Your hand -
Is held tonight
By another hand, which is not mine
Does he feel the same electric touch I felt
When this hand touched my skin?

The wind
It is my friend tonight
Coming from the sea, it brings me
Your smell
And the sight of your tousled hair

He holds you, as the sun is setting between the waves
Does he know you told me that
Sunsets will always make you think of me
And of our little friend
That taught me to love them?
Do you still do?
Do you still look for the taste of my lips?
You told me you always will.
And now
A sea so big
So far away
And all I have are memories
It is so much.

Please kiss my heart tonight
I hope you still keep it
Because tonight I will sleep with you
While you will sleep with him.
Was I just born in the wrong place,
The place which is too far away?
Or is it the only way I can?

I still look at the sea every evening
You are on the other side
I feel it.
I hope you are happy tonight
(I am)
And that you still remember.

[c.g., napoli, 1999]