后来在一个介绍意大利盲人歌手Andrea Bocelli 的电视节目中才知这是他和英国著名女高音Sarah Brightman 合唱的“Time to say goodbye”。其实这首歌最初是给Andrea写的, 但在意大利并没引起太大的反响。最终使这首歌传遍世界的却是在德国举行的一场拳击赛。
故事是这样的。德国当时著名拳王 Henry Maske 要举办告别赛, 比赛由电视实况播出。唱片公司为了推广这首歌, 请来Andrea Bocelli 和 Sarah Brightman在比赛前演唱, 并在歌词中加了一句英文。这场比赛拳王打输了。正当拳王疲惫的走向出口时, Time to say goodbye 的歌声再次响起。略带忧伤的旋律伴随著拳王老去的背影，使在场的观众无不动容。
歌曲用意大利文演唱。下面是歌词的英文翻译:
Sarah： When I'm alone I dream of the horizon and words fail; yes, I know there is no light in a room where the sun is absent, if you are not here with me. At the windows show everyone my heart which you set alight; enclose within me the light you encountered on the street.
Time to say goodbye. -- I'll go with you to countries I never saw and shared with you, now, yes, I shall experience them. I'll go with you on ships across seas which, I know, no, no, exist no longer; it's time to say goodbye. -- with you I shall experience them.
Andrea： When you are far away I dream of the horizon and words fail, and, yes, I know that you are with me; you, my moon, are here with me, my sun, you are here with me with me, with me, with me.
Time to say goodbye. -- I'll go with you to countries I never saw and shared with you, now, yes, I shall experience them. I'll go with you on ships across seas which, I know, no, no, exist no longer,
Both： with you I shall experience them again. I'll go with you on ships across seas which, I know, no, no, exist no longer, with you I shall experience them again. I'll go with you.
