J'aime Paris au mois de mai [English translation]

I love Paris in the month of May

When the buds are reborn

When a new youthfulness

Seizes this old city

Which begins to shine

I love Paris in the month of May

When winter abandons it

When the sun caresses

Its old roofs only just awoken

I like smelling in the squares

In the streets I pass through

The scent of lily of the valley which

The passing wind carries

I like to walk

Through the streets which thread their way

Across the whole city

I love, I love Paris in the month of May

I love Paris in the month of May

When the day wakes up

The streets leave their dreams

After a very light sleep

Cute girls make themselves beautiful

I love Paris in the month of May

When suddenly everything comes to life

In an anonymous world

Happy to see the sun shining

I like it when the wind brings me

Noises of all kinds

And the gossip peddled

From door to door

I like to walk

Through the swarming streets

While picking up girls

I love, I love Paris in the month of May

I love Paris in the month of May

With its booksellers

And its watercolour painters

Whom the spring has brought back

Like every year along the quays

I love Paris in the month of May

The Seine which waters it

And a thousand little things

That I cannot explain

I like it when the severe night

Spreads peace on the earth

And the city suddenly lights up

With millions of lights

I like to walk

Contemplating the shop windows

During the night which fascinates me

I love, I love Paris in the month of May