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    Mirė se vini nė Harlan Maska e FreeByrd
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    Here's a passage of Durham's "Through the Land of the Serb"
    The way she describes the Albanians of those times makes me feel cheated never seeing these amazing tribal people in real life up close and personal.


    Indeed, the Albanian has many of the physical attributes of a beast of prey. A lean, wiry thing, all tough sinew and as supple as a panther, he moves with a long, easy stride, quite silently, for his feet are shod with pliant leathern sandals with which he grips the rock as he climbs. He is heavily armed, and as he goes his keen eyes watch ceaselessly for the foe he is always expecting to meet. There is nothing more characteristic of the up-country tribesman than those eversearching eyes. I have met him many a time in the Montenegrin markets, in the weekly bazaar in his capital, and on the prowl with his rifle far in the country. Up hill or down hill, over paths that are more like dry torrent beds, it is all the same to him; he keeps an even, swift pace, and he watches all the time. Dressed as he is, in tightly-fitting striped leg-gear and in a short black cape, his appearance is extraordinarily mediaeval, and he seems to have stepped straight out of a Florentine fresco. His sash is full of silver-mounted weapons, he twists his tawny moustache, and he admires himself exceedingly. He walks with a long rolling stride, planting his feet quite flat like a camel or an elephant—a gait which gives him an oddly animal appearance. His boldly striped garments, with their lines and zigzags of black embroidery, recall the markings of the tiger, the zebra, and sundry venomous snakes and insects. He seems to obey the laws that govern the markings of ferocious beasts; his swift, silent footsteps enhance the resemblance, and his colouring is protective; he disappears completely into a rocky background. The black patterns vary according to the tribe he hails from. If you ask his name, he generally gives you his tribal one as well, and points over the mountains towards his district. He is So-and-So, for instance, of the Hotti or the Shoshi. Most men, whether Christian or Mohammedan, have their heads shaven; sometimes on the temples only, the rest of the hair standing out in a great bush; sometimes the entire head, with the exception of one long lock that dangles down the back. There are two distinct types of Albanians—a dark type with black hair, brown eyes, and clean-cut features, and a very fair type, grey or blue-eyed, taller and more powerfully built. To this class belong almost all the shaven-headed men with :he dangling locks, a row of whom, squatting on their leels, look remarkably like a lot of half-moulted mltures. According to popular belief, the long lock s to serve as a handle to carry home the head when levered. A head, it seems, can be carried only by he ear, or by inserting a finger in the mouth, and this latter practice the owner of the head, when alive, objects to!

    But in spite of his wild-beast appearance and his many obvious faults, the Albanian is by no means all bad. I will almost say that he possesses the instincts of a gentleman. At any rate, he " plays fair," according to his own very peculiar creed. He boasts that he has never betrayed a friend nor spared a foe. It is true that "not sparing" includes torture and various and most horrible atrocities, but it is a great mistake in considering any of the Balkan peoples to make too much capital out of " atrocities." A century ago every race, including our own, considered the infliction of hideous suffering the legitimate way of punishing comparatively small crimes. At the risk of being laughed at, I will say that I do not believe the Albanian is by nature cruel. The life of the poor up-country peasant is hard and rough beyond what anyone who has only lived in a civilised country can realise, and the life of such a man's beasts is of necessity a hard one also. But though I have met him with his flocks on the hillsides and have watched him carefully in street and market, I have never seen the Albanian torturing an animal for the fun of the thing, as does the Neapolitan, the Provencal, and the Spaniard. The revolting "jokes" with lame and helpless animals which can be seen any day in the streets of Naples are not to be met with in the capital of the bloodthirsty Albanian.


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    Ja njė pasazh tė tė Durham "nėpėr vendin e serbėve"
    Mėnyrėn se si ajo pėrshkruan shqiptarėt e asaj kohe mė bėn tė ndiheni tė mashtruar kurrė duke parė kėta njerėz tė mahnitshme fisnor nė jetėn reale afėr dhe personale.


    Nė tė vėrtetė, ka shumė shqiptarė nga atributet fizike tė njė kafshe tė pre. Njė mbahem nė tė, gjė tė ashpėr, tė gjitha gilcė tė vėshtira dhe si tė zhdėrvjellėt si njė panterė, ai lėviz me njė hap tė gjatė, tė lehtė, mjaft heshtje, pėr kėmbėt e tij janė mbuluar me me sandale prej lėkure lajka me tė cilėn ai mbėrthen rock si ai ngjitet. Ai ėshtė i armatosur rėndė, dhe si ai shkon sytė e tij tė parė tė etur vazhdimisht pėr armikut ai ėshtė gjithmonė duke pritur pėr tė pėrmbushur. Nuk ka asgjė mė karakteristike e fisi up-vend se ato sytė eversearching. Unė kam takuar atė shumė kohė njė nė tregjet e Malit tė Zi, nė pazarin e javore nė kryeqytetin e tij, dhe nė vėrdallė me pushkėn e tij tani nė vend. Lart ose poshtė kodrės kodėr, mbi rrugėt qė janė mė shumė si shtretėr torrent thatė, ajo ėshtė e tė gjithė tė njėjtėn atij, ai mban edhe njė ritėm, tė shpejtė, dhe ai shikon gjithė kohės. Veshur si ai ėshtė, nė tė ngushtė-montim shirita kėmbė-gear dhe nė njė pelerinė tė zezė tė shkurtėr, pamja e tij ėshtė jashtėzakonisht mesjetare, dhe ai duket se ka rritur tė drejtė nga njė afresk fiorentin. Brezin e tij ėshtė plot me argjend-ngritur armėt, ai twists mustaqet e tij tė kuqėrremė, dhe ai admiron veten jashtėzakonisht. Ai ecėn me njė hap tė gjatė kodrina, mbjelljen e kėmbėt e tij mjaft e sheshtė si njė deve apo njė elefant, njė ecje e cila i jep atij njė pamje kaq tė ēuditshme, tė kafshėve. Rrobat e tij me guxim me shirita, me linjat e tyre dhe zigzage tė qėndisje e zezė, kujtojnė shenjat e tigėr, zebėr, dhe gjarpėrinjtė dhe insektet helmuese ndryshėm. Ai duket pėr t'iu bindur ligjeve qė rregullojnė shenjat e kafshėve tė egra, tė shpejtė e tij, hapat e heshtur tė rritur ngjashmėri, dhe ngjyrosje e tij ėshtė mbrojtės, ai zhduket plotėsisht nė njė sfond shkėmbor. Modelet e zi ndryshojnė sipas fisit ai pėrshėndet nga. Nėse ju kėrkoni emrin e tij, ai nė pėrgjithėsi jep njė tij fisnore, si edhe, dhe pikat mbi malet ndaj rrethit tė tij. Ai ėshtė kėshtu-dhe-Pra, pėr shembull, e Hotti apo Shoshi. Shumica e njerėzve, qofshin tė krishterė apo muhamedan, kanė kokat e rruar e tyre, ndonjėherė nė tempuj vetėm, pjesa tjetėr e flokėve duke qėndruar nė njė shkurre tė madhe, ndonjėherė nė kokė tė gjithė, me pėrjashtim tė njė lock tė gjatė qė dangles poshtė e pasme. Ka dy lloje tė dallueshme tė shqiptarėve-njė lloji tė errėt me flokė tė zeza, sy kafe, dhe tė pastėr-prerė tipare, dhe njė tip shumė tė drejtė, gri ose blu me sy, shtatlartė dhe mė tė fuqishėm tė ndėrtuar. Pėr kėtė klasė i pėrkasin pothuajse tė gjitha rruar koka burrat me: ai i veēuar flokėt, njė rresht prej tė cilėve, squatting nė leels e tyre, duket mrekullueshėm si njė shumė e gjysmė-moulted mltures. Sipas besimit popullor, s gjatė bllokohet pėr tė shėrbyer si njė trajtuar nė shtėpi pėr tė kryer nė kokė kur levered. Njė kokė, duket, mund tė bėhet vetėm nga ai vesh, apo duke futur njė gisht nė gojė, dhe kjo praktikė e fundit pronari i kokės, kur tė gjallė, objekte pėr tė!

    Por, nė dritėn e tij, pamja e egėr-bisha dhe gabimet e tij shumė qartė, shqiptare ėshtė nė asnjė mėnyrė tė keqe. Unė do tė pothuajse tė them se ai ka instinktet e njė zotėri. Nė ēdo rast, ai "luan tė ndershme", sipas vetė besimit tė tij shumė tė veēantė. Ai krenohet se ai kurrė nuk e ka tradhtuar njė mik as kursyer njė armik. Ėshtė e vėrtetė se "nuk do ta kursejnė" pėrfshin tortura dhe mizori tė ndryshme dhe mė tė tmerrshme, por kjo ėshtė njė gabim i madh nė parasysh asnjė nga popujt e Ballkanit pėr tė bėrė kapital shumė nga "mizori." Njė shekull mė parė nė ēdo garė, duke pėrfshirė edhe vet tonė, konsiderohet shkaktimin e shėmtuar qė vuajnė mėnyrė tė ligjshme pėr ndėshkimin e krimeve relativisht i vogėl. Nė rrezik e tė qėnit tallėn nė, unė do tė them se unė nuk besoj shqiptare ėshtė nga natyra mizor. Jeta e fshatar i varfėr up-vendi ėshtė i vėshtirė dhe i ashpėr pėrtej asaj qė dikush qė ka jetuar vetėm nė njė vend tė civilizuar mund tė kuptojnė, dhe jetėn e kafshėve njė njeri i tillė ėshtė e nevojshme edhe e vėshtirė. Por, pse unė kam takuar atė me kopetė e tij nė kodrave dhe kane shikuar atė me kujdes nė rrugė dhe treg, unė kurrė nuk kam parė torturimin e shqiptarėve njė kafshė pėr argėtim e gjė, ashtu si edhe napolitan, provansal, dhe spanjolli. Revoltuese "shaka" me kafshėt e varfėr dhe tė pafuqishėm qė mund tė shihet ēdo ditė nė rrugėt e Napolit nuk do tė plotėsohen me tė nė kryeqytetin e Shqipėrisė etur pėr gjak.

    Ndryshuar pėr herė tė fundit nga FreeByrd : 05-11-2011 mė 00:03
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