La canzone dell’amore perduto [English translation]

Remember? Violets were blooming

with our words

"We'll never, ever, ever split up".

I would like to tell you now the same things

but how quickly, love,

do roses fade, likewise for us

the love that pulls your hair out

is lost by now,

nothing is left but some listless caress

and a little tenderness.

And when you find in your hands

those flowers faded in the sun

of a now far away April,

you'll regret them

but it will be the first one you'll meet in the street

that you'll cover in gold for a kiss never given,

for a new love.

And it will be the first one you'll meet in the street

that you'll cover in gold for a kiss never given,

for a new love.

• Artist:Fabrizio De André
• Album:La canzone dell’amore perduto/La ballata dell'amore cieco (o della vanità) (1966)