| Lei era amica anche mia
| She was my friend too
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| sapeva cosa dirti quando tu
| she knew what to tell you when you
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| senza ragione eri contro di me.
| for no reason you were against me.
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| No, non nascondo che io
| No, I'm not hiding that
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| a volte ero turbato un po' da lei
| sometimes I was a little upset by her
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| forse la desiderai.
| maybe I wanted it.
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| Ma c’eri tu nella vita mia
| But there was you in my life
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| senza riserve avevo scelto te
| unreservedly I had chosen you
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| la tua trasparente e ostinata ingenuit
| your transparent and obstinate naivety
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| l’incoscienza dell’et.
| the unconsciousness of age
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| Ma immaginai che guardando lei
| But I figured that looking at her
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| temendo fosse il suo confronto in te
| fearing it was his confrontation with her in you
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| potesse svegliarsi la donna che tu sei
| could wake up the woman you are
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| ciІ che mi piaceva in lei
| what I liked about her
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| io sperai fluisse in te.
| I hope it flowed into you.
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| Sai, fu l’abisso per me
| You know, it was the abyss for me
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| la sera che dicesti «vattene»
| the night you said "go away"
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| en calma pi№ che mai.
| en calm more than ever.
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| Ma ciІ che poi mi fer¬ di pi№
| But what then hurt me the most
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| fu quando chiesi: «Ma perch©, per chi?».
| was when I asked: "But why, for whom?".
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| Guardai dietro a te in un sorriso c’era lei
| I looked behind you in a smile she was there
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| in silenzio vi guardai
| in silence I looked at you
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| ciІ che vuoi, ma questo mai. | what you want, but never this. |