les anges dans nos campagnes

les anges dans nos campagnes

ont entonne l'hymne des cieux

et l'echo de nos montagnes

redit ce chant melodieux

gloria in excelsis deo!

bergers

pour qui cette fete

quel-est l'objet de tous ces chants?

quel vainqueur

quelle conquete

merite ces cris triomphants?

gloria in excelsis deo!

ils annoncent la naissance

du liberateur d'israel

et

pleins de reconnaissance

chantent en ce jour solennel

gloria in excelsis deo!

angels in our midst

have intoned the anthem of the heavens

and this melodious song

echoes from our mountains

gloria in excelsis deo!

shepherds

for whom are these songs

what is this celebration for?

which conqueror

what conquest

deserves these triumphant cries?

gloria in excelsis deo!

they announce the birth

of israel's liberator

and

full of gratitude

this solemn day they sing

glory to god in the highest