The first lines of Paruyr Sevak's 1961 poem "We Are Few..." (Քիչ ենք, բայց հայ ենք) read: "We are few, but they say of us we are Armenians. / We do not think ourselves superior to anyone. / Clearly we shall have to accept / That we, and only we, have an Ararat"Մենք մեզ ո՛չ ոքից չենք գերադասում։Պարզապես մենք էլ պի՛տի ընդունենք‚Որ մե՛նք‚ միայն մե˜նք Արարատ ունենք --> In one short poem Silva Kaputikyan compares Armenia to an "ancient rock-carved fortress", the towers of which are Ararat and Aragats.