Sé té nan Betléèm
Yon ti kwen nan Judé,
Mari té f'on gason
A minui n'on étab.
Sé té pitit Bon Dyé,
É sé té wa dè wa.
Dépi’m tou piti kon sa
Mwen konn istwa sa.

Té genyen twa wa maj
Ki suiv yon gwo zétwal,
Kado yo nan men yo
Pou yo vin adoré’l.
É yo té byen sézi
Lè yo wè ti Jézi
Kouché nan mitan yon bèf
Avèk yon bourik.

A la koté ou tandé, mézanmi wo!
Noel sé yon istwa ki byen étranj!
Jézi, pitit Bon Dyé, wa dè wa,
Ki pa genyen beso,
Li kouché sou pay pami zannimo... O! O!

Yo rélé'l admirab
Konséyé, Dyé puisan,
Sé Pè étènèl tou
É li sé prins la pè.
Ni bèjé, ni wa maj
Adoré'i a jénou.
Yo ba li kado
Sélon sa yo té genyen.

Lè sa si nou té la (tan-man-nam),
Fok nou ta fè yon jès (tan-man-nam),
Nou ta ofri mizik (ba-dap-pi)
An bon jan ayisyen (tchi-ki-tchi).
Nou tap poté tanbou,
Manniboula, banbou, tcha-tcha,
Ak bèl kout bandjo
Nou ta chamé ti Jézi

Jézi, Jézi, ti Jézi nou,
A la renmen, nou renmen wou.
Ou poté la pè pou tout moun,
É wou vin établi la gras.
Noèl, Noèl, Noèl, viv Noèl!

It was in Bethlehem
A small corner in Judea,
Mary had a boy
At midnight in a stable.
He was the Son of God,
And He was King of Kings.
Since I was small like that
I’ve known this story.

There were three wise kings
Who followed a big star,
Their gifts in their hands
To come and adore Him.
And they were amazed
When they saw little Jesus
Lying among an ox
With a donkey.

Oh, how amazing to hear, my friends!
Christmas is such a strange story!
Jesus, Son of God, King of Kings,
Who had no cradle,
He lay on straw among animals... Oh! Oh!

They called Him admirable
Counselor, Mighty God,
He is also the Eternal Father
And He is the Prince of Peace.
Neither shepherds nor wise men
Adored Him on their knees.
They gave Him gifts
According to what they had.

If we had been there (truly),
We should have made a gesture (truly),
We would have offered music (ba-dap-pi)
In true Haitian style (tchi-ki-tchi).
We would have brought drums,
Maniboula, bamboo, maracas,
With nice strums of the banjo
We would have serenaded little Jesus

Jesus, Jesus, our little Jesus,
Oh, how we love You.
You brought peace for everyone,
And You came to establish grace.
Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, long live Christmas!