È L'amore

And to give me an emotion
I who live through songs
because this is my job
I find myself here again: it's love and it's like this;
we talk about it in secret,
with eyes sometimes down,
like thieves in a doorway;
you can laugh about it, but then
you know it's all you want.

It's the love that's always there,
it's the love that takes hold,
nothing simpler
than inventing it when you miss it;
it's love without shame,
it's the love that transforms you
beyond everything, then,
it's the love that you want.

At the end of a balance
of a life with effort
how many times have you encountered it:
among friends or on the street,
or just with the thought;
it's not a theme for heroes
but for people like us
it's the most important thing:
you can laugh about it, but then
you know it's all you want.

And it's the love that's always there,
it's the love that takes hold
nothing simpler
it's a thought that binds you;
it's love without fear,
it's the love that still exists,
it's the strange moment
that I find myself thinking of you.