La mer [English translation]

The Sea

That we see dance along the clear-water bays

Shows silver reflections

The sea

Reflections that change

In the rain

The sea

With summer skies...confounds

It's white sheep

With the angels, so pure... the sea

Shepherdess of blue...through infinity.

Behold

So near the ponds

The tall watery reeds

Behold

Her birds of white

And her rusted abodes

The sea

Did gently sway

Them all along it's clear bays

And with a song of love

The sea

Has cradled my heart for a lifetime.

• Artist:Charles Trenet