Lo straniero [English translation]

With this face of a stranger,

I am but a simple man

even if to you it will not seem so.

I have eyes as clear as the sea,

capable only of dreaming

whereas now I no longer dream.

Half pirate, half artist,

a wanderer, a musician

who steals just about as much as he gives.

With this mouth that will drink

at every fountain to be seen

and perhaps never to stop.

With this face of a stranger,

I traversed my life

without knowing where to go.

It took the sun of summer

and a thousand women in love

to make me grow up.

I did wrong openly

and at times I also suffered

but without ever crying.

And my soul, yes you know,

will end up in Purgatory

barring a miracle before then.

With this face of a stranger,

on an abandoned ship,

I have arrived at you.

And now you are a prisoner

of this splendid chimera,

of this ageless love.

You will be queen and will reign—

the things of which you dream

will become reality.

Our love will last

for a short eternity

until death comes.

Our love will last

for a short eternity

until death comes.