Nevertheless, "having seen other poets hanged in the city's center for voicing similar notions of freedom and liberty, Marinaj knew that he had to leave the country immediately; packed a few of his favorite books, told his friends and family that he was going on vacation, and set off on an eight-hour hike over the mountains and into Yugoslavia."
Ipak, "nakon što je vidio druge pjesnike obješene u središtu grada zbog izražavanja sličnih pojmova slobode, Marinaj je znao da mora napustiti zemlju; spakirao je neke od svojih omiljenih knjiga, rekao svojim prijateljima i obitelji da ide na godišnji odmor, i krenuo na osmosatno pješačenje kroz planine u Jugoslaviju.