In assenza di te [English translation]

I´m like a naked tree without you

with no leaves nor roots by now

abandoned like that

I need you to make myself resprout

There´s nothing that doesn´t remind of us

in this lost house

Meanwhile the snow goes downward

it´s almost Christmas and you´re not here anymore

And I miss you, my love

I miss you like when I search for God

And in absence of you

I´d want you here to tell you

I miss you, my love

The pain is strong like a long goodbye

and the absence of you

is an emptiness in me

Because of our love the spirit is still there

every fold, every page

when I close my eyes, you´re here

(I'd want) that you embrace me again like you did

And I see us pressed together ("in us")

tied together so that we can never tear ourselves free

You'll be in every tear

to never forget you

And I miss you, my love

so much that I die too every day

I need you

to have you here to say to you

I miss you, my love

The pain is cold like a long goodbye

And in absence of you

I'm filled with emptiness

I miss you, my love

And I miss you like when I search for God

I need you

to have you still here with me

And I miss you, my love

so much that I'd want to follow you too

And in absence of you

I'm filled with emptiness

I cry out the need of you

because there's no life in me anymore

I live in absence of you

in absence of you

• Artist:Laura Pausini
• Album:La Mia Risposta (1998)