eǯār, cnobil geloûānar, sṗatagors ləmzigēlix.

This was Chepkhan Oniani's sister.

ale ûonyānša čepxani dačur li.

She was called Eprasia.

yeṗrasia xeyžxānda.

They took her there.

otyax eče.

She served them, they had her.

eǯyārs xamoǯmagīrna ale, xaq̇ēnax.

Then she became pregnant by duke Levan Gelovani, that it is.

ečānġo sga laxġanûēna eǯi taûad geloûān leûans, ale.

She became pregnant and gave birth to a baby and they called him Zurab,

sg'ēr laxġanûēna, k'axtenēna č̣q̇inṭ gezal, zurabay osžāxax,

and there was no one better to look at, such nice a boy he was.

mara dēsma xačōnena eča lisdis, eḳay xoča č̣q̇inṭ.

He was grown up by this deaf and mute woman.

ale q̇ru-munǯd ž'enə̄rde.

Then the Gelovanis went away, when the time changed, but she did not go.

ečānġo geloûānar, uḳûe dro er šeicûala, ale māg ačad.

When communists came, some of them moved to Tbilisi to live there, the others - to some other places

ḳomunisṭar er sg'ānqadx, emčedēlix yerxi sacxoûreblad tbiliste, ierxi _imte, yerxi _imte, ka loxcûīrax ale.

She was left alone, this woman... they all were dispersed and she was left alone.

ale ka loxcûīrax, al zurāl, i min mag emčedēlix eši-aš i ale čûemsed šdāšdaûaril.

He was taken to army.

ale ǯarte otyax.

Zurabi became ill in the army.

zurabay ǯars legd emqedēli.

When he came back, he had got ill with tuberculosis.

čûēr emqedēli, uḳûe č̣lek xāra.

He arrived and his uncle took him to Chepkhan in Sasashi to treat him.

čûemqedēli i miča buba čepxanište otyax sasāšte ale samḳurnalod.

Good sour water, good air, and surely, everything would be good there, and they took him there to treat him.

xoča sgim i xoča haer i xoča mag der irdōl eče i samḳurnalod eče xaq̇ēnax,

However, he, Zurab, still passed away.

mara eši čûaldagrēli ale, zuraba.

She was left alone, this deaf and mute woman, and they came and took her along with them.

čûemsed šdāšûd ečānġo ale, q̇ru-munǯ zurāl, i emqedēli i otyax,

They moved as well _ her brother, sister-in-law, all of them, and they took her to live there, in Spatagori.

emčedx alyāri, ǯumil, miča telġra, alyār mag, otyax sacxoûrebeld ečxāû, sṗatagorte.

Then they had children there; in short, they were well.

eče ser alyārs bōpšar lehodāndax, xočāmd ču ləmardēlix.

Then this Eprasia passed away.

ale eṗrasiay ečānġo čûaldagrēli.

She, too, was buried here, with her child and they also lived on the Gelovanis former place... this family,

alēy ame otšdūxûax miča gezalcaxan i alyāri čûārdax geloûānare nadgom-namq̇opži, al ûoǯax,

and so she became deaf on the Limkhartsi Feast Day, this Eprasia, a nice girl.

i ale amžīn limxārc̣i ladeġ amži edbluānda ale eṗrasya i xoča dina.

In short, many good things were done there, in the village of Sasashi.

eče ser xûāy xoča sakme isq̇ōl, sopel sasāšisa,

There are four professors from there among the most distinguished scientists of our country.

eǯinar, ere kûeq̇ni xoča lətiš, sc̣aûlul, mayma, ûōštxû ṗropesor ari sasāšisa,

There is an academician, they all have higher education, but nobody has been left in the village, and then it was not like that...

aḳademiḳos ari, mag umaġles ganatlebul, mara sopelisa dār asad i ečanġōnen mā li eyži,

But you can find nowhere the site as good as that of Sasashi.

mara mdebareoba sasāš ḳali dēsa itxi.

It is a very nice village.

suru xoča sopel li.