The Albanian National Awakening (Albanian: Rilindja or Rilindja Kombëtare), commonly known as the Albanian Renaissance or Albanian Revival, is a period throughout the 19th and 20th century of a cultural, political and social movement in the Albanian history where the Albanian people gathered strength to establish an independent cultural and political life as well as the country of Albania.
Prior to the rise of nationalism, Albania remained under the rule of the Ottoman Empire for almost five centuries and the Ottoman authorities suppressed any expression of national unity or national conscience by the Albanian people.
There is some debate among experts regarding when the Albanian nationalist movement should be considered to have started. Some sources attribute its origins to the revolts against centralization in the 1830s, others to the publication of the first attempt by Naum Veqilharxhi at a standardized alphabet for Albanian in 1844, or to the collapse of the League of Prizren during the Eastern Crisis in 1881. Various compromise positions between these three theses have also emerged, such as one view positing that Albanian nationalism had foundations that dated earlier but "consolidated" as a movement during the Eastern Crisis (1878–1881).
Another view is that Albanian nationalism's roots "sprouted" in the reforms of the first decades of the 19th century but Albanian nationalism emerged properly in the 1830s and 1840s as a romantic movement for societal reform that was initially mainly driven by Albanians publishing from abroad, and it transformed into an overt political national movement in the 1870s. On December 20, 1912, the Conference of Ambassadors in London recognized an independent Albania within its present-day borders.
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This song was written during the late 80s - early 90s by Ilir Shaqiri
Lyrics:
Nga do që të shkoj
t'eci ditë e natë
m'pyesin zogjët e malit
nuk më lën rehat
M'pyesin ato m'pyesin
sikur nuk e dinë
ku shkojnë Kosovarët
pse n'Kosovë nuk rrinë
M'pyesin ato m'pyesin
sikur nuk e dinë
ku shkojnë Kosovarët
pse n'Kosovë nuk rrinë
Detit po të shkoj
ditën bëhet natë
m'pyesin valët e detit
nuk më lën rehat
M'pyesin ato m'pyesin
sikur nuk e dinë
ku shkojnë Ulqinakët
pse n'Ulqin nuk rrinë
Sharrit po të ngjitem
T'eci ditë e natë
m'pyesin zogjët e malit
nuk më lën rehat
M'pyesin ato m'pyesin
sikur nuk e dinë
ku shkojnë Tetovarët
pse n'Tetovë nuk rrinë
M'pyesin ato m'pyesin
sikur nuk e dinë
ku shkojnë Preshevarët
pse n'Preshevë nuk rrinë
Nga do që të shkoj
njeri i pa fat
ëndërrat për Atdhe
nuk më lën rehat
M'zgjojnë ato m'zgjojnë
dhe sikur e dinë
zemra ime m'thotë
do t'kthehem në Prishtinë
do t'kthehem në Prishtinë
