La romance de Paris [English translation]

They'd loved each other for just two days

There's sometimes joy amongst the pain

But since they'd been in love

Their future was no longer unhappy,

They lived with a strange dream

And this dream was blue like the angels

Their love was in its true springtime, yes

As pure as their sweet twenty years

[Chorus:]

It's the romance of Paris

It blossoms around every corner

It brings to the hearts of lovers

A little dream and blue sky

This gentle chorus of our neighbourhoods

Speaks so sweetly of love

That everyone is enamoured with it

It's the romance of Paris

The suburbs are their true home

They went at the end of the week

To the woods to gather lily of the valley

Or on a sailing boat

They also drank in the open-air cafes

White wine that made their heads spin

And when they kissed each other, yes

All the dancing couples told them:

(chorus)

And here my story ends

Would you find it hard to believe me

If I told you they loved each other every day

That they grew old with their sweet love

That they had an admirable family

And that they had adorable children

That they died peacefully, unknown, yes

Leaving the world like they came into it

(chorus)