Mirabeau Bridge

　　by Guillaume Apollinaire （Translated by Donald Revell）

　　 Under Mirabeau Bridge the river slips away

　　 And lovers

　　 Must I be reminded

　　 Joy came always after pain

　　 The night is a clock chiming

　　 The days go by not I

　　 We're face to face and hand in hand

　　 While under the bridges

　　 Of embrace expire

　　 Eternal tired tidal eyes

　　 The night is a clock chiming

　　 The days go by not I

　　 Love elapses like the river

　　 Love goes by

　　 Poor life is indolent

　　 And expectation always violent

　　 The night is a clock chiming

　　 The days go by not I

　　 The days and equally the weeks elapse

　　 The past remains the past

　　 Love remains lost

　　 Under Mirabeau Bridge the river slips away

　　 The night is a clock chiming

　　 The days go by not I