Un'anima [English translation]

I bear within me

Amidst the sand and dust

A burden that will not pass away.

I will wander, leaving ashes

And all the while time will pass.

I’ll look for you

Without ceasing

Maybe I’ll go astray

But I’ll know how to come back

To ascend in flight.

The shadow of my steps will mark

My quest for freedom.

In every mirage, I see you;

An ineffable soul.

They’ll set out—solitary, like me:

Prophets, saints, human beings—

Strong, then a wind will rise up,

And wipe away those footsteps.

I’ll look for you.

You will not lose me

In the night of shooting stars

Never to be seen again.

The shadow of my steps will mark

My quest for freedom.

In each mirage I see you;

An ineffable soul.

I will only stop

When I find

The cathedral

In the desert where

A flower grows in the searing heat.

The shadow of my steps will mark

My quest for freedom.

In each mirage I see you;

An ineffable soul.

In each mirage I see you;

A soul that wants to believe.