MANON
Obeissons quand leur
voix appelle, aux tendres
amours, toujours, toujours,
toujours, tant que vous
etes belle, usez sans les
compter vos jours, tous vos
jours ! Profitons bien de la
jeunesse, des jours qu'amene
le printemps ; aimons, rions,
chantons sans cesse, nous
n'avons encor que vingt ans !

BRETIGNY et JEUNES GENS
Profitons bien de la jeunesse !

MANON
Profitons bien de la jeunesse,
aimons, rions, chantons
sans cesse, nous n'avons
encor que vingt ans ! Ah ! Ah !

JEUNES GENS
Profitons bien de la jeunesse !
Rions ! Ah ! Ah !

MANON
Le coeur, Mias! le plus fidele,
oublie en un jour l'amour,
l'amour, et la jeunesse
ouvrant son aile a disparu
sans retour, sans retour.
Profitons bien de la jeunesse,
bien courte, helas ! est le
printemps !
Aimons, chantons, rions
sans cesse, nous n'aurons
pas toujours vingt ans !

JEUNES GENS
Profitons bien de la jeunesse !

MANON
Profitons bien de la jeunesse !
Aimons, chantons,
rions sans cesse,
profitons bien de nos vingt ans !
Ah ! Ah !

JEUNES GENS
Profitons bien de la jeunesse !
Rions ! Ah ! Ah !

MANON
Obey when their voices are
calling, beckoning us to tender
loves, always, always, always;
as long as you are beautiful,
use up your days without
counting them, all of your days!
Let's take advantage of youth,
days that spring provides;
let's love, laugh, and sing
without stopping, while we're
still only twenty!

BRETIGNY, YOUNG MEN
Let's take full advantage of our youth!

MANON
Let's take full advantage of our youth,
let's love, laugh, and
sing without stopping while
we're still only twenty! Ha! Ha!

YOUNG MEN
Let's take full advantage of our youth!
Let's laugh! Ha! Ha!

MANON
Even the most faithful heart,
alas, forgets love in a day, love,
and youth, spreading its wings
to flyaway, disappears, never
to return, never to return.
Let's take full advantage of
our youth, the springtime
season, alas, is very short!
Let's love, sing, and laugh
without stopping, we won't
be twenty forever!

YOUNG MEN
Let's take full advantage of our youth!

MANON
Let's take full advantage of our youth!
Let's love, sing,
and laugh without stopping.
Let's take advantage of
being twenty! Ha! Ha!

YOUNG MEN
Let's take full advantage of our youth!
Let's laugh! Ha! Ha!