La mer [English translation]

Sing on, murmuring sea,

A song only for me,

Over your dancing waves,

romance will carry the song to my lover.

O deep treacherous sea

That keeps my dear one from me,

Bear on your surging tide this urge

of longing I have for my lover

White wings

beating above,

White sails drifting below

Could I only be free

To fly where you may go!

But sing,

comforting sea,

A song of promise for me

Soon will the morning break,

the dawn

when you'll take me back to my lover.

Sing lover.