Liberty, by Mikael Nalbandian

(1829-1866) WHEN the God of LibertyFormed of earth this mortal frame,Breathed the breath of life in me,And a spirit I became, Wrapped within my swaddling bands,Bound and fettered helplessly,I stretched forth my infant handsTo embrace sweet Liberty. All night long, until the dawn,In my cradle ...

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Yesternight I walked Abroad

ANONYMOUS YESTERNIGHT I walked abroad.From the clouds sweet dews were falling, And my love stood in the road,All in green, and to me calling. To her home she led me straight,Shut and barred the gate securely ...

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My Heart is turned into a Wailing Child, by Nahabed Kouchak

(Fifteenth Century) MY heart is turned into a wailing child, In vain with sweets I seek to still its cries ;Sweet love, it calls for thee in sobbings wild All day and night, with longing and with ...

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O Night, be long, by Nahabed Kouchak

O NIGHT, be long—long as an endless year !Descend, thick darkness, black and full of fear ! To-night my heart’s desire has been fulfilled— My love is here at last—a guest concealed ! Dawn, stand behind seven mountains—out of ...

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Black Eyes, by Avetik Isahakian

(Born 1875) Do not trust black eyes, but fear them :— Gloom they are, and endless night ;Woes and perils lurking near them— Love not thou their gleaming bright ! In my heart a sea of blood wells, Called up by their cruel ...

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