მარიამ კაკაურიძე (Mariam Kakauridze)
In a place where the mountains kiss the sky, so blue,
And the morningland besprays with the dew
One hill to another extends the vineyards,
Every breath, a song, so low, so soundless.
The rivers run as silver lace,
On through dale with force and grace.
The bells of the churches there ring from stone so old,
Their echoes warm, their silence bold.
And the dust, with each tread, will sing,
Of heroes and hearts, and freedom’s wing.
No diamond shines, no one can buy,
The love that raises a Georgian sky.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
This was inspired by the poem ოდესმე დიდი ყოფილა საქართველო ("Georgia was once great") by მურმან ლებანიძე (Murman Lebanidze).