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Saturday 21 January 2012

Mirabeau Bridge - Guillaume Apollinaire

Under Mirabeau bridge runs the Seine
And our loves
Must I remember them
Joy came always after pain
Let arriving night explain
Days fade I remain
Arm in arm let us stay face to face
While below
The bridge at our hands passes
With eternal regards the wave so slow
Let arriving night explain
Days fade I remain
Love goes like the water flows
Love goes
Like life is slow
And like hope is violent
Let arriving night explain
Days fade I remain
The days passed and the weeks spent
Not times past
Nor loves sent return again
Under Mirabeau bridge runs the Seine.

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918) France
Translated by William A. Sigler
Source: All Poetry

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