sogna ragazzo sogna [English translation]

And they’ll say to you words as red as blood

Black as night

But it is not true, kid

That might is right

I know poets

That move rivers with their thoughts

And infinite sailors

That know how to speak with the sky

Close your eyes, kid

And believe only what you see inside

Clench your fists, kid

Don’t let them be the winner for even a moment

Cover up your love, kid

But don’t hide it under a cloak

Sometimes someone passes

Sometimes that someone needs to see it

Dream, kid, dream

When the wind rises

In your heart’s paths

When a man lives

For his words

Or doesn’t live anymore

Dream, kid, dream

Don’t leave it alone against this world

Don’t let it go, dream till the end

Do it also for yourself

Dream, kid, dream

When the wind falls but doesn’t end

When a man dies for the same life

That you dream of

Dream, kid, dream

Don’t change a line of your song

Don’t leave a train standing still at the station

Don’t stop yourself

Let them say that in this world

Those like you will always lose

Because you have already won, I promise

And they can’t do anything to you

Every so often, pass a hand

Over a face of a woman, there pass fingers

No kingdom is as great

As this little thing that is life

And life is so strong

That it goes through walls in order to be seen

Life is so true

That is seems impossible to have to leave it

Life is so great

That when you know you are on the point of death

You plant an olive tree

Convinced still that you will see it flower

Dream, kid, dream

When she turns

When she doesn’t return

When the only step

That stops the heart

You can’t it hear anymore

Dream, kid, dream

The days will pass

Love will pass

The nights will pass

The pain will end

You will always be you

Dream, kid, dream

Little one

In my memory

So many times

In this history

I don’t count you anymore

Dream, kid, dream

You have left a piece

On my desk

Missing only a line

This poem

You can finish yourself

• Artist:Roberto Vecchioni