Il tempo passò [English translation]

Time quickly passed

over fairy tales barely begun—

over the games of children

that ended with punishment—

over great adventures

dreamed about in schoolbooks.

Time quickly passed

over candid young lovers—

over long poems

never spoken to anyone—

over timid glances—

over little big secrets—

and it passed.

Time quickly passed

over the face of the one and only woman—

over the dream of living

together forever—

over great promises—

over scant words of goodbye.