Author: Chris Khatsch

There must be a little art in everything I create, even if my creation is as cold as a machine and follows empirical data.

“Nameless” by Misak Metsarents

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Misak Metsarents (1886-1908) was a Western Armenian neo-romantic poet. This is my translation of “Nameless” from Armenian to English.

Nameless

Wild flower, what’s your name?
Tell me! Sitting in the shade of a fence
Made of briars and green leaves,
Wild flower, what’s your name?

White, milky, sappy
Fragrant flower, what’s your name?
Tell me! Don’t you quiver a little
When the sweet breeze blows?

Proud flower! What’s the name
Of the spirit who passed by you,
Leaving behind waves
Of humbleness and black amber?

Do you know, flower, the name
Of the shiver brought by the breeze,
And the name of the voice calling me?

La Aroma Del Caribe Edicion Especial at Amelia in Mar Mikhael, Beirut, Lebanon.

Have a Cigar: La Aroma Del Caribe Edicion Especial No. 3

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Name: La Aroma Del Caribe Edicion Especial No. 3

Country: Nicaragua

Shape: Parejo

Size: Toro (6 inches x 50)

Strength: Medium to Full

I have smoked the corona vitola of this line before, so the pleasure I derived from the Toro was not completely new. Although the last time I smoked an Edicion Especial was months ago, the earthy, leathery, and nutty harmony of notes was quite familiar.

Paired with Ketel One vodka and 7 Up, in the company of good friends at a bar in Mar Mikhael, I had a very good experience overall.

Smoking a Benchmade Robusto while reading

Have a Cigar: Benchmade Robusto

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Name: Benchmade Robusto

Country: Nicaragua

Shape: Parejo

Size: Robusto (5 inches x 50)

Strength: Medium to Full

An impressive cigar with notes of dark chocolate, earth, dried fig, and cedar.

The Benchmade Robusto is an affordable cigar that legitimately tastes like something much more expensive. It’s strong and aromatic, burns evenly, and has a good draw. It was made to be smoked and enjoyed casually, and it gives its best when it’s paired with coffee.