Albanian writer Ismail Kadare passed away this Monday at the age of 88. The sad news has evoked many reactions, including prestigious foreign media.
Recently, his daughter Besiana Kadare also reacted. She chose a poem by her father to express her pain.
Insufficient time
I don't have time to forget many things
From my mind I take you forever.
For the old tragedies and flashbacks
I will need at least two years.
And perhaps as much for Dante,
For the French land and the beaches as much,
Perhaps the women I'll be sweeping away
When the dusk draws near.
Like the overweight traveler
Before the departing plane in a little while
Still heavily laden
I'll approach the lost grave.
How can I take this burden off my shoulders?
Where do I put this weight, how?
I can't go down there with him
, but I can never leave him up there either.
Thought until the last moment
From old age, from the tragic hostage,
A perhaps incomprehensible sign
I will make you all and I will leave.
ismail Kadare