Il mare in una stanza [English translation]

Let's pretend that you had an uncommonly good intelligence

and you were a good electrician

Let's pretend that we were far from the tangential

and that I was a tennis player

Let's pretend that you were the prince

and I was Scheherazade and we spent

the thousand and one nights1

Let's pretend that you saved me from tigers and crocodiles, but

that you didn't forget the milk

Let's pretend that I never thought

of escaping

Let's pretend that we are

what we are

with the sea in a room

and us who love each other

and that we give each other

the best part of ourselves

of ourselves...

Let's pretend that I believe

that you're good at math

even if the bills don't get back to me

Let's pretend that I was

an exceptional cook and you

didn't throw the chicken to the cats,

that you never needed

the GPS but

you never missed the exit

Let's pretend that if we weren't

beach buddies2, you

wouldn't have ever found me

Let's pretend that I never thought of escaping

Let's pretend that we are

what we are

with the sea in a room

and us who love each other

and that we give each other

the best part of ourselves

of ourselves...

Let's pretend that we are

what we are

with the sea in a room

and us who love each other

and that we give each other

the best part of ourselves

of ourselves...

Let's pretend that we are

what we are

with the sea in a room

and us who love each other

and that we give each other

the best part of ourselves

the best part of ourselves

the best part of ourselves

of ourselves...

1. Referring to the protagonists in and the collection of folk tales "One Thousand and One Nights."2. Orig. is reversal of the typical expression "vicino di ombrellone" (tr. acquaintance from the beach)