Les portes de Paris [English translation]

[Gringoire]:

The gates of Paris

Are already closed for the night

The night of shrieks

Of laughter

And of desires

The night what all vices

Are satisfied

In the belly of Paris

The cabaret of madness

On the Pont-au-Change

Tonight I net an angel

Who smiled at me

And, once out of my view, disappeared

In the streets of Paris

I followed her, I lost her

I chased the night

Of laughter

And of desire

The night what all vices

Are satisfied

In the belly of Paris

The cabaret of madness

The gates of Paris

Are already closed for the night

The night of shrieks

Of laughter

And of desires