Tweet
US Official News
April 25, 2013 Thursday
Washington: IN MEMORY OF THOSE LOST IN THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE -- (House
of Representatives - April 24, 2013)
Washington
The Library of Congress, The Government of USA has issued the
following news release:
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from
California (Mr. Schiff) for 5 minutes.
Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I would like to say the following in Armenian
to my Armenian friends:
(English translation follows)
Sireli hai paragamneres, hos yev ashkharee chors goghmereh. Aysor,
Haiots Tseghasbahnootian inisoonoot erort darelitseen oreh, khoskes
googhem tsezi Neriguyatsusichneroo Don ambiyonen, tser medzhaireh loon
lezvov.
Lezoo muh vorov anonk gardahaideyeen irents hooysereh, gyankeh,
yeraznereh, yev sereh hazar inuh hairoor dasnuhinkee naxortogh
darineroon.
Osmanyan Guysrutian daradzkin, dasnyag hazaravorner chartehvetsan.
Tsezi guh khoseem lezvovuh ayn yerexaneroon voronk aganadess yeghan
irents hayreru spanootyan.
Hazaravor geener pernaparvetsan.
Tsezi guh khoseem lezvovuh anonts toosdreroon, voronk koot
gugherseyeen toork vosdiganneren.
Tsezi guh khoseem lezvovuh ayn yerekhaneroon, voronk gateel muh choor
gugherseyeen.
Tsezi guh khoseem lezvovuh ayn myreroon, voronk mahatsahn irents
noradzeenneruh irents keergeroon mech.
Tsezi guh khoseem lezvovuh ayn verabroghneroon, voronk Amereega yegan
azadootyooneth vaylelu yev nor gyank muh usguseloo hamar.
Kuhreteh meg tareh eever, toorkia goorana tsaghasbanootyooneh.
Toorkiah goozeh, vor ashkharuh morna ays maseen.
Tsezi guh khoseem lezvovuh anonts, voronk ayleves chegan. Anonk mezmeh
guh khentren heeshell zeerenk. Anonts tsaynereh dagaveen guh lesveen.
Yes ays nahadagneren voyeveh megoon hednortuh chem, sagayn tsezi guh
khoseem irents keghetseeg lezvov, vorovhedev aysor, polores hai enk!
Tsezi guh khoseem ays vayren, Nerguyatsutsichneroo Don ambiyonen
vorovhedev Amerigatsi joghovurteh meeshd jagaden yez kachootyamp
nayadz eh polor sarsapneroon oo zanonk gochadz eh irents poon anoonov.
Guh sbasem ayn orvan, yerp ir ghegavarnereh yeves nooynuh beedee
unnen. Vorovhedev yes vuhsdah em, vor ayt oruh beedee kah. Guh sbasem
vor chooshanah, vorbesi verabroghneruh luhsen anor tsentseech tsignuh.
Asdvadz mer tsignuh luhseh.
(English translation of the above statement is as follows:)
[Begin Insert]
To my Armenian friends: Today, on the 98th anniversary of the genocide
day, I speak to you in the language of your grandparents and your
great grandparents--the language they used to speak of their hopes,
their dreams, their loves in the years before 1915.
By the time it was over in 1923, more than 1.5 million Armenians--men,
women and children--were dead. It was the first genocide of the 20th
Century.
I speak to you in the language of the mothers who died with their
babies in their arms.
Throughout the Ottoman Empire, tens of thousands were killed outright.
Others were force marched through desert heat as the Ottoman
government sought to destroy a people.
I speak to you in the language of the children begging for a drop of water.
Women were raped by the thousands.
I speak to you in the language of the girls begging the gendarmes for mercy.
[Page: H2252] GPO's PDF
A nation was scattered around the world. To the Middle East, to Europe
and to America.
I speak to you in the language of the survivors who came to America
for freedom and made a new life.
For almost a century, Turkey has denied the genocide. In the face of
overwhelming evidence--much of it from American diplomats and
journalists--Ankara has denied that the genocide ever happened. They
want the world to forget.
I speak to you in the language of those who were lost. Their voices
drift across the decades--begging us to not forget them, no matter how
hard some people try.
I am not Armenian, but I speak to you in your language because on this
day we are all Armenian. For many years I have sat with you and
listened--to the stories of those who were lost in the genocide and
those who survived.
I speak to you in their language and yours to thank you for sharing
your history with me and to pledge again that I will not stop fighting
until the United States lives up to its principles by honoring and
commemorating the Armenian Genocide.
And because I know that day will come. May it come soon, so the last
of the survivors may hear its awesome sound.
May God hear our voices.
For more information please visit: http://thomas.loc.gov/
April 25, 2013 Thursday
Washington: IN MEMORY OF THOSE LOST IN THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE -- (House
of Representatives - April 24, 2013)
Washington
The Library of Congress, The Government of USA has issued the
following news release:
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from
California (Mr. Schiff) for 5 minutes.
Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I would like to say the following in Armenian
to my Armenian friends:
(English translation follows)
Sireli hai paragamneres, hos yev ashkharee chors goghmereh. Aysor,
Haiots Tseghasbahnootian inisoonoot erort darelitseen oreh, khoskes
googhem tsezi Neriguyatsusichneroo Don ambiyonen, tser medzhaireh loon
lezvov.
Lezoo muh vorov anonk gardahaideyeen irents hooysereh, gyankeh,
yeraznereh, yev sereh hazar inuh hairoor dasnuhinkee naxortogh
darineroon.
Osmanyan Guysrutian daradzkin, dasnyag hazaravorner chartehvetsan.
Tsezi guh khoseem lezvovuh ayn yerexaneroon voronk aganadess yeghan
irents hayreru spanootyan.
Hazaravor geener pernaparvetsan.
Tsezi guh khoseem lezvovuh anonts toosdreroon, voronk koot
gugherseyeen toork vosdiganneren.
Tsezi guh khoseem lezvovuh ayn yerekhaneroon, voronk gateel muh choor
gugherseyeen.
Tsezi guh khoseem lezvovuh ayn myreroon, voronk mahatsahn irents
noradzeenneruh irents keergeroon mech.
Tsezi guh khoseem lezvovuh ayn verabroghneroon, voronk Amereega yegan
azadootyooneth vaylelu yev nor gyank muh usguseloo hamar.
Kuhreteh meg tareh eever, toorkia goorana tsaghasbanootyooneh.
Toorkiah goozeh, vor ashkharuh morna ays maseen.
Tsezi guh khoseem lezvovuh anonts, voronk ayleves chegan. Anonk mezmeh
guh khentren heeshell zeerenk. Anonts tsaynereh dagaveen guh lesveen.
Yes ays nahadagneren voyeveh megoon hednortuh chem, sagayn tsezi guh
khoseem irents keghetseeg lezvov, vorovhedev aysor, polores hai enk!
Tsezi guh khoseem ays vayren, Nerguyatsutsichneroo Don ambiyonen
vorovhedev Amerigatsi joghovurteh meeshd jagaden yez kachootyamp
nayadz eh polor sarsapneroon oo zanonk gochadz eh irents poon anoonov.
Guh sbasem ayn orvan, yerp ir ghegavarnereh yeves nooynuh beedee
unnen. Vorovhedev yes vuhsdah em, vor ayt oruh beedee kah. Guh sbasem
vor chooshanah, vorbesi verabroghneruh luhsen anor tsentseech tsignuh.
Asdvadz mer tsignuh luhseh.
(English translation of the above statement is as follows:)
[Begin Insert]
To my Armenian friends: Today, on the 98th anniversary of the genocide
day, I speak to you in the language of your grandparents and your
great grandparents--the language they used to speak of their hopes,
their dreams, their loves in the years before 1915.
By the time it was over in 1923, more than 1.5 million Armenians--men,
women and children--were dead. It was the first genocide of the 20th
Century.
I speak to you in the language of the mothers who died with their
babies in their arms.
Throughout the Ottoman Empire, tens of thousands were killed outright.
Others were force marched through desert heat as the Ottoman
government sought to destroy a people.
I speak to you in the language of the children begging for a drop of water.
Women were raped by the thousands.
I speak to you in the language of the girls begging the gendarmes for mercy.
[Page: H2252] GPO's PDF
A nation was scattered around the world. To the Middle East, to Europe
and to America.
I speak to you in the language of the survivors who came to America
for freedom and made a new life.
For almost a century, Turkey has denied the genocide. In the face of
overwhelming evidence--much of it from American diplomats and
journalists--Ankara has denied that the genocide ever happened. They
want the world to forget.
I speak to you in the language of those who were lost. Their voices
drift across the decades--begging us to not forget them, no matter how
hard some people try.
I am not Armenian, but I speak to you in your language because on this
day we are all Armenian. For many years I have sat with you and
listened--to the stories of those who were lost in the genocide and
those who survived.
I speak to you in their language and yours to thank you for sharing
your history with me and to pledge again that I will not stop fighting
until the United States lives up to its principles by honoring and
commemorating the Armenian Genocide.
And because I know that day will come. May it come soon, so the last
of the survivors may hear its awesome sound.
May God hear our voices.
For more information please visit: http://thomas.loc.gov/