L'era del cinghiale bianco [English translation]

Full were the hotels in Tunis

for summer vacations.

At times a thunderstorm

didn't let us go out;

a man of a certain age

often offered me Turkish cigarettes.

But I hope that soon will return

the Era of the White Wild Boar.

Indescribable scents

in the evening air,

students of Damascus

all dressed alike

the shadow of my identity

while seated at the cinema or in a bar.

But I hope that soon will return

the Era of the White Wild Boar.