Mirabeau Bridge

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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

© Guillaume Apollinaire