In bed we laugh, in bed we cry;
And, born in bed, in bed we die.
The near approach a bed may show
Of human bliss to human woe.

Théâtre des ris et des pleurs
Lit! où je nais, et où je meurs,
Tu nous fais voir comment voisins
Sont nos plaisirs et chagrins.

Original text (French)

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Translated by Samuel Johnson, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).