L'assenza [English translation]

Will you be far or will you be near?

Will you be more an old man or a kid?

Will you be happy or will you be in pain?

Will you be more often out in the cold or in the sun?

I know a place where you can go back

I know a heart where you can go ashore.

If I call out loud you'll be able to hear,

If you believe your eyes you'll be able to see...

There's a longing to go through

And a skinny dream to be figured out...

I know a place where you can go back

I know a heart where you can go ashore.

Sunflower petals are falling down

On the fierceness of absence

Loneliness is odorless

And bravery is an ancient dance.

You follow the steps of this waiting

You follow the point of your quest.

There's only a place where you can go back

There's only a heart where you can stay

• Artist:Fiorella Mannoia
• Album:Fragile (2001)