È l'amore [English translation]

And to give me an emotion

I who live on songs

because this is my job

I still find myself here: it is love, and it is like this;

We talk about it in secret,

with our look sometimes low,

like thieves in a doorway;

You can laugh at it, but then

you know that's all you want.

Love is the same as always,

Love is what it holds onto,

Nothing simpler

What is invented if you miss it;

It is love without shame,

It is love that transforms you

Beyond everything, then,

love is what you want.

At the end of a budget

of a life with trouble

How many times have you met it?

Among friends or on the street,

or just with the idea;

It is not a theme for heroes

but for people like us

it is the most important thing:

You can laugh at it, but then

you know that's all you want.

Love is the same as always,

Love is what it holds onto

Nothing simpler

It is a thought that binds you;

It is love without fear,

It is the love that still exists,

It's the weird time that

I find myself thinking about you.

• Artist:Riccardo Fogli
• Album:Alla fine di un lavoro (1980)