La vita è adesso [English translation]

Life is now

In the old hostel of the earth

And each one is in a room

And in a history

Made of mornings so light

And skies frayed with hope

And with silences to listen to

And you’ll be surprised that you’re singing

But you don’t know why

Life is now

In the afternoons just a little fresh

That make you feel sleepy

And the bells make the clouds spin

And it rains on the hairs

And on the tables of the sidewalk cafés

And you’re wondering, unsure, who you are

You are…

Are you…

It’s you…

It’s you who’s pushing on your heart

And the hard work

To be a man and not to know

What the future will be

It’s you, in the time that makes us bigger

And alone amid the world

With the angst to search together

For a deeper good

And for another one who gives you breath

And takes care of you

With an expectation of wanting to be more

Not realizing what it is

And you’re returning my looks

In this immense moment

Over the noise of the crowd

Tell me if this makes any sense

Life is now

In the sweet air of an after-dinner

And children’s faces against the panes

And meadows smoothing themselves like kittens

And millions of stars sticking to the street lamps

While you’ll be wondering where you are

You are…

Are you…

It’s you…

It’s you who’ll be carrying your love

On a hundred, a thousand roads

Because there’s no end to the journey

Even if a dream falls

It’s you who has a new wind in his arms

While coming to me

And you will learn that

A sunset is enough to die

In a joy that hurts

More than melancholy

And in any evening you’ll find yourself

Don’t throw yourself away

And don’t let a day go by

To find yourself again

Son of a sky so beautiful

Because life is now

It’s now

It’s now