Kosova-o - Part 9

posted by beni on 2005/12/25 13:57

[ Kosova-o ]

Who will slay the wolf
for F. Altimari

By Ali Podrimja

And the gentleman said
Should you happen to come upon
An Albanian and a wolf
Slay the Albanian

When the Albanian heard the saying
He smiled
And rolled himself a cigarette
If you slay me
       my poor friend
Who will slay
The wolf
Poor herds

(Cosenza 1988)

[Kush do ta vrasë ujkin, from the volume Zari, Prishtina: Rilindja 1990, translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie, first published in English in Who will slay the wolf. Selected poetry by Ali Podrimja, New York, Gjonlekaj Publishing 2000, p. 211]


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