In the darkness of the night
The wind plays with the branches of the trees
The moon blesses dreams
The song of the hawk lulls sleep
The tearful eyes slowly fall asleep
With the hope of good news
The wandering soul suffers from worries
For unfulfilled fantasies
For unrealized desires
Looks at the darkness
Bathes in the moonlight
Runs to unknown shores
Until the dawn of a new day
A DIFFERENT SUMMER
Listen to
The language of the shells on the shore
To the cry in a hurry to silence
Their song is blown by the wind
They plait in silence
In the twilight that falls without understanding
Ships with lights sway on the back of the water
Waking the sirens from eternal sleep
Evocating the night that comes differently
Exhausted by noises and movements
From painful insomnia
Even the morning comes differently
With drowsiness for rest
Eyes that refuse to open
Wine that breaks boundaries
Overturns day and night in man
Marjeta Shatro Rrapaj was born in Gjirokastra. She is one of the contemporary Albanian poets. Rrapaj studied Albanian Literature at the University of Gjirokastra. She is the author of 12 volumes of poetries and a book of prose. 2 poetic volumes published in France in French. 1 poetic volume published in English and Spanish and one other volume published in 5 languages: Albanian, English, French, Italian, German. Her poems are a mixture of imagination and reality. In 2019, she received the Alphonso G. Newcomer Poetry Train Prize in the United States and Canada for the poetic volume “Vesta” and the first prize of the Poetry Festival in Bulgaria.
