08 Wednesday May 2013
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“Where in your voice
did I lose myself?”
— Iranian poet Masoud Ahmadi
from “This Craving and this Me.”
Translated by Alireza Abiz
(from indigenousdialogues)
08 Wednesday May 2013
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painting by Georges Clairin
Լեռներ ես օրօր մէջ անվերջանալի. Անտարբեր ես են ձեր շիրմին. Ես երազում եմ որ կարող եմ խոսել ձեզ հետ. Լուսին մահիկ մը տակ հազիւ տեսանելի դու. Ես բերում քո արծաթ խնձոր. Ես բերում սուրը Անահիտի. Հոս լեռներ մէջ անվերջանալի, քույր. Անոնք էս չեն լսած ձեր մասին.
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I ramble in these endless mountains. I am indifferent to your grave. I dream that I can speak with you. You are hardly visible under a crescent moon. I’ve brought your silver apples. I bring Anahit’s sword. The mountains here are endless, sister. They’ve never heard of you.
08 Wednesday May 2013
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Do not love me as if I were a flower
I want to live a worthy life —
as if I were an atom in a mass of troubles
as a child of street mobs!
Shushanik Kurghinian
07 Tuesday May 2013
Yeraz (Երազ) … Քնել, գուցե երազել … to sleep, perhaps to dream …
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07 Tuesday May 2013
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07 Tuesday May 2013
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06 Monday May 2013
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06 Monday May 2013
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photo by Aros Martirosyan
Բագմաստի, ես կը փախչէի ողջ աստղերն, իսկ անապատը խոր. Որտեղ եք? Թէ մայրերը չլինէր աշխարհում, քույրերը, աղջիկներ ջահել, այս հինավուրց աստվածուհի պետք է անհետանալ, սակայն, դուք չեք կարող սպանել աստվածուհի.
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Bagmasti, I fled across the stars and the deep desert. Where are you? If it were not for the mothers, sisters, young girls of the world this ancient goddess would disappear, but you can not kill a goddess.
memories of my ghost sista 