I wrote a poem in Armenian.

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Անկյանք ծնւնդ

Թւյնավոր ամպերը կյանքի ձմեռից կյանք տվեցին վարդի շւրթերին,
ոչ հողից, ոչ ջրից, μայց քարի ներսից.

Առանց ձայն,առանց փւշ,
առանց հայ հոգւ, մայրը μերեց տւն սև լւյս:
Հայ զինվորի քարին թքած ծախեց մեր ազգը,
ոչինչ, սատանայի գերւն էլ մի ժամանակ սիրեց աստվածը:
Հրեշտակները վեր հանեցին մարդւ միջի սատանան,
խաμեցին ւ խաμվեցին, միայն հայ մայրը չհավատա:
Ինչ ազգ կմնա, եթե ազգի աղջիկը չտեսնի լւյսով,
թող μերի կամ զինվոր կամ քւյր, միայն հղիանա հւյսով:

~Հենրիկ

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Re: I wrote a poem in Armenian.

Its about an Armenian woman who marries into another race.

[HyeWayCop]

Re: I wrote a poem in Armenian.

Well number 1 not all of us can read what it says & number 2 nothing wring with two people marrying eachother out of there race is there? True happiness does nont neccessarily mean an Armenian has to marry an Armenian. Who said Armenians are the best race anyways. Theres a god & bad race in every culture.

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Re: I wrote a poem in Armenian.

Well number 1 not all of us can read what it says & number 2 nothing wring with two people marrying eachother out of there race is there? True happiness does nont neccessarily mean an Armenian has to marry an Armenian. Who said Armenians are the best race anyways. Theres a god & bad race in every culture.

Well, there might not always be a "problem" per se with marrying into another race, but there deffinitly is a problem with not being able to read what it says .

[Armenian]

Re: I wrote a poem in Armenian.

Its about an Armenian woman who marries into another race.

Ապրես, բայց նկատի ունես ուրիշ ցեղ՞ կամ ուրիշ ազգ՞. և ինչու օտար արնող Հայ <<տղեքի>> մասին խոսկ չկա՞:

[HyeWayCop]

Re: I wrote a poem in Armenian.

So does it make you less of an Armenian if you cant read armenian? What if you were born somewhere & never introduced to the Armenian language? Than whats your response to that.

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Re: I wrote a poem in Armenian.

Ապրես, բայց նկատի ունես ուրիշ ցեղ՞ կամ ուրիշ ազգ՞. և ինչու օտար արնող Հայ <<տղեքի>> մասին խոսկ չկա՞:

Thank you, well, personally, I found writing about a man to be rather hard and I couldn't really be as poetic as I could with a woman. And the poem started off because I met a full blooded Armenian who had married into another race, then divorced, and her kid, though conscious of being Armenian, has no ounce of Armenian heritage in her, nor does she know the language. I could say shes actually quite insecure about her heritage.

The poem was actually inspired by a curtain individual - if that answers your question. But yes, shame on the men too - shame on all of them.

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Re: I wrote a poem in Armenian.

So does it make you less of an Armenian if you cant read armenian? What if you were born somewhere & never introduced to the Armenian language? Than whats your response to that.

Yes it does actually, being "Armenian" is not tied by blood, its by culture - the more you are involved with the culture the more "Armenian" you are. And our language, in my opionin, is a necessity when someone considers him/herself "Armenian." You SHOULD know how to read and write, without our language and alphabet, we would either have NO Armenia or a divided one.

As for your second situation, well, theres a difference between KNOWING your Armenian and willingly NOT learning it, as opposed to never knowing. I'm not going to make it easier on those of you who don't speak Armenian, bring down the standard of "what is Armenian" and say "it's ok if you dont know the language." Because its not.

[Armenian]

Re: I wrote a poem in Armenian.

Thank you, well, personally, I found writing about a man to be rather hard and I couldn't really be as poetic as I could with a woman. And the poem started off because I met a full blooded Armenian who had married into another race, then divorced, and her kid, though conscious of being Armenian, has no ounce of Armenian heritage in her, nor does she know the language. I could say shes actually quite insecure about her heritage.

The poem was actually inspired by a curtain individual - if that answers your question. But yes, shame on the men too - shame on all of them.

Well, just know that generally speaking it is Armenian men who marry otars. Also, Armenian men place so much "hetamnac" expectations upon a "wife" that many times Armenian women think its simply better to marry non-Armenian men. I think Armenian men should first learn to grow up and act like men, instead of the mama's boys we see running around today. For Armenian men from the middle east and the Armenian Republic, a women is either a w-h-o-r-e or a saint, there is nothing in between.

And that is why many Armenian women are trying their luck out side of our community.

[Crissy]

Re: I wrote a poem in Armenian.

I can't get the Armenian font on this PC (am at work) anyway you can type it up in english and send it to me ace???

thanks