Le passanti [English translation]

I dedicate this song

every woman thought of as love

in a moment of freedom:

to that known as soon as

there was no time and it was worth

get lost in a century more.

At that almost imagine

in such a hurry you saw her pass

from the balcony to a secret beyond

and like to remember the smile

that you did and you've decided the

in a vacuum of happiness.

The traveling companion

his eyes the most beautiful landscape

fans seem shorter journey

and maybe you're the only one to understand

and do not follow it down

without having touched his hand.

To those who have already taken

and experiencing the hours disappointed

with a changed man now too

you have left, needless to madness,

see the bottom of melancholy

a desperate future.

Images care for a few moments

you will soon be a distant crowd

overridden by a memory closer

to return little happiness

it is very rare that you remember

of the episodes of the way.

But if life stops help

is more difficult to forget

than happiness glimpsed

kisses that has not dared to

opportunities left to wait

Eye never seen again.

Then in moments of solitude

when the regret becomes habit,

a way to live it together,

you cry lips absent

of all the beautiful loops

that we could not hold back.

• Artist:Fabrizio De André
• Album:Canzoni (1974)