| 1. Noël nouvelet, Noël chantons icy;
| 1. New Christmas, Christmas let's sing here;
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| Dévotes gens, rendons à Dieu mercy;
| Devout people, let us give thanks to God;
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| Chantons Noël pour le roy nouvelet
| Let's sing Christmas for the New King
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| Noël nouvelet
| newt christmas
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| Noël chantons icy!
| Christmas let's sing here!
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| 2. Quand m’esveilly et j’eus assez dormy
| 2. When I woke up and had slept enough
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| Ouvris mes yeux, vis un arbre fleury
| Open my eyes, saw a flowering tree
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| Dont il issait un bouton vermeillet
| From which he left a ruddy bud
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| Noël nouvelet
| newt christmas
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| Noël chantons icy!
| Christmas let's sing here!
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| 3. Quand je le vis, mon cœur fut resjouy
| 3. When I saw him, my heart was rejoiced
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| Car grande clarté resplendissait de luy
| For great brightness shone from him
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| Comme le soleil qui luit au matinet
| Like the sun that shines in the morning
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| Noël nouvelet
| newt christmas
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| Noël chantons icy!
| Christmas let's sing here!
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| 4. D’un oysillon après le chant j’ouy
| 4. D'un oysillon after the chant j'ouy
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| Qu’aux pasteurs disait: «Partez d’icy
| That to the pastors said: "Leave here
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| En Bethléem trouverez l’agnelet "
| In Bethlehem will find the little lamb"
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| Noël nouvelet
| newt christmas
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| Noël chantons icy!
| Christmas let's sing here!
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| 5. En Bethléem, Marie et Joseph vy
| 5. In Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph vy
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| L’asne et le bœuf, l’enfant couché parmy
| The donkey and the ox, the child lying parmy
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| La crèche était au lieu d’un bercelet
| The manger was instead of a bassinet
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| Noël nouvelet
| newt christmas
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| Noël chantons icy!
| Christmas let's sing here!
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| 6. L’estoile vint qui le jour esclaircy
| 6. L'estoile vin qui le esclaircy day
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| Et la vy bien d’où j’estois départy
| And the vy well from where I was departed
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| En Bethléem les Trois Roys conduisait
| In Bethlehem the Three Kings drove
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| Noël nouvelet
| newt christmas
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| Noël chantons icy!
| Christmas let's sing here!
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| 7. L’un portait l’or et l’autre myrrhe aussi
| 7. One carried gold and the other myrrh also
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| Et l’autre encens que faisait bon senty
| And the other incense that was good senty
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| Le Paradis semblait, le jardinet
| Paradise seemed, the garden
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| Noël nouvelet
| newt christmas
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| Noël chantons icy!
| Christmas let's sing here!
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| 8. Quarante jours, la nourrice attendy
| 8. Forty Days, Nurse Attendy
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| Entre les bras de Siméon rendy
| In the arms of Simeon rendy
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| Deux tourterelles dedans un panneret
| Two doves inside a panneret
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| Noël nouvelet
| newt christmas
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| Noël chantons icy!
| Christmas let's sing here!
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| 9. Quand Siméon le vit, fit un haut cry
| 9. When Simeon saw him, gave a loud cry
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| Voice mon Dieu, mon sauveur Jésus-Christ
| Voice my God, my savior Jesus Christ
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| Voicy celui qui joie au peuple met!
| Behold the one who brings joy to the people!
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| Noël nouvelet
| newt christmas
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| Noël chantons icy!
| Christmas let's sing here!
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| 10. Un prestre vint don’t je fus esbahy
| 10. A priest came and I was dumbfounded
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| Que les paroles hautement entendy
| That the words highly hear
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| Puis les mussa dans un petit livret
| Then put them together in a little booklet
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| Noël nouvelet
| newt christmas
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| Noël chantons icy!
| Christmas let's sing here!
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| 11. Et puis me dit «Frère, crois-tu cecy?
| 11. And then said to me "Brother, do you believe this?"
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| Si tu y crois aux cieux sera ravy
| If you believe in heaven will be delighted
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| Si tu n’y crois, va d’enfer au gibet "
| If you don't believe it, go from hell to the gibbet"
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| Noël nouvelet
| newt christmas
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| Noël chantons icy!
| Christmas let's sing here!
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| 12. Voicy mon Dieu, mon Sauveur Jésus-Christ
| 12. Behold my God, my Savior Jesus Christ
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| Voicy celui qui gloire au peuple met
| Behold he who glorifies the people puts
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| En trente jours fut Noël accomply
| In thirty days was Christmas accomplished
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| Noël nouvelet
| newt christmas
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| Noël chantons icy!
| Christmas let's sing here!
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| 13. Et trente jours fut Noël accomply
| 13. And Thirty Days Was Christmas Fulfilled
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| Par douze vers sera mon chant finy
| By twelve verses will be my finy song
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| Par chaque jour j’en ai fait un couplet
| Every day I made a verse
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| Noël nouvelet
| newt christmas
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| Noël chantons icy! | Christmas let's sing here! |