Sous le ciel de Paris [English translation]

beneath the parisian sky

a song flutters away

it was born today

in a young man's heart

beneath the parisian sky

lovers walk about

their happiness built upon a tune

made just for them

beneath the Pont de Bercy

there's a seated philosopher

two musicians and a few onlookers

and then people in the thousands

beneath the parisian sky

he will sing into the evening

the hymn of the people in love

with their old city

near Notre Dame

perhaps trouble's brewing

but in "paname"

everything gets worked out

a few rays

from the summer sky

the accordion

of a sailor

hope is blossoming

in the parisian sky

beneath the parisian sky

a joyous river flows

that lulls the tramps

and beggars to sleep

beneath the parisian sky

God's birds

come from around the world

to chat among themselves

the parisian sky

has its own secret

for twenty centuries it has been in love

with our île saint-louis when she smiles at him

he puts on his blue suit

when it rains over paris

it's because he's sad

when he is jealous

of her millions of lovers

he unleashes upon us

his roaring thunder

but the parisian sky

is not cruel for long

so that he may be forgiven

he offers a rainbow