L'eccezione [English translation]

I suffer in

Seeing you breaking

The principles on which

– Firmly – an exemplary dignity once was.

[This] condition

[Is] unacceptable:

The questionable urgency

For which it is essential

To comply with the average.

It is said that each resignation

corresponds to a substantial

compensation, but the exception to the rule

undermines the norm1.

If it is true that each resignation

corresponds to a substantial

compensation, the deprivation of the soul

would entail a lavish reward.

I suffer in

Seeing you make

Bizarre movements induced

By a sly puppeteer.

Do you think it is

An admirable choice

To flee the gaze

– Stern and watchful –

Of your own conscience?

It is said that each resignation

corresponds to a substantial

compensation, but the exception to the rule

undermines the norm1.

If it is true that each resignation

corresponds to a substantial

compensation, the deprivation of the soul

would entail a lavish reward.

If it is true that each resignation

corresponds to a substantial

compensation, the deprivation of the soul

would entail a lavish reward.

1. a. b. Both in the sense of “average” and “rule”