El Amante

I have to say goodbye to you
In silence and without naming you
Because I can't drag you
To pay such a high price

We know we were foolish
That everything was madness
That not a few bitterness
We have already shared

If life dictated it
If it was our destiny
It's just the path
Of that... Of that who always walks

I know I have taken your love
From a man who is your husband
And until today I have shared
What you... Have given me

But all that I have cried
In your absences on many nights
Are not reasons for reproach
Because you know... That I love you

I don't want you to leave him
Because this is a lost cause
Let's not cause more wounds
Because we already... Have enough

Because if from now on
I take you to live with me
The punishment will be worse
Than what people will bring us

Because a woman who separates
From her legitimate husband
For another she has chosen
To give him her love

It's the cause of a thousand rumors
Of humiliating slanders
Although always in front
They will treat her... As a lady

They will welcome you with smiles
They will ask you about your things
But their curious tongues
Will not ask about me

Because when they talk about me
Those who know you
Will have to lower their voices
So that you don't find out

Especially the women
Giving their voice a dark form
And envying your madness
They will shout it in silence

They will say we are two fools
Absurd, cruel, wicked
That you have taken this step
Well, because I have you enchanted

And you will see that's nothing
Because in front of you
They will never talk to you about me
Because they won't be able to name me

They will only be able to call me
By a name that hurts you
A word that carries malice
If said in a low voice

It will be as if a cut
They will cause you to hear it
And from repeating it so much
They will say it familiarly

You will never see people
Say that I am your husband
And that, for me, is beautiful
But they will never say it

Furthermore, they will not name me
My name will be lost
They won't say, he is her husband
They will say about me: the lover!

That's why I'm going to leave you
Stain your life, I don't want
Without you, I know I'll die
But that's my thing

Maybe, perhaps, someday
And in a very confidential way
To some friend you tell
That you had a lover

But this ends here
The blame was only ours
One button is enough as a sample
The rest... To the shirt!