Armenian Legends and PoemsCHARM VERSES1Reading editionChapter navigation84 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACEINTRODUCTIONREPROACHES(Sonnet on Armenia)FOLK SONGFOLK SONGMY HEART IS TURNED INTO A WAILING CHILDO NIGHT, BE LONGBLACK EYESYESTERNIGHT I WALKED ABROADFrom the History of Armenia,HUNTSMAN, THAT ON THE HILLS ABOVELIBERTYI BEHELD MY LOVE THIS MORNINGFOLK SONGINCENSETHE LITTLE LAKE1SPRINGCRADLE SONGARA AND SEMIRAMISLAMENT OVER THE HEROES FALLEN IN THE BATTLE OF AVARAIRFOLK SONGYE MOUNTAIN BLUEBELLSTHE SUN WENT DOWNBIRTHDAY SONGMORNINGTHE FOUNDING OF VANI HAVE A WORD I FAIN WOULD SAYFOLK SONGTHE LILY OF SHAVARSHANCRADLE SONGTHE WIND IS HOWLING THROUGH THE WINTER NIGHTTHE ARMENIAN POET’S PRAYERTHE CHRAGAN PALACETHE DREAMTHE SORROWS OF ARMENIAARTASHES AND SATENIKMY DEATHTHE EAGLE’S LOVECONCERNING THE ROSE AND THE NIGHTINGALETHE ARRIVAL OF THE CRUSADERSLIKE AN OCEAN IS THIS WORLDTHE ROCKTHE CRANEFOLK SONGARTAVASDCHARM VERSES1FOLK SONGSTHE TEARS OF ARAXESTHE EVE OF ASCENSION DAY1“THY VOICE IS SWEET”CHRIST AND ABGARUSARAXES CAME DEVOURINGLYTHE PARROT’S SONGEARTH AND SKYFOLK SONGCOMPLAINTSA DAY AFTERWITHOUT THEE WHAT ARE SONG AND DANCE TO ME?THE LAKE OF VANSPRINGFOLK SONGTHE TALE OF ROSIPHELEETHE SONG OF THE VULTUREDANCE SONG1FOLK SONGBALLADNO BIRD CAN REACH THE MOUNTAIN’S CRESTTHE NIGHTINGALE OF AVARAIRTHOU ART SO SWEETTHE WANDERING ARMENIAN TO THE SWALLOWTHE CHRIST-CHILDTHE CASTLE OF ANOUSH1HAPPINESSCONCERNING DEATHLOVE ONE ANOTHERPASQUA ARMENA1“IO VIDI”ITS EPICS, FOLK-SONGS, AND MEDIAEVAL POETRYITS EPICS, FOLK-SONGS, AND MEDIAEVAL POETRY (continued 2)CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX TO AUTHORSINDEX TO FIRST LINESColophonPrevious chapter ←ARTAVASDNext chapter →FOLK SONGSAll chapters and sections (84)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACEINTRODUCTIONREPROACHES(Sonnet on Armenia)FOLK SONGFOLK SONGMY HEART IS TURNED INTO A WAILING CHILDO NIGHT, BE LONGBLACK EYESYESTERNIGHT I WALKED ABROADFrom the History of Armenia,HUNTSMAN, THAT ON THE HILLS ABOVELIBERTYI BEHELD MY LOVE THIS MORNINGFOLK SONGINCENSETHE LITTLE LAKE1SPRINGCRADLE SONGARA AND SEMIRAMISLAMENT OVER THE HEROES FALLEN IN THE BATTLE OF AVARAIRFOLK SONGYE MOUNTAIN BLUEBELLSTHE SUN WENT DOWNBIRTHDAY SONGMORNINGTHE FOUNDING OF VANI HAVE A WORD I FAIN WOULD SAYFOLK SONGTHE LILY OF SHAVARSHANCRADLE SONGTHE WIND IS HOWLING THROUGH THE WINTER NIGHTTHE ARMENIAN POET’S PRAYERTHE CHRAGAN PALACETHE DREAMTHE SORROWS OF ARMENIAARTASHES AND SATENIKMY DEATHTHE EAGLE’S LOVECONCERNING THE ROSE AND THE NIGHTINGALETHE ARRIVAL OF THE CRUSADERSLIKE AN OCEAN IS THIS WORLDTHE ROCKTHE CRANEFOLK SONGARTAVASDCHARM VERSES1FOLK SONGSTHE TEARS OF ARAXESTHE EVE OF ASCENSION DAY1“THY VOICE IS SWEET”CHRIST AND ABGARUSARAXES CAME DEVOURINGLYTHE PARROT’S SONGEARTH AND SKYFOLK SONGCOMPLAINTSA DAY AFTERWITHOUT THEE WHAT ARE SONG AND DANCE TO ME?THE LAKE OF VANSPRINGFOLK SONGTHE TALE OF ROSIPHELEETHE SONG OF THE VULTUREDANCE SONG1FOLK SONGBALLADNO BIRD CAN REACH THE MOUNTAIN’S CRESTTHE NIGHTINGALE OF AVARAIRTHOU ART SO SWEETTHE WANDERING ARMENIAN TO THE SWALLOWTHE CHRIST-CHILDTHE CASTLE OF ANOUSH1HAPPINESSCONCERNING DEATHLOVE ONE ANOTHERPASQUA ARMENA1“IO VIDI”ITS EPICS, FOLK-SONGS, AND MEDIAEVAL POETRYITS EPICS, FOLK-SONGS, AND MEDIAEVAL POETRY (continued 2)CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX TO AUTHORSINDEX TO FIRST LINESColophonCHARM VERSES1Notes in this chapterNote 1 · A great number of these little poems exist. They are traditional, and are used for fortune-telling. On the Eve of Ascension Day all those wh← ARTAVASDFOLK SONGS →