by Yeghishe Charents
Of my motherland Armenia, its sun-soaked word I adore,
Of our old, mourning saz, the deep, moving string I adore,
The radiant scent of blood-red roses and sun-dipped flowers I adore,
And the humble, graceful dance of women of Nairi I adore.
I love our sky – deep blue and high, the waters – clear, and the lucent lake,
The sun in summer, and the winter’s ferocious frost outbreak,
The black, dreary walls of the old huts – drowned in the dark,
And the thousand-year-old, tattered stones of the ancient cities I adore.
Never will I ever forget the mournful tunes of our songs,
Will not forget the iron-script books that have become prayers long,
However deep my heart is hurt by our blood-drained wounds of fate,
Still, time and again, though orphaned, weak, but my Armenia I adore.
For my homesick, yearning soul there is no better tale told,
Than Narekatsi’s and Kuchak’s, there are no brighter shining thoughts.
Cross-pass the world, yet Ararat is the whitest peak to be sought,
As an everlasting walk to fame, my Mount Masis I adore!
(Translated by Armine Grigoryan, a resident of Yerevan, Armenia)
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