Piove [English translation]

It's raining

the land takes another flavour,

the sky changes its colour

and suddenly the wind starts to fall

and the earth circles a little bit more slowly...

It's raining,

upon me only a drop

that falls slowly from my front

like a drop of sweat

the first tear of sorrow...

Very very slowly, and I know that the rain will then increase

and who knows for how much time will still, still rain on us...

It's raining upon me, it's raining upon you...

It's raining

the sky smashes itself and the sea falls down

i feel like running away...

but there is no place to go,

and to repair ourselves...

It's raining

but not long ago the sun was shining

also the weather is gone too bad

and the water slowly keep on rising

in every street there is a torrent yet...

Very very slowly, and I know that the rain will then increase

and who knows for how much time will still, still rain on us...

It's raining upon me, it's raining upon you...

It's raining

the water rises yet my throat

but with the arms we can't fly

and the water starts breaking the basis,

the first houses are cracking down...

Very very slowly, and I know that the rain will then increase

and who knows for how much time will still, still rain on us...

It's raining upon me, it's raining on you...

It's raining, it's raining

the world gets full of words,

but there is not a dog that moves...

people are going to go underwater, and

I don't know what to say, I don't know what to say...

But It's raining, it's raining

how would I like to be in another place

but I don't know to say to you how and where,

I only know that it's raining...

and I'm bathing like you, like you, like you...

• Artist:Riccardo Cocciante
• Album:...e io canto (1979)