Rondine al nido [English translation]

Under the ancient tower's eaves,

a friendly swallow returns

when the almond tree blossoms.

She returns each year,

always on the same day;

to return she crosses mountains and seas.

Only love,

once fled, goes far away.

You hope, in vain,

for it doesn't return.

You hope, in vain,

for it necer returns.

In this tender half-light of the dusk

Spring is slowly slipping away.

Swallows twitter in their flight

Drunk with the light and the breeze.

But I am sad and lonely;

for you won't cross mountains and seas to come back.

My little one,

you were my whole life;

but you fled

and never returned.

You fled

never to return.