We were happy together,
Loving one another without any doubts;
And just when love has brought us together,
Now we must part!
But to make the time go by quickly,
May our hearts find a gathering point
Somewhere in space,
And may a discreet star
Lend its faint twinkling
To our eyes each night.

Let us choose one that is solitary
And modest, somewhere apart,
That we may be the only people on earth
To gaze upon it from afar.
And we both, at the same time,
At the doorways of our homes,
Having no way of knowing it,
Will go when night falls
By its well-known light
To speak of love and to see one another.

May our star hasten
To shine in all seasons;
May it never disappear
Below the horizon!
If we need it,
May it always accompany our steps,
Pure and faithful!
And what matter if a storm
Were to turn its rage upon our star?
It will not die away!