Tremo E T' Amo

I love you and I tremble
Said the woman
To her soldier
Who wasn’t coming back
Her voice
Ran through the wind
Over the snow
Where he was fighting

I tremble and love you
She said, crying
In the dark of the hall
Someone was laughing
To mock the fear
Of this love that was already ending

The memory betrays the mind
The soldier feels nothing anymore

Suddenly
He was taken from behind
By his enemy
Who spoke strangely
Of roses, wine, and things

That promised him another life
But how many brides
The war took away
From the arms of the first night

I tremble and I'm cold
Said the soldier
To his enemy who was watching him
His voice remained in the wind
On the audience that listened in silence