Naim Frashëri

Krujë oh blessed citadel await, await for Scanderbeg! Returning as a hued dove to liberate our motherland.…

I have great hope In God That he will not abandon Albania thus,…

Oh mountains of Albania and you, oh trees so lofty, Broad plains with all your flowers, day and night I contemplate you, You highlands so exquisite, and you streams and rivers spar…

We believe in the true God Who is the universe itself, Without him there is no place, He is the beginning and the end.…

Listen to the flute a-speaking, Tell the tale of wretched exile, Weeping for this world of sorrow Using words of truth to spin it.…

Here among you have I risen, And aflame am I now blazing, Just a bit of light to give you, That I change your night to daytime,…