Nikollë Loka New Poetry | Popular Albanian poet

Nikollë Loka 

The Wind Moved Your Image 

The wind moved your image;

I saw it, even though I was far away.

When the sun’s rays fell,

the purple hue came to you as a gift.

The feelings in a ray transformed,

as the light relaxed upon your face.

It seemed like a sunset that afternoon,

a sunset that lit up every wish.

From those sunsets, we had withered,

and prayed to the moon so often.

And your faded face from that day

returned once more between us.

Time itself turned into rays,

making my day transparent.

It seemed like morning that afternoon,

the innocent wind that blew.

 

A blue butterfly

A blue butterfly

comes to rest on my brow,

without a key, without a knock,

it opens the door of the soul

and measures

the depths of your feeling

against the pending dawns,

when night

parts from the sun.

And you, the new moon,

your orbit drawing near,

are burned

in the invisible flame

of a world awakening.

Just a breath of you

remains inside me

enough,

for another world,

without the moon,

and the old sun.

I've Seen at Midnight 

I've seen at midnight

the mystic sky

lying on the ground.

Above it, the stars got drunk

with air,

coming and going

on something hidden.

And thousands of butterflies completed

an empty space

with colours.

I've come down seven stairs

under seven sky shadows,

where clouds crashed

on the seashore

like waves.

I've crashed with my foot

into my own shadow,

just when it came near me.

I crashed it without any hurt.

 Literary biography
 
Nikollë Loka was born in Mirdita on March 25, 1960; graduated as a teacher at "Luigj Gurakuqi" University of Shkodra; master's degree in pedagogy at the University of Tirana, doctorate in history of education at the University of Tirana.  He worked as a teacher, principal in a high school and education inspector in the district of Mirdita, then a teacher in a high school in Tirana and a lecturer at "Aleksandër Xhuvani" University in Elbasan. Lives in Tirana. Author of ten poetic volumes in Albanian and three poetic volumes in Italian (two of which with co-authors); included in the anthology "La Poesie contemporaine albanaise", "L'Hartmattan" publications, Paris 2024. In addition to Albanian, his poems have been published in Italian, English, French, German, Arabic, Romanian, Swedish and Mecedonian.  Winner of several literary awards in the country and abroad. Member of several national and international literary associations. Included in the Lexicon of Albanian writers 1501-2001, editions "Faik Konica", Pristina 2003; in the poetic anthology, 33 years of Albanian poetry (1991-2023), editions “Fiorentia”, Shkodër 2023; in the Encyclopedia of Italian language poets, "Aletti Editore" Rome 2021.