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Hovhannes Tumanian
1. Poem
If i become your coral bead ,
A coral bead , a scarlet coral bead ,
I would caress you all day long ,
And melt , like snow in the sun .
I wish i were your coral bead .
And melt like snow in the sun .
If i became your silk shawl ,
If i became your veil .
I would caress you all day long ,
Like the pearl in your necklace .
I wish I were your silk shawl , your veil ,
A pearl in your necklace .
If i became your guitar ,
I would sing for you ,
If i became your guitar .
I would sing serenades to you ,
And be your beloved .
If i became your guitar ,
I would sing serenades to you ,
And be your beloved .
2. Legend : Akhtamar
Every night , some stranger ,
In the dark , without boat
Makes his way to a small island
In the middle of lake Van .
He makes his way boldly
Through the heavy waves .
Directed by the strong and bright
Shine of the remote light .
Night by night the faraway light
Radiates promise and love .
Night by night , hidden in the dark ,
Tamar is waiting for her beloved .
The delight that awairs him
Helps the lover fight the heavy waves .
Seeing his Tamar wrapped in passion
Waiting for him in the dark .
It is worth all the waiting
When they thrown themselves
In each other's arms ,
Feeling like angels in heaven .
Yet tomorrow will come ,
And again the light will signal promise .
Everything will be the same :
The love , the delight , and the dark .
But the secret love was soon revealed
By some jealous enemies .
They put down the light ,
And the lower lost his way .
All frustrated were his hopes ,
To see the familiar light in the dark .
Pulling all his strength together ,
In vain he tried to find his way .
As the sun broke though the dawn ,
The water brought a dead body ashore .
On his face a frozen grimace ,
"Akh , Tamar ! " the dead lips said .
Many years have passed since then .
Still the island keeps its spell .
Gloomily , it raises over the water ,
And is called Akhtamar .
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1. Poem
Akh ! Akh ! , esli alym , alym stal by .
Akh , esli alym stal by ya ,
Tvoim korallom , korallom stal by ,
Tvoim korallom stal by ya ,
Tebya lobzai by den i noch ,
I snegom talym stal by ya .
Ya stal by alym korallom , lalom ,
I snegom talym stal by ya .
Akh , esli shalyu , shalyu stal by ya ,
Tvoei vualyu , tvoei vualyu stal by ya ,
Tebya lobzai by kazhdyi den :
Ved bus emalyu stal by ya .
Ya stal by shalyu , tvoei vualyu ,
Ved bus emalyu stal by ya .
Akh , esli tarom , tarom stal by ,
Akh esli tarom stal by ya .
Zvuchat nedarom , nedarom stal by ,
Zvuchat nedarom stal by ya ,
Ya rzglashal by gymn tebe ,
I miloi yarom stal by ya .
Ya stal by tarom , zvucha ne darom ,
Akh , yarom miloi stal by ya ,
Akh , yarom miloi stal by ,
Yarom stal by , yarom stal by ya .
Translation by V. Bryusov
2. Legend : Akhtamar
Kazhdoi nochyu k vodam Vana
Kto-to s berega idyor ,
I bez lodki sred rumana
Smelo k ostrovu plyvyot .
On moguchimi plechami
Rassekaet lono vod ,
Privlekaemyi luchami
Shto mayak dalyokii shloyt .
Kazhdoi nochyu iskry sveta
Manyat laskoi tainykh char :
Kazhdoi nochyu , tmoi odeta
Zhdyot ego k sebe Tamar .
On plyvyot navstrechu shchastyu ,
Smelo boresta s volnoi ,
A Tamar , obyata strastiu ,
Zhdyot evo vo tme nochnoi .
Ne naprasny ozhidania ...
Blizhe , blizhe ... vot i on !
Mig blazhenstva ! Mig svidaniya .
Sladkikh tainstv raiskii son !
Zavtra snova ozhidaniya ,
Tak zhe iskritsa mayak ,
Tot zhe chudnyi mig svidania ,
Te zhe laski , tot zhe mrak .
No razvedal vrag zhestokii
Tainu Lyubyashchikh serdets ,
Byl Pogashen svet dalyokii ,
Tmoi zastignut byl plovets .
Ne zaiskritsa , kak prezhde ,
Mayaka priver rodnoi
I v obmantchivoi nadezhde ,
Byotsa , byotsa on s volnoi .
Na rassvete vstali volny
I primchali bednyl trup ,
I zastyl upryok bezmolvnui
" Akh , Tamar ! " sred mertvykh gub .
S toi pory minuli gody .
Ostrov polon prezhnikh char ,
Mrachno smotrit on na vody
I zovyotsa Akhtamar !
Translation by K. Balmont
Three Concert Arias for Soprano and Orchestra
Composer Aram Illych Khachaturian (1903/1978-Georgia/Armenia)
The Museum of the Poet H. Tumanian in Yerevan since 1953
Tumanian and other Armenian Poets (in Armenian)
Tumanian and other Armenian Poets (in Armenian)