The Lamp Poem by Arshi Pipa

The Lamp



I entreat you, do not close the window,
Oh, unknown woman,
I dream of your movements,
Of your voice evoking spring!

I beg you, do not snuff out the lamp,
I crave it tonight,
My hope in the gloom,
Like a sail untouched by the wind.

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Translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie
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