Lullabies & childhood
Akvnis nana — cradle lullaby
აკვნის ნანა
A Georgian-language cradle lullaby documented in Imerkhevi fieldwork.
Text source
Explore song Wedding & ritual
Dodopali moqavano
დოდოფალი მოყავანო
A playful question-and-answer song announcing the bride’s arrival.
Lyrics & translation
About this song
Shioshvili prints several closely related bridal-arrival verses. This entry gives no. 55 rather than combining the variants. Kraveishvili documents a song with this title as sung when the wedding party enters the groom’s yard (audio appendix item 48); the dissertation reference does not establish an exact melody for this printed 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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– დოდოფალი მოყავანო,
საჩუქარი რა ყავანო?
– ჲორდამელაჲ თხა ყავანო,
ნეფე თოფალი ყავანო.
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Translation not yet added
Sources & credits
- Tina Shioshvili, Shavshuri Folklori, vol. I (2016) — Printed p. 252, wedding songs, no. 55 (PDF p. 253)
- Giorgi Kraveishvili, Folk Music Dissertation (Tbilisi, 2018) — p. 54; audio appendix item 48