Cha Tig Mor Mo Bhean Dhachaidh
(The Widower's Lament)
or
(Sarah, My Wife, Will Not Come Home)


Recording by Mary Jane Lamond
Album: Làn Dùil (1999)


Seist:
Cha tig Mòr mo bhean dhachaidh
Cha tig Mòr mo bhean ghaoil
Cha tig màthair mo leanabh
Nochd a laighidh ri m’thaobh

Tha an crodh anns an eadraidh
‘S iad ri ‘freagairt nan laogh
Cha tig Mòr à Dùn Bheagain
‘S cha fhreagairt i an glaodh

Thig bàrr air an iubhar
Thig duilleag air chraoibh
Thig fràs air a’ luachair
Ach cha ghluais mo bhean ghaoil

Ged a dheanainn-sa pòsadh
Mar bu chòir dhomh ‘nad dhéidh
Cha togadh mo chridhe
Ri fidhill nan teud

Ged a gheobhainn bean uasal
‘S daoin’ uaisl’ air gach taobh
‘S mùr gum b’fheàrr leam Mòr agam
‘Dol bhi laighe ri m’thaobh



Chorus:
My wife Sarah will never return home.
Sarah, my beloved wife will never return.
The mother of my child will not come
Tonight to lie by my side

The cattle are in the milking fold
lowing in answer to the calves.
Sarah will not return from Dunvegan
To respond to their calls.

The yew tree will come in bloom.
The trees will grow leaves
And seed will appear on the rushes,
But my darling wife will remain lifeless.

Although I should remarry,
As I ought to with you gone,
My heart will not lift
To the sound of the fiddle.

Although I should get a wife of means
With gentry on both sides (of the family)
I would far rather Sarah to be with me
And lying by my side.


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