…is an ancient sacred carol from Brittany (Celtic northern France). The language is Breton, not French, although the beauty of the music transcends language. The refrain translates as:
Descend from the Heavens, joyful spirits/Come once again to sing praise to Jesus/Proclaim his goodness in hymns of glory/Peace has just arrived on earth
I don’t know anything more about the song or the recording, and I don’t want to know. I don’t want to watch a YouTube video to see what the singers look like.
This song carved out and occupies an inviolate niche in my mind, a place of almost unreal beauty. It stirs me in a way no other recording does, and any further information I could learn about it would only break the spell.
I can find five minutes of perfect joy inside this song.
