Dideba zetsit kurtheuls

Dideba zetsit kurtheuls (Praise Be To The Heavenly Bestower of Blessings) is the old national anthem of Georgia. Written and composed by Kote Potskhverashvili (1889-1959).

It was used as the national anthem of Georgia from 1918 to 1920, and from 14 November, 1990 to 23 April, 2004. It was replaced by Tavisupleba.

Georgian lyrics

Dideba kvehnad samotkhes,

Turpha iversa.

Dideba dzmobas, ertobas.

Dideba tavisuplebas,

Dideba samaradiso

Kartulmkhne ersa!

Dideba chvensa samshoblos,

Dideba chveni sitsotskhlis

Mizans diadsa;

Vasha trphobasa, sikvaruls

Vasha shvebasa, siharuls,

Salami chesh maritebis,

Shuk gantiadsa!

English translation

Praise be to the heavenly Bestower of Blessings,

Praise be to paradise on earth,

To the radiant Georgians,

Praise be to brotherhood and to unity,

Praise be to liberty,

Praise be to the everlasting,

lively Georgian people!

Praise be to our fatherland,

Praise be to the great and bright aim of our lives;

Hail, O joy and love,

Hail helpfulness and happiness,

Greetings to the truth, that light of dawn!

External links

MIDI File (http://members.tripod.com/ggdavid/georgia/dideba2.mid)
Another MIDI version (http://www.abacci.com/atlas/anthem3.asp?countryID=202)
Real Audio (http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1430000/audio/_1433512_georgia.ram)

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Categories: National anthems | Georgia (country)

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