French:
Guillaume prends ton tambourin
Toi, prends ta flûte, Robin;
Au son de ces instruments
“Turelurelu, patapatapan”
Au son de ces instruments
Je dirai Noël gaîment
C'etait la mode autrefois
De louer le Roi des rois
Au son de ces instruments
“Turelurelu, patapatapan”
Au son de ces instruments
Il nous en faut faire autant
L'homme et Dieu sont plus d'accord
Que la flûte et le tambour;
Au son de ces instruments
“Turelurelu, patapatapan”
Au son de ces instruments
Chantons, dansons, sautons en!
English:
Guillaume, bring your tambourine
You, bring your flute, Robin;
By these instruments' sounds: “Turelurelu, patapatapan”
By these instruments' sounds I'll gaily say “Christmas!”
It was the way in older times
To praise the King of kings
With these instruments' sounds: “Turelurelu, patapatapan”
With these instruments' sounds we should do the same
Man and God are more in harmony
Than the flute and the tambourine;
To these instruments' sounds: “Turelurelu, patapatapan”
To these instruments' sounds, let us sing, dance and leap!