Here’s a short, emotional blog post titled — written in English but infused with Georgian phrasing and sentiment.
Because some loves are like that. You don’t speak them — they speak through you. And even after the person leaves, the language stays. A ghost grammar. A motherland with no return visa. dear ex qartulad
You are gone. But qartulad , you still exist in every declension of my memory. In the wine-dark evenings. In the toast to the dead that comes before the toast to the living. In the way I cross myself passing a church, even though I stopped believing. Here’s a short, emotional blog post titled —
So I’m writing this letter in the language you spoke in your sleep. The language your grandmother used when she cursed and blessed in the same breath. The language that holds three words for “morning” depending on how light touches the mountains. And even after the person leaves, the language stays
არ გეძებ ქუჩებში, არც ნაცნობ სახეებში, მაგრამ ხანდახან, როცა ქარი უცნაურად ქრის, შენი ხმა მესმის. მინდა იცოდე, რომ ბრაზი დიდი ხანია გაქრა. მხოლოდ მადლიერება დარჩა — იმ წუთებისთვის, როცა მეგონა, რომ სამყარო მხოლოდ ჩვენ ორისთვის შეიქმნა.