2018.07.09.
Under a United Flag
[Nikollë Nikprelaj:]In those mountains where the snow ages
The brave grow up with the oaks
I took the name malësor (Highlander)
For freedom, I hit the martina!1
They have split Hoti and Gruda 2
They have cut off Plav and Guci 3
Over the years they have cut off my route
I am an Albanian in Montenegro!
[Kastriot Tusha:]
Albanians the sons of the eagle
Under a united flag
Over the centuries I tell the world
I am forever an Albanian!
Throughout the generations history
Has raised us warriors
Albania will always be
As long as there is Albanian land and blood!
[Chorus:]
Always! Always!
Albania will be!
As long as there is Albanian land
and blood
and land and blood!
Oooooh
[Selami Kolonja:]
Where the rays of education shine
Where the fields have snowdrops4
Where they sing the songs of Naim5
From Struga to Tetovo!6
Where Albanian blood seethes
Where our mothers raise us with troubles7
In the mouth of Radika of Gostivar8
Where the Drin flows into Great Debar9
[Enkelejda Arifi (and Chorus):]
How they cut and attacked you
(Chameria! Chameria! Chameria! Oh Chameria!)10
How they burned you Chameria
(Chameria! Chameria! Chameria! Oh Chameria!)
A blight cut your path
(Chameria! Chameria!)
Refugees with neither land nor home!
You don't tell me why they killed you11
They expelled you in their disloyalty
They left your parents without graves
Oh, you martyr Chameria!
[Kastriot Tusha:]
Albanians the sons of the eagle
Under a united flag
Over the centuries I tell the world
I am forever an Albanian!
Throughout the generations history
Has raised us warriors
Albania will always be
As long as there is Albanian land and blood!
[Nikollë Nikprelaj:]
Over the centuries you have been split up
You have always sought freedom12
While fighting for the flag
you have never been seen as Kosovë!13
The blessed day has come
Throughout the centuries you have waited for it
Side by side today you are lined up
The newest republic!
[Together:]
Albanians the sons of the eagle
Under a united flag
Over the centuries I tell the world
I am forever an Albanian!
Throughout the generations history
Has raised us warriors
Albania will always be
As long as there is Albanian land and blood!
Albania will always be
As long as there is Albanian land and blood!
- 1. Not quite sure what this means.
- 2. Albanian tribes and lands in present-day Montenegro.
- 3. Other places in Montenegro.
- 4. A plant with a drooping white bell.
- 5. Naim Frashëri, an Albanian poet.
- 6. Cities in present-day Macedonia.
- 7. This could also be 'Where our mothers raise us with aunts'.
- 8. Radika is a river and Gostivar a city in Macedonia, though the river is interestingly not in Gostivar.
- 9. The Black Drin River from Albania flows into Debar Lake in Macedonia.
- 10. Chameria is a region in Epirus, Greece by the Albanian-Greek border
- 11. This could also be translated as 'Why not tell me how they killed you'.
- 12. A double negative is used here: You have never not been tired of fighting for freedom.
- 13. The nation of Kosova was never recognized until recently.