In assenza [English translation]

I’m here, listening to the sea,

sitting silently, comforting the sea

because summertime is fading away and with it

the water games of tourists and children

that cheer up the sea,

and I too, now, should go inside myself,

the same heartbreak as the sea,

he, for its abandoned shores

and I over my sinking memories

that I vainly tried to lose while on holidays,

yep, here you are

having your usual drink,

at the bar

yep, here you are,

an illusion,

a longing,

in your absence

I’m plunging

into the waves of my blue oblivion.

In your absence,

talking to you from over here,

you, now a prisoner

among the waves of my blue oblivion.

But I’m here already, and here with me the reluctance

of having to go back to work

at night, tired and aloof

‘cause now I feel like dreaming

and I don’t have time to listen

to the needs of customers

busy running errands for New Year’s Eve dinner

and buying Christmas presents.

Of course I would like to leave

because inside me

I miss the sea,

the sea was not enough to part us

but a silence did

because I was troubled and even if

I had a lot to tell you.

Yep, here we are,

if hoping that the jigsaw puzzle

will assemble itself.

Yep, and it was you, just here

but I was confused and could not understand

if you were in my dreams or for real.

Plunging into the blue

amongst the waves of my blue oblivion.

In my absence

talking to you from over here

you, a prisoner now

amongst the waves of my blue oblivion

set yourself free,

but stay here in the blue

because nowhere else is

the right place for you,

you know, nowhere else is

the right place for you

and I’m staying here listening to the sea,

you know, at times, it can be helpful

to converse with the sea.