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Seachtain |
| Credits : | John Spillane; lyrics by Louis de Paor |
| Appears On : | Celtic Voices (compilation) |
| Language : | Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic) |
| Lyrics : | English Translation : |
| Curfá : | Chorus : |
| Mé seacht droithe ar airde | I am seven feet tall |
| Ag tionlacan mo rogha banríon | Accompanying my chosen queen |
| Lá a corónaithe | On the day of her coronation |
| Os cionn fuíollach a cineáil iomláin | Above all others of her kind |
| Seachtain t'réis a h-imeachta | Seven days after her leaving |
| Maireann a boladh ar mo bhasa | Her scent lingers on my palms |
| Seachtain t'réis a himeachta | Seven days after her leaving |
| Diúltaíonn an t-aer | The air refuses |
| A h-ionad taobh liom a líonadh | To fill her place beside me |
| Seachtain t'réis a himeachta | Seven days after her leaving |
| (Curfá) | (Chorus) |
| Cuardaím arís | I search once more |
| Comhardadh mo mhéar | For the count of my fingers |
| I ngréasan ár lámh | In the web of our hands |
| Is an dtomhaiseann sí sin | And I wonder if she measures |
| Mionchlocha laethanta fada | The pebbles of the long days |
| Ag briseadh in uisce a cuimhne? | Breaking in the water of her memory |
| (Curfá) | (Chorus) |
| Seachtain t'réis a h-imeachta | Seven days after her leaving |
| Maireann a boladh ar mo bhasa | Her scent lingers on my palms |
| Seachtain t'réis a himeachta | Seven days after her leaving |
| (Curfá 3x) | (Chorus 3x) |