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Thread #49833   Message #3114501
Posted By: RunrigFan
15-Mar-11 - 06:25 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Tir Na Nog (Leo O'Kelly)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Tir Na Nog (Leo O'Kelly)
From Anna Murray from Out Of The Blue

I'm not sure if the translation is right since it's from celtic lyricscorner, one line from translation in last verse


Gàir nan tonn gur trom an nuallan
Seirm am chluais do ghlòir
Dàn nam beann gach allt is fuaran
Siaradh nuas le'd cheol
'S tù gach làtha gun tàmh mo bhuaireadh
D'iargain bhuan gam leòn
'S tù gach oidhche chaoich mo bhruadar
Gu Thìr Nan Òg


Heavy is the crying and murmuring of the waves
Ringing your praises in my ear
The poetry of the mountains is in every spring and burn
Bearing your music down
Every day is, without respite, provoking me
And your eternal loss wounds me
You are my nightly dream forever
The Land of Youth

Bàs neo bròn cha bheo nad loinn fhir
Uir air foill 's air gò
Sair sior òl do dheo 's do chaoimhneis
Aoibhneas snàmh 's na neoil
Reultan airde latha sa dh'oidhche
Boillsgeadh seamh troimh cheò
Teudan tlàtha fàs ad choilltean
Gu Thìr Nan Òg

Neither death nor sorrow can abide within you
Where all treachery and deceit are buried, overcome
Where the excellent ones partake of your sweet breath and benevolence
Joy swims in your firmament
And high stars, day and night
Shine peacefully through a mist
While the gentle sound of strings rise from your woods
The Land of Youth

Cùl nan tonn tha long mo bhruadair
Fuaradh mar bu nòs
Rùn an Dàin a ghnàth ga gluasad
Ciuin le luaths an eoin
Iubraich Bhàin na fàg mi'm thruaghan
Taobh nan cuantan mòr
Doimhne craidh is gràdh gam dhuanadh
Gu Tìr Nan Òg

Behind the waves is the galley of my dreams
___
Fate's design moving her smoothly
With the speed of a bird
Lubhraich Bhain, do not abandon me, like a wretch
This side of the great oceans
Where the depth of my torment, and my love, mold and prepare me
For the Land of Youth