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The Hamo Beknazaryan "Hayfilm" Studio
presents:
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THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES
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Author of the Film: Sergei Parajanov
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Director of Photography: Suren Shahbazyan
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Production Designer: Stepan Andranikyan
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Music: Tigran Mansurian
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First Assistant Director: A. Samvelyan
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Second Assistant Director: R. Zhamharyan
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Sound Operator: Yu. Sayadyan
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Camera Operator: Martuni Shahbazyan
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Costume Design: E. Akhvlediani,
I. Karalyan, Zh. Sarabyan
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Make-Up: P. Aschyan, V. Asatryan
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Film Editing: M. Ponomarenko
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Set Decoration: Mikael Arakelyan
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Visual Effects:
L. Karamyan, H. Hovhannisyan
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Script Editors:
Bagrat Hovhannisyan, Perj Zeytuntsyan
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Musical Editor: M. Berko
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Musical Setting: Yuri Harutunyan
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Choreographer: Sergei Parajanov
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Architectural Consultant: V. Jorbenadze
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Jewelry Designer: A. Asaturov
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Production Manager: A. Melik-Sargsyan
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Poet as a Youth, Poet's Love, The Nun in White
Lace, The Angel of Resurrection, The Mime:
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Sofiko Chiaureli
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The poet as a child: M. Alekyan
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The poet in the monastery: V. Galstyan
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The poet as an old man: G. Gegechkori
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The Prince: Hovhannes Minasyan
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Supporting cast: S. Baghashvili,
M. Japaridze, G. Matsukatov,
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M. Bibileishvili,
G. Margaryan, L. Karamyan,
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G. Gabunia,
B. Mirianashvili, I. Babayan,
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B. Tatishvili,
Zh. Gharibyan, T. Dvali,
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E. Papakhanyan,
Yu. Merdenov, Yu. Amiryan
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This film does not attempt
to tell the life story of a poet.
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Rather, the filmmaker has tried
to recreate the poet's inner world
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through the trepidations of his soul,
his passion and torments,
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widely utilising
the symbolism and allegories
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specific to the tradition of Ashugh,
the Medieval Armenian troubadours.
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I am the man whose life
and soul are torment.
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I am the man whose life
and soul are torment.
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I am the man whose life
and soul are torment.
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I am the man whose life
and soul are torment.
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In the beginning,
God created the heavens and the earth.
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On the sixth day, God said:
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"Let us make mankind in our image,
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in our likeness".
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So God created mankind in his own image,
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in the image of God he created him.
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Then the Lord God formed a man
from the dust of the ground,
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and breathed into his nostrils the breath
of life, and the man became a living being.
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The Lord God took the man
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and put him in the Garden of Eden
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to till the soil,
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and take care of the Garden.
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And the Lord God commanded the man,
saying...
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Many have come before me,
and vaguely known this amazing world,
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they have extinguished
and expired ahead of me.
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Books must be well kept and read,
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for books are Soul and Life.
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Without books, the world would
have witnessed nothing but ignorance.
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Read aloud for the people to hear,
in benefit of their souls,
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for many are unable to read
what is written.
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From the colours and aromas of this world,
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a poet's lyre my childhood did make,
and offered it to me.
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Saint George, we implore you,
let your good fortune, your kind thoughts
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spread over our family and our people.
Along with your white horse,
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be a stronghold for our people.
Give prosperity to this family,
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give them good thoughts and prosperity.
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We were searching for ourselves
in each other...
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...has gone beyond measure.
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In this healthy and beautiful life
only I have been made to suffer.
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Why is it so?
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We were searching
for a place of refuge for our Jove,
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but instead,
the road led us to the land of the dead.
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You abandoned us and went away,
but we the living wrapped you
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in a cocoon, so that in your new world
you would burst forth like a butterfly.
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How am I to protect my wax-built
castles of love
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from the devouring heat of your fires?
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You are fire.
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You are dressed in...
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You are fire.
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You are dressed in...
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fire.
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You are fire.
You are dressed in fire.
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You are fire.
You are dressed in fire.
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You are fire.
You are dressed in black.
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You are dressed in black.
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Which of these two fires can I endure?
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Go then and find
your refuge of selfless love.
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I will go and search
the monasteries one by one.
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What is the name?
What is the name?
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Arutin.
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Lord, have mercy.
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Remember us, Lord, and have mercy on us.
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Jesus Christ, Son of God,
bountiful and merciful is your love,
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have mercy on the soul of your servant,
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the departed Arutin,
who has joined you in Heaven.
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Remember him on the day of your coming,
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and forgive him all his sins...
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Jamal, go faster!
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He placed the hand of Eve
into that of Adam, and Adam said:
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"This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
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she shall be called Woman,
for she was taken out of Man.
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That is why a man leaves
his father and mother
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and is united to his wife,
and they become one flesh."
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Godfather, what is your ward's name?
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Arutin.
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Little Arutin has come to ask
to be baptised.
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We baptise him in the name of the Father,
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
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By the grace of the blood of Christ,
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welcome him into
your Father's heavenly kingdom,
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so that he will be the heir to Christ
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and the temple of the Jiving God.
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Arutin!
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Brothers of mine in soul and blood,
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Heaven has sent upon us to this world,
grief, grief, grief...
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Brothers of mine in soul and blood,
grief, inconsolable grief
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has been sent to us from Heaven today.
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During this night
of the revelation of Saint Sarkis,
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our Holy Father Lazarus has died
at Etchmiadzin.
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Catholicos of all Armenians,
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most high amongst men and prelates.
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Brothers of mine in soul and blood,
grief, grief, grief...
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has been sent to us from Heaven...
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As a crowd of naïve victims
we come from this world
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to you as an offering...
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Brothers of mine in soul and blood,
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grief has been sent to us from Heaven,
grief, grief, grief...
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Brothers of mine in soul and blood,
grief, inconsolable grief
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has been sent to us from Heaven today.
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During this night
of the revelation of Saint Sarkis,
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our Holy Father Lazarus has died
at Etchmiadzin.
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Catholicos of all Armenians,
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most high amongst men and prelates.
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I asked for a shroud to wrap the dead body,
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instead they showed the frenzied
convulsions of their living bodies.
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Where can I find selfless love?
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...to God, our Saviour
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Like an everlasting flower unsoiled
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Innocent bud
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Sprung from the roots of Isaiah
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We magnify you
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You, whose life and body
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Are spotless...
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...and the power and the glory,
forever and ever...
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Blessed be our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be Thy name.
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Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done
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on earth as it is in Heaven.
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Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses,
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as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
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And lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
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Have mercy, Lord.
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Jesus, hope of all life,
accept our prayers,
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cleanse us from our sins
and grant our petitions,
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accept once again our evening prayers.
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Heed us, Lord. Have mercy upon us.
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In the sunny valley of distant years
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live my longings,
my loves and my childhood.
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You are fire,
you are dressed in black...
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You are fire,
you are dressed in black...
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You are fire,
you are dressed in black...
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I would die
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I would die for your admirable mind
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Loving little quail
Wounded little quail
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...a thousand soldiers
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You hit, you were hit,
you fell with courage
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Persians to the right and to the left
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My homeland...
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Wounded little quail, quail...
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Little black quail
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My dear little quail
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You walk up and down...
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Scarlet drips the blood
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The flowers in the field are stained red
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The moon appears from behind the cloud
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I saw everything,
clear and strangely blunt,
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and I understood
that life had abandoned me.
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We have slain the sacrificial lamb,
boiled the meat,
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and distributed it onto seven plates.
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Come, come!
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My husband and I went to Tiflis.
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In the square there were baths
and we went there together.
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We had a nice bath.
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What are you saying?
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Now everybody knows
we went to the baths!
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Give these chickens to the virgins.
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Then we wanted to have some skewers,
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but somebody told us about a troubadour.
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So we went see.
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He was a charlatan.
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As long as I live
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My life is all yours, my love
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My life is all yours, my love
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Go amongst the people.
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Go, and may we always hear
of your triumphs,
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your kind deeds and your well-being.
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You are the salt of the earth,
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and may the God of speech
be always with you.
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Go amongst the people.
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Go, go.
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I hear calls of homecoming and hope,
but I am weary.
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Who has spread all this sorrow
upon this old and weary earth?
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The world is a window
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And I am tired of these arches
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He who looks through them gets burnt
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And I am tired of these burns
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Yesterday was better than today
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And I am weary of tomorrows
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Man cannot always be the same
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And I am tired of any play
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Yesterday was better than today
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And I am weary of tomorrows
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Man cannot always be the same
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And I am tired of any play
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Sayat Nova said:
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My suffering
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has gone beyond measure.
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The world is a window.
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The world is a window.
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The world...
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The bread you gave was beautiful,
but the soil is more than beautiful.
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Let me go and turn to earth.
I am weary, I am weary.
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Sing!
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In this world...
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Sing!
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In this world...
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Die!