Two Poems

Poetry ~ Alisa Velaj
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STILL...
 
Still sleepless that sleepy soul in the morning
That lily that is as sweet as honey
That has spent all night long spying on stars
All night long
 
He will sleep
He will sleep upon the fall of dusk
The birds and the morning light sing in one voice
 
I too will sleep on his Madonna horizon
Where the ocean’s mysteries flee in shelter…
 
English translation by Ukë Zenel Buçpapaj
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A SONG
 
The swan lowers her neck
To touch the waters,
And translates into brightness…
 
The dawn snatches the song
From the bird’s throat,
And translates into Night!
 
English translation by Ukë Zenel Buçpapaj
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Alisa Velaj was born in Albania, in 1982. She holds a Ph.D. in Albanian Language and Literature, which subjects she has been teaching at the university level while writing poetry, prose, essays, articles, and research studies.
Velaj was shortlisted for the Erbacce-Press Poetry Award in 2014. Her poems have so far been translated into English, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish,  and Swedish, as well as published in over a hundred international literary magazines. Her poetry collection, With No Sweat At All, will be published this year by Cervana Barva Press (USA), while Dreams was recently published by Cyberwit Press (India). Both collections are masterfully translated into English by Ukë Zenel Buçpapaj.

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