Io so amare così [English translation]

For you, Franco.

Did you see that I finally did it?

And it pleases me a great deal, you know.

Here you are.

I leave my friends alone tonight

to be with you.

In my eyes, your body ignites

and that fire enters me.

Lying here on the bed brings back

that hunting instinct that always

throbs inside of us.

Without pity,

your breath gasps and intrudes.

How hot it is!

I thought you were defenseless and innocent,

but you are crazier than I,

upsetting my theories,

eliminating my adventures—

now I hear your yeses.

You and I will meet here again.

I have an idea—I will write you a fairy tale.

If you want it, pretend it is just between us—

if you want to be honest.

If you like, you can stay a little longer.

You can call a taxi too—

for you already know that I love my silences

and my freedom.

How do you do it—

to maintain a really true relationship?

You take and you leave,

you interrupt me with your papers, your projects—

but I just want your yeses—

I don’t care if you feel good.

My house is like a harbor

and I know how to love that way.

You and I will meet here again.

I have an idea—I will write you a fairy tale.

If you want it, pretend it is just between us—

if you want to be honest.

If you like, you can stay a little longer.

You can call a taxi too—

for you already know that I love my silences

and my freedom.

Love is freedom—

boredom is freedom.