
 yvirilze mariami shemovarda dafetebuli. qmarma uambo yoveliferi da, rodesac miawia bolomde, utxra: "iq ki daighupnen, mgonia, sachqefshio!" mariamma mouxshira kivils, orjer-samjer daikra muxlebze xeli da ertxel ybazedac moisva, titqo chamoipotnao. bevri iwuwuna: vai, dedamisis tvalebis dadgomaso! da rom moioxa guli, davitni gadashala... mimarta chveulebrivad chiris kanons.

 shemoituza mouravi da chaaxvela. - ra hqeni, mouravo? veravin miashvele? - hkitxa zaalma.

 - mivashvele, sheni chirime, magram mcuravebi shemishindnen, veghar shebedes wyalshi!.. nametani gadareulia.

 - chaatara?

 - shors ar waughia! iqve mosaxvevshi, xeebs rom xergavs xolme, zed miayara...

 - egeb gamoatanino rogorme, madlia! - stqva qalbatonma.

 - ragha gamosadegi gaxlavt, sheni chirime? kai rame ki gaxldat... as oqrod mama shvils ar dautmobda!..

 - xom ar gadareulxar, mouravo? - brdzana vajbatonma. - mironcxebulze magre gagonila laparaki?

 - vin mironcxebulia, sheni chirime? me cxenze mogaxsenebt, tvara is kaci rodi damxrchvala.

 - rogor tu ar damxrchvala?! - miayvires orivem.

 - tqveni risxva ara mqondes!.. aq rom chahyo tavi wyalshi, e, iq amohyo, ha, ixvivit!.. cxenis daghupvas chivis: rogor ver gadavarchineo, tvara tviton, gind wyalic ar gadasxmodes tavze... gawuwula ki dzalian da saxabazoshi shevgzavne toneze gasashrobad!..

 - madloba ghmerts! swored kai maxarobeli xar!.. miama cheshmaritad! vin aris da ra saqme aqvs, ver gaige?

 - jer ara utqvams ra, sheni chirime! tqven naxvas ki echqareba da, rogorc ki gashreba, giaxlebat, tu ubrdzanebt!

 - dzalian kargi iqneba... shemomgvare! - mouravi gavida da eristavi ki gaxarebuli eubneboda tavis meughles: "ar yofila ubralo vinme! uketesi simarjve ghmertma shearcxvinos!.. xom gaigone, mcuravebma ver shebedes shecurvao, da iman ki es azghvavebuli aragvi sigrdzisad gamoivlo lajebshi!.. swore mogaxseno, mec gamichirdeboda chems siymawvileshi magis gabedva!" - mariamma chaicina da chaaxvela.

 - ras icini? gagaxsenda gana, shen rom tavs gawonebdi da alazanshi chavagde cxeni? eh, yovelifers tavisi dro aqvs, - daamata xvneshit.

 mouravi shemoudzghva axalgazrda kacs. tanmaghali, welshi wvrili, mxarbechiani, fafanak ukan gadagdebuli, gachechili tmit da gawkvertilis ulvashebit titvela pirze, swored sasiamovno shesaxedavi iyo. moxdenilad gadaijvaredina fexebi da tayvani sca eristavs.

 - gamarjoba sheni! - ubrdzana eristavma.

 - ghmertma gamarjveba nu mogishalost, chemo xelmwifev! - moaxsena mosulma da meored sca tayvani.

 - madloba ghmerts, rom gadarchenilxar!.. ra gachirveba gadga mistana, rom gansacdelshi igdebdi tavs?..

 - chemi gansacdeli ragha saxsenebelia, sheni chirime, mashin rodesac mteli saqristiano gansacdelshia chavardnili?! mastanac ar megona, tu es dghe damadgeboda... cxenis imedi mqonda, bevrjer shemicurebia chemi "afxazura" aghelvebul zghvashi da ara gamchirvebia ra, da dghes ki am ubralo wyalma dagvamarcxa. albat wera iyo! - stqva da iseti amoixvnesha, titqos gul-ghvidzli amoatanao! tvalebze cremli moadga.

 - shen, rogorc gatyob, dzalian gebraleba sheni "afxazura"!

 - dzmasavit myavda, chemo xelmwifev, tanashezrdili da shechveuli.

 - tu zghvashi mistana ara iyo ra, xmeletze chems "arabulas" veravin miswvdeba... samagierod michuqebia shentvis!

 chabukma ramdenime biji win wadga, cali muxli moiyara da choxis kaltaze akoca. mouravi sheishmushna da shurit shexeda dajildovebuls.

 - mouravo, - brdzana zaalma, - xom gesmis?.. ras yoymanob? zedac sheni mochedili unagiri daadgi: shen jer mainc ar ginda da mere sxvas gacuqeb.

 - ar emjobineba, sheni chirime, rom witeli lafsha ubodzot?

 - vina gkitxavs? shen aasrule, rasac gibrdzaneben!

 - ki, sheni chirime, magram rom ar ikarebs unagirs is shechvenebuli?!

 - rogor tu ar ikarebs?

 - ar idgams!.. weliwadia, zed agharavin shemjdara!.. or-or mejinibes dzlivs gamohyavs!.. gauravebulia!..

 - shen javri nu gaqvs! aman icis da im cxenma.

 - tuki ver shejdeba, rad unda?..

 - hm! aha, ghmerto, kidev tavisas ambobs - suleli ar mochkviandeba, torem gijis motviniereba yoveltvis sheidzleba. shen ras ityvi, ymawvilo?

 - movixmar ghvtisa da tqvenis mowyalebit! rashebs xednian da cxeni mistana ra iqneba, rom ver daimorchilos kacma? - moaxsena ghimilit.

 - mec agre mgonia. ghmertma mogaxmaros! - axla ki miambe, ristvis garjilxar da saidan xar?

 - kaxetidan gaxlavar!

 - kaxetidan?! mere da gza shekruli ar aris?

 - gaxlavt, magram me ki firmani michiravs xelshi.

 - imereli unda iyo?

 - gaxlavar, magram didi xania, rac movshordi iqaurobas da kaxetshi var! tqvenma sidzem gaaxlat chemi tavi, bidzina choloyashvilma.

 - ra ambavia?

 - wigni mogartvat da iqidan gaigebt yvelafers, chemo xelmwifev! - amoigho ubidan werili da miartva... - esec qalbatonma moartva did qalbatons...

 - rasakvirvelia, rom ar dagsvelebia?

 - gasantlul tiloshi gaxldat gaxveuli!

 facafucit gaxsna wigni eristavma da dauwyo kitxva chumad. misma meughlem satvaleebs dauwyo dzebna. mouravi da imereli ki idgnen da shescherebodnen. kitxvis dros eristavs aghelveba etyoboda da ramdenjerme shexeda imerels...

 - xom ar gadareula?! ra mosafiqrebelia!.. - hkitxa zaalma. imerelma mouravs shexeda da xma ar amoughia... eristavi mixvda da daitxova mouravi. mariamic satvaleebis mosadzebnad wavida, darchnen marto orni.

 - iwereba: "qristianoba amovardao, wirva-locva aghar aris, zarebis reka aghar ismis, xatebis sheuracxyves da tadzrebi gaaupatiureso"... es chvenc gagonili gvqonda, magram ra vqnat, rom tavzevit ghone aghar aris!.. ghvtis risxva momdgaria da unda avitanot, ghvtis nebasve unda mivendot!

 - me ra mrjis tqveni sityvis shebrunebas, sheni chirime, magram xom mogexsenebat: "uria ixrchoboda da ghmerti axsena: mishveleo! ghmertmac ubrdzana: xeli gaachnie da gishvelio!"

 - eg andaza kargia, magram ufro sxva dros!.. marto xelis gandzreva veghara gvishvelis!.. mainc risi imedi aqvs?

 - jer ghvtisa da mere tqveni.., xutasi meomari tviton gamohyavs sul darcheulebi, xutas-xutass eristavebic hpirdebian, - es atas xutasi; erti xutasis imedi tqvenganaca aqvs!..

 - mereda ori atasi kacit samoci atasze galashqreba ra mosafiqrebelia? sxva rom ara iyos ra, isic kmara, rom alaznis pirze, gaghma-gamoghma, txutmeti atasi ulusi saxlobs... didi da patara yvela meomaria.

 - ori atasi qartveli xumroba ar gaxlavt, sheni chirime, tu aqedan shemweobac iqneba. natqvami gaxlavt: "cda bedis monaxevreao".

 - eg andaza chemistana xnierebze aghara schris!.. chemi sidze jer kidev ymawvilia, guli sagules aqvs! me mikvirs qsnis eristavisgan, rogor daetanxma?.. ar icis, rom magit iq yeens aghashfotebs da aq qartlis mefes gaarisxebs?

 - gamarjvebas rom gaigebs, qartlis mefec agharas ityvis. martalia, gatatrebulia, magram guli mainc chvensken ufro aqvs da, rom gamarjveba chven dagvrcheba ghvtit, amaze echvi ar unda viqoniot.

 - aba, chemo imerelo! ymawvili xar da windaxeduloba gaklia. mtelma kaxetma vera iyo ra da axla ori atasi kacit upirebt gadenas? aba ra satqmelia! cixeebi xelshi uchiravt da qalaqebi!.. verc ra kaxets vushvelit da qartlsac safrtxeshi chavagdebt... gamdzvinvebuli yeeni mizezs edzebs, rom qartlsac is dghe daayenos, rac kaxets! dghes tu kidev suli gvidgas, batoni mefis windaxedulobis bralia. ghmertma didi dghe misces vaxtang mefes!

 - shahnavazs? - naghvliani ghimilit upasuxa imerelma, da undoda raghac moexsenebia, magram am dros gijivit shemovarda kirile mghvdeli da moaxsena: 

 - qsnis eristavebi giaxlen, sheni chirime!

 - qsnis eristavebi?.. mobrdzandnen.

 - isini gaxlavan, sheni chirime! swored isini, - imeorebda gulamovardnili. - swored isini vnaxe!.. dideba shens sakvirvelebas, ufalo!..

 - mghvdelo, shen rogorghac vera xar shens gonebaze!

 - tqveni risxva nu momecema, isini arian, swored isini! vicani! 

 - didi saqme momxdara! ra vqnat mere, rom icani?.. axa, ghmerto! ras gacherebulxar? wadi, stxove mobrdzandnen. sheudzexi sastumroshi da mec axlave gamoval. qalbatons sheatyobinet!.. shen, chemo imerelo, midi mouravtan, moicade, sanam pasuxs mivswerde chems sidzes... es eristavebic umizezod ar unda iyon chemtan mosuli... - chailaparaka tavistvis da shevida otaxshi.

 mteli ojaxi fexze dadga. fareshebi garbi-gamorbodnen aqet-iqit: mzareulebma nebieri wamoaqcies, xabazebma tones chaukides, gamdelebi datrialdnen da sheiqna erti aliaqoti. mouravi didi gulmodginebit shehyviroda xan ertsa da xan meores: "ariqa, mishvelet!.. aba, gaisarjet! ar shemarcxvinot! aba, tqven icito!" da sxvani. amaebs dzalian gulmodginebit idzaxoda, magram tviton ki ert alagas idga da ar indzreoda, arc is icoda, vis ra unda gaeketebina da vin ra saqmeze midioda... is mxolod ise, rogorc mouravis rigi da wesi moitxovda, ise icharcheboda, rom misi kijina gaegonat da ertgulebashi chamoertmiat. cxvrebi moabghavles, qatmebi aakriaxes, bat-indouri morekes. iyo erti facafuci da mzadeba. mouravi xan imas dauxvdeboda win da xan amas. sinjavda saklavebs, simsuqne xom ar akliato, da ofls iwuravda.

 am dros eristavebi, strumrebi da maspindzeli, samive, ertad ijdnen sastumro otaxshi taxtze fexmortxmit da gacxarebuli saubari hqondat. erti matgani, axovani moxucebuli, gachumebuli iyo da tavisqnevit etanxmeboda axalgazrda kacs, gacxarebit molaparakes.

 - shalva jer ymawvilia da gulis auyoloba magistvis dznelia, chemi sidze bidzinac ar aris didi xnis... mastanac yoveldghe uyurebs tavis tvalit qveynis ubedurebas da tvitonac tavs imetebs. magram shen ki mikvirs, chemo elizbar, - miubrunda moxucs zaali, - lxini bevri ginaxavs da chiri kidev meti agitania!.. madloba ghmerts, gamocdileba ar gaklia, da rogor gaivlet gunebashi magistana dzneli saqme?

 - ra vqna, chemo zaal?.. mec bevri vurchie am chems dzmiswulsa da shvilobils, magram rom vera shevasmine ra?.. daujinia: marto wavalo!.. da mastanac, ghmerttan swori sjobs, memijdeba chkuashi am ymawvilebis ganzraxva!.. amistana sicocxles sikvdili sjobia! saqristiano unda imxobodes da chven aq unda visxdet gulxeldakrefili?.. "ugangebot veras mizmen, gind shemaban xmelta spanio!" chvenc mivendot gangebas!

 - ki, magram gangebas unda davacadot... dghes asea, xval ise iqneba: ai, gushin ra avdari iyo da dghes ra daria! drosac shercheva unda.

 - uketes dros chven veghar chavigdebt xelshi, - wamoidzaxa cxared shalvam. - kaxelebis gulisgatexa qartlsac gadaedeba!.. jer kidev, sanam sasoeba ar warkvetiat da kidev raghac imedi aqvs kaxelebs, chvenc unda miveshvelot!.. tu ver gavimarjvebt, saxelovnad mainc davixocebit: "sjobs sicocxlesa nadzraxsa sikvdili saxelovanio!"
