| Mos je ka menon | Do not let your thoughts be clouded with fear, |
| Se nime smuna pa ty | For truly, without you, I am autumn stripped of gold. |
| Leje mos u sill | Let it lie, do not circle back— |
| Si mos me pas sen n’kry | As if my skull bore the weight of storm-laden skies. |
| Ti mu mnjeh mir | You know the labyrinth of me well, |
| Si nji e ni1 bajn dy | As one and one, converging, create the sum of two— |
| Nuk jan aj qe nji femen | They are not merely those who bear a woman’s name, |
| Munet zemren me thy | The moon itself might fracture the heart, |
| Se veq i mushi xhepat | Some only know how to fill pockets with silver, |
| Full leja me veti | They clutch their licenses like amulets, |
| Kqyri prej dritare | I gaze from the window— |
| Posht pret karbioleti | Below, the cabriolet idles, restless as a hound. |
| Autostrada kombit | The nation’s highway stretches, pale vein of longing, |
| Un vet i 10 | Alone, I am my own tenfold shadow, |
| Qanta jan lloji destinacioni teti | Bags are the eighth species of destination— |
| M’vyn dill per me mi zhduk ret | I need the sun to banish these gnawing clouds. |
| Po t’doket vetja yll | You see yourself a star, gleaming in your own right— |
| Yll jam une vet | Yet I am the star, burning alone. |
| Full mentalitet, kurgja se mrrij let | A mind resolved: nothing surrenders easily to me, |
| Kapriqet kur ti heksh | Your caprices, when you cast them off— |
| Munem me fol apet | Allow me again to speak, to gather what’s left. |
| REF: | REF: |
| Nese don me kallzu | If you wish to reveal— |
| Se ti munesh pa mu | That you can breathe without me, |
| Menjen fshije | Wipe your mind clean as rain on marble. |
| Je ka don me testu | You want to test me, |
| Karakterin me mu | Measure your character against mine. |
| Me fillim dije | From the outset, know— |
| Se mka rrit nana me kon yll | My mother raised me to walk among stars, |
| Edhe ky kapitull u permbyll | And now this chapter closes, the book’s spine sighs. |
| Mka rrit nana me kon yll | My mother raised me to walk among stars, |
| Mka rrit nana me kon yll | My mother raised me to walk among stars, |
| Mka rrit nana me kon yll | My mother raised me to walk among stars, |
| 2po2: | 2po2: |
| Me dosta veq sa ra terri | With comrades, darkness fell like velvet over our gathering, |
| Black jack me 5 yje hoteli | Black jack games beneath the gaze of five-star constellations, |
| Pa ty spo kerset kiameti | Without you, doomsday stirs not from its slumber, |
| N’ballkon me pamje ka deti (2x) | On the balcony, the sea breathes below—twice mirrored in glass. |
| Nita: | Nita: |
| Jo nuk e pres | No, I will not wait— |
| Aryetimin ton n’SMS | For your reasonings spelled in cold SMS glyphs. |
| Ja fus gjum n'8 n’mengjes | I sink into sleep at eight with the morning sun, |
| Se e di se prap ki mem lyp ti | Because I know again you will come seeking me— |
| Prap ki mem lyp ti (2x) | Again, you will search for me, again. |
| REF: | REF: |
| Nese don me kallzu | If you wish to reveal— |
| Se ti munesh pa mu | That you can breathe without me, |
| Menjen fshije | Wipe your mind clean as rain on marble. |
| Je ka don me testu | You want to test me, |
| Karakterin me mu | Measure your character against mine. |
| Me fillim dije | From the outset, know— |
| Se mka rrit nana me kon yll | My mother raised me to walk among stars, |
| Edhe ky kapitull u permbyll | And now this chapter closes, the book’s spine sighs. |
| Mka rrit nana me kon yll | My mother raised me to walk among stars, |
| Mka rrit nana me kon yll | My mother raised me to walk among stars, |
| Mka rrit nana me kon yll | My mother raised me to walk among stars |