Sous le ciel de Paris [English translation]

Under the Paris sky

A song takes flight

Hum hum

It was born today

In the heart of a boy

Under the Paris sky

Lovers walk

Hum hum

Their happiness built

On a tune made for them

Under the Pont de Bercy*

A philosopher seated

Two musicians, a few bystanders

Then people by the thousands

Under the Paris sky

Until the evening they'll sing

Hum hum

The anthem of a people in love

With their old city

Close to Notre Dame

Occasionally a drama is brewing

Yes but in Paris

Everything can get better

A few rays of light

From the summer sky

The accordion

Of a bargeman

Hope blossoms

In the Paris skies

Under the Paris sky

A joyful river flows

Hum hum

It goes to sleep in the night

The tramps and the beggars

Under the Paris sky

The Good Lord's birds

Hum hum

They come from the world over

To chat among themselves

And the Paris sky

Has his own seceret

For twenty centuries he's been in love

With our Ile Saint Louis^

When she smiles at him

He puts on his blue suit

Hum hum

When it rains in Paris

It's because he's miserable

When he's too jealous

Of her millions of lovers

Hum hum

He tells us off

With his roaring thunder

But the Paris sky

Isn't cruel for long

Hum hum

To make ammends

He offers a rainbow

• Artist:Yves Montand