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rhapsodyinds · "New Arrival" Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 2

happy st. patty's day to all. i would please like a translation for a beautiful song the irish weavers sang on cd 'a jig a jog and a magic dog'. i've listened to it for years and really love to know what the haunting melody means. the following is what is in the cd jacket. there are many marks above letters but i don't know how to type that so just using the apostrophe mark on keyboard and hope makes sense. there aren't any combined words that i can tell so any mark should be considered to go above the former letter please. apologies if anything offensive comes from how i need to input this request. thank you.

Ag Teacht Abhaile, words & music by Liam Harris

Nuair a ta' tu' a' dul abhaile
Sin an t-am cun teacht abhaile
Ar do thinte'an fe'in a bhios mil ar chuise'oga

Nuair ata' tu' amuigh thar sa'ile
Ag buaileadh go trom faoin mballa
Sin an t-am, a sto'r, chun teacht abhaile

Ta' an ghrian a'taitneamh in airde sna spe'ire
na gnathdaoine ag caint le che'ile
Nach marig gan me' ag baile anseo in E'irinn

O Bhain tu' as mo bhe'al e' a chara
E'ire mo ghra' oile'an na mara
Seo an t-am, a sto'r, chun teacht abhaile

thank you again,
enjoy the day

Aibigéal

When you're going home
That's the time to come home
Your own fireside is where there's honey on the grass-stems*.
(that's an idiom for having a wonderful life of it)

When you're out and far away,
Running up hard against the wall,
Baby, that's the time to come home.

The sun is shining high up in the sky,
Ordinary people talking together,
Pity I'm not at home here in Ireland.

Oh, you took it right out of my mouth, my friend,
Ireland, my love, the sea-island,
Baby, this is the time to come home.

Brian · Last edited by Brian on March 18 2008, 0:21 AM; edited 1 time in total

Baby?

Not Nashville you know my little lamb
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Redwolf

Redwolf

Ah, Aibigéal's got it.

That's not a traditional, surely?

Redwolf
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Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste
Is fearr Gaeilge na scoile ná gan Gaeilge ar bith

No roads were elevated during the course of this translation.

Aibigéal · Last edited by Aibigéal on March 18 2008, 1:08 AM; edited 1 time in total

Brian

Simon & Eva?

same idea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYyQcQSqpbI

Eva Cassidy (sadly no longer with us) sings here live - with only her own guitar as 'backing'.
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Brian · Last edited by Brian on March 18 2008, 2:39 AM; edited 2 times in total

Dis is de Way Seamus Heaney would write it

The homeward call compels
And swim we must
To that deep pool- our spawning space.

And worn weary as maybe
With ne’er a kindly face
Time and tide return us
To our spawning place

Though sky is bright
And sea has pleasant pace
We crave to be
In our spawning place

The truth hits home
And Home hits truth
We are heading there- to that dark pool
Our spawning space

Mr. Green

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rhapsodyinds · "New Arrival" Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 2

thank you both so much. i appreciate your help!

Brian

What did yez think of the 2 lines

'when truth hits home
and Home hits truth'

Compare and contrast with other lines in Heaney's poetry
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the irish weavers song translation please