Non molto lontano da qui [English translation]

My love, not everytime everything goes the good way:

but that's not only due to the bad weather

if the crop was lost.

And it's funny how sometimes time goes by

better than expected: an impending panic

forces us to domesticate

a fervent smile, a sudden wellbeing.

Is it that a distant hope, happiness ?

Enjoying the sun in December, not so far from here it snows.

Not so far from here, people devises breathless races

(being) prey to the anxiety to go back to the starting point, and forgets

the weight of the stakes, and (the) how and (the) when, while it's raining outside.

My love, is not a fault if you don't know how to manage the joy

and the fact of being at ease inside pain and resignation.

And it's unnatural how we sometime force ourselves to ignore

the constant groan of our real inclinations: the margin of error of an incessant subtraction.

Is it that a distant hope, happiness ?

Enjoying the sun in December, not so far from here it snows.

Not so far from here, people ostentates obscure eccentricities

(being) preys to the anxiety to impress, they wear their masks

and forget that of the courage in the time of (their) relaunch.

Not so far from here it snows.

Not so far from here it snows.

• Artist:Carmen Consoli