La mia valle [English translation]

If one day, you

will come away with me,

my love,

we will go together to live there—

in my valley—

where I learned to love the sun

because it makes the grass grow in the meadows—

where I learned to love the rain

because it fills the wells with water.

If one day, you

will come away with me,

my love,

we will go together to live there—

in my valley—

where people work the fields

from morning to night

without worrying about dressing up

and always wearing a beard.

If one day, you

will come away with me,

my love,

we will go together to live there—

in my valley—

and if, on that day, you will not come

I will have to cry but I will go alone—

because, if one day I must die,

I want to die in my valley.