– hold me

e quandu chiutu l’ecchi iddhra se ndae

dormi bellina, dormi animeddhra mia

minutu lu miu core e comu fa

durmire no nu bole pensandu a tie

sennu, lu miu sennu quandu rria

ca manchi e sti pensieri a tie te mandu

bellezze ca se ndannu de mie e sia

e cercu nu te perdu e cu te tegnu

comu acqua quandu chioe

ca rria a ‘nterra e ddhrai se stae

tie cu mie

pensieri e ieu pensu a comu stai

nu te fermare core pe lu chiantu

piccinna ieu nu sacciu comu fai

manchi fiatu miu, nu lu sai quantu

comu mare ca fatia

cu nu lassa terra soa

ieu cu tie

tienime comu fai comu sai

ca ieu caciu se te ndai

tienime comu sia

ca tie si speranza mia

e murire pe tie se quai nu te sentu

e poi ancora nascìre quandu a tie tornu

é desideriu ma vivu se fa me strazza lu miu pettu e percé nu sacciu

e puru la cuscienza sape già

luntana tantu nu bulia te sentu

l’onda ferma quandu troa

comu casa riva soa

io pe tie

tienime comu fai comu sai

ca ieu caciu se te ndai

tienime comu sia

ca tie si speranza mia

e murire pe tie se quai nu te sentu

e poi ancora nascìre quandu a tie tornu

when I shut my eyes she goes

sleep my beauty, sleep my soul

little my heart, how could it

sleep, it doesn’t want to, thinking about you

sleep, when is my sleep arriving

’cause I miss you and I’m sending you these thoughts

beauties slipping out of me, so be it

and I try not to lose you, to hold you

like water when it rains

that pours down and there it stays

you with me

thoughts and I think about how are you

don’t stop heart of mine, for the cry

little one I don’t know how you manage

I miss you breath of mine you don’t know how much

like sea that struggles not to leave its land

me with you

hold me like you do, like you know

’cause I’ll fall if you leave

hold me like you are my hope

diying for you if I don’t feel you here

and again being reborn when I come back to you

it’s a desire that becomes alive

it tears my chest apart and I don’t know

and even my self consciousness already knows

I’d rather not feel you apart

like the wave that stops

when it finds its shore as home

hold me like you do, like you know

’cause I’ll fall if you leave

hold me like you are my hope

dying for you if I don’t feel you here

and again being reborn when I come back to you