The very pious poetry of Marie Noël

Noël! Noël!

From the bellfries,

Noël! Noël!

All the bumblebees

Leap in chorus as far as the moon.

Noël! Noël!

The vague angels

Wrapped up warm in the brown night,

Ring, ring, ring, go on,

My lovely bells, ding, ding dong!

Source: Marie Noël, extract from “Chant de Noël”, NOËL, Marie, Les chansons et les heures. Le Rosaire des joies, [1920-1930] Paris, Gallimard, 1983, («Collection Poésie», 180