Aniversari [English translation]

The lights went out, they brought out the cake

Parents, uncles & friends cheered,

All at once, they cried together:

Make a wish,

Make a wish!

And you, nervious,

as always when you feel like you are the centre of attention,

fixed your eyes on some place in the dining room.

One second, two seconds, three seconds, four ... & five.

You eyes danced around thinking of a wish

the candles were burning & some of the friends

were focusing their cameras on you

a voice said: "How gorgeous she is!"

and I, in the background, reached the bottom of my glass

decided to find a suitable corner

to make myself small, small

the size of a fly

the size of a mosquito

For once dwarfed, under stools

and the table lengthened by two tressles,

I carefully made my way past a tangled mess

of winter shoes & crushed confetti

and sprint, whilst cursing the length of my new steps

and hide myself b/n a cork & the wall

just in time to avoid being eaten by a brute of a the cat/the cat from hell

and climb the edge/border of your dress

and wedge my left foot in a loose stitch

and get to your shoulder

and sit on a button

and take a deep breath

with a single jump

latch on to your hair

and launch myself in a final last jump

and get access to your wish through the corner of your eye

Now a foot, now an arm, now the chest, now the head

and now inside your wish I check out if there is a good atmosphere

give out some cards

be nice to people

and with the manners of a discrete & educated young man

pay my repects to authority

listen attentively to curious battles of the elderly

take funny photos with other distinguished guests

and with one man with a tie who I don't know

and inside the cloud of dreams that you have available

and others that, I'm sorry, but you will never see again

find a way that I can get away from the group

or a quiet shadow where, unnoticed,

stretch a bit and at last relax celebrating

the indescribable pleasure to be with you today as you get older

while outside your eye, the candles are going out.