Il bacio sulla bocca [English translation]

My beautyful one,

who cares about the world,

we'll be forgiven, I'm telling you,

by a kiss on the mouth, someday.

You feel like you have already seen and done everything

the whole future has already happened

it has been written, corrected and interpreted

by others, and they have beaten you to it.

My beautiful one,

I'm not twenty,

I'm much younger,

and this means (surely you'll understand)

responsibility,

therefore...

Fly to me if this is a waltz

fly to me, whatever this is

hold tight my jacket under the wisteria

and make me run,

stumble, it's better than remaining still

ask, its better than waiting.

Wear me out

and talk to me

hold me tight

look behind my shoulders

and then tell me

explain to me

all this new time

that comes with you.

You see me clean and groomed

I look like a field in bloom again

and you are the keen spirit of beauty

that time can't tarnish.

Here it is, the picture of two old oddballs

on the edge of the meadow full of cicadas

with the orchestra playing grass blades

and accordions

(I tell you).

My beautyful one,

who cares about the world.

Wear me out

and talk to me

hold me tight

go through my pockets

then forgive me

smile

look at this time

that comes with you

look, it's so much time

that comes with you.

• Artist:Ivano Fossati