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If Only This New Year: ‘Yernek Teh Ays Nor Tarin’ (Editorial)
New Year (Nor Tari)
By: Raphael Patkanian
If only this New Year
Would bring an end to our sorrows,
Evil would fade and good
Would live in our hearts.If only this New Year
Armenia would be free
And fields of roses would gleam
Around our Mount Masis.[1]If only this New Year
The Armenian people would unite
And our flag would wave atop
Our fortress at Karin.[2]If only this New Year
Armenia would stand on its feet
And our half-ruined Karin
Would become our capital.Advertisement
Armenians, never doubt
That all this will be realized
If we free ourselves
of small-mindedness, once and for all.[3]
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Wonderful Rupen! Abris!
Shnorhavor nor dari Rupen Abris
Thank you for sharing.
How true, how well put, how well described.
Bravo Rupen.
Shnorhavor nor tarien.
We are with hope that one day, just one day it will all be clear.
A syphonic rendition of an inspirational poem, representing the soul of this ancient nation. We will endure. Yes, we must.
The Armenia you describe doesn’t sound free.
The last two lines of this beautiful poem are the most telling, the saddest, and, I fear, utterly impossible for Armenians to overcome. Why are we so small minded? What is wrong with us?
If we free ourselves
of small-mindedness, once and for all.
Thanks for sharing. This poem is still relevant today.
Unfortunately, the issue of small-mindedness persists in Armenia as there is no incentive for those in power in government and in business to change their ways for the benefit of their compatriots.