Recorded a little suantraí, if anyone's interested
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:43 am
I made this recording for someone on IGTF who was looking for a lullaby, and thought folks here might enjoy it as well:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/7/5 ... oshuil.wav
Apologies for the vibrato...I'm not normally this "wavery," but I don't record often, and I was a bit nervous.
Here are the words, and a translation, for those who might want to learn the song:
Dún do shúil, a rún mo chroí
A chuid den tsaol 's a ghrá liom,
Dún do shúil, a rún mo chroí,
Agus gheobhaidh tú féirín amárach
Tá do dhaidí ag teacht gan mhoill ón chnoc,
Agus cearca fraoch ina lámh leis,
Ó codail go ciúin, a rún, mo rún,
Agus gheobhaidh tú féirín amárach
Dún do shúil, a rún mo chroí
A chuid den tsaol 's a ghrá liom,
Dún do shúil, a rún mo chroí,
Agus gheobhaidh tú féirín amárach.
Tá an samhradh ag teacht le grian is teas,
Agus duilliur glas' ar na phrátaí
Tá an ghaoth ag teacht go fírinneach,
Agus gheobhaimid iasc amárach
Dún do shúil, a rún mo chroí
A chuid den tsaol 's a ghrá liom,
Dún do shúil, a rún mo chroí,
Agus gheobhaidh tú féirín amárach.
Close your eyes, O darling of my heart,
My share of life and my love.
Close your eyes, O darling of my heart,
And you'll have a present tomorrow.
Your daddy is coming soon from the hill,
With a grouse in his hand.
O sleep silently, my darling, my darling,
And you'll have a present tomorrow
Close your eyes, O darling of my heart,
My share of life and my love.
Close your eyes, O darling of my heart,
And you'll have a present tomorrow.
Summer is coming with the sun and its heat
And green leaves on the potatoes.
The wind is blowing truly,
And we'll have fish tomorrow.
Close your eyes, O darling of my heart,
My share of life and my love.
Close your eyes, O darling of my heart,
And you'll have a present tomorrow.
It's kind of a poignant song. It is said to have come from around the time of An Gorta Mór; the mother is trying to sooth her hungry child to sleep with the hope of food tomorrow. Still, it's quite lovely, I think.
Bainigí sult as!
Redwolf
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/7/5 ... oshuil.wav
Apologies for the vibrato...I'm not normally this "wavery," but I don't record often, and I was a bit nervous.
Here are the words, and a translation, for those who might want to learn the song:
Dún do shúil, a rún mo chroí
A chuid den tsaol 's a ghrá liom,
Dún do shúil, a rún mo chroí,
Agus gheobhaidh tú féirín amárach
Tá do dhaidí ag teacht gan mhoill ón chnoc,
Agus cearca fraoch ina lámh leis,
Ó codail go ciúin, a rún, mo rún,
Agus gheobhaidh tú féirín amárach
Dún do shúil, a rún mo chroí
A chuid den tsaol 's a ghrá liom,
Dún do shúil, a rún mo chroí,
Agus gheobhaidh tú féirín amárach.
Tá an samhradh ag teacht le grian is teas,
Agus duilliur glas' ar na phrátaí
Tá an ghaoth ag teacht go fírinneach,
Agus gheobhaimid iasc amárach
Dún do shúil, a rún mo chroí
A chuid den tsaol 's a ghrá liom,
Dún do shúil, a rún mo chroí,
Agus gheobhaidh tú féirín amárach.
Close your eyes, O darling of my heart,
My share of life and my love.
Close your eyes, O darling of my heart,
And you'll have a present tomorrow.
Your daddy is coming soon from the hill,
With a grouse in his hand.
O sleep silently, my darling, my darling,
And you'll have a present tomorrow
Close your eyes, O darling of my heart,
My share of life and my love.
Close your eyes, O darling of my heart,
And you'll have a present tomorrow.
Summer is coming with the sun and its heat
And green leaves on the potatoes.
The wind is blowing truly,
And we'll have fish tomorrow.
Close your eyes, O darling of my heart,
My share of life and my love.
Close your eyes, O darling of my heart,
And you'll have a present tomorrow.
It's kind of a poignant song. It is said to have come from around the time of An Gorta Mór; the mother is trying to sooth her hungry child to sleep with the hope of food tomorrow. Still, it's quite lovely, I think.
Bainigí sult as!
Redwolf