They dragged me away, as if they killed me,
They left me alone on the shore, feeling sad
far from the sea I have always loved nearby,
and when the waves have splashed me.
The waves receded and left beyond,
only the crests remained on the sand,
my rainbow cries that extinguished,
and some seagulls with a hoarse voice.
The sea stretches out - endless,
as if in bed, it seems to doze,
and calmed in the ocean,
still doesn’t part my eyes whispering.
I know, this sudden separation,
kills and pierces like silence in the heart,
the tides have often robbed me,
without giving a reason, without naming.
And this time they took it away,
when we embraced on the shores,
they don't know how much I suffer far from him,
and the sea, from longing, how much it burns.
How much I burn like a lonely soul,
when I wait for the waves to come again,
we are two inseparable good friends,
without each other, who can remain?
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THE STRANGE DUSK
Tonight, the mist full of colors descended slowly,
and suddenly sweetly kissed my face,
then looked cheerfully and speechless,
my surprised eyes and bewildered face.
What should I do? I've forgotten the kisses over time,
in distant years, buried, in another age,
I am accustomed to living with and without them,
and when they spat on me and threw me in the trash.
But this enchanting mist approaches me like a friend,
puts its hand on my shoulder and speaks warmly:
(The confusion left me and a little fear)
"Call and shake, it tells me, the cold heart!
By time comes to descend like a corpse underground,
these rainbows and colors you will see no more,
the worms and vermin you will have as companions,
in the eternal kingdom down there, underground."
The dead songs start calling me aloud and aloud,
from the icy graves where they descend underground,
the remains of my memories are revived,
and the deafness of life begins to speak to me again.
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Kujtim Hajdari, Albanian‑born multilingual poet, writer, translator, publisher and critic, writes in Albanian, Italian and English and now calls the USA home; his prolific output includes 18 poetry collections, three novellas, three novels and countless translations, and he is a finalist for Author of the Year 2025 (Hollywood Salon, Oct 4 2025) for _Through the Waves of Life_, following the International Impact Book Awards win in August 2024, with over 50 literary competitions, 230+ anthologies in three languages, and translations in 25+ countries, while also publishing the Amazon anthology “All Together” that showcases creators worldwide, appearing in literary magazines from Italy to India and in the Micropoetry Cosmos series, marking him as a restless literary force—mechanic‑turned‑teacher, exile‑turned‑storyteller, and a celebrated voice on the international stage, whose next wave is just getting started.
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