| Mia madre sfogliava Novella 2000
| My mother was leafing through Novella 2000
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| Ed io ai suoi piedi leggevo Prevert
| And I was reading Prevert at her feet
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| Avevo dieci anni ma pensavo già alle donne
| I was ten but I was already thinking about women
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| E chiuso nel mio bagno amavo Edwige Fenech
| And closed in my bathroom I loved Edwige Fenech
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| A scuola i ragazzi giocavano a calcio
| At school the boys played soccer
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| Ed io sul muretto citavo Verlaine
| And I quoted Verlaine on the wall
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| Avevo sedici anni e pensavo solo al sesso
| I was sixteen and all I was thinking about was sex
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| Poi vidi le sue labbra e me ne innamorai
| Then I saw his lips with her and I fell in love with her
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| Le scrissi più o meno duecento poesie
| I wrote her about two hundred poems
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| La prima diceva così:
| The first went like this:
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| Amami come se fossimo ancora
| Love me as if we were still
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| In quel bar di Berlino a fumare Pall Mall
| In that Berlin bar smoking Pall Mall
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| Amami come quella volta all’Esselunga
| Love me like that time at Esselunga
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| Quando in preda alla fame rubammo una baguette
| When hungry we stole a baguette
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| Mio padre voleva che facessi il ragioniere
| My father wanted me to be an accountant
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| Ma io impertinente risposi: «Giammai!»
| But I impertinently replied: "Never!"
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| Avevo vent’anni e coi miei capelli lunghi
| I was twenty years old and with my long hair
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| A guisa di dandy bevevo cognac
| Like a dandy, I drank cognac
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| Avevo già scritto tremila poesie
| I had already written three thousand poems
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| La prima diceva così:
| The first went like this:
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| Amami come se fossimo ancora
| Love me as if we were still
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| In quel bar di Berlino a fumare Pall Mall
| In that Berlin bar smoking Pall Mall
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| Amami come quella sera a Marsiglia
| Love me like that evening in Marseille
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| Quando in preda al barbera mangiammo escargot
| When in the throes of barbera we ate escargot
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| A giugno mi chiese di amarla per sempre
| In June she asked me to love her forever
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| Ma io impenitente risposi di no
| But I unrepentant said no
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| Avevo trent’anni e vivevo da bohemien
| I was thirty years old and I lived like a bohemian
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| Lei disse sottovoce: «Vedrai, te ne pentirai…»
| She said softly: "You'll see, you'll regret it ..."
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| Amami come se fossimo ancora
| Love me as if we were still
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| Fra calde lenzuola nel letto dei tuoi | Between warm sheets in your parents' bed |