La Marie Joconde [English translation]

You sure saw and knew1

quite a few crews,

from all shores,

from all lands.

Yep, you sure saw and knew

lots of guys from the open sea,

without tatoos

or covered with them.

They came there,

in this Havre2 street bistro

for a trip

into infinity.

They looked at you with

quite eloquent eyes.

Too well-behaved Mary,

pretty Mary

Come back to us,

pretty Mary,

the blond Mary,

from the end of the world.

Come back to us.

Come back to us,

pretty Mary,

'Mona Lisa' Mary,

from the heart of the world.

Come back to us.

But sometimes, yeah, sometimes

your heart gets tired

of salvaging bashful hearts.

And so, for a handsome guy

who offered you a palace

on a stormy night,

you left.

And since then,

Mary the mermaid,

pretty Mary,

in the Havre street bistro,

they all gather

on stormy nights

and sing together

to make you come back,

Mary darling.

Come back to us,

pretty Mary,

the blond Mary,

from the end of the world.

Come back to us.

Come back to us,

pretty Mary,

'Mona Lisa" Mary,

from the heart of the world.

Come back to us.

...

...

From the heart of the world,

come back to us.

1. might be in the biblical sense too2. a French port city. The name actually means "haven"