Translation of the song Kënga e nënës artist Agim Prodani

I.

I.

Kur isha femije klase e pare

When a child, at first grade

U ula ngadale ne abetare

I slowly sat down with the alphabet book

E c’ngjyra u happen ne flete si lendina

Oh for the colors appearing on pages, like in meadows

Ja e para fjale erdhi nena

Here comes the first word ‘mother’

Nena ime, thashe, aty brenda

My mother, I said, is in the book

Imja gjersa ish aq e bukur

It was mine since she was so beautiful

Nanezo.

Dearest mother.

Ngjyrat perreth saj hidhnin vallen

The colors around her were dancing

Ishin ne shtepi e ne abetare

There at home and here in the primer

Ish ne shpirtin tim kaq e madhe

In my soul she was so big

Nanezo

Dearest mother.

- Refreni

- Refrain

Nene zeri yt, kenga jote

Mother your voice, your song

Ku s’na ndoqi pas neper shqote

where didn’t it follow us, through the storms

Rriti o djem-o, ju do bota

-Grow up boys, the world asks you to be

Dhe te bukur edhe luftetare.

Handsome and warriors too.

Vajzat tona kush i ka valle

Where in the world one finds girls like ours

Shqiperisei i rrine yll ne balle

To Albania they stand star on the forehead

Nenat tona gaz i paprere

Our mothers are ever running joy

Kenge e tyre s’ndalet asnjehere.

Their song never ends.

II.

II.

U rritem ngadale si lastare

We slowly grew up, like shoots

Me puthjen e nenes ne balle

The mother's kiss on the forehead

Ne rrudhat e tyre ne pame shtigjet tona

In their wrinkles we saw our paths

Ecem ne ne jete dhe u zbardhem

We walked in life and hair turned gray

Per ato femije neve mbetem

To them, children we remained

Se vete fjala nene nuk njeh moshe

For the word ‘mother’ doesn’t recognize age

Asnjehere

Ever.

Nenat e Shqiperise kudo jeni

Albanian mothers wherever you be

C’kishit me te shtrenjte na dhuruat

Whatever you had dearest, was given away to us

Ju shperblim nga ne kurre s’kerkuat

Never asking a recompense from us

Nanezo.

Dearest mother.

- Refreni

- Refrain

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……

Vajzat tona kush i ka valle

Where in the world one finds girls like ours

Shqiperisei i rrine yll ne balle

To Albania they stand star on the forehead

Nenat tona gaz i paprere

Our mothers are ever running joy

Kenge e tyre s’ndalet asnjehere.

Their song never ends.

Kenge e tyre ...

Their song ....

S’ndalet asnjehere neper mote

It never stops through the years

Kjo eshte nenezo kenga jote

Dearest mother this is your song

S’ndalet asnjehere neper mote

It never stops through the years

Kjo eshte nenezo kenga jote

Dearest mother this is your song.