Jules and Jim, by Francois Truffaut (1962) Jules and Jim It is gone; it is gone; it is never coming back. Before I knew you, I was like this: frown pout shrug Then I met you and was like this: smile laugh flutter Now what are we to each other? In a state of both knowing and unknowing, how should I behave? We knew each other once; this I believe. We can never be strangers but nor can we go back. We have lost each other in keeping each other. Perhaps we were wrong to try. I jumped into the river once, without warning, and it was then you knew you loved me as my hat floated away. Today I have the urge to jump into the river again. Don't look for that other world. It's not coming back. It's been gone a long time now. Once, we raced to the end of the bridge, wind flying through our hair, smiling and laughing and young and in love forever. Today, I don't remember who won.