forwarded from Phillipa who is at a library and mudcat-challenged at the moment.

""If it says "dain" it should say "dian". Dian means intense. I take "Tabhair dom do dian, a Ghrian Ghlan Ghlé" as addressing God (wow, a Sun god!) asking God (or Jesus the son, a Mhic Dhíl Dé) to give love (searc)deeply.

i didn't ask MMario to re-post the verses; as you say any further posting should have incorporated the corrections. Ah, this is a great problem with the net. It's so easy to copy and paste and errors proliferate from thread to thread and website to website.

Recordings include Tomás Ó Canainn with Na Filí."

Philippa

and from myself:

Sorry - I missed the corrections later in the thread where I cut and pasted. I wanted to put the lyrics with the tune - but the macaronic thread wasn't the best place.