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This is a traditional Irish song arranged by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Ciaran Curran, Mark Kelly, Ciaran Tourish, Dermot Byrne and Dónal Lunny. It appears on Altan’s fifth studio album Blackwater, released in 1996.
Tá mé 'mo shuí Ó d'éirigh an ghealach aréir Ag cur teineadh síos gan scíth 'S á fadú go géar Tá bunadh a' tí 'na luí 'S tá mise liom féin Tá na coiligh ag glaoch 'S tá 'n saol ina gcodladh ach mé
Sheacht mh'anam déag do bhéal Do mhalaí 's do ghrua Do shúil ghorm ghlé gheal Fá'r thréig mé aiteas is suairc Le cumhaidh i do dhiaidh ní léir dom An bealach a shiúl Is a charaid mo chléibh Tá na sléibhte ag gabháil idir mé 's tú
Deireann lucht léinn Gur cloíte an galar an grá Char admhaigh mé é nó go raibh sé 'Ndiaidh mo chroí 'stigh a chrá Aicíd ró-ghéar, faraor Nár sheachnaigh mé í Chuir sí arraing 's céad go géar Fríd cheartlár mo chroí
Casadh bean sí domh thíos Ag Lios Bhéal an Áth' 'S d'fhiafraigh mé díthe An scaoilfeadh glais ar bith grá 'Sé dúirt sí os íseal I mbriathra soineanta sámh Nuair a théann sé fán chroí Cha scaoiltear as é go brách
I have not slept Since the moon lit the heavens last night Just setting the fire And stroking the ember to light The household's retired And I am left here to sigh The roosters are crowing All the world is asleep barring I
My soul is enthralled with your mouth Your face and your brow For your sparkling blue eyes I abandoned contentment and glee Due to longing for you I'm unable to travel the way Oh friend of my bosom The hills come between me and you
Wise men proclaim that Lovesickness cna leave one unwell I did not believe it Until my poor heart came under its spell A malaise in my craze I failed to ignore With a hundred and more aching pangs It's pierced my heart to the core
I met a banshee By the Fairyrath near Ballina I asked her politely If one could be cured of this "grá" And she answered me kindly In tones so simple and low "Once it sets in the heart It cannot be freed evermore"
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