Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie
J'ai tout quittee pour l'ingrate Silvie
Elle me quitte et prend un autre amans
Plaisir d'amour 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 repetait Silvie
L'eau coule encor, elle a change pourtant
Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu un moment
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie

The pleasure of love lasts only a moment,
The pain of love lasts a lifetime.
I gave up everything for ungrateful Silvie,
She is leaving me for another lover.
The pleasure of love lasts only a moment,
The pain of love lasts a lifetime.
"As long as this water will run gently
Towards this brook which borders the meadow,
I will love you", Silvie told me repeatedly.
The water still runs, but she has changed.
The pleasure of love lasts only a moment,
The pain of love lasts a lifetime.