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Ու ոչ ոք չի հարձցնում.

-Ինչպես տեղ հասար, որդիս

Մեղուները

Հաւաքեցին յոյսը.

Դու սովորեցիր հաւատալ

Մեղուները

Հաւաքեցին երգը.

Դու սովորեցիր սիրել

Մեղուները

Հաւաքեցին ցաւը.

Դու սովորեցիր ապրել

Հայրդ չկայ.

Ու ոչ ոք չի հարձցնում.

-Ինչպէս հայր դարձար, որդիս

Click the link to hear Levon Muradyan's

Your Father has Vanished, read by Lola Koundakjian.

Your father has vanished

Yet no one asks

"How did you make it, son?

The bees

Took your hope

Yet you learned to hope

The bees

Collected the songs

Yet you learned to love

The bees

Gathered the pain

Yet you learned to live

Your father has vanished

Yet no ones asks

"How did you became a father, my son?"

Translation by Lola Koundakjian

Your Father Is Gone

And no one is asking
“How did you make it, son?”
The bees
Gathered hope --
You learned to believe.
The bees
Gathered song --
You learned to love.
The bees
Gathered pain --
You learned to live.
Your father is gone --
And no one is asking
“How did you become a father,
My son?”

…….…….. Levon Mouradian
Translated by Tatul Sonentz