Tanta voglia di lei [English translation]

I'm sorry for waking you,

perhaps it won't be manly of me1,

but, all of a sudden, I know I have to leave you,

in a minute I'll be gone.

And you're not saying not even one word,

you're smaller than ever.

In silence, you'll bite the bedsheets,

I know you will not forgive.

I'm so sorry I have to go,

my place, it is there.

My love could awake,

who will keep her warm?

Strange one-night-stand friend,

I will thank

your unfamiliar and sincere skin,

but in my mind there's so much longing,

so much longing for her.

She stirs and her hand

is gently looking for me,

and, in her sleep, she is slowly embracing

her man who is not there.

I'm so sorry I have to go,

my place, it is there.

My love could awake,

who will keep her warm?

...........

...........

but in my mind there's so much longing,

so much longing for her.

I close my eyes for a moment,

your door is already shut.

I understood what was important:

my place, it is only there.

I close my eyes for a moment,

your door is already shut.

I understood what was important:

my place, it is only there.

1. "perhaps I'll not be a man" i.e. will not go through with the regular one-night stand act"