Këputa një gjethe dafine [English translation]

The branch of the bay tree shook

A bird's wing at dawn

With a leaf in (my) lips I was whistling

The songs that spring itself was awakening

Under our sky, out of our blood you blossom

No, you don't blossom, but flourish in every season

We only wanted for life to flourish everywhere

All of her four seasons to be always green

We don't want the glory (bay crowns) in our life as a gift

From the war's blood, from our forehead's sweat they flourished

In sunny days, in times when there's lightning

You grow, grow, you flourish

Your blossoming--youthful blossoming that speaks about the history

Beautiful bay tree--o crown knitted for freedom!

Dressed up with blossoms this land

The dawns awaits

And the dawns it awakes

The branch of the bay tree shook

The northern breeze, the southern wind

The days pass-on to one another

The sun of life's springs

Under our sky, out of our blood you blossom

No, you don't blossom, but flourish in every season

We only wanted for life to flourish everywhere

All of her four seasons to be always green

We don't want the glory (bay crowns) in our life as a gift

From the war's blood, from our forehead's sweat they flourished

In sunny days, in times when there's lightning

You grow, grow, you flourish

Your blossoming--youthful blossoming that speaks about the history!

Beautiful bay tree--o crown knitted for freedom!

Dressed up with blossoms this land

The dawns awaits

and the dawns it awakes

Dressed up with blossoms this land

The dawns it awakes!