[19] Translated by Miss Boyadjian, Armenian Legends and Poetry.
After the first and third lines of the charm song, the following line is sung, which I give in the German of Abeghian:
“Liebe Rose meine, liebe, liebe.”
and after the second and fourth lines:
“Liebe Blume meine, liebe, liebe.” (Abeghian p. 65.)
There are thousands of similarly constructed folk-songs treating a variety of subjects current among the people, many of which have been collected by an Armenian by the name of Tcheras, whose book, unfortunately, I have not been able to obtain. Miss Boyadjian has collected a few of them in her Armenian Legends and Poetry. However, I shall mention only such as are relevant to the festivals to be described.
[20] Abeghian pp. 61–62.
[21] World’s Great Classic Series. Section on Armenian literature, with introduction by Robert Arnot. See David of Sassun pp. 57–79.
[22] Abeghian p. 51, 52.
Emin, Ancient Armenian Legends.