Lullaby | Go to sleep, my dear, close your eyes

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Karenn Chutjian Presti

Օրօր Իմ Բալաս

Language: Armenian (հայերեն)

Our translations: ENG

Քուն եղի՛ր, բալաս, աչերդ խուփ արա՛
Նախշուն աչերուդ քուն թող գայ վրա՛յ: 
Օրօր իմ բալաս, օրօր ու նանի 
Իմ անուշիկիս քունը կը տանի:

Դուն ալ քուն եղի՛ր, ինծի ալ քուն տու՛ր,
Սուրբ Աստուածամայր անուշիս քուն տու՛ր:
Օրօր իմ բալաս, օրօր ու նանի 
Իմ անուշիկիս քունը կը տանի:

Transliteration:

Koon yeghir, pahlahs, atchert khoop ahra
Nakhshoon atcheroot koon togh kah vuhrah
Oror im pahlahs, oror oo nahnee
Eem anoosheegees koonuh guh dahnee

Toon al koon yegheer, eendzee al koon doohr,
Soorp Asdvadzamayr anooshees koon doohr
Oror im pahlahs, oror oo nahnee
Eem anoosheegees koonuh guh dahnee

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Օրօր Իմ Բալաս" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Barsegh Kanachyan (1885 - 1967), "Օրօր Իմ Բալաս", arrangement of a traditional lullaby [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Karenn Chutjian Presti) , "Lullaby", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Karenn Chutjian Presti

This text was added to the website: 2011-02-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

Lullaby

Language: English after the Armenian (հայերեն)

Go to sleep, my dear, close your eyes,
Let sleep be bestowed upon your pretty eyes.
Lullaby, my dear,
Sleep takes my sweet one.

Go to sleep now, and grant me sleep as well,
Holy Mother, grant my sweet one sleep.
Lullaby, my dear,
Sleep takes my sweet one.

Text Authorship:

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a text in Armenian (հայերեն) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Օրօր Իմ Բալաս"
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This text was added to the website: 2011-02-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 49