Paris is at her best in May

I get a happy shiver

Strolling beside the river

The winter's worries melt away

Hearing excited children play

Paris is amorous in May

When girls are window-shopping

And you see traffic stopping

From where you sit in some café

I love to walk for hours

High on the scent of flowers

Why is it that old Eiffel tower

So overpowers me

Oh, on a sunny day in May

No matter what they told you

Or what that other song May say

Paris is at her best in May

J'aime Paris au mois de Mai

Avec ses bouquinistes

Et ses aquarellistes

Que le printemps a ramenés

Comme chaque année le long des quais

J'aime Paris au mois de Mai

La Seine qui l'arrose

Mille petites choses

Que je ne pourrais expliquer

J'aime quand la nuit sévère

Étend la paix sur terre

Et que la ville soudain s'éclaire

De millions de lumières

Il me plaît, me plaît à me promener

En souriant aux filles

Dans les rues qui fourmillent

J'aime, j'aime Paris au mois de Mai

Paris is at her best in May

When spring and youth possess her

And gentle winds caress her

And happy lovers slowly stray

By little bookshops on the quay

Paris is loveliest in May

Oh, Paris, her portrait painted

Smiling to get acquainted

A million blossoms on display

I love to walk her wide streets

Then to explore her side streets

Crazy unidentified streets

That please the eye streets

I fall in love with her each day

Seeing the same bright new light

Or under moonlight, silver grey

Paris, oh Paris, is at her best in May

• Artist:Dianne Reeves