<p>Professor Ciepiela Caroline Stern Poetic Translation April 14, 2009</p><p>Apollinaire’s Le Pont Mirabeau</p><p>Original:</p><p>Le Pont Mirabeau</p><p>Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine Et nos amours Faut-il qu’il m’en souvienne La joie venait toujours après la peine</p><p>Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure Les jours s’en vont je demeure</p><p>Les mains dans les mains restons face à face Tandis que sous Le pont de nos bras passe Des éternels regards l’onde si lasse</p><p>Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure Les jours s’en vont je demeure</p><p>L’amour s’en va comme cette eau courante L’amour s’en va Comme la vie est lente Et comme l’Espérance est violente</p><p>Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure Les jours s’en vont je demeure</p><p>Passent les jours et passent les semaines Ni temps passé Ni les amours reviennent Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine</p><p>Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure Les jours s’en vont je demeure</p><p>Interlinear:</p><p>The Mirabeau Bridge</p><p>Under the Mirabeau Bridge flows the Seine And our loves I must remember The joy coming always after pain</p><p>Come night sound the hour The days pass I remain</p><p>Hands in hands let’s stay face to face While under The bridge of our arms pass The eternal looks of the wave so tired</p><p>Come night sound the hour The days pass I remain</p><p>Love passes by like this flowing water Love passes by How slow is life And how violent is Hope</p><p>Come night sound the hour The days pass I remain</p><p>The days pass and the weeks pass Neither time past Nor loves return Under the Mirabeau Bridge flows the Seine</p><p>Come night sound the hour The days pass I remain</p><p>Translation:</p><p>The Mirabeau Bridge</p><p>Beneath the Mirabeau Bridge flows the Seine And our love I must remember The joy that always follows pain</p><p>Come night and sound the hour The days pass and I remain the same</p><p>Hand in hand let’s stand face to face While beneath The bridge of our embrace passes A wave so weary of eternal gazes</p><p>Come night and sound the hour The days pass and I remain the same</p><p>Love flows by like the current Love flows by How slow life is And how violent is Hope</p><p>Come night and sound the hour The days pass and I remain the same</p><p>The days pass the weeks pass Neither the past Nor love comes back Beneath the Mirabeau Bridge flows the Seine</p><p>Come night and sound the hour The days pass and I remain the same</p>