Mon paradis c'est Paris,

Même quand il est gris,

Des bords de Marne à la rue de Rivoli,

Il y flott' un air de fête,

Mon paradis c'est Paris.

Un parfum de bohême anime les faubourgs,

On s'encanaille on s'aime, et jusqu'au petit jour,

Belles Gueules et garçonnes, poètes et dandys

On ne refuse personne, pourvu qu'on aime la vie !

English translation :

MON PARADIS

My paradise is Paris

Even on grey days

From the banks of the Marne to the rue de Rivoli

A festive tune floats on the air

My paradise is Paris

A scent of bohemia perfumes suburbs

We take chances, we make love till the first lights of dawn

Handsome chaps and flappers, poets and dandies

All welcome, so long as they are lovers of life

Mon paradis c'est Paris,

Même quand il est gris,

Des bords de Marne à la rue de Rivoli,

Il y flott' un air de fête,

Mon paradis c'est Paris.

Un parfum de bohême anime les faubourgs,

On s'encanaille on s'aime, et jusqu'au petit jour,

Belles Gueules et garçonnes, poètes et dandys

On ne refuse personne, pourvu qu'on aime la vie !

English translation :

MON PARADIS

My paradise is Paris

Even on grey days

From the banks of the Marne to the rue de Rivoli

A festive tune floats on the air

My paradise is Paris

A scent of bohemia perfumes suburbs

We take chances, we make love till the first lights of dawn

Handsome chaps and flappers, poets and dandies

All welcome, so long as they are lovers of life

C’est fini 

Mon chéri

C’est fini

C’est la vie

Je m’ennuie

Mais je t’oublie

C’est la vie

Tant pis

Nous n’irons plus dans cette chambre bleue

Avec un balcon sur la mer

Nous n’aurons plus tous ces matins gris

Enlacés mais solitaires

English translation :

It’s over

That’s life

It’s over

My darling

That’s life

I am bored

But I forget you

That’s life

Too bad

We’ll never go again to that blue room

With a balcony over the sea

We’ll never again see those grey mornings

Entwined but alone

J’ai rêvé que tu partais

J’ai rêvé que tu étais

Derrière ce mur

Silencieux et dur

Ton corps s’éloignait

Ton corps s’effaçait

Je restais désolée derrière ce mur

Dans la brume de mes pensées

Je chavire

J’étreint ton souvenir

Laisse-moi caresser ta main

Et te voir revenir (bis)

J’ai rêvé ton retour

J’ai rêvé tant de jours

Contre le mur de ton silence

Ton corps s’approchait

Ton corps me touchait

Je restais enflammée

Contre ce mur

English translation :

I dreamt you were living

I dreamt you were living

I dreamt that you were behind

This hard silent wall

Your body in the distance,

Disappearing.

In the mist o my thoughts

I capsize,

I clutch to your memory

Let me kiss your hand

And see you come back

I dreamt of your return

I dreamt for some many days

Against the wall of your silence

Your body came nearer

Your body touched mine

I remained inflamed

Against the wall

Il y aura toujours un p'tit air de rengaine

Au fond d'une cour, sur les bords de la Seine

Un refrain qui conjugue l'amour

Et puis

Les amants de Paris

Il y aura toujours une frêle guinguette

Pour danser à deux, pour s'aimer en cachette

Un hôtel à trois pas du faubourg

Où l'on confond la nuit et le jour

Il est au fin fond d’une impasse

Une maison où l'on s'enlace

A l'abri des sombres regards

Des bourgeois qui passent le soir

Il n'y a même pas de terrasse

Mais chacun y trouve sa place

Et dans un coin l'accordéon

Offre alors à chacun sa chanson

English translation :

There will always be

There will always be

A little old song

In a courtyard, on the banks of the Seine

A refrain which binds

Amour with the lovers of Paris

There will always be

A creaky guingette

To dance together, to love in secret

An hotel stone’s throw from the faubourg

When night and day entwine

Down the end of an alley

A house where we entwine

Away from the dark looks

Of the bourgeoisie passing by in the evening

There is not even a terrace

But everyone can find their place

And in a corner the accordion

Offers each their song

Il y aura toujours un p'tit air de rengaine

Au fond d'une cour, sur les bords de la Seine

Un refrain qui conjugue l'amour

Et puis

Les amants de Paris

Il y aura toujours une frêle guinguette

Pour danser à deux, pour s'aimer en cachette

Un hôtel à trois pas du faubourg

Où l'on confond la nuit et le jour

Il est au fin fond d’une impasse

Une maison où l'on s'enlace

A l'abri des sombres regards

Des bourgeois qui passent le soir

Il n'y a même pas de terrasse

Mais chacun y trouve sa place

Et dans un coin l'accordéon

Offre alors à chacun sa chanson

English translation :

There will always be

There will always be

A little old song

In a courtyard, on the banks of the Seine

A refrain which binds

Amour with the lovers of Paris

There will always be

A creaky guingette

To dance together, to love in secret

An hotel stone’s throw from the faubourg

When night and day entwine

Down the end of an alley

A house where we entwine

Away from the dark looks

Of the bourgeoisie passing by in the evening

There is not even a terrace

But everyone can find their place

And in a corner the accordion

Offers each their song

Il y aura toujours un p'tit air de rengaine

Au fond d'une cour, sur les bords de la Seine

Un refrain qui conjugue l'amour

Et puis

Les amants de Paris

Il y aura toujours une frêle guinguette

Pour danser à deux, pour s'aimer en cachette

Un hôtel à trois pas du faubourg

Où l'on confond la nuit et le jour

Il est au fin fond d’une impasse

Une maison où l'on s'enlace

A l'abri des sombres regards

Des bourgeois qui passent le soir

Il n'y a même pas de terrasse

Mais chacun y trouve sa place

Et dans un coin l'accordéon

Offre alors à chacun sa chanson

English translation :

There will always be

There will always be

A little old song

In a courtyard, on the banks of the Seine

A refrain which binds

Amour with the lovers of Paris

There will always be

A creaky guingette

To dance together, to love in secret

An hotel stone’s throw from the faubourg

When night and day entwine

Down the end of an alley

A house where we entwine

Away from the dark looks

Of the bourgeoisie passing by in the evening

There is not even a terrace

But everyone can find their place

And in a corner the accordion

Offers each their song

Il y aura toujours un p'tit air de rengaine

Au fond d'une cour, sur les bords de la Seine

Un refrain qui conjugue l'amour

Et puis

Les amants de Paris

Il y aura toujours une frêle guinguette

Pour danser à deux, pour s'aimer en cachette

Un hôtel à trois pas du faubourg

Où l'on confond la nuit et le jour

Il est au fin fond d’une impasse

Une maison où l'on s'enlace

A l'abri des sombres regards

Des bourgeois qui passent le soir

Il n'y a même pas de terrasse

Mais chacun y trouve sa place

Et dans un coin l'accordéon

Offre alors à chacun sa chanson

English translation :

There will always be

There will always be

A little old song

In a courtyard, on the banks of the Seine

A refrain which binds

Amour with the lovers of Paris

There will always be

A creaky guingette

To dance together, to love in secret

An hotel stone’s throw from the faubourg

When night and day entwine

Down the end of an alley

A house where we entwine

Away from the dark looks

Of the bourgeoisie passing by in the evening

There is not even a terrace

But everyone can find their place

And in a corner the accordion

Offers each their song

This I know, to raise my soul
What I need is where you soar.
If I never leave this town
They might find me six feet underground.

So, take me on a journey with you.
Take my song on another with you.
I’ll be gone through rivers and trees.
Oh, won’t you take me on an adventure please?

All my angst. My restless reserve
All fades away when I’m on yonder hill.
So, take me wondering down unknown roads
It’s where they’ll see us fly from below.

So, take me on a journey with you.
Take my song on another with you.
We’ll be gone o’er mountains and streams.
Oh, won’t you take me on an adventure please?

This I know, to raise my soul
What I need is where you soar.
If I never leave this town
They might find me six feet underground.

So, take me on a journey with you.
Take my song on another with you.
I’ll be gone through rivers and trees.
Oh, won’t you take me on an adventure please?

All my angst. My restless reserve
All fades away when I’m on yonder hill.
So, take me wondering down unknown roads
It’s where they’ll see us fly from below.

So, take me on a journey with you.
Take my song on another with you.
We’ll be gone o’er mountains and streams.
Oh, won’t you take me on an adventure please?

This I know, to raise my soul
What I need is where you soar.
If I never leave this town
They might find me six feet underground.

So, take me on a journey with you.
Take my song on another with you.
I’ll be gone through rivers and trees.
Oh, won’t you take me on an adventure please?

All my angst. My restless reserve
All fades away when I’m on yonder hill.
So, take me wondering down unknown roads
It’s where they’ll see us fly from below.

So, take me on a journey with you.
Take my song on another with you.
We’ll be gone o’er mountains and streams.
Oh, won’t you take me on an adventure please?

This I know, to raise my soul
What I need is where you soar.
If I never leave this town
They might find me six feet underground.

So, take me on a journey with you.
Take my song on another with you.
I’ll be gone through rivers and trees.
Oh, won’t you take me on an adventure please?

All my angst. My restless reserve
All fades away when I’m on yonder hill.
So, take me wondering down unknown roads
It’s where they’ll see us fly from below.

So, take me on a journey with you.
Take my song on another with you.
We’ll be gone o’er mountains and streams.
Oh, won’t you take me on an adventure please?

This I know, to raise my soul
What I need is where you soar.
If I never leave this town
They might find me six feet underground.

So, take me on a journey with you.
Take my song on another with you.
I’ll be gone through rivers and trees.
Oh, won’t you take me on an adventure please?

All my angst. My restless reserve
All fades away when I’m on yonder hill.
So, take me wondering down unknown roads
It’s where they’ll see us fly from below.

So, take me on a journey with you.
Take my song on another with you.
We’ll be gone o’er mountains and streams.
Oh, won’t you take me on an adventure please?

This I know, to raise my soul
What I need is where you soar.
If I never leave this town
They might find me six feet underground.

So, take me on a journey with you.
Take my song on another with you.
I’ll be gone through rivers and trees.
Oh, won’t you take me on an adventure please?

All my angst. My restless reserve
All fades away when I’m on yonder hill.
So, take me wondering down unknown roads
It’s where they’ll see us fly from below.

So, take me on a journey with you.
Take my song on another with you.
We’ll be gone o’er mountains and streams.
Oh, won’t you take me on an adventure please?