MY NEPHEW'S WALTER
WHO CARED FOR MY LIFE AND FROM WHOM
I REQUEST THAT YOU ALSO TAKE CARE OF MY BURIAL
Since I have lived believing in scientific thought, in the spiritual upliftment, and in the social progress that it makes possible, I want to be buried without religious ritual.
Since I have lived and thought, for the most part, expressing critical views towards rulers and their powers, I want to be buried without any official presence.
I want my funeral to be held only by my family.
Since I have taken care to live simply, I also want to be buried simply: without speeches, without media, without flowers, near the grave of my wife Shpresa.
Die peacefully.
Since I have dedicated my life, intellectual creativity and political activity to the freedom, unity and democratic well-being of the Albanian people, I can say that I am not indebted to either the state of Albania or Kosovo, their present or future. If Kosovo is indebted to me – this will be what future historians of Albanian literature, culture and political thought will be able to say.
I don't think I die without any sin.
Since I grew up, lived and worked in political and social conditions that, even after the liberation of Kosovo and the creation of its state, were very harsh, I cannot say that my expressed disagreements were always free from some judgments and assessments that were harsher than necessary. However, I await my burial convinced that I lived, created and acted by doing good, preaching goodness and spreading humanity.
I wrote these thoughts while being aware and clear-minded.
Your grandfather, Valjet
Rexhep Qosja
Pristina, 30.4.2016
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