You too were once a handsome young tough climber
For life ups and downs brave, tireless worker
you resisted, won or lost, but you learned enough
you had fun, you loved, but you also cried often
You are full of experiences, acquaintances and beautiful feelings
the mistakes, the sufferings of a mature wisdom the embroideries
you enjoyed and tasted joys, journeys far into the light
knowledge and experiences of a lifetime
In this evening of your rich life, you now stand alone
who holds your hand to make your pain go away
undefeatable, uninvolved in the oblivion of the margin
who will keep you company, in the evenings in loneliness, in bitterness
the basement;
The passing birds or the rain, the snow in front of your window
the ones that make life just for you, just for your sake
The full moon in a clear sky illuminates your nest
The running clouds are in a hurry to let the sun into your heart.
You there, only there, on the balcony itself, in solitude you cry
You take the same steps, the same steps, you walk around the house
weak to descend, alone to cross the road you groan
you only count passers-by, greet them, smile, just a few words
you change
You feel cut off, saying goodbye and moving away
not to belong anywhere, nor to participate, nor to share
you don't have to love or be loved, only to stare
you envy the beautiful lives of others from afar
You feel every right to live as you have lost
and you write refrains in every kind of action
how melancholy you can feel, man,
really, old age is so horrible sometimes, fellow man,
only when you reach the branch
in old age stern step
then you will understand!!!
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