Com'è difficile [English translation]

How difficult it is, my darling,

how difficult it is, to love you,

given this desire that I have to go away—

to travel the world—

given this desire that I have to go away—

to travel the world.

How difficult it is, my darling,

how difficult it is, to see the end

of all of my dreams in a glass of water—

without ever having seen the sea—

of all of my dreams in a glass of water—

without ever having seen the sea.

How difficult it is, my darling,

how difficult it is, to love you,

wanting you as much as I want you—

so that I cannot live without you—

wanting you as much as I want you—

so that I cannot live without you.