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.