The Seine keeps flowing

Under the Mirabeau Bridge there flows the Seine

under the Mirabeau Bridge -

          Must I recall

and our loves also -

     Our loves recall how then

I need to remember that

After each sorrow joy came back again

joy always follows sorrow.

Let night come on bells end the day

And when night's bell tolls

The days go by me still I stay

the days take their departure -

I alone remain

Hands joined and face to face let's stay just so

          While underneath

Holding hand in hand,

     The bridge of our arms shall go

let us sit face to face while

Weary of endless looks the river's flow

underneath the bridge

of our arms pass eternal

Let night come on bells end the day

gazings on such weary waves.

The days go by me still I stay

And when nights bell tolls

All love goes by as water to the sea

the days take their departuure -

          All love goes by

I alone remain

     How slow life seems to me

How violent the hope of love can be

Love is flowing fast

away, just as these flowing

Let night come on bells end the day

waters flow away

The days go by me still I stay

slow as life itself flows by -

how violent Hope becomes.

The days the weeks pass by beyond our ken

          Neither time past

And when the night's bell tolls

     Nor love comes back again

the days take their departure -

Under the Mirabeau Bridge there flows the Seine

I alone remain

Let night come on bells end the day

The days passing by,

The days go by me still I stay

the weeks passing by - and yet

neither our past time

nor our loves return - under

Mirabeau Bridee flows the Seine -

And when night s bell tolls

the days take their departure -

I alone remain