Venise n'est pas en Italie [English translation]

You don't have money for a plane, nor even a train,

You could not offer him a trip to Melun,

But you take him,

Since you love him,

On oceans where sailors

Have never, never seen the end.

You have the sky that your windows traced for you

And the sun on a silver screen,

But you don't care,

But you are rich,

You are, since you love each other...

Venice is not in Italy,

Venice is at any place,

Make love to him in an attic,

And mock the gondoliers.

Venice is not where you think,

Venice today is in your home,

It is where you go, it is where you want,

It is the place where you are happy...

You are not anymore in this lackluster room,

Tonight you have a date on the canal,

Fireworks,

the boat glides,

You will see it all, discover it all,

Including the Whispers Bridge...

It will last a year or an eternity,

The time for a God to come and say "enough singing",

What does it matters,

It is the hollydays,

All of this because you love each other...

Venice is not in Italy,

Venice is at any place,

Make love to him in an attic,

And mock the gondoliers.

Venice is not where you think,

Venice today is in your home,

It is where you go, it is where you want,

It is the place where you are happy...

Venice is not in Italy,

Venice is at any place,

It's anywhere, it's important,

But it is not anytime.

Venice is when you see the sky

Flow under Mirabelle bridges,

It is the other side of rainy mornings,

It is the place where you are happy...

• Artist:Serge Reggiani