English translation of the text by Ani Toroyan (Անի Թորոյան).
“Sassno Tgha khorot” (Սասնո տըղա խորոտ - Handsome guy from Sassoun) - Armenian folk song, performed by “Sassoun” ensemble. Art director: Andranik Manoukian. The author of the pictures in the video is Grigor Khanjyan.
In Armenian (հայերեն): [ Ссылка ]
На русском языке: [ Ссылка ]
At dawn, the doors of the houses in Moush are opened and young married women and single girls go to the River Meghraget, jugs on their shoulders, singing and ambling. It turns out that some guys are already there waiting for them. One of the guys notices the girls, among them his beloved Shusho (Shoushan) who is moving like a partridge. The other guys see how he is staring at Shusho and jokingly call to her in his name, “My darling Shusho is like a twinkling star.” On hearing this, also the women’s gossips and seeing her beloved who smiles confused, she gets confused too and moves forward, then stops. Then she gathers courage and calls to her beloved, “Come and I’ll give you a kiss.” Let the gossipers be taken aback, they shouldn’t think that she would hide from shame.
Now the girls and women start to call jokingly in the girl’s name, “Guy from Sassoun, you are very handsome but it’s a pity that you are short.” The guy isn’t insulted from this and pretending he doesn’t see the other girls but in order to show his courage especially to them he says, “Wait and I’ll come at night to have the promised kiss so that your mother be taken aback.”
Shusho says she is ready to be kissed here for her beloved not to be dishonored in his friends’ eyes that he didn’t dare to kiss her. All this time the guy’s friends, in order to tease him, say that darling Shusho is like a twinkling star.
The women and girls from Moush begin to compete with the guys from Sassoun, saying though their friend is handsome he is short. But there is nothing insulting in these words, on the contrary, they show the infinite love between the young girl and the guy.
The Armenian text in Latin letters:

the girl:
Lousademin kzhern aran,
Dour ou yerdik batsin,
Msho dashten hars ou aghjik
Dep Meghraget gatsin.

Sassno tgha khorot,
Apsos boyd i kolot.

the boy:
Achqs dipav mej harsneroun,
Tesnim zim yar Shoushon,
Kshororer kaqvouki pes,
Qants our dado Noushon.

Im anoush yar Shousho,
Qants astghik me louso.

the girl:
Vot mi kertam, erkous kaynim
Arvi tmbov molor,
Tetev ari, pag mi kitam,
Harsner mnan molor.

the boy:
Msho aghjik, gisher kigam,
Dzer margerov molor,
Imatsoum ezqezi, pag mi arnim,
Qou mer mna molor.

the girl
Dangov ari, marger tats en,
Sassno tgha kolot,
Khagh mi ksis, pag mi kitam,
Cheghni mnas molor.

Sassno tgha khorot,
Apsos boyd i kolot.
Im anoush yar Shousho,
Qants astghik me louso.

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