Translation of the song Lei e lei artist Pooh

Lei era amica anche mia

She was my friend, too

Sapeva cosa dirti quando tu

She knew what to tell you when

senza ragione eri contro di me.

without reason you were against me.

No, non nascondo che io

No, I'm not hiding that I

a volte ero turbato un po' da lei

sometimes was a little troubled by her

Forse la desiderai.

Maybe I wanted her.

Ma c'eri tu nella vita mia

But there you were in my life

Senza riserve avevo scelto te

I had unconditionally chosen you

La tua trasparente e ostinata ingenuità,

Your transparent and obstinate naivety,

l'incoscienza dell'età.

the recklessness of our age.

Ma immaginai che guardando lei,

But I imagined that looking at her,

temendo forse il suo confronto in te

fearing perhaps her confronting in you

potesse svegliarsi la donna che tu sei

would wake up the woman that you are

Ciò che mi piaceva in lei,

What I liked about her

io sperai fluisse in te.

I had hoped would flow into you.

Sai, fu l'abisso per me

You know, it was the abyss for me

La sera che dicesti vattene

The evening you said go away,

eri calma più che mai.

you were more calm than ever.

Ma ciò che poi mi ferì di più

But then what hurt me more

fu quando chiesi: Ma perché, per chi?.

was when I asked: But why, for whom?

Guardai dietro a te in un sorriso c'era lei

I looked at you behind your smile, she was there

In silenzio vi guardai

In silence I looked at you both

Ciò che vuoi, ma questo mai.

That which you want, but never this.