La mer [English translation]

The sea

That we glimpse dancing along the bright bays

Shimmers silver

The sea

Shimmers changing

In the rain

The sea

In the summer sky mistake

The white sheep clouds

For angels so pure,

The sea, shepherdess

of the endless blue

Look!

By pools

Those tall moist reeds

Look!

Those white birds

And those rust-red houses

The sea

Has cradled them

Along the bright bays

And like a love song

The sea

Has cradled my heart my whole life long

• Artist:Charles Trenet