Rupen JanbazianSeptember 25, 2017Last Updated: September 25, 2017
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The Armenian Weekly is periodically publishing the English translation of Andranik Tzarukian’s epic 1945 poem ‘Tught ar Yerevan’ (‘Letter to Yerevan’)
Letter to Yerevan (Part IV)
Are those dogs? And was he a dog,
The proud fedayee, embracing a cold weapon
Instead of his beloved—epitome of protest,
And full of grief, anger and vengeance,
Engaged in unequal combat
Against a base, blood-thirsty sultan,
Against tsa
Rupen Janbazian is the editor of Torontohye Monthly. He is the former editor of The Armenian Weekly and the former director of public relations of the Tufenkian Foundation. Born and raised in Toronto, he is currently based in Yerevan.