quand la neige recouvre la verte finlande
et que les rennes traversent la lande
le vent dans la nuit
au troupeau parle encore de lui
[when the snow covers up the green finland
and that reindeers cross the land
the wind in the night
to the herd still speaks about him]
on l'appelait nez rouge
ha comme il etait mignon
le p'tit renne au nez rouge
rouge comme un lumignon
[we were calling him red nose
ha he was so cute
the little red nosed reindeer
red like a snuff]
son p'tit nez faisait rire
chacun s'en moquait beaucoup
on allait jusqu'a dire
qu'il aimait boire un p'tit cou
[his little nose was making laugh
everyone was laughing a lot about it
we even said
that he loved drinking a bit]
une fee qui l'entendit
pleurer dans le noir
pour le consoler lui dit
[a fairy heard him
crying in the night
to comfort him she said
come to the paradise tonight"]