I just finished the book by the outstanding poet and equally talented screenwriter Petri Ruka:
"There Mud
Here Wind",
Arbërore ballad,
and I didn't want to go to sleep without modestly writing two words.
After a busy day, I thought I'd relax a bit by reading. The day before I had finished the Selected Publicistics of the well-known author Erion Kristo, which was really chosen, a peak in journalism to move to another peak in poetry..
I had in my hands the two books of the Rukaj brothers: "Takim me vetvehten" authored by my dear friend Prof. Ethemin and the quoted book of the "Poet of the Gods", now, Petr Rukaj. I was at a loss as to who to read. I chose the poet.
I am amazed! Sleep exiled. His ballads, verse, metaphors held me as if by magic. The beauty, depth, simplicity and freedom of verse and prose convey a special emotion. They make you feel suspended, weightless, with a sense of relief, purification, reflection, appreciation and pride for the values they carry, for our heritage so exalted by him and for the genius of His pen.
The foreword by Pëllumb Kulla and the essays of His colleagues stood beautifully at the level of the ballads.
The journey through mixing the past with the present, the tradition with the modern, the eternal with the temporary (as Timo Merkuri paraphrases in his reflection, in this book), leaving the sublimity of the eternal, surprises you.
In these cases, you feel a sense of responsibility that you should do something more, of course, each one in what he knows how to do best, as the poet himself has done in elevating the figures, values, and models that we have as a nation. We feel good when we have values like Prof. Progress Kabo, who do not forget in any case and promote our notables, alongside the notables of humanity, even when the institutions "forget". As the poet himself does in this book when he dedicates each ballad to a colleague from the field of letters or a family member, because even the act of appreciating the family is a value. Also, eight years ago, four months before the consecration, in May 2016, in the capacity of director and screenwriter, he made available to us the first, and only up to that time, documentary that he had made about the figure of Mother Teresa (today Saint Teresa of Calcutta).
Here, it is worth noting that such figures, with such talents, so productive, with such energy to make good art and to highlight the best of this country and to make this country better through their positive criticism should be supported institutionally and financially to give as much of their genius as possible. I had the opportunity to meet him a few times: in the promotion of the book of the poet and folklorist Sejmen Gjokoli, to whom he also dedicates one of his ballads in this book, as well as several times more closely when we worked for the Forum for Mother Teresa, which centered on the Public Lecture of the most prominent researcher of Mother Teresa in the English-speaking world: Dr. Gëzim Alpion, University of Birmingham, UK.
I say this, based on the fact that if the Poet and the screenwriter had been supported today, we would have another wonderful work of his heritage: the documentary about the figure of the prominent personality from Vlonia: Ali Asllanit. I believe this must have remained one of His worries in the living. He had knocked, without result, at the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Vlora at that time. When we talked one day together, I said: There must be people in Vlora who can support this idea. Let's get together, we ask the people of Vlorë for help to finance it, because the communities must also be committed to honoring and enhancing the human assets of their city and province over the years. They elevate cities and return their investment many times over. Time did not leave us.
Someone else will probably have the talent and inspiration to do it, now not only for Ali Asllan or other prominent Vlonians, but also for the poet Petrit Rukaj himself. They should become part of the curriculum. And this is where I like to close, as the book closes with the words of the great Pëllumb Kulla:
"That you were Petrit Rukaj!
You must be planted!"
What an appreciation!
After this experience, it is worth reading the following: "Meeting with yourself"
Sweet sleep to those who are now weighing down their eyelids and good morning to those who are caressed by the awakening.
Luiza Hoxhaj
Dt. 06/02/2023
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