IRMA KURTI is an Albanian poet, writer, lyricist, journalist, and translator and has been writing since she was a child. She is a naturalized Italian and lives in Bergamo, Italy. In 2020, she became the honorary president of WikiPoesia, the encyclopedia of poetry. In 2023 she was awarded a Career Award from the Universum Academy Switzerland. She also won the prestigious 2023 Naji Naaman's literary prize for complete work. Irma Kurti has published 30 books in Albanian, 26 in Italian, 16 in English, and two in French. She has also translated 22 books by different authors. Her books have been translated and published in 17 countries.
The immense summer sky
I was waiting for a sweet word that night
that would’ve filled my soul with light
while above us just like a field of fireflies
expanded the infinite summer sky.
I was just waiting for a caress like a soft
wave of the sea two steps away from us,
but you simply spoke and I was surely lost
in a labyrinth of episodes from your past.
Your voice trembled and mingled with
the waves; in fragments it came to me as
all my illusions vanished. It was enough
just to live the magic of that moment.
My love prevailed in the atmosphere; it
was filled with scents, manifold sounds,
close and elusive. I felt so happy, drunk,
your words wrapped in light—a distant
lighthouse in a dark and remote harbor.
Days have passed, turning into months,
the skies have changed and become
leaden and gray. The clouds announce
the tempests, but I still have above me
that immense summer sky like a field—
boundless and unattainable—of fireflies.
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