The child and us
My child,
Your child,
Our child
Has taken its first steps.
My child,
Your child,
Our child
Has learned to run.
My child,
Your child,
Our child
Has arisen and gone.
We have grown old!
[Fëmija dhe ne, from the volume Vargje të përfolura, Tirana 1994, p. 27. Translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie]
