VIOLETA KADRIU

 

 

If Tonight

 

If tonight you miss me, my dear

and this cold January wind that is blowing makes you yearn,

don't hesitate, come,

my heart will wait for you with open arms

and my eye will say to the tear "I don't need you, He is coming",

let's break the locks of the feelings of the soul,

that have been burning us with fire for a long time,

let's stop and melt with love

this cold and this winter frost!

 

If tonight my dear, even a little bit you miss me,

don't hesitate, come,

let's moisten two pairs of lips,

that have been scorched for a long time,

let's dry two pairs of eyes together

that have been shedding tears like a river from longing for a long time

and tell me as you used to tell me with such passion and fire,

-You are my only one and I love you so much!

 

If you miss listening to songs tonight,

sweet sounds of guitar, zither or violin,

come to me, I know the way, my dear,

together with this whisper of wind I will weave you a melody,

I will sing you the songs you love,

like the best handwritten geraqina,

I will again be the one who knows how to take away your

boredom, and I will fill your body and soul again

with the scent of roses and laurel!

 

If you are feeling homesick, my dear,

tonight you want to read poetry

come, don't hesitate,

I know you are brave above brave,

I have longed for you to write the most beautiful poetry,

just open your chest and heart

there you have an engraving,

the sweetest and most beautiful poetry for the two of us,

I have kept it between seven pairs of locks, deep in my chest,

in them there is much longing, pain and tears,

but most of all there is fire, passion and love!

 

If you are feeling homesick tonight, my dear,

to read the most beautiful novel,

come, let's write it and read it together

making each other a silk quilt,

shaking our hands,

with passion and trembling hearts,

with the strength and tenderness of a man

and the warmth and tenderness of a woman!

 

If tonight you are bored and annoyed by

this cold wind that is blowing and saying,

come, don't hesitate, my dear,

forget all obstacles and sorrows, leave them aside,

eliminate jealousies, throw them into the ocean,

let's melt together tonight

this frosty winter,

turn it into a warm spring night,

into a meadow covered with flowers and grass!

 

I, You, The Wine Bottle And The Dawn

 

I sacrificed myself to your lips and the bottle of red wine

on that warm summer night,

turning back one glass of wine after another, I made the sun and the moon a fool,

and the feelings of the soul the name "wine" was woven into a necklace.

 

In front of your eyes that emitted sparks of love,

that magical night by the lake I became a fairy,

to the ivory dawn of that amazing morning by the shady trees,

I, you and the wine glass became the first messengers.

 

That night I got drunk and corked millions of times,

but not from wine but from happiness and nostalgia,

forgetting that wine can also be very bad,

and can take all my feelings far back.

 

I wanted so much to raise my glasses

and not sober up from my drunkenness at all

but, just to drink, drink and a million times the wine would take me,

to block the space where we were sitting with steel doors and windows,

and from there the two of us could never leave!

 

VIOLETA KADRIU

 

VIOLETA KADRIU was born on 14. 12. 1967 in Podujeva, as the first child of the poet from Llapa, Kadri Kadriu. She completed primary and secondary school in her hometown, with maximum grades, and graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Prishtina. She has been writing and publishing since the age of 6. She is the author of two poetry books: “TO WAIT”, Lena Grafic, 2022, Prishtina; - “SHPËRTHE FJALË E LIRË”, ProkultPress, 2024, Prishtina; - “LAS MEJORES LETRAS DEL MUNDO 2025”, Escritores Fronteras Organizacion International, Espana, May, 2025; Her poems have been published in dozens of national and international anthologies and in thousands of newspapers, magazines, Literary Groups, etc., both national and international. She is a mother of 4 children, lives in Kosovo.