Guillaume Apollinaire
The Mirabeau Bridge
Below the Mirabeau bridge there flows the Seine
As for our love
Must I recall how then
After each sorrow joy would come again
Let night come toll hours away
Days go by me here I stay
Let us stay hand in hand and face to face
While down below
The bridge of our embrace
Roll the waves weary of our endless gaze
Let night come toll hours away
Days go by me here I stay
Love goes away the way the waters flow
Love goes away
How life is long and slow
How hope of life can deal so strong a blow
Let night come toll hours away
Days go by me here I stay
The days the weeks are passing from our ken
Neither time passed
Nor love can come again
Below the Mirabeau bridge there flows the Seine
Let night come toll hours away
Days go by me here I stay