Per Dirti Ciao! Lyrics in English Tiziano Ferro

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Per Dirti Ciao! by Tiziano Ferro from Italian to English.

Maybe one day we will have

A place, even hidden or far away

From the many shelves

Where loves now out of use rest

The non-historical ones, of which no one will speak

And reveal your smile in a star, if you want

For tonight, it would be fine even like this

And happiness won't serve anymore

Nor will fantasy serve anymore

I will settle for the past time

A tear will blow in the wind

That will come back to you

To say goodbye, goodbye!

My little memory in which

I hid years of happiness, goodbye

And watch me face this life

As if you were still here

Maybe one day the universe will welcome my request

And bring us close again

Between the afterlife and my city nest, there is a big difference

Even if I try not to see it

And I travel the world, and I will call your name for millennia

And you will reveal yourself when I no longer want it

And not now here, on this bed

Where, tragically, I realize

That your scent is slowly fading

A tear will blow in the wind

That will come back to you

To say goodbye, goodbye!

My little memory in which

I hid years of happiness, goodbye

And watch with pride who supports

Even the wars they can't

And without peace inside the chest

I know I can't do everything

But if I came back, I would do everything and that's it

And I stare at that door

Because if I entered again

It would mean that I am already dead

And I would come back to you, to say goodbye, goodbye!

My little miracle

Descended from heaven to love me

Goodbye

And memories fall

And the whole universe falls and you are there

Life as you remember it

One day went away with you

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Tiziano Ferro

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SONG MEANING

Imagine shouting a joyful ciao into the sky, knowing it is both a hello and a goodbye. That is the bittersweet energy running through Tiziano Ferro’s “Per Dirti Ciao!”. In the song, the narrator speaks to someone who has passed away, dreaming of secret places and far-off galaxies where they might meet again. He pictures a tear riding the wind back to that loved one, while he roams the world calling their name through the centuries. The lyrics swing between cosmic hope and raw reality: a smile hidden in a star, the fading scent on a bedsheet, and the painful realization that happiness can feel useless when the person you shared it with is gone.

Yet this is not a song of surrender. Ferro turns grief into a promise to live boldly—to fight unwinnable battles, to do everything he can if life grants a second chance, and to guard the memories that once held “years of happiness.” “Per Dirti Ciao!” reminds us that love does not end with death; it simply changes address, moving from the everyday world to the realm of memories, starlight, and whispered goodbyes carried by the wind.

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Tiziano Ferro Per Dirti Ciao! Lyrics