Whether you yourself believe

Aimer, aimer; c’est à vivre.

Pretty pupil, when you say

All this French to me to-day,

Do you mean it, or deceive?

Aimer, aimer; c’est à vivre.

Tell me, may I understand,

When I press your little hand,

That our hearts together cleave?

Aimer, aimer; c’est à vivre.