Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian – Hayastane (English Translation)
[Verse 1]
Armenia is a country where the roads get lost
Friends gather together around a khorovats fire
Armenia is a country where the Autumn is serene and warm
And pure wines shine in grapes
Armenia is a land of fruits, a garden of apricots
A cellar full of dry lavash, a ringing thump of an anvil

[Chorus]
Aragats, Grigor, Ararat and Sevan
Anahit, Naira, Zaruhi and Shushan
Hayasa, Urartu, Shubria, Armenia
Aratta, Nairi, Greater Hayq and Kilikia

[Verse 2]
Armenia is yarkhushta, kochari, horovel
Zurna-dhol, tar and duduk, seas lost in the past
Armenia is an identity, a glowing paternal home
Which you long for when you’re defeated or when you’rе a victorious hero
Armenia is a peoplе, a noisy family
A sister’s marriage, a brother’s tear, an unquenchable maternal longing
Armenia is Tumanyan, Tamanyan, Komitas
Aram Manukyan, Saryan, Hambardzumyan, Minas
Armenia is Tigran the Great, Saint Mashtots and Narek
King Pap, Dzenov Ohan, Khorenatsi, David Bek
[Chorus]
Aragats, Grigor, Ararat and Sevan
Anahit, Naira, Zaruhi and Shushan
Hayasa, Urartu, Shubria, Armenia
Aratta, Nairi, Greater Hayq and Kilikia

[Outro]
Armenia is Noravank, Gandzasar, Akhtamar
Fidayi martyrs that fell for the sake of the Country
Armenia is Yerevan, Artashat, Dvin, Ani
Armenia is a history that has no beginning, no end