Stelle [English translation]

Well, the captain left for who knows where,

For who knows what, by God, who knows why.

But who can stop the captain?

Who will change the captain's mind?

He wanted to understand it himself.

There was a fog that you couldn't see a yard away

And the rudder that didn't respond anymore.

The sailors, like Saint Peter,

Asked to turn back

But he was waiting for a sign, a sign from above.

Stars, distant stars,

Miserable stars of this world,

Send me a light to see it through.

Stars, precious stars,

Enchanting eyes of mystery,

Tell me the hell kind of reason has my sailboat to be.

The captain was lost in a mirage

In the midst of a restless sea.

"It could have gone worse",

He lied in the face of the crew.

And then he sang across the deck:

Somewhere, the love there must be,

Somewhere, we may find the dream,

The desire that we lack,

The joy, the expectation and the emotion,

Things that I don't even know, but we'll discover them together.

Stars, distant stars

Silent stars of the universe

Tell me where, when

And for what I got lost.

Stars, pitiful stars,

Scattered stars of this evening,

What am I doing on this abomination of a black ship?

The captain was one of the brave ones

And between his legs, he hid an extra heart

But after centuries of lies

And of telling jokes to the crew,

He discovered the tears of not bearing it anymore.

Stars, sluggish stars,

Stunned stars of this night,

What the hell do you care if you're alive or dead?

Stars, lost stars,

Miserable stars of this sky,

The time has come to tell you to fuck off!

• Artist:Roberto Vecchioni
• Album:Io non appartengo più (2013)