PLAISIR D'AMOUR

      Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
      Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
      J'ai tout quitté pour l'ingrate Sylvie,
      Elle me quitte et prend un autre amant.
      Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
      Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
      "Tant que cette eau coulera doucement
      Vers ce ruisseau qui borde la prairie,
      Je t'aimerai", me répétait Sylvie.
      L'eau coule encor, elle a changé pourtant.
      Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
      Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.

      The joys of love are but a moment long,
      The heartache of love lasts for life.
      I have left everything for ungrateful Sylvia,
      But she left me and took another lover.
      The joys of love are but a moment long,
      The heartache of love lasts for life.
      "As long as the water flows gently
      To the stream that borders the meadow,
      I will love you", repeated Sylvia to me.
      The water still flows, yet she has changed.
      The joys of love are but a moment long,
      The heartache of love lasts for life.