| LE PONT MIRABEAU | ON MIRABEAU BRIDGE |
| Guillaume Apollinaire | trans. James Kirkup |
Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine ............Et nos amours .....Faut-il qu’il m’en souvienne La joie venait toujours après la peine ............Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure ............Les jours s’en vont je demeure Les mains dans les mains restons face à face ............Tandis que sous .....Le pont de nos bras passe Des éternels regards l’onde si lasse ............Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure ............Les jours s’en vont je demeure L’amour s’en va comme cette eau courante ............L’amour s’en va .....Comme la vie est lente Et comme l’Espérance est violente ............Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure ............Les jours s’en vont je demeure Passent les jours et passent les semaines ............Ni temps passé .....Ni les amours reviennent Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine ............Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure ............Les jours s’en vont je demeure | (haiku) .....River Seine flowing under the Mirabeau Bridge - .....with our passing loves .....must I remember that happiness always comes .....after some great pain .....(Let night fall, the hour strike - as the days passing by .....leave me all alone ... .....Hand in hand, let us stay standing here, face to face, .....while under the bridge .....of our arms there pass waves so weary, weary of .....eternal longings .....(Let night fall, the hour strike - as the days passing by .....leave me all alone ...) .....Love flowing away as these waters flow away - .....life too flows slowly .....while time flows, so slow, yet with the violence of .....all the Hope we knew .....(Let night fall, the hour strike - as the days passing by .....leave me all alone ...) .....as the days pass by and the weeks pass by - neither .....the time that has passed .....nor our loves ever return - for the River Seine .....keeps flowing away .....and flowing under the Mirabeau Bridge, under .....the Mirabeau Bridge ... .....(Let night fall, the hour strike - as the days passing by .....leave me all alone ...) |