Il mio fiore nero [English translation]

It's time to talk,

I'll tell you the truth:

We can't go on like before,

It's time, and I'll speak.

I hate you and detest you

For your stupidity

The whole world that you know

Is the span of a metre around you.

Every woman that you meet

You want to see at your feet

And if she's indifferent,

You despise her, and you go.

But I love you, I love you, I love. . .

You're vulgar and arrogant

If you're just together with me,

You make yourself small and patient

If there are people around you.

You're the master of life--

But your life, what is it?

It's a boat that doesn't go,

It's a rudder that isn't there.

I'm worth nothing to you,

I say only obscenities,

But if I say I'm leaving you,

You fall down so pitifully,

But I love you, yes, yes, I love you. . .