E te sento quanno scinne 'e scale
'E corza senza guarda'
E te veco tutt'e juorne
Ca ridenno vaje a fatica'
Ma poi nun ridi cchiù
E luntano se ne va
Tutt'a vita accussì
E t'astipe pe nun muri', no, no, no
E aspiette che chiove
L'acqua te 'nfonne e va
Tanto l'aria s'adda cagna'
Ma po' quanno chiove
L'acqua te 'nfonne e va
Tanto l'aria s'adda cagna'
Se fa scuro e parla 'a luna
E te vieste pe' senti'
Pe' te ogni cosa po' parla
Ma te restano 'e parole
E 'o scuorno 'e te 'ncuntra'
Ma passanno quaccheduno
Votta l'uocchie e se ne va
E aspiette che chiove
L'acqua te 'nfonne e va
Tanto l'aria s'adda cagna'
Ma po' quanno chiove
L'acqua te 'nfonne e va
Tanto l'aria s'adda cagna'
E aspiette che chiove
L'acqua te 'nfonne e va
Tanto l'aria s'adda cagna'
Ma po' quanno chiove
L'acqua te 'nfonne e va
Tanto l'aria s'adda cagna', da-da, da
And I feel you when you come down the stairs
Running without looking
And I see you every day
Smiling, even though it’s hard
But then you don’t smile anymore
And everything drifts far away
A whole life like this
And you hold yourself together just to not fall apart, no, no, no
And you wait for the rain
The water soaks into you and flows away
Because the air has to change
But then when it rains
The water soaks into you and flows away
Because the air has to change
It gets dark and the moon begins to speak
And you get dressed just to feel something
To you, everything could speak
But only words are left behind
And shame comes to meet you
And as someone passes by
They glance at you and then walk away
And you wait for the rain
The water soaks into you and flows away
Because the air has to change
But then when it rains
The water soaks into you and flows away
Because the air has to change
And you wait for the rain
The water soaks into you and flows away
Because the air has to change
But then when it rains
The water soaks into you and flows away
Because the air has to change
Translation by Sean Collinge