Tomorrow’s pray--By Irsa Ruçi--Albania

Tomorrow’s pray

I slept outside, in that forest glowing from desires

with that entreating pardon

and that slow leaving

to Monday, into a desert of opinions

(That today I still keep awake).

On the red carpet Ladybugs were dancing

they were searching to bloom the rose

in the memory of the time that went ...

but nothing ever remains the same

summer rain melts it all

fallen on the loneliness of bodies.

Ballads are crumbs of tears

dropping over the lip

to bloom another day

that voice of hope ...

The woods were on fire from those prayers,

while over the stately poplar

magpies bring the seasons...

(Translated by Stela Xega)

Irsa Ruçi is an Albanian Writer, Speechwriter and Lecturer. She was born in Tirana (Albania), in 1990. Her books of poetry include Trokas mbi ajër (poems and essays), 2008 and Pështjellim (poetry), 2010. Only for 2016, her works has appeared, in more than 70 print and online national and international magazines and anthologies. Among many awards, she has received the first prize in poetry, in competition "Anthology 2007", as the best poet in Albania.