The Wedding of the Sun (from the Fables of Mkhitar Gosh)
Եղեւ հարսանիս արեգական, եւ առաքեաց
Միտք առակիս արսպիսի է. զի արեգակն է տէր, եւ հարսանիս՝ ժամանակ չարչարանացն, եւ
The sun was having a wedding, and sent around inviting the flowers one and all, so that they come to the wedding in couples and together. When the snowball-tree and others like it heard about this, they hastened to arrive before many others. When the others had assembled, to enjoy things together, [the snowball-tree] did not appear; for, parched by the sun, it had dried up. The [other] species [of flowers] were universally honored and crowned.
Here is the thought this fable is expressing: the sun is the Lord; the wedding, a period of torments. The invitees are the Apostles, for after the Gospel, that is to say, at the Second Coming they shall be crowned together. The shallow ones although enthusiastic to the glad tidings, nonetheless fell into temptation and were unable to withstand. And when the others were crowned, they themselves remained uncrowned.
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