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This is a traditional Irish song arranged by Ciarán Brennan. It appears on Clannad’s album Anam, released in 1990.
Ag úirchill a' chreagáin Sea chodail mise 'réir faoi bhrón Is le héirí na maid'ne Tháinig ainnir fá mo dhéin le póig Bhí gríosghrua garth' aici 'Gus loinhir ina ciabh mar ór 'S ba é íochshláinte 'n domhain A bheith 'g amharc ar a' ríoghan oig
A fhiafhir charthanaigh Ná caitear thusa 'néalta Ach éirigh go tapaidh Agus aistrigh liom siar sa ród Go tír dheas na meala Nach bhfuair galla intí réim go fóill 'S gheobhair aoibhneas Ar hallí 'mo mhealladhsa le siamsa ceoil
A ríoghan is deise 'N tú hélen fa'r treagh slóigh No dó na naoi mná deasa Pharnassus thú 'bhí déanta gcló? Cé'n tír ins a' chruinne 'N ar hoileadh tú, a réalt gan cheo Le'r mian leat mo shamhrhailsa Bheith 'cogarnaigh leat siar sa ród?
By Creggan Graveyard I slept last night in sorrow At daybreak I was kissed by a young woman With flaming cheeks And a golden luster in her hair One look of her Would cure all the world's ills
My kind young man Do not sleep in sorrow But rise swiftly And come along the road with me To the land of honey Where the foreigner has no hold Where you will find happiness Enticing me with sweet music
Oh sweet princess Are you Helen that transfixed the horde Or one of the nine fine women From Parnassus made in such form? Which land in the world Would hold you, oh star without cloud That you want my sort Whispering with you back in the road?
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