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1 | about
2 | above
3 Alban | Drin,~To the North Albanian Alps, among the mountain cliffs?~
4 | among
5 | at
6 Psalm | too sinful~To be holy~An azure curse~Slumbers in your eyes~
7 Ballad| Ballad of the dry mountain~(Balade për Malin e Thatë)~There
8 Ballad| Ballad of the dry mountain~(Balade
9 Poet | masses are waiting on the banks.~To say pig to the pig and
10 | Because
11 | Becoming
12 | behind
13 Ballad| the living.~Like a human being~Withered from desire.~~
14 Root | Biography of the root~(Biografia e rrënjës)~Who knows when
15 Root | Biography of the root~(Biografia e
16 Ballad| Mountain~No grass, no trees, no birds~Dead for the living.~Like
17 Hounds| The hounds of Sodom!~A bizarre race.~How can one tell~When
18 Poet | to forget there are many blind in this world.~To be a ship
19 Hounds| same:~They dig up their bones,~They lick clean their guts.~
20 Root | Who knows when you were born,~In what age, in what place?~
21 Root | are like life itself.~Your branches,~Twigs, ~Buds grow.~Your
22 Root | Your branches,~Twigs, ~Buds grow.~Your trunk thickens
23 | But
24 Name | The names~(Emrat)~For our children~We have chosen beautiful
25 Name | For our children~We have chosen beautiful names,~Good names:~
26 Alban | how its waters weep~Like a clarinet at twilight.~Have you been
27 Hounds| up their bones,~They lick clean their guts.~It's always
28 Alban | Alps, among the mountain cliffs?~Have you seen how their
29 Psalm | sinful~To be holy~An azure curse~Slumbers in your eyes~How
30 Root | sprouted,~On what hill, in what dale?~No one can measure your
31 Poet | To be a lantern in the darkness,~Not to forget there are
32 Hounds| bite by night,~They bark by day) -~An ancient habit~Of their
33 Ballad| human being~Withered from desire.~~
34 Root | theories, origins,~Expertise, diagnoses...~A strong root. Stubborn.~
35 Dead | First of all my mother died,~Then my sister,~Now recently
36 Name | beautiful names,~Good names:~Drilon,~Shkumbin,~Gramoz,~Korab,~
37 Poet | Socrates to Socrates~And drink your part of the poison.~
38 | either
39 Name | The names~(Emrat)~For our children~We have
40 Alban | how their waters roar~Like epic verse.~Have you been to
41 Root | about theories, origins,~Expertise, diagnoses...~A strong root.
42 Root | seasons.~The teams, ~The experts~Search in vain.~You are
43 Psalm | azure curse~Slumbers in your eyes~How I pity you!~~
44 Dead | sister,~Now recently my father.~I was left motherless,~
45 Dead | left sisterless,~I was left fatherless.~But we have been reunited~
46 Root | a sauce,~You refine the flavour~Without worrying about theories,
47 Poet | waves,~Not to forget the forgotten masses are waiting on the
48 Hounds| their tails~As a sign of friendship;~When they gnash their teeth~
49 | from
50 Alban | how its waters flow~Like a gentle lyric poem.~Have you been
51 Hounds| of friendship;~When they gnash their teeth~As a sign of
52 Name | chosen beautiful names,~Good names:~Drilon,~Shkumbin,~
53 Alban | rivers flow~Through the gorges and mountains,~Have you
54 Name | names:~Drilon,~Shkumbin,~Gramoz,~Korab,~Vjosa,~Valbona...~
55 Ballad| the water~Dry Mountain~No grass, no trees, no birds~Dead
56 Poet | the sins.~To dig your own grave on the highest mountain
57 Root | Your branches,~Twigs, ~Buds grow.~Your trunk thickens like
58 Hounds| bones,~They lick clean their guts.~It's always the same.~The
59 Hounds| bark by day) -~An ancient habit~Of their pedigree.~They
60 Alban | and mountains,~Have you heard their melodies:~Albanian
61 Poet | dig your own grave on the highest mountain peak~And turn into
62 Root | when you sprouted,~On what hill, in what dale?~No one can
63 Psalm | You are too sinful~To be holy~An azure curse~Slumbers
64 Root | Stubborn.~Ancient. Young.~Homeland.~~
65 Ballad| Dead for the living.~Like a human being~Withered from desire.~~
66 | into
67 | It
68 | itself
69 Poet | Becoming a poet~(Të jesh poet)~To be an oasis in
70 Dead | I don't want to,~I don't know how.~~
71 Name | Drilon,~Shkumbin,~Gramoz,~Korab,~Vjosa,~Valbona...~May they
72 Poet | thirst in this world.~To be a lantern in the darkness,~Not to
73 Poet | poison.~To write an open letter to the Lord~And list all
74 Hounds| dig up their bones,~They lick clean their guts.~It's always
75 Root | Search in vain.~You are like life itself.~Your branches,~Twigs, ~
76 Poet | mountain peak~And turn into a lightning rod.~~
77 Poet | open letter to the Lord~And list all the sins.~To dig your
78 Poet | write an open letter to the Lord~And list all the sins.~To
79 Alban | quiver~Like the strings of a lute.~Have you seen how our rivers
80 Alban | waters flow~Like a gentle lyric poem.~Have you been to the
81 Ballad| dry mountain~(Balade për Malin e Thatë)~There is a mountain
82 Poet | to forget the forgotten masses are waiting on the banks.~
83 Root | in what dale?~No one can measure your age,~In years, in seasons.~
84 Alban | mountains,~Have you heard their melodies:~Albanian rhapsodies~~
85 Hounds| their teeth~As a sign of menace.~First they bite,~Then they
86 Dead | vdekurit të)~First of all my mother died,~Then my sister,~Now
87 Dead | recently my father.~I was left motherless,~I was left sisterless,~
88 Ballad| meadow~With the startling name~The Meadow of Tears~And
89 Psalm | Saint Naum~(Psalm për Shën Naumin)~You are too beautiful~To
90 Ballad| dry surrounded by water~Nearby is a meadow~With the startling
91 Hounds| they bark~(They bite by night,~They bark by day) -~An
92 Hounds| The hounds of Sodom,~A noble race
93 Alban | of the White Drin,~To the North Albanian Alps, among the
94 | Now
95 Poet | Të jesh poet)~To be an oasis in the wilderness,~Not to
96 Alban | source of the Black Drin~To Ohrid, to Struga?~Have you seen
97 Poet | the poison.~To write an open letter to the Lord~And list
98 Root | worrying about theories, origins,~Expertise, diagnoses...~
99 | own
100 Poet | Socrates~And drink your part of the poison.~To write
101 Poet | on the highest mountain peak~And turn into a lightning
102 Hounds| An ancient habit~Of their pedigree.~They treat the living~And
103 Alban | White Drin~To Radavc near Peja?~Have you seen how its waters
104 Psalm | Slumbers in your eyes~How I pity you!~~
105 Root | born,~In what age, in what place?~Who knows when you sprouted,~
106 Alban | flow~Like a gentle lyric poem.~Have you been to the source
107 Poet | And drink your part of the poison.~To write an open letter
108 Hounds| The hounds of Sodom~(Qentë e Sodomës)~First they bite,~
109 Alban | you seen how its waters quiver~Like the strings of a lute.~
110 Alban | source of the White Drin~To Radavc near Peja?~Have you seen
111 Alban | Albanian rhapsodies~(Rapsodi shqiptare)~Have you been
112 | recently
113 Root | thickens like a sauce,~You refine the flavour~Without worrying
114 Dead | fatherless.~But we have been reunited~Because I -~Cannot live
115 Name | Like our rivers,~May they rise above us~Like our mountains.~~
116 Alban | you seen how their waters roar~Like epic verse.~Have you
117 Poet | And turn into a lightning rod.~~
118 Root | of the root~(Biografia e rrënjës)~Who knows when you were
119 | s
120 Root | Your trunk thickens like a sauce,~You refine the flavour~
121 Poet | waiting on the banks.~To say pig to the pig and Socrates
122 Root | The teams, ~The experts~Search in vain.~You are like life
123 Root | measure your age,~In years, in seasons.~The teams, ~The experts~
124 Psalm | for Saint Naum~(Psalm për Shën Naumin)~You are too beautiful~
125 Poet | blind in this world.~To be a ship in the waves,~Not to forget
126 Name | names,~Good names:~Drilon,~Shkumbin,~Gramoz,~Korab,~Vjosa,~Valbona...~
127 Alban | Albanian rhapsodies~(Rapsodi shqiptare)~Have you been to the source
128 Psalm | beautiful~To be true~You are too sinful~To be holy~An azure curse~
129 Poet | the Lord~And list all the sins.~To dig your own grave on
130 Dead | my mother died,~Then my sister,~Now recently my father.~
131 Dead | left motherless,~I was left sisterless,~I was left fatherless.~
132 Psalm | To be holy~An azure curse~Slumbers in your eyes~How I pity
133 Hounds| hounds of Sodom~(Qentë e Sodomës)~First they bite,~Then they
134 Root | place?~Who knows when you sprouted,~On what hill, in what dale?~
135 Ballad| Nearby is a meadow~With the startling name~The Meadow of Tears~
136 Alban | its waters quiver~Like the strings of a lute.~Have you seen
137 Root | Expertise, diagnoses...~A strong root. Stubborn.~Ancient.
138 Alban | Black Drin~To Ohrid, to Struga?~Have you seen how its waters
139 Root | diagnoses...~A strong root. Stubborn.~Ancient. Young.~Homeland.~~
140 Ballad| this mountain~Stays dry surrounded by water~Nearby is a meadow~
141 Hounds| tell~When they wag their tails~As a sign of friendship;~
142 Root | In years, in seasons.~The teams, ~The experts~Search in
143 Hounds| friendship;~When they gnash their teeth~As a sign of menace.~First
144 Ballad| mountain~(Balade për Malin e Thatë)~There is a mountain in
145 | them
146 Root | flavour~Without worrying about theories, origins,~Expertise, diagnoses...~
147 Root | Buds grow.~Your trunk thickens like a sauce,~You refine
148 Poet | forget there are many who thirst in this world.~To be a lantern
149 Ballad| Why this mountain~Always thirsts near the water~Dry Mountain~
150 | Through
151 Hounds| Of their pedigree.~They treat the living~And the dead
152 Ballad| Dry Mountain~No grass, no trees, no birds~Dead for the living.~
153 Psalm | are too beautiful~To be true~You are too sinful~To be
154 Root | Twigs, ~Buds grow.~Your trunk thickens like a sauce,~You
155 Poet | highest mountain peak~And turn into a lightning rod.~~
156 Root | life itself.~Your branches,~Twigs, ~Buds grow.~Your trunk
157 Alban | weep~Like a clarinet at twilight.~Have you been to the source
158 | up
159 Root | The experts~Search in vain.~You are like life itself.~
160 Name | Shkumbin,~Gramoz,~Korab,~Vjosa,~Valbona...~May they flow behind
161 Dead | My dead~(Të vdekurit të)~First of all my mother
162 Alban | their waters roar~Like epic verse.~Have you been to the source
163 Name | Shkumbin,~Gramoz,~Korab,~Vjosa,~Valbona...~May they flow
164 Hounds| How can one tell~When they wag their tails~As a sign of
165 Poet | the forgotten masses are waiting on the banks.~To say pig
166 Dead | Without my dead,~I don't want to,~I don't know how.~~
167 Poet | world.~To be a ship in the waves,~Not to forget the forgotten
168 Alban | you seen how its waters weep~Like a clarinet at twilight.~
169 | were
170 | Why
171 Poet | poet)~To be an oasis in the wilderness,~Not to forget there are
172 | With
173 Ballad| living.~Like a human being~Withered from desire.~~
174 Root | refine the flavour~Without worrying about theories, origins,~
175 Poet | your part of the poison.~To write an open letter to the Lord~
176 Root | can measure your age,~In years, in seasons.~The teams, ~
177 Root | root. Stubborn.~Ancient. Young.~Homeland.~~
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