Una vita inutile [English translation]

You will live a futile life

if you do not become someone:

this said to me a gentleman,

and his house was a palace.

You will live a futile life

if you can't understand the world:

this said to me a poet,

who knew a thousand words.

I tried to be someone, but—

I was nobody.

I tried to become a poet,

but the world still has not understood.

You will live a futile life,

if you don't do what you want from yourself:

said to me a man looking at the sea,

a futile life, you will live.

• Artist:Luigi Tenco
• Album:Se Stasera Sono Qui (1967)