"Plasir D'Amour," - a very, very old sweet & sad love song, (1784), --- gorgeous as sung by Joan Baez, below...

https://youtu.be/2tfDf8cYs08

Plasir d'amour, means "the pleasure of love," and is a classical French love song written in 1784 by Jean-Paul Egide Martini (1741-1816). It has been performed numerous times, both in French and English, with the antique lyrics, - a poem by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794), and with modern lyrics...

Original poem by de Florian...

"Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment, chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie. J'ai tout quitté pour l'ingrate Sylvie, Elle me quitte et prend un autre amant. Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment, chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie. "Tant que cette eau coulera doucement vers ce ruisseau qui borde la prairie, je t'aimerai", me répétait Sylvie, l'eau coule encor, elle a changé pourtant. Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment, chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie."

"The pleasure of love lasts only a moment, The grief of love lasts a lifetime. I gave up everything for ungrateful Sylvia, She is leaving me for another lover. The pleasure of love lasts only a moment, The grief of love lasts a lifetime. "As long as this water will run gently Towards this brook which borders the meadow, I will love you", Sylvia told me repeatedly. The water still runs, but she has changed. The pleasure of love lasts only a moment, The grief of love lasts a lifetime."

Popular modern lyrics...

"Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment;
chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie."

"The joys of love are but a moment long.
The pain of love endures the whole life long.

Your eyes kissed mine, I saw the love in them shine.
You brought me heaven right then when your eyes kissed mine.

My love loves me, and all thy wonders I see.
The rainbow shines in my window, my love loves me.

And, now he's gone like a dream that fades into dawn.
But, the words stay locked in my heartstrings, my love loves me.

Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment.;chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie."