Անտունի

1915
Andouni (Homeless)
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Armenian priest and folksong collector, Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935), wrote down the words and tunes of Armenian folksongs and those of a few other ethnic groups as well. He wrote new choral arrangements for some of them for more formal singing. He also wrote original compositions based on the traditional music that he studied. He was imprisoned during WWI and, although he was released, he never fully recovered from what he had suffered. Some of the songs he wrote or arranged have become symbolically tied to that period. “Andouni,” a song of longing for the homeland that predates WWI, is a folksong that Komitas arranged for voice. This version, sung by Ruben J. Baboyan, may be Komitas’s arrangement of the original tune. Today the song is sung to a different tune, usually in an operatic style, as it has become emblematic of the Armenian diaspora and loss of life during WWI.
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[1] Sirts k’ananman e en p’lats tyner,
Kotrer charper, khakhter e sery,
Bun piti dyne mej vayri hawk’yer,
Yert’am dzik t’alem en yelman geter,
Yelnim dzykneru dzagerats’ ynker:
A՜y, to la¯ch tynawyer:
Sev tsov mem tete, spitakn er bolory,
Ally zarker, ch’er kharrni yiror,
En inch’ tese mik tsovn yerkt’vogh,
Antuni sirtn e pghtor yev molor,
Ah, isk mi lnik syrtik sevawor:
A՜y, to la¯ch tynawyer: