Les Amants d'un jour [English translation]

I’m wiping the glasses in the back of the bar

I have too much to do to be able to dream

And in this setting too banal to cry

It seems I can still see them arriving ...

They were arriving while holding hands

The air marvelled at by two cherubs

Bearing the sun they requested

with tranquil voice for a roof to make love

At the heart of the city I do remember

They glanced at each other with a tender look

The hotel room with its yellowed paper

And when I closed the door on them

Reflecting so much sun in the depth of their eyes

That it was aching me, that it was aching me ...

I’m wiping the glasses in the back of the bar

I have too much to do to be able to dream

And in this setting too banal to cry

It was body against body they were found ...

They were found still holding hands

Eyes closed onto other mornings

Filled with sunshine they were lying

United and quietly in a dug bed

At the heart of the city and I do remember

Having closed in the early morning

The hotel room on the one day lovers

But they planted deep in my heart

A taste of their sun and so many colors

That it is aching me, that it is aching me ...

I’m wiping the glasses in the back of the bar

I have too much to do to be able to dream

And in this setting too banal to cry

There's still the sign outside ... room for rent ..

• Artist:Édith Piaf
• Album:Les Amants d'un jour (1956)