Gelosa cara [English translation]

My dear jealous friend

It is truly a sickness

Not being able to forget

That which you can’t know about me.

All my previous loves

Hurt more than a tooth ache

All those kisses I have already given

Cannot be washed away.

My dear jealous friend

I truly understand

So much that I told a lie

Even though I am not a liar

I need to confess

I have a bit of a problem myself

not saying anything about how your ex bedroom affairs affect me.

Fierce hate, roaring hate

That hurts and burns the mind

I understand and know something

About how hard it is to be civil

Let’s escape, escape from ghosts

Quickly away from these useless spasms,

Leaving the torturing masochisms here

They create a sadness that does not exist

My dear jealous friend

Let’s go for a bicycle ride

I am Othello and you my aunt

This is not right, listen to me

Let’s go look at the lake, look at the fields

But let’s not look at the lovers

Because if we don’t we will lucubrate

And will once again have to start over.

• Artist:Lucio Battisti
• Album:Una Giornata Uggiosa (1980)