How "Adeste Fideles" improved my Malagasy....

It is Christmas time again and you probably have a sense of "deja-vu-all-over-again". Well, if you feel like having a different experience this time around, how about singing christmas carols in a different language ?
That was exactly what happended to me for my 1st christmas back home. My catholic school had a mass on Friday and expected every students to sing along. I was barely able to speak Malagasy at the time, let alone sing Malagasy gospel songs; so I became very adept at lip-singing at 1st.
However, I really wanted to be able to sing "Avia ry mino" ( the Malagasy version of "O Come all ye faithful") properly because something about the melody sung by my fellow grade schoolers really got to me. Yep, the 1st song I knew by heart in Malagasy was not really a hit single but my malagasy skills improved substantially because of it ....hey, to each his/her own motivation, right ? :)

Now it is your turn to try "Adeste Fideles" in a different language:
Malagasy:

"Avia ry mino! Hifaly sy hihoby,
Avia, avia hankany Betlehema;
Teraka Jeso tompon'ny anjely
Avia hitsaoka Azy (x3) izay Tomponao"

et voici le mp3 de Avia ry mino ( avec toute ma gratitude pour hjk )

Spanish:

"Venid, adoremos, con alegre canto;
venid al pueblito de Belén.
Hoy ha nacido el Rey del los ángeles.
Venid y adoremos, venid y admoremos,
venid y adoremos a Cristo Jesús."

English: (Ok, you probably know this one..)

"O come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him,
Born the King of angels;
O Come, let us adore him (3X)
Christ the Lord."

French:

"Peuple fidèle, le Seigneur t'appelle,
C'est fête sur la terre, le Christ est né
Viens à la crèche voir le roi du monde.
En lui, viens reconnaître (3X) ton Dieu, ton Sauveur."

And if you forgot the melody ( How could you ? ;) ) or want to sing along with the Cranberries and Terranova and practice your latin:

"Adeste fideles,
Laeti trimphantes,
Venite, venite in Bethlehem.
Natum videte, Regem angelorum.
Venite adoremus (3X) Dominum."

Enjoy the holidays ! ( In whatever way you may choose to do so ;), Hello cousine ;) ).
PS: If like me, you like your Xmas songs without moderation, here is a slightly different piece by the "Trans Siberian Orchestra (TSO)"= Metal Christmas, baby :) !!! ( TSO is always having quite a breakthrough at this time of the year on this side of the Atlantic).