Lyr Add: Togaibh na Drochaidean (Gaelic)

Subject: Lyr Add: Togaibh na Drochaidean (Gaelic)
From: Felipa
Date: 28 Mar 21 - 08:53 AM

https>//www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCMFinFGaH0 spoken and sung by Mary Anne Kennedy

The "building bridges" between people sentiment of this song reminds me of another modern song in Scottish Gaelic, with similar sentiments, Thoir dhomh do Lámh

TOGAIBH NA DROCHAIDEAN - Donald Meek/ Mary Ann Kennedy

Togaibh na drochaidean, leagaibh na ballachan,
Togaibh na drochaidean làidir le gràdh;
Togaibh na drochaidean, leagaibh na ballachan,
Fàiltichibh coigrich le biadh agus blàths.

Fuadaichibh suarachas, cleachdaibh an carthannas,
Seachnaibh na marsantan reiceas a’ ghràin;
Bithibh nur taicearan, togaibh na h-eallaichean,
Lasaibh a’ chagailt le teine na fàilt’.

Eadar na culturan, tuigse seach amharas,
Eadar na dùthchannan, bannan na bàidh;
Togaibh na truaghain à tonnan na tanalaich,
Sìnibh an làmh bheir gu tìr iad gu slàn.

Togaibh na drochaidean, leagaibh na ballachan,
Togaibh na drochaidean làidir le gràdh;
Faicibh an saoghal a’ caoineadh le aintighearnas -
Bithibh nur cabhsair air an coisich luchd cràidht’.

TRANSLATION

Build the bridges, tear down the walls,
Build those strong bridges with love;
Build the bridges, tear down the walls,
Welcome strangers with food and warmth.

Exile meanness, be charitable,
Avoid the sales of the hate-merchants;
Be supporters, lift up the burdens,
Light the hearth with the welcome fire.

Between cultures, understanding not doubt,
Between nations, ties of friendship;
Lift the poor souls from the shallows,
Offer the hand that will bring them safe to land.

Build the bridges, tear down the walls,
Build those strong bridges with love;
See the world weeping from oppression –
Be a causeway on which those in pain may walk.

(c) Watercolour Music Limited 2021