Pierina [English translation]

Pierina, all your teeth are still white.

Pierina, for thirty years, you've been going to work at five in the morning.

Pierina, you're at the stop, always on time, always with the combed hair.

Pierina, Pierina, Pierina.

Pierina, you're wearing that brown coat.

Pierina, you've got no gold rings and necklaces.

You drown your sorrows in cleaning buckets.

Pierina, Pierina, Pierina.

The children, the children are leaving, Pierina,

And you stay alone to make dinner,

And then you sit in front of the TV, on a rocking chair that no longer swings,

You're tired, you squint and then you look back at the time

When you called him «love» and he called you «love»,

He used to tell you in the darkness:

«There's a little wound of my heart

That can't be healed,

Pierina, Pierina,

You smell like vervain».

You called him «love» and he answered you «love».

How long ago was that? Too long ago.

You, keep it down too, be quiet because she's waiting for the night to feel alive.

Pierina, another winter has passed.

Pierina, and on your windowsill I've seen a plant being born

And germinating, because it's spring,

It looks just like you tonight,

That's weird, Pierina, tonight

It's a peaceful night for family gatherings in the yard,

For new young lovers that are watching.

And you, Pierina, you come home,

You didn't go shopping this evening,

Pierina, you looked like a rose.

Tonight, you turned off the TV.

Tonight, the sky is too blue.

A dream is not enough for you anymore because, Pierina,

You called him «love» and he called you «love»,

He used to tell you in the darkness:

«There's a little wound of my heart

That can't be healed,

Pierina, Pierina,

You smell like vervain».

You called him «love» and he answered you «love».

How long ago was that? Too long, too long ago.

But you're going to bring it back tonight.

You, celebrate too, smile because Pierina can feel alive from tonight on.