Leo Alishan Poems

Whence dost thou come, O moon, so calmly and softly,
Spreading o'er mountain, valley, and plain thy light,
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The radiant type of maidenhood,
Crown of Armenia's pride!
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FORTH welling from the breast of sapphire lakes,
Oh, tell my jocund heart why from their shore
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WHY art thou troubled, wandering heart ?
Why dost thou sigh with pain?
From whom do all thy sufferings come?
Of whom dost thou complain ?
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WHY art thou troubled, wandering heart ?
Why dost thou sigh with pain?
From whom do all thy sufferings come?
Of whom dost thou complain ?
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WE are the sons of valiant men, Armenians great and free;
Our grandsires were descended from a hero-ancestry ;
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FATHER of light, we praise thee !
Thy Son is risen again.
Spirit of love, we praise thee!
He shares thy glorious reign.
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O moon, fair lamp divinely lit!
God set you in the sky
To lead night's hosts, for darkness blind
And for my heart an eye.
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ALAS, ye poor Armenians !
In undeserved distress
Ye wander forth to slavery,
In want and wretchedness.
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