Not able to print xslt transform param (separator and line break)

Question

I'm able to print all the elements of my xml file, and eventually want to format items as an asciidoctor table. And I have a ways to go but I can't seem to get xsltproc to include my separator symbol and line breaks in the output. My xsl is as follows (elements are printing; I probably need another for loop in there but thats not my issue... Thanks for any input!)

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" >
  <xsl:output method="text" encoding="UTF-8" />
  <xsl:param name="separator" select="'|'" />
  <xsl:param name="newline" select="'&#10;'" />
  <xsl:strip-space elements="*" />

  <xsl:template match="/lexique">
    <xsl:for-each select="/item">
      <xsl:value-of select="$separator"/>
      <xsl:value-of select="jula"></xsl:value-of>
      <xsl:value-of select="$separator"/>
      <xsl:for-each select="french/translations">
        <xsl:value-of select="definition"></xsl:value-of>
        <xsl:value-of select="$separator" />
        <xsl:value-of select="speech/type"></xsl:value-of>
        <xsl:value-of select="$separator" />
        <xsl:value-of select="speech/type/hint"></xsl:value-of>
        <xsl:value-of select="$separator" />
        <xsl:value-of select="speech/example/jula"></xsl:value-of>
        <xsl:value-of select="$separator" />
        <xsl:value-of select="speech/example/french"></xsl:value-of>
        <xsl:value-of select="$separator" />
        <xsl:value-of select="$newline" />
      </xsl:for-each>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
<!---<xsl:text>Jula,French,Speech,Hint,Example</xsl:text>
  <xsl:value-of select="$newline" />
-->

xml: (Included for reference)

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
 <lexique xmlns="http://www.coastsystems.net"
         xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsl:schemaLocation="http://www.coastsystems.net vocabulaire.xsd">
  <item>
    <jula>báara</jula>
    <french>
      <translations>
        <definition>travail</definition>
        <hint>hint</hint>
        <speech>
          <type>n</type>
          <example>
            <source>i ta baara ka ɲi i ma wa ?</source>
            <target>Est-ce que ton travail te satisfait ?</target>
          </example>
          <example>
            <source>i ni barra</source>
            <target>Bonjour/Bon travail !</target>
          </example>
        </speech>
      </translations>
      <translations>
        <definition>travailler</definition>
        <hint/>
        <speech>
          <type>vi</type>
          <example>
            <source>i be baara kɛ</source>
            <target>Il travaille</target>
          </example>
        </speech>
        <speech>
          <type>vt</type>
          <example>
            <source>i be baara la</source>
            <target>Il est au travail</target>
          </example>
          <example>
            <source>a be nɛgɛ baara</source>
            <target>il travaille le fer</target>
          </example>
        </speech>
      </translations>
    </french>
  </item>
</lexique>