Ménilmontant [English translation]

Menilmontant, but yes madam

It's there that I left my heart

It's there that I've come to find my soul,

All my spirit, all my happiness again...

When I see my little church again

Where the happy marriage processions go by

When I see my old grey house again

Where even the draught speaks of days gone by

They tell me, as they did before,

Lovely stories

Of beautiful days, I see you again

A meeting, a piece of music

Dreamy eyes, just like in novel,

A poetic, poignant romance

Menilmontant!

At noon

[Life wakes up again]

Everything resonnates

A thousand echos

The naive girl has her packed lunch in the bistro

The chatterbox

Reads her newspapers

Here are the green railings

Here is the open door

That squeaks a little, saying 'hello, hello

So you'll be coming back?'

Menilmontant, but yes madam

It's there that I left my heart

It's there that I've come to find my soul,

All my spirit,

All my happiness again...

When I see my little train station again

Where each train leaves happily

I hear amongst the din

Strange words,

Words of farewells.

I'm no poet, but this moves me

And in my mind there are memories I'll never lose

A winter's evening, a piece of music

Eyes so kind, yours mother

Just like in a poetic, poignant romance.

Menilmontant!