Lullabies & childhood
Akvnis nana — cradle lullaby
აკვნის ნანა
A Georgian-language cradle lullaby documented in Imerkhevi fieldwork.
Text source
Explore song Work & pastoral songs
Dedov, dedov — milking song
დედოვ, დედოვ — წველისა
A gentle address to a cow, preserved as a milking song from Kokbereti.
Lyrics & translation
About this song
Shioshvili groups this text under milking songs. Her notes identify Emine Genç, aged 72, in Kokbereti, a neighbourhood of Chikhiskhevi, and date her transcription to 4 August 2009. This entry keeps version 2.1 separate from the other milking calls printed beside it. Kraveishvili also documents cow-milking music in the region, without establishing that his appendix item is this exact version.
Recordings
This entry documents a written source. A matching playable recording has not yet been linked.
Lyrics & translation
Georgian text transcribed from the cited printed version; dialect forms retained. English and Turkish lyric translations have not yet been added.
Georgian originalEnglish translation
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დედოვ, დედოვ, ჩამოყარე!
ზიზილაჲ მოვწველოთ, დედო!
სად ხარ, დედო,
ლამაზო დედო,
გერმელო დედო,
დედოჯან, დედო!
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Translation not yet added
Sources & credits
- Tina Shioshvili, Shavshuri Folklori, vol. I (2016) — Printed pp. 235 (no. 2.1), 309 (contributor notes); PDF pp. 236, 310
- Giorgi Kraveishvili, Folk Music Dissertation (Tbilisi, 2018) — p. 55; audio appendix item 51, comparative regional documentation