Albania

Competing in semi-final

Vote 13

Artist

Alis

Alis Kallaçi

b. 2002

📍 Shkodër

Won the Albanian X Factor in 2024.

Country

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Qualify 74% Win <1%

public selection

Song

Nân

Mother

Albanian

PopBallad

The song is accompanied entirely by English subtitles, even though this was still prohibited just a few years ago.

Nân

Mother

Ta dish se nana po ju pret

Know that Mother waits for you

E nana ju po ju përcjell

She waves you down the road

Nana në prag aty ngel në derë

Still standing at the doorway

Dy javë, dy vjet, iku kjo verë

As two weeks, two years, this summer, too, is gone

Zemra po dhemb

My heart is aching

E lotin mezi po e mban

I can barely hold the tears

Ju tash po ikni

Now you are leaving

Do qani pak

You will cry a little

Do harroheni

Then forget

Për jetë ma t'mirë, e di

For a better life, I know

E ne na duket shohim hijet

We still see your shadows

Në korridor ecin me vrap

Running down the hall,

Dëgjojmë zërat

And we hear your voices

Hala n'oborr

Echo softly in the yard

E qeshun me t'madhe

A great big laugh I hear,

Hap dritaren e

I open up the window

Askush nuk asht aty

But no one’s there.

Marr t'shtroj për t'fjet

I make the beds

N'divana e n'tokë

On sofas and the floor,

Baj za

I call your names,

Askush s'përgjigjet

No one answers.

Ta dish se nana po ju pret

Know that Mother waits for you

E nana ju po ju përcjell

She waves you down the road

Nana në prag aty ngel në derë

Still standing at the doorway

Dy javë, dy vjet, iku kjo verë

As two weeks, two years, this summer, too, is gone

Rri e kujtoj

I sit remembering this place

Kët' vend që dikur s'pat qetësi

Once it never slept in peace

Rrëmujë e ngrohtë

Warm messy living,

Gjithë librat n'tokë

Books on the floor

Shpejt u ba ftohtë, shkretinë e plotë

Suddenly it turned cold, a desert remains

Ta dish se nana po ju pret

Know that Mother waits for you

E nana ju po ju përcjell

She waves you down the road

Nana në prag aty ngel në derë

Still standing at the doorway

Dy javë, dy vjet, iku kjo verë

As two weeks, two years, this summer, too, is gone

Ta dish se nana po ju pret

Know that Mother waits for you

E nana ju po ju përcjell

She waves you down the road

Nana në prag aty ngel në derë

Still standing at the doorway

Dy javë, dy vjet, iku kjo verë

As two weeks, two years, this summer, too, is gone

Ta dish se nana po ju pret

Know that Mother waits for you

E nana ju po ju përcjell

She waves you down the road

Nana në prag aty ngel në derë

Still standing at the doorway

Dy javë, dy vjet, iku kjo verë

As two weeks, two years, this summer, too, is gone

Kur po vjen, moj nan?

When are you coming my child?

Se malli m'than

This longing burns inside

Po mos u mërzit

But worry not,

Nana ka me t'prit

Mother will be waiting for you