TEXT:
1. Fratres unanimes federe nexili,
mecum participes luminis annui,
quo solis hodie fulminat orbita
Martini revehens festa celebria,

2. Cantemus pariter carmen amabile
Martini meritis oppido nobili.
Clerus cum populis consonet organo.
Grandi nam volupe est psallere gaudio,

3. Martinus quoniam vota fidelia
accendit tribuens cuncta salubria.
Confert hic famulis rite canentibus
stellis aureola serta micantibus.

4. Cunctis candelabrum luminis extitit,
a multis tenebris mortis & expulit.
Virtutum statuit crescere germina,
in quorum herant pectore crimina.

5. His nos subsidiis undique prediti
pangamus proprio cantica presuli.
Laudemus parili voce, quod approbat,
dampnemus vigili mente, quod improbat.

6. Martinum precibus gens modo Gallica
dignis sollicitet nostraque Anglia.
Martinus faciat tempora prospera.
Mundi, Christe, salus, O, tibi gratia.
Amen.

LITERAL TRANSLATION:
1. Brothers united in spirit with a tightly knit bond, who share with
me each year that light with which the sun in its course sparkles
today as it brings to us again the renowned feast of Martin,

2. let us sing together a delightful and very glorious song on the merits
of Martin. Let the clergy sing in harmony together with the people,
for it pleases us to sing with great joy,

3. since Martin inspires faithful prayer by granting everything good for
us. On his servants who sing fittingly he bestows lovely golden
wreaths with gleaming stars.

4. He was a candle-stick shining with light to everyone and he drew
them often from the shadows of death. He caused seedlings of virtue
to sprout in those in whose breast there had been iniquity.

5. Because we are given this assistance at every point, let us sing our
songs to our bishop. Let us praise with one voice what he approves
of, let us condemn with vigilant attention what he disapproves of.

6. Let the French people and our England now urge Martin with fitting
prayers. May Martin make our times prosperous. Thanks be to you,
O salvation of the world, Christ.