La Vita Fugge

La vita fugge et non s'arresta una hora,

et la morte vien dietro a gran giornate,

et le cose presenti, et le passate

mi dànno guerra, et le future anchora;

e 'l rimembrare et l'aspettar m'accora

or quinci or quindi, sí che 'n veritate,

se non ch'i’ ho di me stesso pietate,

i’ sarei già di questi pensier’ fòra.

Tornami avanti s'alcun dolce mai

ebbe 'l cor tristo; et poi da l'altra parte

veggio al mio navigar turbati i vènti;

veggio fortuna in porto, et stanco omai

il mio nocchier, et rotte arbore et sarte,

e i lumi bei, che mirar soglio, spenti.

(F. Petrarca Sonetto CCLXXII)

If I could stop time...

How many things that I would change from the past

I'd set my life right

If I could live forever

How many emotions I would learn to control

And feel what I want

Time is running too fast for me

You can't stop its course

Never surrender, I'll sleep when I'm dead

Time is moving along too fast

I can't think straight

Won't take all the time that I need

If I try I'll always be late

I wanna kill time

Win my own war to survive

Only a chance... I’d surely not fail

Time is running too fast for me

You can't stop its course

Never surrender, I'll sleep when I'm dead

Time is moving along too fast

I can't think straight

Won't take all the time that I need

If I try I'll always be late

Time is running too fast for me

You can't stop its course

Never surrender, I'll sleep when I'm dead

Time is moving along too fast

I can't think straight

Won't take all the time that I need

I'll always be late