La prima stella [English translation]

If I could have wings and pass over the sky

Fly beyond the universe

And reach somewhere where nothing is the same

I'd like to make you see how much my face has changed

Some wrinkles have scratched me

As you see, the years pass

But I haven't closed my heart

I can still love

I have a thousand dreams still to follow

And I know to whom I should gift the most beautiful one

The lost time to give back

To whoever should forgive me someday

I wish I had your eyes in mine1

To look together

At all that you maybe didn't see

You know how many times

I begged for your help

And I also begged to God

Because I always felt he was mine

How many times I looked for you

And spoke to you

And hoped, as I looked with my eyes turned up

That that first lit star

Was you

Now a flower can blossom even without sun

A son can be born

Even without making love

Those who are ready to die

Don't have a cross hanged on their walls

Because there's an open door over the sea

To those who try to run away from the wars

We can save ourselves from the old evil

And I could have also see you grow old

I wish I had your eyes in mine1

To look together

At all that you maybe didn't see

You know how many times

I begged for your help

And I also begged to God

Because I always felt he was mine

How many times I looked for you

And spoke to you

And hoped, as I looked with my eyes turned up

That that first lit star

Was you

I listen to your voice

But it's in my head

All that I can do

Is caress a photograph

How many times I looked for you

And spoke to you

And hoped

As I looked with my eyes turned up

That that first lit star

Was you

1. a. b. I wish I could see your eyes