Shiraz was an anti-establishment poet who was very popular with the people of Soviet Armenia but fought against its corrupt Soviet leadership all his life.
كان شيراز شاعرًا مناهضًا للمؤسسة وكان يتمتع بشعبية كبيرة لدى شعب أرمينيا السوفييتية، لكنه كافح ضد قيادته السوفيتية الفاسدة طوال حياته.