Angels We Have Heard on High

Angels we have heard on high,
singing sweetly through the night,
and the mountains in reply
echoing their brave delight.

Refrain:
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
gloria in excelsis Deo.

Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why these songs of happy cheer?
What great brightness did you see?
What glad tidings did you hear? [Refrain]

Come to Bethlehem and see
him whose birth the angels sing.
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain]

See him in a manger laid
whom the angels praise above.
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
while we raise our hearts in love. [Refrain]

French verses:

Les anges dans nos campagnes 
ont entonné l'hymne des cieux,
et l'écho de nos montagnes
redit ce chant mélodieux. [Refrain]

Bergers, pour qui cette fête? 
Quel est l'objet de tous ces chants? 
Quel vainqueur, quelle conquête 
mérite ces cris triomphants? [Refrain]

Cherchons tous l'heureux village 
qui l'a vu naître sous ses toits; 
offrons lui le tendre hommage 

et de nos cœurs et de nos voix! [Refrain]