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Subtitles for The Magic Lavash (1973)

English
April 26 2024 16:43:54
Created by Liya and Seda, Niffiwan, parizani, Irina Apyan's students₃
Kakhardakan lavash.1973.en.1.25fps.1714149834.srt ⭳
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Originally hard-subbed on YouTube on Apr 30, 2017 by Liya and Seda from AUA (American University of Armenia), made by parizani into soft-subs in Oct 2023, with various changes. Revised in Apr 2024 by Niffiwan, with parizani's help, to make the English grammar more comprehensible. A little of the revised text came from the Jun 2020 translations of Irina Apoyan's Grade 12 students from Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex, as part of the project "Translation of favourite cartoons and movies".

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1 00:00:06,702 --> 00:00:12,702 THE MAGIC LAVASH 2 00:00:18,448 --> 00:00:23,048 Once upon a time, a long time ago... 3 00:00:23,186 --> 00:00:26,544 There was a mother and a son, named Naghash. 4 00:00:28,238 --> 00:00:31,038 Naghash grew up without a father... 5 00:00:31,074 --> 00:00:36,074 A war had passed through their land, and taken his father with it... 6 00:00:36,972 --> 00:00:39,189 No one saw him after that day. 7 00:00:41,614 --> 00:00:45,256 Naghash's mother wandered from house to house, baking bread... 8 00:00:46,924 --> 00:00:51,124 And people paid her with the same bread. 9 00:00:51,588 --> 00:00:56,588 Every time, wearily returning home, the mother would hug little Naghash... 10 00:00:57,005 --> 00:01:02,222 and sing a wistful song about her grievous former days. 11 00:01:20,896 --> 00:01:26,896 Every day, the mother went from house to house, baking lavash... 12 00:01:28,122 --> 00:01:32,122 and her son ate lavash and grew older. 13 00:01:35,632 --> 00:01:42,410 The days passed. Months became years. 14 00:02:33,866 --> 00:02:37,266 One time, during dinner, Naghash asked: 15 00:02:37,454 --> 00:02:41,054 "Mother, why do you eat bread without anything?" 16 00:02:41,291 --> 00:02:43,591 The mother sighed and said, 17 00:02:43,992 --> 00:02:49,742 "Son, I wrap my pain and sorrow in the lavash and swallow them." 18 00:02:52,778 --> 00:02:57,578 Truly, in the Armenian Highlands, boys become adults quickly... 19 00:02:57,843 --> 00:02:59,993 and forget their childish games. 20 00:03:02,241 --> 00:03:03,241 One day, 21 00:03:03,342 --> 00:03:08,492 Naghash gazed at those fields sprawled around the village, 22 00:03:08,593 --> 00:03:10,993 that looked like patches... 23 00:03:14,702 --> 00:03:17,352 He saw that the mountainous country 24 00:03:17,453 --> 00:03:21,853 allocated a lavash-sized plot to every house. 25 00:03:30,324 --> 00:03:31,324 Once... 26 00:03:32,858 --> 00:03:36,986 Naghash looked at his mother's work for a very long time 27 00:03:37,237 --> 00:03:40,787 and said that he wanted to help. 28 00:03:42,265 --> 00:03:46,265 "Son, it's not your job to bake bread..." 29 00:03:46,533 --> 00:03:52,533 "If you want to be happy and earn your bread..." 30 00:03:53,127 --> 00:03:55,627 "find the job your heart desires." 31 00:03:56,673 --> 00:03:57,973 said his mother. 32 00:03:58,444 --> 00:04:03,444 His mother's words worried Naghash, and made him think deeply... 33 00:04:03,709 --> 00:04:07,709 and he decided to rove around the world, and find the job he desired. 34 00:04:10,140 --> 00:04:12,940 At dawn, Naghash took the road... 35 00:04:13,054 --> 00:04:16,754 taking with him in his saddlebag one baked lavash 36 00:04:16,855 --> 00:04:18,955 and the silent blessing of his mother... 37 00:04:19,341 --> 00:04:22,341 Whether he went far or not, only Naghash himself knew. 38 00:04:23,045 --> 00:04:27,345 Near a cold wellspring, he met a happy shepherd. 39 00:04:27,945 --> 00:04:31,045 The shepherd greeted Naghash kindly and asked, 40 00:04:31,296 --> 00:04:32,946 "Have you a long road ahead of you?" 41 00:04:33,934 --> 00:04:37,834 Quenching his thirst, Naghash answered: "Until I find my fate." 42 00:04:37,967 --> 00:04:41,867 "Until you find your fate?", wondered the shepherd. 43 00:04:42,665 --> 00:04:47,865 "Your fate is here; mine is beyond the mountains. Good luck!" 44 00:04:49,725 --> 00:04:55,425 "Hey, your fate is in your own hands", yelled the shepherd after Naghash. 45 00:04:56,177 --> 00:04:58,077 At dusk, Naghash got tired 46 00:04:58,178 --> 00:05:01,778 and leaned against a stone to catch his breath... 47 00:05:02,044 --> 00:05:07,644 He took the lavash from the saddlebag, and suddenly, what a miracle! 48 00:05:07,985 --> 00:05:12,685 A robber appeared in front of Naghash: "Have you stolen my lavash, you thief?" 49 00:05:12,778 --> 00:05:13,778 "Give it back, now!" 50 00:05:22,290 --> 00:05:25,790 "My mother baked the lavash", yelled Naghash. 51 00:05:26,957 --> 00:05:32,157 The robber went back horrified, whispering: "It's magic, my Lord, magic lavash". 52 00:05:32,253 --> 00:05:36,253 And the robber begged: "Take whatever you want for this lavash". 53 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:49,760 "I don't need your stolen gems. The lavash will become common bread in your hands." 54 00:05:50,494 --> 00:05:53,494 "Take and eat if you're hungry", said Naghash. 55 00:05:56,151 --> 00:05:58,051 Naghash wandered for a long time, 56 00:05:58,152 --> 00:06:00,652 and strange roads brought him to a foreign country... 57 00:06:01,008 --> 00:06:04,008 where an old man met Naghash... 58 00:06:04,121 --> 00:06:07,121 "Who are you?" "I am Naghash." 59 00:06:07,638 --> 00:06:09,738 "Have you a long road ahead of you?", asked the old man. 60 00:06:10,043 --> 00:06:11,993 "Until I find my fate, old man." 61 00:06:12,106 --> 00:06:14,906 "I also went to find my fate, but I lost my way." 62 00:06:15,007 --> 00:06:17,507 "In the end, I lost my vision." 63 00:06:18,267 --> 00:06:21,517 Naghash felt sad: "Can I help you, old man?" 64 00:06:22,013 --> 00:06:24,013 "Don't go my way, son!" 65 00:06:24,750 --> 00:06:27,000 "My mother baked this lavash - it was magical." 66 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:29,100 "No matter how much I'd eat, it never lessened..." 67 00:06:29,347 --> 00:06:33,497 "But half was suddenly lost on the road. Here, this half is for you, old man!" 68 00:06:50,034 --> 00:06:52,234 "Your lavash is still powerful, my son..." 69 00:06:52,774 --> 00:06:56,774 "May your mother's hands remain blessed, as she brought back my vision..." 70 00:06:56,780 --> 00:06:58,280 And the old man added: 71 00:06:58,453 --> 00:07:03,453 "And the lavash diminished, my son, because you didn't earn it yourself." 72 00:07:05,116 --> 00:07:08,966 Naghash slept, tired and uncertain... 73 00:07:10,582 --> 00:07:14,782 In his dream, he heard the old man's words from very far away: 74 00:07:15,922 --> 00:07:23,922 "Your lavash will become magical again when you irrigate it with your own sweat!" 75 00:07:51,983 --> 00:07:56,983 Naghash woke up, and went towards his own village... 76 00:07:58,117 --> 00:07:59,927 He entered home calmly... 77 00:08:04,555 --> 00:08:07,005 Climbed silently to the opposite hill... 78 00:08:08,937 --> 00:08:12,037 He cleaned the stones from a lavash-sized plot of land... 79 00:08:13,208 --> 00:08:14,208 Sowed his field... 80 00:08:15,910 --> 00:08:17,910 Irrigated it with his own sweat... 81 00:08:18,981 --> 00:08:21,981 And the land gave him its harvest... 82 00:08:26,421 --> 00:08:30,621 And Naghash remembered the lavash of his childhood... 83 00:08:31,055 --> 00:08:33,155 and the magical words of the old man: 84 00:08:34,831 --> 00:08:40,331 "Remember, son, your happiness lies only in your work..." 85 00:08:40,618 --> 00:08:44,618 "and your fate lies only in your fatherland!" 86 00:08:47,307 --> 00:08:51,907 Screenplay: A. Sahradyan, Stepan Andranikyan 87 00:08:52,601 --> 00:08:57,051 Director: Stepan Andranikyan, Nelly Atajanyan 88 00:09:27,610 --> 00:09:29,260 The End (subs by Liya and Seda from AUA, Irina Apyan's students, parizani & Niffiwan)