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This song is based on a poem by Joseph Noneshvili, a famous 20th century Georgian poet.
Venera Urushadze translates Noneshvili's poem in her 1958 Anthology of Georgian Poetry:
‘Tis said one lovely moonlight night
A deer came wandering to a pool.
The pool, surrounded by tall reeds,
Lay motionless and tempting cool.
He saw his image mirrored there,
And at the antlers gazed with pride,
But at the long and slender legs
With deep regret and chagrin sighed.
Then suddenly a lion's roar
Awoke him from his reverie,
And in an instant the slighted legs
Like lightning flew across the lea.
Within the covert of the woods
He dashed to find a safe retreat,
But the branches of the thickets caught
The much-coveted antlers neat.
Now give a thought to this old tale
For like the deer, perhaps, your eyes
See but the beauty of your face
Blind to all beneath the skies.
So if in praise you find delight
Then know, remember well, my dear,
Your beauty may destroy you as
The antlers high destroyed the deer.
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