A Breton Carol

Ph trouz zou ar en doar
Ph kan a glean me
Na kaeret er boehie e za lein eun n
Eled, lavaret demb eit petra e kannet?
Pene ted ar z e zou arri er bed?

Arnet ee genemb kannet pobl ag en doar?
Ewan de laret dho eun n ted hemb par
Eur mabig beniget rou a Jerusalem
E zo gannet eit-ho r gr a vethlem

translation:

What noise on earth?
who is singing for me and who I am hearing
how much I like these voices who sing in the skies
and what do they say in their song?
what is new that happened on earth?

we hear the people sing on earth
I come to tell you that in the sky there is something beyond compare
a small child blessed, king of Jerusalem
and who was born for them (the people) in the town of Bethlehem

Translated by Nolwenn Monjarret