I was at the new boulevard market
The guard had tied the beam to a car tire and sometimes lowered it, sometimes raised it
What is your name, I asked
Naim Bashkurti, said
What is Naim doing here
I'm on guard, he said
What is this market called?
This has been an open cinema. It was called Dima Cinema
Dream Cinema, I said
Sex and crime movies were shown here. People watched movies from cars, without getting off at all
I mean after it was Dream Cream, I said
Yes, said Naimi, great debauchery Drim Krim
Are you from Tropoja or not?
Yes, he said, from the village of Tplan
Çdmth Tplan?
Ie a village that has a plan
Oh, I said, what do you plan?
I realized the plan, said Naimi, I had two children
What work have you done?
I was in the military. In the time of Enver
Did you kill anyone?
No, he said why should I kill anyone
What an army you were, you trained for forty years you did not kill any enemy
The enemies did not come, said Naimi, we were ready
Who wins the war in Ukraine, Naim?
Ukraine, said Naimi, Ukraine will win, but this Zelensky I do not like
Why do you like Zelensky, I told him
He refused to recognize Kosovo, said Naimi
Oh, I told him I did not know, there must be the plight of Crimea, Kosovo is being recognized and Crimea is being recognized
Zelensky is against Albanians and has sent weapons to Macedonia, said Naimi
"Then why do you think he should win," I said
I want the Ukrainian people to win, said Naimi, they are falling apart
But how will Ukraine win when Russia has more weapons and is bigger?
They will win as we won in Kosovo, small peoples are fighting tooth for tooth
You have a gold tooth, I told him
We have a habit, we keep a gold in our mouths
But where did you find the gold in Enver's time?
The dentist found me, it is smuggled gold
Do you pay?
17 thousand ALL, said Naimi
At that time it was a lot of 17 thousand lekë, how much was your salary?
5600 leke
That is, with three salaries you bought a tooth
Yes, said Naimi, the more the dentist from Fierza took me, the more he found gold
Have you ever been abroad?
Never
How did you not go to Greece or Italy
No, said Naimi, nowhere
Didn't you get on the plane?
I rode, said Naimi
Where did you go, I asked
When the plane arrived in Tropoja, I boarded it, said Naimi
Where the plane comes from in Tropoja, there is no airport, I said
It was the Pelican, said Naimi, of Operation Pelican
After being a helicopter
Yes, said Naimi, the helicopter was
Where did you go by helicopter, Naim?
I saw him from the inside before he left, I did not fly
Will you ever go abroad?
Never, said Naimi, do I betray the homeland
Okay now put your head inside that rubber to take a picture of you
I put it in, why not put it in, said Naimi
Enter, I said
I introduced it, said Naimi
Now get it out I finished the picture, I said
"No, because when will you take my head out," said Naimi
Well do not take it out, I said
I will not issue it, said Naimi