San Lazzaro Degli Armeni - in Culture

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Armenian poet Hovhannes Shiraz has a poem about the island:

Armenian Tranliteration English translation
“ Օտար ջրերում հայացեալ Կղզի

Հայոց հին լույսն է քեզնով նորանում...
Գիտեմ տքնում ես, այս է դարեց-դար,
Հայրենիքից դուրս՝ հայրենեաց համար:

”

Otar jrerum hayatsyeal Kghzi
Hayots hin luysn e keznov noranum...
Gitem tk’num yes, ays e darets-dar,
Hayrenik’its durs՝ hayreneats hamar:

An Armenian island in foreign waters,
You rekindle the age-old light of Armenia...
I know you are tired, it's been many centuries,
Outside the motherland, for the motherland.

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