Girl from the East, Prostitute in Rome

They pay good money here
Full stop
In Prague the minister of food production arraigned me
In the name of the people
Full stop

I was a member of the Party

They pay good money here full stop
And the minister of heavy industry
And the people
Full stop

And I'm not permitted to be a member of their
Party

That is the main difference
Full stop
Buona notte

(Rome, 1990)

[Vasha nga lindja prostitutë në Romë, from the volume Frutat bizare, Prishtina: Rilindja 1996, p. 37. Translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie]