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The Modern Armenian Literature Thread - Արդի Հայ Գրականութեան Ընթերցումն

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    Re: The Modern Armenian Literature Thread - Արդի Հայ Գրականութեան Ընթերցումն

    Shushanik Kurghinian (1876-1927)


    This post was prompted by the story of another Shushanik, born in Gyumri over 100 years after Shushanik Kurghinian, which showed that little has changed for many women in Gyumri, still imprisoned by lack of opportunities and imposed-on family expectations/obligations. http://hetq.am/eng/articles/3397

    "I Want To Live."

    I want to live, but not a lavish life wedged
    in obscurity, unconcern, simple-mindedness,
    nor an outright hostage of beauty aids
    as a frail creature, delicate and feeble -
    but equal to you, oh men,
    auspicious, as you are - powerful and headstrong,
    fit against calamities, and ingenious
    with bodies full of fervor.

    I want to act, next to you, in equality
    as my peoples loyal chapter;
    let me suffer over and again, night or day
    roaming from one place to another,
    struggling for those ideals of sovereignty
    And let this heft torment me in my exile
    only to gain the purpose of my life.

    I want to fight, first as your rival,
    standing against you with an old vengeance,
    that absurdly and without mercy you
    turned me into a vassal through love and force
    Then after clearing these issues of my sex
    I want to fight against the agonies of life
    courageously like you, holding your hand,
    together facing this struggle of being or not.


    "To Live"

    To live, one must give completely--
    Strength, joy, fervor, and youth,
    Have no fear of pain, hold back tears,
    Forget smiles, love, and compassion.

    To live, one must defy death.
    What joy not to grow old!
    Time plays a joke in vain,
    And defeated, it passes you by unnoticed.

    Instead of walking, take flight--falling matters not,
    For he who falls from up high does not stay down.
    Let your soul grow strong on the anvil of pain,
    Unhindered--in order to live.


    Page not found - エルドアカジノ使い方ガイド
    http://www.aiwa-net.org/AIWAwriters/kurghinian.html

    http://groong.usc.edu/tcc/tcc-20030715.html

    ANN/Groong TLG -- To Live - Shushanik Kurghinian translated by Knarik O. Meneshian
    http://www.groong.com/tlg/tlg-20070929.html
    Last edited by bell-the-cat; 08-11-2011, 11:41 AM.
    Plenipotentiary meow!

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