Scusa [English translation]

Having just 100 lire1

and freezing to death.

Having so many ways in front of you;

having your feet tired.

Apologizing if I'm wrong

and not being able to repair things.

With a pain deep inside my heart,

I apologize if I've been thinking

just about love and you.

Sorry if loving you was not enough,

if now I don't understand anything

of what you can do.

Sorry for this and for anything,

if now I disappoint you,

if I'm still the one I was:

a man that is really in love,

who will never be anything,

but is always with you.

Going hunting and not shooting;

telling birds to run away.

Coming home empty-handed,

without the guts to kill

something that flies high and is sure

it'll be able to return to its nest.

With a pain deep inside my heart,

I apologize if I've been thinking

just about love and you.

Sorry if loving you was not enough,

if now I don't understand anything

of what you can do.

Sorry for this and for anything,

if now I disappoint you,

if I'm still the one I was:

a man that is really in love,

who will never be anything,

but is always with you.

Sorry for this and for anything,

if now I disappoint you,

if I'm still the one I was:

a man that is really in love,

who will never be anything,

but is always with you.

1. Italian coin.

• Artist:Umberto Bindi
• Album:Con il passare del tempo (1972)