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The 'patriotic' thread

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  • #1

    The 'patriotic' thread

    Ok, here is the deal... post any poems or short writings you can find on Armenia or Armenian people. Or just be creative and come up with something of your own!
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    Here is one by William Saroyan:

    “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have been all fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia. See if you can do it. Send them into the deserts without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will never laugh, sing or pray again. For when two Armenians meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a new Armenia."

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    • #3
      Damn it, you took the only one I know.

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      • #4
        *frantically attempting to fix scanner so he can post Baruyr Sevak's famous "gank, bidi linenk" poem*

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        • #5
          I have several of my own - in Armenian, no less.

          My favorite one was lost in the tragic crash of my laptop. lol

          My favorite poem of all time is Mrs. Gaboudigian's famous masterpiece...I know 3 of the stanzas by heart, so i'll post those.

          Lsir, vortis, badkam vorbes
          Sirogh ko mor khoskuh srdants
          Aysorvanits hantsnoom em kez
          Hayots lezoon hazarakants
          ...
          Bahir nran partsr oo vjid
          Ararati soorp tsuini bes
          Bahir nran srdit modig
          Ko baberi ajuini bes
          ...
          Oo des, vortis, oor el lines
          Ays loosni dag, oor el knas
          Te mort ankam mdkits hanes
          Ko mayr lezoon chmoranas

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          • #6
            Oh wait! How 'bout this one....

            You tried.
            You tried with all your strength and might.
            You tried while wearing an insidious smile
            and conveying a blatant disregard for that which makes us human.
            And lurking behind your ominous eyes, in the obscurity of your mind,
            was an illness taking the form of eroded amicability.
            Your vision cloaked in the disillusion that you would succeed.
            You feared no form of power, neither man nor god.
            You tried by force, you tried by philosophy.
            You tried relentlessly.
            You tried

            You failed!

            For I stand here today, many decades into the aftermath,
            bearing a name you thought would no longer be used,
            waving a flag who's colors you thought would fade away,
            speaking the tongue of the ancestors you thought you had eliminated.

            You failed.

            For I know the truth, and so shall the entire world.
            For I keep the heritage alive, as did those before me.
            We succeeded.
            We survived.
            You failed.

            No matter how many years it takes,
            no matter how long the duel may be,
            we will endour, and the truth will be told.
            The world will know that which you would like to bury
            in the shadows of a past as dark as the atrocities you committed.
            But just as before,
            we sill succeed,
            you will fail!

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            • #7
              Yes im anoush Hayastani arevaham barn em sirum,
              Mer hin sazi voghbanvag, latsakumats larn em sirum.
              Arnanman tsaghikneri ou varderi buyre varman,
              Ou nairian aghjikneri hezachkun parn em sirum.

              Sirum em mer yerkinke muk, jrere jinj, liche luse,
              Aryevn amran ou dzmerva vshtapadzayn buke vsem,
              Mtnoum kurats khrchitneri anhyurenkal patereh sev
              Ou hnamya kaghakneri hazaramya karn em sirum.

              Our el linem - chem morana yes voghpadzayn yerkereh mer,
              Chem morana aghotk dardzats yerkatagir grkereh mer,
              Inchkan el sur sirtes khotsen aryunakam verkereh mer -
              Eli yes vorp ou arnavarr im Hayastan-yarn em sirum.

              Im karotats srti hamar voch mi urish hekiat chka
              Narekatsu, Kuchaki pes lusapsak chakat chka
              Ashkharh antsir Ararati nman chermak gagat chka
              Inchpes anhas parki champa yes im MASIS sarn em sirum.

              Yeghishe Charents


              I love this poem... it bring tears to my eyes...

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              • #8
                Good call nunechka

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Che_Ka
                  Lsir, vortis, badkam vorbes
                  Sirogh ko mor khoskuh srdants
                  Aysorvanits hantsnoom em kez
                  Hayots lezoon hazarakants
                  ...
                  Bahir nran partsr oo vjid
                  Ararati soorp tsuini bes
                  Bahir nran srdit modig
                  Ko baberi ajuini bes
                  ...
                  Oo des, vortis, oor el lines
                  Ays loosni dag, oor el knas
                  Te mort ankam mdkits hanes
                  Ko mayr lezoon chmoranas
                  aahhhhh I had that memorized for this asmoonk contest I entered in 3rd grade!
                  I didn't win.

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                  • #10
                    This is the english audio version of what Dants wants to post:

                    We are few but we are called Armenians By Barouyr Sevag

                    But it sounds better in Armenian.

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