Ma tu non passi mai [English translation]

I tried to get away

And give myself to the wind

Even if being far from you doesn't make me better

I traveled where they say at times it's colder

And I enjoyed the regional specialties in a small hotel

They said that it wasn't snowing more now than any other year

But one morning, when I woke up it was all white

But you don't ever come around, you don't ever come around1

Yesterday I fought with a guy just for a parking space

And I thought again of you, who always hated that stupid habit of mine

I started to walk away from them without thinking of the rain

Without thinking of (getting a) cold, *so much is happening to me...*

But you don't ever come around, you don't ever come around2

From the window of the hotel, here I am already putting up

The decorations from Christmas which is slowly arriving

And there's already someone who reserved all the rooms of the hotel

To come see off from here the year that is passing

But you don't ever come around, you don't ever come around3

I talked with the woman of this small hotel

She told me her entire story

And I did the same

Then I talked with the carpenter, the priest, the innkeeper, the barber

They all told me *"stay calm whatever happens"*

But you don't ever come around, you don't ever come around

You told me that being far away might have made us better

Now that you don't breathe over me I feel much colder

I often stop to think if you're missing me too

And if while you read these words you cry (while) smiling

But you don't ever come around, you don't ever come around

But you don't ever come around, you don't ever come around

1. That is to say, "you never pass by" or "you never pop in."2. "so much is happening to me" uses the word "passare" just like the phrase "but you don't ever come around" does3. Again, both these lines use the work "passare"

• Artist:Modà
• Album:Sala d'attesa (2008)