Irish Translation Forum

GalenSheridan wrote:The song
During the funeral and boot camp scenes the commands are given in Hungarian. The song in the background is Welsh. The lyrics to the song are;

Gafflwn Dihenydd O’r fuddugol yn wiriol sydd, Ni fydd neb yn ein drechu, Falch ydy ni I drochu, Traed o flaen I’r Annwn, mewn y gwybodaeth fe godwn ni.

“We cheat Death from his rightful victory. No one can defeat us we are glad to plunge feet first into Annwn in the knowledge that we will rise.”

A couple of points on the translation;

There are a couple of Welsh words for “Death.” In this song the word used is Dihenydd, literally “The Ancient of Days” This is an old Welsh way of personifying death. Making death a person rather than an occurrence or a concept.

Welsh also has two words for “hell” Uffern is the Christian hell, the one of fire and brimstone and eternal torment. The word used here is Annwn, the Celtic otherworld where we go when we leave the mortal world. For warriors who die bravely in battle it is similar to the halls of Asgard in Germanic legend. Though Annwn is also a place of rest, joy and delight, for those of a less warlike nature or if you want to take a rest from war. It is a place of punishment for the wicked and in that context can be a grim and forbidding place. Either way, nobody stays there. Eventually we all once again, enter the Cauldron of rebirth. We know we shall rise again.


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Tevin34 wrote:The words in english(I think)
I am loving you
As the Earth spins round the sun
Without end
I am loving you
As the day turns into night
Again
I will always love you
'Til the sun begins to fail
'Til the breaking of the waves will cease
I am loving you
You're the light of all my days
My love

I will always love you
I know you understand me
I will always love you
You never fail

I am loving you as the moon begins to rise
In my heart
I am loving you
As we meet within my dreams
Again
I will always love you
'Til the sun begins to fail
'Til the breaking of the waves will cease
I am loving you
As you hold me in the night
My love

Now in Irish(I i did this right)

Tá mé grámhara tú
Mar spins an Domhain thart ar an ghrian
Gan deireadh
Tá mé grámhara tú
Mar a casadh an lá san oíche
Arís
Beidh mé grá agat i gcónaí
Tosaíonn 'Til an ghrian a theipeann
Beidh 'Til an briseadh na dtonnta deireadh
Tá mé grámhara tú
Tá tú ar an bhfianaise go léir mo lá
Mo ghrá

Beidh mé grá agat i gcónaí
Tá a fhios agam go dtuigeann tú mé
Beidh mé grá agat i gcónaí
Tú riamh theipeann

Táim grámhara tú mar an gealach dtosaíonn a ardú
I mo chroí
Tá mé grámhara tú
Mar a chéile muid laistigh de mo aisling
Arís
Beidh mé grá agat i gcónaí
Tosaíonn 'Til an ghrian a theipeann
Beidh 'Til an briseadh na dtonnta deireadh
Tá mé grámhara tú
Mar agat dom ar an oíche
Mo ghrá