Ho capito che ti amo [English translation]

I understood that I love you

when I saw that all it took was

your hesitation

to banish from me

my indifference—

out of fear that you will not come back.

I understood that I love you

when I saw that all it took was

one sentence from you

to make an evening

like any other

begin to light up as if by magic.

And to think that only a short time ago,

while talking to someone,

I found myself saying that now

I would never ever again

believe in love—

never again delude myself and dream.

And it's then that

I understood that I love you,

and that it was already too late to go back.

For a bit, I searched in myself

for indifference—

then I let myself fall in love.

For a bit, I searched in myself for indifference—

then I let myself fall in love.

• Artist:Nicola Di Bari
• Album:Nicola Di Bari canta Luigi Tenco (1971)