IZET ÇULLI "TO SPEAK STRAIGHT" fables

IZET S. ÇULLI



TO SPEAK STRAIGHT


fables



Translated from the original by MIRELA DUDI of “Pegasi” association



















IZET ÇULLI
“TO SPEAK STRAIGHT”


reviewer: KRISTAQ SHABANI
consultant: CAREN SAGE WISCONSIN ( USA )
correction: ALQI BEQO
translator: MIRELA DUDI
editor :





Copyright ©IZET ÇULLI, 2006

Dr. IZET ÇULLI
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THE PRESCRIPTION

The Sow was sick,
hospitalized in a ward,
a doctor, a cure,
a prescription is done.


Quickly said a Pig:
- What’s this, my God, -
for the bald-head man,
a barber is everyone.

THE KEYS
The bureaucrat Bear,
in the office angrily came.

The boss spoke curtly:
- The keys, the keys, man!

- The office keys? No! Never.
The home’s! Yes! Forever!

BY CHANCE

- Look! The bear came to life abruptly, -
the doctor None uttered sharply.

- He had nearly met the death,
Because of me, he’s now safe.

The Lion spoke full of wisdom,
His word has no criticism.

- Thanks Heaven, he hadn’t used the medicine,
Otherwise, you know what I mean.

When by chance they are recovered,
with fame, the doctor is covered.

THE BEAR, THE MOUSE AND…

Over the river, on the bridge,
the elephant was walking through.
On the other side like a thunder,
a Vole was going too.

On the river bank, a frog,
was singing for her own content.
The mice, shutting boastfully,
squeaks and shows off his empty head.

- Why don’t you lift your head up!
We’re so strong, you have to see!
Bad luck to the poor bridge,
it’s shaking under our foot, not his.

IN THE BEACH

The Pig and the Sow
together got engaged.

- Their house, - said the Duck, -
is built on quick sand.

TURN

The Squirrel said surprisingly:
- Monkey, the Fox is going mad.

Somewhere he took some steps,
immediately he turned back.

- Shut up! Something he has seen,
either drunk, or foolish he has been.

AS A MOUSE

The Ass with his halter,
was nominated as a minister.

The boss received him with open hands:
- Hear me and keep it in your hand, my man.

It’s my merit you are so high,
return my favor by working hard.

You will eat; everyone knows, it’s clear,
but as a mouse, …not as a bear that I fear.

A DOG’S LIFE

- Oh, the poor deputies, -
The Bull told his friends.
- They expected to be kings,
but they led a living death.

- It’s so amazing what you said, -
The calf spoke so confused.
- My son, you don’t know what to bet.
Their speech you haven’t heard yet?

THE RIDDLE

The Parrot, this time settled,
in high position, in a department.

A heavy burden he took upon himself,
many secrets were confided to this man.

- Everything is fixed, - said the swift Cock,-
We’ll have shade by using a sift stock.

THE HOUSE

A Tortoise saw a Kangaroo,
was surprised, began to smile.

Wherever you go, my friend,
you carry your baby to the end.

- Why are you sneering, ugly face?!
Who doesn’t keep the child in his space?!

Look what you have on your back,
your house has been loaded from birth to death.

GROWING OLD

- For us, Sheep,
what’s the reason of growing old? –
continuing to graze
one of them asked.
The Ram spoke:
- I really know what.
The fear from the wolf
and shearing on the spot.

THE LIE AND THE HONESTY

The Lie speaks to be apparent:
- You, Honesty, live in vain!
- Go away, you, short-legged,
I ask you to behave yourself.

I don’t owe debts to anyone
and don’t backbite anybody else.
Whatever you ask about my count,
I’m always ready to be bound.

THE PENALTY

The Squirrel in a high-speed car,
from the Pig-police was fined;
mistaken and snub-nosed,
the squirrel to the Pig said.

- That’s enough, you blessed good man,
don’t cause trouble for your boss.
Don’t push us, don’t make haste,
otherwise you’ll burn yourself in mess.

BETWEEN THE EYES

Voting in parliament,
the Wolf elected as a president.

Sitting on the highest throne,
a big ceremony to put on his crown.

The mountain shook and the lash quaked,
the rifles shouted and the guns cracked.

The Fox looked at the Ram in the eye,
this satisfaction, a gift of God.

- What a joy in your mouth got stuck!
Gosh! No shot hit him, for us a bad luck!

THE VOTE

One day, the longbeak bird was telling,
to the high court I was appealing.

A secretary received me:
- Don’t worry, do not fear.

We all don’t hold the sack here.
Decisions by voting are taken here.

Go on! Don’t be confused!
Line someone’s purse! Move!

THE STRESS

Some birds in a stew,
really, really tired,
from stress, no sleep,
the Pheasant advised.

- You have to be careful,
to face the bad luck!
You have to be tranquil, -
a Parrot broke into the muck.

The Nightingale smiled:
- We’ll throw away the stress.
As he has come back,
let’s see him open his sack.

THE DOOR AND THE HOLE

- When I’m open, the spring is in.
I’m not the Hole, you know what I mean.

- Wait, you can cheat me, don’t kid me, -
The Hole of the key sprang up free. –

- The whole crowd is shown through you,
Rare views you see through me,
Though I’m small as a key.

THE TIME

The broad – minded Space told:
- I invade all the world.

You, Time, being spent flying,
More and more hurrying.

What’s your line in this world
And roam around without mould.

- I don’t rove in vain all winter and spring,
because I cover and discover everything.

MISSING

The Horse lost his wife in woods,
the Ass found her and with her stood.

In privacy, they talked together,
found each other nicer than ever.

The Dun horse rushed there:
- I searched for you everywhere.

The flappy – eared one said: - Verily, verily,
You lost her, and soon I found her.

It works in this way:
Wait till I lose her, to have her again.

IN THE COURT

The Hawk with a curved bill,
all the time glorifying himself.

- I am the most honest judgman,
that is the reason I am a chairman.

When the Dove heard all that,
shouted and raised the hell.

- Here, the pocketbook set the decision seal.
Here’s no justice, close your beak.

NICOTINE

A writer, a check wants,
he suffered in his lungs.

Whispered to the doctor’s ear:
- Let it be said between us.

When a cigar I smoked,
the best poem I wrote.

What was said, was done,
the doctor laughed for fun.

- Well composed, well done,
your health is still a stun.

THE BACK-TOOTH

The Sow shout to the dentist:
- My head has got wings!

The bull replied: - Don’t scream out
Painlessly will I pull it out.

- My doctor, the problem is,
There’s too much pain in it,

It’s easier doing other sacrifices,
like…like giving birth to ten lives.

THE LESSON

The thin-beard Cowboy-goat declares:
- I learn by my mistakes.

The Ram said: - Poor you, my cowboy-goat,
I learn when the others are wrong.

CUNNINGLY

A deceiving Fox, chit – chat,
didn’t stop, tattled all the time.

A Roe deer, hearing all that,
broke in and said.

- Your brain – child is everything,-
even eggs you roast in a spit.