Our charity concert in Tbilisi

Two days have passed since we returned from Tbilisi. It is unexpectedly cold here. I was looking through our photos taken in Tbilisi and suddenly I it occured to me an incident in Tbilisi that I would like to tell about. Our music and fine art groups were always together. We went everywhere together and waited for each other when the other group were busy doing something else. Once during our friends' plenaire we, musicians, were waiting for them and then we began playing our musical instruments and singing in the street. We were playing and singing in oune of the streets in Tbilisi. As Eliza was painting she joint us a little later. She came to us with her guitar and notes of songs. I put the instrument-case of my violin on the ground. We sang all the songs we knew, even the songs which we didn't know till the end. The children were the best listeners among the passers-by. Being carried away with our songs we didn't notice 10 lari collected in my instrument-case. There was an old Armenian whom we always met on our way. We gave the money to him. So it was our first charity concert in Tbilisi.      

The Armenian text by Astghik Mamikonyan

Translation by Yeva Markosyan, Anna Mkrtchyan and Laura Yenokyan