GEORGIAN LYRICS

Chemi khatia samshoblo,
Sakhate mteli kveqana,
Ganatebuli mta-bari
Tsilnaqaria ghmerttana.
 
Tavisupleba dghes chveni
Momavals umghers didebas,
Tsiskris varskvlavi amodis
Da or zghvas shua brtsqindeba.
 
Dideba tavisuplebas,
Tavisuplebas dideba! 
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

My icon is my motherland,
And icon-stand is whole world.
Bright mounts and valleys
Are shared with God

Today our freedom 
Sings to the glory of future,
The dawn star rises up
And shines out between two seas.

Praise be to the liberty,
Liberty be praised!


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Georgia
"Tavisupleba" (Liberty)

Words by:Dawit Magradse
Music by:Zakaria Paliashvili, adapted by Joseb Ketschakmadse
Adopted:2004

On April 23, 2004, a few months after a popular revolt replaced the government
and altered the national symbols, a new national anthem was adopted. The music
was taken from the Georgian operas "Abesalom da Eteri" and "Daisi" by the
Georgian composer Zakaria Paliashvili, and were composed into an anthem by
Joseb Ketschakmadse.

Special thanks to:Reinhard Popp for informing me of this anthem and providing
me with the lyrics; and to Davit Chikvaidze for providing me with the Latin-
script lyrics and English translation, as well as some of the information.

See also: Georgia_(1946-1991), Georgia_(1918-1920,_1991-2004), Abkhazia, South
Ossetia.

MUSIC
