
Singer Altin Shira bursts into tears while talking about his wife and children.
Invited to " S'e Luan Topi ", the surprise of his wife caught the artist by surprise, so that he started to tell how they met and about the family they formed.
Excerpts from the conversation:
Erjona: How old were you when you fell in love with your current wife?
Altin Shira: 22 years old. She is also the same age as me, 22.
Erjona: How young.
Altin Shira: Young, but when the heart does it, bam...
Erjona: How did your heart make 'bam', tell us how you met.
Altin Shira: To be honest, when I was a soldier, my parents changed houses. When I finished the army, because then they didn't give us permission, I go to the old neighborhood to meet the friends I grew up with and then I go to the new house.
Look, I didn't know anyone there. I explored a little, for about 6 months I was coming around, sitting there and watching Eda. She was a neighbor and I said 'ahh my neighbour'.
Erjona: But why, songs about the neighbors were made in vain. Yes, it was love at first sight.
Altin Shira: Yes, definitely.
Erjona: What about Eda? Was it love at first sight or did it take a while to win his heart?
Altin Shira: No, it took me a while to win his heart.
Erjona: How did you win it?
Altin Shira: I was sitting under the building there, still under the window.
Erjona: You sing?
Altin Shira: I continued, there for hours. When I found out later, Eda listened to Michael Jackson, she didn't even like my songs at all.
Erjona: Yes, why did you sing to her?
Altin Shira: At that time I was singing Korça songs, serenades. But they went well with the guitar.
Erjona: Korça serenade, come on, come on...
Altin Shira: Yes, she is a corsair.
Erjona: But when he didn't fall in love with your voice and your songs, how did you win his heart then? Or was he a serious guy?
Altin Shira: No. Like every Albanian family that has its own traditions and rules. I really watched and liked Eda, but I did things with the family.
Erjona: So you did the serious things with the family? Did you ask for her hand?
Altin Shira: Yes, I talked to my parents and told them that I like this girl, we have a neighbor near here. They said to me 'wow, how quickly you found it'.
Altin Shira: I'm fine because I didn't cry, nor...
Erjona: Why are you crying, what? What is more beautiful than a man crying for his wife?
Altin Shira: In an interview I gave elsewhere, some of my friends harassed me. There Eda came out to greet me and to tell the truth I was touched. My eyes filled with tears. As soon as I opened the phone, my friends started teasing me: 'What kind of man are you? But where does the man cry for the woman?" But it is more than normal for every man to be excited both for children and for his wife because in the end the family is the soul and heart of every man.
Erjona: Do you feel lucky to have him by your side?
Altin Shira: Very lucky, I have a wonderful family.