We Will Meet One Day by Arben Iliazi

 

We Will Meet One Day

We will meet one day,

In the reflections of trembling mirrors,

Intoxicated,

In breathless faces.

On the horizon's trapeze,

Set ablaze,

Like a misunderstanding,

Like a prayer, like a sigh.

In our crimson hours,

Of longing.

We will meet,

like the sea within the sea,

like the air…

All our being,

Will be stripped that day,

Entering and exiting,

Through endless doors,

Listening to the scream,

Of labyrinths,

Watered,

In lunar climaxes,

Left and dissolved.

And the hours will descend naked,

Lost in the silent night,

In the emphasis of the poppy,

That enchants,

Ashamed,

Withered.

We will meet one day,

Even at the end of the world,

If the wind throws us there,

Where feelings,

Slip out of the body,

Like meridians,

Outside the earth,

In vast spaces.

Surely,

we will meet,

I know.

Where man dies,

And is reborn,

Gone forever,

After voyages,

Amid distant drums of rain,

That soak your being,

And mine…

Within moments,

We will be one body,

Under the bare sun,

From endless light,

Where the seven colors of the rainbow,

Burn slowly.

Where the impossible,

That conquers descends like a comet.

We will meet,

One day,

For sure,

On the backside of life,

Around the sky like a tattoo,

With stars,

That we carry within us,

Every day,

As we carry miracles!

We will meet,

Where storms converge,

With a few clouds above,

Like puffs,

Of solitude,

That clash with the wind,

On this crazy,

Sad world!

We will meet… as if we have never met,

Before,

Once only…

We will meet,

I know!

Beyond the translucent time,

Wet,

From a white river,

That springs from your eyes,

And mine…

Translated

into English by:

Kujtim Hajdari

Biography

He was born on March 1, 1963, in Sarandë. He graduated from the Faculty of Philology in Tirana in 1988. Until 1991, he worked as a screenwriter and then dedicated himself to journalism, serving as a journalist and editor-in-chief for several daily newspapers in the capital. He is known as a poet, essayist, and playwright.

POETIC

VOLUMES:

"Vrundull" (Eurorilindja, Tirana

1994)

"Urtësitë e detit" (Eurorilindja,

Tirana 1997)

-“Kuajt Qajnë” – ( URA, Prishtina 2025)

ESSAYS:

"Për paqen, kundër paqes"

(Eurorilindja, Tirana 1998)

STAGED DRAMAS:

"Ciceroni prej plasteline," comedy

1990, Professional Theatre of Sarandë, directed by Thoma Milaj.

"Burri im me zero kilometër,"

(comedy-2009) Aleksandër Moisiu Theatre, Durrës, directed by Milto Kutali –

Donard Hasani.

"Trashëgimtari," (comedy-2018),

National Experimental Theatre, directed by Milto Kutali.

"Farsa e Kurorës" (comedy-2020)

Zihni Sako Theatre, Gjirokastër, directed by Ledian Gjeçi.

"Me një këmbë në Parajsë,"

monodrama, (Tirana-2021), Atelier 31, directed by Milto Kutali.

"Osman Taka" – historical drama

(Tirana 2023), directed by Naun Shundi, produced by Alket Veliu.

"Delirium" (drama - 2012),

recognized in the 10th edition of ETC (European Theatre Convention) at the

Biennale Theatre in Wizbaten, Germany, where the author was named one of the

100 best authors in Europe.

DRAMATURGICAL

PUBLICATIONS:

"5 vepra dramatike" (collection of

plays, Neraida-2003)

"Spiritus" – drama (2004)

"Tersi i Zululandit" – comedy

(2006)

"Dhëndërri nga Evropa" – comedy

(2007)

He participated in many national and

international anthologies and newspapers