Showing posts with label Hrant Dink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hrant Dink. Show all posts

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Զահրատ: Հրանդ Տինքին

Աղաւնիները համոզեցին, ըսին որ իրենց վրայ

չեն կրակեր. Հրանդ հաւատաց։ Թէպէտ երկչոտ՝

հաւատաց թէ աղաւնի մըն է։

Բայց կրակեցին։

Նախատեսած էր, մէկ քանի տարի առաջ ըսած էր ինծի.

«Իմ մահը պիտի ըլլայ ոտքի վրայ՝ կանգնած, ոչ թէ պառկած՝

անկողինի մէջ»։




Թող պառկի լոյսերու մէջ։

Եթէ մեզի հարցնէք, ան միշտ յաղթական պիտի կանգնի՝

անաղարտ արձանի մը պէս։




- «Հրանդ Տինքին», Զահրատ


The doves swayed him,
        saying no one fires on them


Hrant believed them.
        Although timid:


He believed
        he was a dove.


But they
        shot him


He had foreseen it,
        he told me a few years ago,


"My death will be on my feet, standing up, not lying down
        in bed. "


May he rest in light.


        If you ask us, he will always stand victorious:


            like an immaculate statue.






Zahrad“To Hrant Dink", translated by Lola Koundakjian


Thursday, January 19, 2017

Commemorating the Life of Hrant Dink (1954-2007)


Եկէ՛ք նախ իրար հասկնանք...
Եկէ՛ք նախ իրարու ցաւերը յարգենք...
Եկէ՛ք նախ իրար ապրեցնենք:


Come, let us first understand each other...
Come, let us first respect each other’s pain...
Come, let us first let one another live.

From the speech delivered by his widow, Rakel Dink "Come, let us do away with the restlessness of doves in this country".

Friday, January 19, 2007

Hrant Dink (15.9.1954 - 19.1.2007)





It is with great sadness that I share the news of the political murder of Mr. Dink, editor of Agos Armenian Language weekly in Istanbul.

Two recent events connected me to this great man.

The first was the PEN AMERICA card writing blitz I attended in late November 2006, and where I wrote a Christmas card to Mr. Dink.

The other was the unexpected registered letter I received from him a month later, thanking all his supporters, and hoping for Peace on Earth.

This murder is a great blow to Armenians, and to freedom of expression for all peoples.

I would like to ask everyone to send their support to the paper, and Mr. Dink's family by writing to

AGOS WEEKLY
Halaskargazi Caddesi Sebat Apartmanı 192 kat 1 / 1
Pangaltı / 80220 / İstanbul / Türkiye

PEN AMERICA has released this statement.



Lola