I treni a vapore [English translation]

At night I fall asleep

And sometimes I dream

Because I want to dream

And in the dream I clench my fists

I hold my breath

And I listen

Sometimes it's the African trees

Calling

Some other nights it's folded sails

Sailing

It's men and women

And steamships and flags

Traveling travelers

To be saved

Among the important cities

I remember Milan

Livid and sunk

At its own hands

And if the love I used to have

No longer knows my name

And if the love I used to have

No longer knows my name

Like the steam trains

Like the steam trains

From station to station

And from door to door

And from rain to rain

And from pain to pain

The pain will cease

At night I fall asleep

And sometimes I dream

Because I can dream

And I dream about the drums

Of the band that's marching

Or that will have to march

I dream about the rain, cold

And straight on my hands

And the school teens

That are leaving tomorrow

And I dream about the dreamers

Waiting for spring

Or some other spring

That's still to be waited for

Between a glass of snow

And a coffee, done as it should be done

This winter will pass

And if the love I used to have

No longer knows my name

And if the love I used to have

No longer knows my name

Like the steam trains

Like the steam trains

From station to station

And from door to door

And from rain to rain

And from pain to pain

The pain will cease

Like the steam trains

Like the steam trains

From station to station

And from door to door

And from rain to rain

And from pain to pain

The pain will cease