Ritratto in bianco e nero [English translation]

I already know how the road will be turning,

Though things occur with no warning.

And I know by heart where it will go

I already know now the road’s every paver

And that sweet descent that I will savor

From which I’ll come back alone

But half-gone already I don’t know why it

Is so hard that I’d deny it

Or decry it, or defy it

We look at old photos, but

It is an obsession to keep hope

Alive - an attempt to cope

and save I do not know what...

More and more, again I waste my time and fret, it

is all just to forget it -

What is undoubtedly true

New sad days and clear nights when stars glitter

And the words that are sweet, bitter -

In my one letter sent to you

That says: "my love, I am sorry

But my heart just got memento mori

Signs from our past, all blurry"

Who knows that better than you?

I mistreat you for real, even injure

With that little black and white picture

In a little poem of mine for you