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Thread #46849 Message #2555452
Posted By: MartinRyan
02-Feb-09 - 02:34 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Thiocfadh Leat Fanacht (Manus Lunny)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thiocfadh Leat Fanacht (Manus Lunny)
I've had a listen to Karen Matheson's singing of this song and this is what I make of the chorus:
Thiocfadh leat, thiocfadh fanacht
Thiocfadh, thiocfadh leat imeacht
Agus cífidh * tú an saol atá romhat
Thiocfadh, thiocfadh leat
which I would translate as
You could, you could stay
You could, you could go
And you will see the life that awaits you
You could, you could
* I agree it sounds like she sings tí rather than cí but I can't make sense of the former.
Is Karen from Donegal - or is she singing phonetically?
The verses are a bit harder to make out through the rather Celtic mist - I might try them on someone with more familiarity with Donegal Irish!
Regards