- I. Preface and Acknowledgements
- II. List of Illustrations
- III. The Poet of the City: An Introduction
- IV. The Poems
- 1. Untitled, 1864(?)
- 2. “If Only” (Its’iv t’e) and variant “I love you” (Ge sirem zk’ez), 1867
- 3. “The Armenian’s Griefs” (Visht’ Hayun), 1868
- 4. “Desires for Armenia” (Ightsk’ arr Hayastan), 1869
- 5. “Love One Another” (Sirets’ek’ z’mimyans), 1869
- 6. “One must die!” (Bedk’ e merrnil!), 1869 Untitled variant, 16 August 1869
- 7. “Upon the Election to the Patriarchate of Abp. Khrimian” (I badriark’agan endrut’yun Amen. Hayrigin), 27 September 1869
- 8. “Upon the Reception of Abp. Khrimian” (I timavorut’yun Amen. Hayrigin), 1869
- 9. “The Little Father of the Armenians” (Hayrign Hayots’), 24 October 1869
- 10. “Song of the Battle of Vartan” (Yerk mardin Vartanants’), 1869
- 11. “I loved you” (Sirets’i k’ez) (final version), 1869; “I loved you” (first version), 1869; “Farewell” (Mnas paryav) (alternate final version), 1869
- 12. “The Maiden Abandoned” (Guysn lk’yal), 1870
- 13. “Ode on the Seventh Anniversary of the National Constitution” (Nvag VII daretartsi Azkayin Sahmanatrut’yan), 1870
- 14. “She” (Ne), 1871
- 15. “To the Virgin” (Arr guysn), 1871
- 16. “A Glance” (Nayvadzk’ me), 1871
- 17. “Whispers” (Hdzdzyunk’), 1871
- 18. “Small Dedications” (Tsonigk’), 1871
- 19. “The Child to The Cross” (Manugn arr Khach’), 1871
- 20. “Loving” (Sirel), 1871
- 21. “Betrayal” (Trzhel), 1871
- 22. “The Lake” (Lejag), 1871
- 23. The Turkish Woman” (T’rk’uhin), 1871; “The Armenian Woman” (Hayuhin), undated
- 24. “With her” (Nera hed), 1871
- 25. “Murmurs” (Drdunchk’), 1871
- 26. “Remorse” (Zghchum), 1871
- 27. “I worship her” (Z’ne bashdem), 1871
- 28. “The Rosebud—Flowers of the Maiden” (Gogon- dzaghigk’ guysin), 1871
- 29. “Black! Black!” (Sev, sev!), 1871
- 30. “To May” (Arr Mayis), 1871
- 31. “The Violet” (Manishag), 1871, Sevak
- 32. “My Rest” (Im Hankiste), 1871, Sevak
- 33. “New Black Days” (Nor Sev Orer), 1 October 1871
- 34. “My Pain” (Im ts’ave), 1871
- 35. “Memorial Offering to B. H. Janfesjian” (Nver hishadagi arr B.H. Janfesjian), 6 October 1871
- 36. “At the Grave of the Most Beloved Vartan Loutfian” (I gerezmann amenasirelvo Vartan Lut’fyani), 1871
- 37. “My Death” (Im mahe), 1871
- 38. “What are they saying?” (Inch’ g’esen?), 1871
- 39. “A.” 1871
- 40. “Now soars the joyful day” (Aha srana orn yerchanig), undated
- 41. Fragments
- V. Documents, Letters, and Critical Essays
- 1. Paruyr Sevak, “The Herakles of Our Lyric Poetry.”
- 2. A Night at the Opera, and Tripe Soup at Dawn.
- 3. Tourian’s Amusements.
- 4. Tourian’s Passions.
- 5. A Theatrical Advertisement.
- 6. Missy Eugenie on Love and Verse.
- 7. Secret Love, and a Visit to the Doctor.
- 8. Tourian’s Last Year.
- 9. Tourian’s Eulogy for Vartan Lutfian.
- 10. Letter to Bishop Khoren Nar-Bey.
- 11. Letter to B. D. Atamian.
- 12. Letter to A. Lusinian.
- 13. Letter to B.N. Janfesjian.
- 14. Letter to B. A. Lusinian, and an Image from Nerval
- 15. An Ominous Dream.
- 16. The Death of the Poet.
- 17. A Report on Tourian’s Funeral.
- 18. A Poem by a Friend.
- 19. A Eulogy for Tourian.
- 20. Bowdler’s Touch.
- 21. The Two Tourians.
- 22. Homage from the Future: A poem by Misak Medzarents.
- VI. Index
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Bosphorus Nights
The Complete Lyric Poems of Bedros Tourian
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