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_ We, the Gulbans, have come from Ipari.

_ gulbānar xûid naqed ipārxen.

They used to live in Bogreshi.

bogreš ləmzigēlix alyār.

There had been three brothers: Manosha, Guasha and Ietanshi ore our names today.

semi laxûba ləmārx: manoša, guaša i yetanša gûayžxa ladi.

We were Ietan' s, who were in Chukuli.

yetanšēral xûasd nay, čuḳūls yerûay xûārdad.

We would be over a hundred families from here now.

amxēnka xûirid atxe aširži meṭ mezge.

We are descendant of one man, Ietan.

ešxu māremi naq̇ar xûid yetānša.

They had gone huntiung, the three.

alyār ləmārdx latxûyārs semēda.

However it is, that man could escape.

imžûāyġen li, ka nakāb li al māre.

Some of then say: "probably they have commited a murder,"- they have not commited murder, this man has escapaped from thene.

yerxi ṭūli: "nadgariēl lok irōl", _ dēsa li nadgaryēl, al māre li ka nakāb ečxen.

The rock, called Devi's former dwelling-place, that is between Kala and Ushguli, when thes brothers came thene, it was winter,

ḳališ i ušguli nēsga dāûa nalgmār ḳoǯs xaṭūlix, ečaû er emqedx al laxûba, luntû ləmār

and here some people are an their way and weeping.

i ameču čûēri arix šuḳûisa i irč̣ālx.

I am a wintess, that there is surely something, some call then "Devi"-s some call them "Dali"-s.

mi momsc̣re xûi, ere ču mər ari mayġen, rig dāûars xaṭūli, rig dālars xaṭūli.

That it is, I am a witness of it.

čûēr ari, dera, mi amša momsc̣re xûi.

In "Lanzoreli" a have met something like this and others have as well.

lanzorēlži šemxûedria amḳalibi mi ey sakme i išgēnsi.

When thet saw them here, he was big, Ieta, probably they were Dals.

amečūne ču er osc̣ûēnax, ale xoša ləmār, yeta, dālar məres lasx.

They had nowhere to go and he said, that " Wewill die this night at auy rate aud I will go down,

lāz dēmte xārx i ales xōkûa, ere "ču lok idāûšix bazi eši i ču lok adri ǯey,

it they kill me, save yourselves, it you survive, it is fine, if you do not, you will die too, it will happen."

mie čûamdagrix, sgay xoc̣ādad txums, emoš gadarčebit i ezar i ēmode i may čûetdāûšid sgay, ale īri".

_And he went down, carrying game on his back, he put down the game.

_ i č'ōmčed ale, natxûyāre ži xacûmēna i č'ōmčed i č'ōsda al natxûyāre.

They gat happe, and he cryied over it, that deceased, that the had there.

eǯyārs atxidēnax i ali č'ōtgûana alisi, eǯi lədgār, may xeq̇ēdax ečeču.

_ Then well... that... they could undersband each other.

_ ečanġōnen xočāmd... məde... ešxûārisa, alsq̇ēlix.

_ He took down them too, his brothers, and they got used to their house.

_ ču loxṭūla alyārešdi, laxûbad, i sg'axmitkûēnax agite alyār.

When they got used to there house, a child and a woman are afraid of them.

sg'ēr axmitkûēnax agite, bōpš i zurāls xaq̇lūni eǯyārešd.

and here this man left his house, life and everything in upper Svaneti and moued to down Svaneti.

algenēli al māre, č'ōtcûira žibe šûans kor i lirde mag i k'ēmqed čube šûante.

They blessed him: "Multifly as wood leaves"!

eǯyārs č'otmēzrax: "cxeḳi balašāl lok alpišrēlix"!

Probably it about four hundred years that we have been here, maybe it is more, waybe less, four hundred years,

nay gûēri amečūnen ûōštxûašir zay, argebs ka xoserdes, šeiʒleba xoxra les, ûōštxûašir zay,

we have been settled, the field is called Lelukh, thene.

čûalzigēli, dabs xayžxa lelux, eče.

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and, well, we are from there, more than hundred families during these four hundred years, descendant of one man.

iá, ečxenka xûid al ûōštxûašir zaysa ašir mezgaži meṭ, ešxu māremi naq̇ar.

When the sattled in Lelukhi, there were they, the Gelovans, here, in Chukuli,

leluxs er alzigēli, ečka alyār, gelûānar ču ləmārdx ame, čuḳuls,

they lived on that side, on the other side of the water, it is called Labrialdashi, and...

ečxēnte ləmzigēlix, ləc ečxēnte, labryāldaš xayžxa i...

They called it Labrialdash, it is of the Gelovans.

labryāldašs xaṭūldax, gelûānareš li.

They had a tower and everything there.

eǯyār{s} murq̇ûami ču xagnēnax ečeču i mag.

He was a good hunter, Ieta, and on the New Year he killed some game and brought it Gelovani.

ale xoča metxûyār ləmār, yeta, i zomxa ladeġ č'otdāgra natxûyāre i k'ōtqida gelûānašd.

The master got happy, that he had come with game, that he had brought some game,

atxidēna pusds, ik zomxa ladeġ eǯiy natxûyarālšû ži laxāgan ale, lədgār oxqid

and he did not let him without any present.

i dem pušûde usčakûrad al māras.

He did not agree: "I do not want anything," - we, who have come from thene, ane without any master.

mā xočûmina ales: "desama lok xaḳu mič", _ alyār ubaṭono xûid nay ečxēnisa ka naqed.

He would buy a small place somewhere here, and they all would not lodge thene, the place is called Lelukhi.

amečūnen ḳoč̣ol adgilēls imûāle enq̇īdna i ešču deš xesḳədōlnol, lelux xayžxa eǯ adgils.

"What do you want for present, what do you want, what to you want"?

"may xaḳu sačkûard, may xaḳu, may xaḳu"?

_and , I do not want anything, you be well. (he says.)

_ i dēsma lok xaḳu, miča xočāmd lirde.

He did not agree, however.

mām xočûmīna eǯis eši.

Well, if you do such bravery

yaġo, amtān liġûažmārs e lok xečo

and if you give me some place on the sunny land of former vineyard to build a wooden hut, will be a good man.

i nažaurži loke zekrōla lagems ka laxōdi, ezer māre lok iri.

Ah, I... that..., you whould ask for something, that was difficult,

a, mič lok... eǯi..., doû lok eǯḳalib esma xošgûminān, legərǯ lok ləmarēlan,

not only on the sunny land of former vineyard, the whole that side let be yours.

nažaurži māde, teldu xād eǯi mxare mič.

And that is so, we lived here,

i čuy eyži li, čuy amēysga xûizgad nay.

nobody of another family name lived here, in this part,

mērme gûariš dār izga gušgûey ḳutxisa,

and whatever we have in this side, the fields to plouyh and to seed, no, thene is nathing of others, everything is of Ietan's own.

i amxēnte may guġûa dabilāre, dēsa, išgnaš dēsama xečda, mag yetānša li.

We have some meadow, and this or thet, in some other places, but we are new-comers so, then in eighty-seven,

išgnagi ču guġûa mol i eǯi-eǯi, mara naqed xûid amži, ečānġo arēšdiišgûid,

before it in sixty-one our people moved from here, my uncles and some other relatives, and they arrined in Guria.

ečkad usgûēšdiešxuysa ačad gušgûey xalx amxēnka, mišgûi bi... labʒaya i mērme natûāral i čûačadx guriate.

In Guria, in the district, that is called Ozurgeti now, there are forty-two families.

gurias atxe ûozurget xayžxa, eǯ rayons ûōštxûešdyeru mezge lix.

Maybe already they are even fifty, and in fifty years they will became a hundred, let them multiply more.

ûoxušdyešdi ču irix ser i ešxu ûoxušdyešd zaysa ašir irix, aǯaġu alpišrēlix!

This is the way we came here, and we are like this, and now three families will be left.

amži naqed xûid nay ameču i amḳalib xûid i atxe ču sedni amečūnen semi mezgōl.

I had to move to that part.

mi ž'amyāq̇re ey ḳutxisa.

I was alone here, in the Ietans' part.

yetānša ḳutxisa mi xûārd šdāšdûd ameču.

nobody has sued me from our lads because we look after:

dāsma xodeûna mišgûāû mišgu lanxubûārals gûaḳûrebs er xûečûmis:

"Let everything be yours,"- but my house was destroyed.

"magu māda," _ mara kor čûēmxûir.

_ If I did not want to go, I do not know whether it is God's or devil's fault, I do not know,

_ yer mōm meḳûes līzi, mā mixal ġerta ṭar gûār a yešmayš, mā mixal,

_ we have nothing to do here, neither me, nor the members of my family.

_ dēsama sakme guġûa nay ameču, de mi, de mišgûa ûoǯaxi c̣eûrals.

Let nobody from our close people, not only from mine, die, I will come to Svaneti only then (when it happens),

mišgu māde i šûantey, nōru ogûdāgra iûaladeġ axlobel, ečka lax onqûdēnid,

Otherwise we hawe nothing to do hene already.

edo išgen dēsma sakme guġûa ser nay.

Two families stay here, they live in Kerbulashi too: Zhora, Borisi and Jondo.

ču sēdni amečūnen yeru mezgēl, semi, ḳerbulaš izgex eǯyāri: žora, boris i ǯondo.

We hawe two old people here.

yeru mečyar gûaq̇a ame.

They, the boys, have gone.

eǯyār, bōpšar, mečde lix.

Both live in Lekumbasti.

leḳumbasṭs izgex lekda.

The boys have gone and until they are, let them live for a lony time, well,

bōpšar mečde lix i eǯyār ûod agič̣x, agrī xûay xansu arix, ezar,

and then those families will disappear, they are not used to coming back from bown, some of them live in Tbilisi, some-in Kutaisi.

i ečānġonen lūkme iri eǯi ûoǯaxari, aġo eǯyar dem ṭexnix kalakxen, yer rig tbiliss izgex, yer rig kutāš.

Let God bless you!

ǯamzərax ġērtem!

_ Yes, great thanks!

_ ûo, iûasoġ xäri!

I have disturbed you much.

masärd ayc̣uxûaûed.

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