Engl. Trans Guillaume Apollinaire,  Le pont Mirabeau

Neath Mirabeau Bridge flows the Seine
and our love; Must I remember?
Joy always followed pain
Nights, hours,
Days go by yet I remain.

Love flows away like this running water,
Love abandons me.
How life is slow
And I am violated by Hope.
Nights, hours,
Days go by yet I remain.

The days and weeks go by
Nor time
Nor love returns.
‘Neath Mirabeau Bridge flows the Seine
Nights, hours,
Days go by yet I remain.