POETRY
Albanian Literature / Albanian Poetry
For You
by Sherife Allko
(Translated from Albanian)
I want you to know how much I love you,
I want you to know that your voice penetrates
through the skin day and night,
It resonates in every tissue of my body.
I want you to know that I am busy inside my body.
My tongue and my heart,
Hide your desires.
But my tears speak passionately,
And if they donโt pour into the land of your love,
My soul and every molecule of it,
Die slowly.
A battle of hearts within hearts,
And I donโt tell you that you killed me.
โฆ.
(Self-translation from ALBANIAN)
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I want you to know how much I love you,
I want you to know that your voice penetrates
through the skin day and night,
It resonates in every tissue of my body.
I want you to know that I am busy inside my body.
My tongue and my heart,
Hide your desires.
But my tears speak passionately,
And if they donโt pour into the land of your love,
My soul and every molecule of it,
Die slowly.
A battle of hearts within hearts,
And I donโt tell you that you killed me.
โฆ.
(Self-translation from ALBANIAN)
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Sherife Allko
Born in December 1964 in Librazhd and lives in Tirana, Albania Sherife Allko completed her higher education. Faculty of Economics! She began writing as a child, trusting her feelings. Rivers of words came to her freely.
Work:
Sherife Allko started with small poems and then with essays and short stories. She grew up with a desire to write everything that passed through her heart. But only in 2022 did she have the courage to publish her first book โLoveโs Buds Openโ and then two other editions of her books followed, titled โWith the Eyes of the Soulโ and โDreams of Lonelinessโ.
Other books are waiting to be published. Her works have been published in several literary anthologies at home and abroad.
Awards:
Sherife Allko is the winner of several awards appreciated by high-ranking critics, leaders and renowned writers. One of these is: The โRABINDRANATH TAGORE MEMORIAL HONORS 2022โ Award, organized by Motivational Strips with the joint association of the Department of Culture, the Government of Seychelles and the SIPAY Journal.
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