Pezzi di vetro [English translation]

The man who walks on shards of glass

They say he has two souls and one member

And a heart hard as a branch

And one moon and some fires behind his shoulders

As he dances and dances

Under the square angle of a star.

Nothing to do with circus

He's not an acrobat or a fire eater

Rather a barefoot saint

When you see he doesn't get cut you already know

You could fall in love with him

Maybe you're already in love with him

It doesn't matter that he's twenty

And that in the bends of his hands

He has a spinning line

And he answers, seriously, it's mine

He implies life

And you already know the end of the talk

It was running water just some time ago

And now it has stopped here.

He knows no fear

The man who jumps and defeats glass

And breaks bottles, and laughs and smiles

Because it's impossible to get hurt

And it's even more impossible to die.

Together you visit the night

Which is said to be two souls and a bed

And a useful and sweet hut roof

Like an open umbrella between the earth and the sky

He offers you his last card

His last precious attempt to amaze you

When he says "I've been loving you for four days"

Please don't go away

Don't leave me here wounded

And you still don't really know how come

You gave him in a minute everything you have

But you're ok where you are

But you're ok where you are.

• Artist:Francesco De Gregori
• Album:Rimmel (1975)