Tu mi ricordi Milano [English translation]

You remind me of Milan

and its bizarre face that looks more lively in the winter,

the daily breakthrough

of people leaving, of people coming,

the hottest and thickest part,

my familiarity with this city.

It seems to me that you look like

these Navigli1 covered with mist,

like the seaside of these children

playing close to their sandy memories.

I can find you in the stolen greenness

on the deranged rooftops of this city.

The streets of your own old town,

your shyness, I will walk around there

and then back downtown

I'll feel I am inside your tenderness,

on the train of our thoughts

in the Saturday night of this city.

And beyond your eyes

window panes always letting in some poetry

with this mania of living it all

as if you were about to leave

on different roads

leading out and away from the big city.

You are like the warmth in a breath

that stays close to you when it gets cold

and makes you feel - also in the suburbs

as if you were rich, and makes you feel alive.

I want to hold in my hands

this large Milan and your freedom

I

am about to turn off the lights of this city.

I love you.

I'm coming home with you,

Milan

home with you....

I love you...

Home with you...

1. canals in Milan.