Vahe Apelian, Ohio, October 2014
There is a poetic description of a dance in the Armenian literature that will remain forever etched in the Armenian psyche. One of its lines is often quoted in English or in Armenian, “O human justice, let me spit on your forehead”. The line sounds more poignant in Armenian than in English and perhaps in other languages as well. It is by the eminent Armenian poet Siamanto who described the dance of twenty young Armenian women in his unforgettable "The Dance". The translation of the poem by Peter Balakian and Nevart Yaghlian
is attached.
Vahe Apelian, Ohio, October 2014
There is a poetic description of a dance in the Armenian literature




a German woman, trying not to cry
told me the horror she witnessed:
"This thing I'm telling you about,
I saw with my own eyes,
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The Dance
I have read and heard the Dance recited so many times. And each time my whole entity shakes with hatred and resentment not only towards the perpetrators but towards the whole mankind.
As Vahe describes, the historic chronological background of the Dance, I can only imagine the emotional state of the author. Having heard all that, we are proud to say "YES, we still dance not under the force of whip but with the force of our determination and independence. We do not dance to our deaths, but towards our resurrection, survival and our excellence.
Yes, our history is full of such bloody scenes, but we are still victorious.
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