La regola dell'amico [English translation]

I don’t know what kind [of spell] you put on them

when you join our gang:

all my friends vanish and they come there:

they sit near you,

near your hairs that

have that scent:

it’s the balm you use or the one you radiate?

They all try to win her over,

They are waiting for a sign,

and in the meantime they hope

that from your friendship

that something will lead, but

they forget

such a natural principle:

“The Friend Rule” never miscalculates:

if you are a woman’s friend

you will never get what you want,

never: “You don’t want to

ruin such a good friendship”.

You talk and everyone listens to you,

You laugh and everyone laughs:

It’s a challenge on who indulges you more

While you

play and you tease them a bit

but you never exaggerate,

in the kick of it you go away

alone and you leave all the others

fretting because:

“she played along with him

and she didn’t consider me:

but tomorrow I’ll offer her a drink and then

I’ll be alone with her!”.

They can’t understand that

“The Friend Rule” never miscalculates:

if you are a woman’s friend

you will never get what you want,

never: “You don’t want to

ruin such a good friendship”

It’s called “The Friend Rule” because

if you are a woman’s friend

you will never get what you want

never “I cannot never see you

as my boyfriend”

I see their flashes of hatred that

everyone is giving to you

while you’re coming inside

hand with hand with him

that doesn’t have

the same loquacity as ours

but I see that he knows where

to put his hands [on your body].

Everyone is dying with envy and criticizing

“What does he have to do with her?

She’s stupid, I know

that he’ll make her suffer

while I would be

the right guy for her”.

They can’t understand that

“The Friend Rule” never miscalculates:

if you are a woman’s friend

you will never get what you want

never “You don’t want to

ruin such a good friendship”

It’s called “The Friend Rule” because

if you are a woman’s friend

you will never get what you want

never “I cannot never see you

as my boyfriend”