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Úr-Chill An Chreagáin |
| Credits : | Traditional; lyrics by Art Mac Cumhaigh; arranged by Mícheál Ó Domhnaill |
| Appears On : | Relativity |
| Language : | Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic) |
| Other Versions : | " Úirchill An Chreagáin " on Clannad's album Anam |
| Lyrics : | English Translation : |
| Ag Úirchill an Chreagáin | By Creggan Graveyard |
| Sea chodail mé aréir faoi bhrón | I slept last night in sorrow |
| Is le héirí na maidne | At daybreak |
| Tháinig ainnir fá mo dhéin le póig | I was kissed by a young woman |
| Bhí gríosghrua ghartha aici | With flaming cheeks |
| Agus loinnir ina céibh mar ór | And a golden luster in her hair |
| 'S gurbh é íocshláinte an domhain | One look of her |
| Bheith ag amharc ar an ríoghain óir | Would cure all the world's ills |
| A fhialfhir charthannaigh | My kind young man |
| Ná caitear thusa i néalta bróin | Do not sleep in sorrow |
| Ach éirigh go tapaidh | But rise swiftly |
| Agus aistrigh liom siar sa ród | And come along the road with me |
| Go tír dheas na meala | To the land of honey |
| Nach bhfuair Gaillibh inti réim go fóill | Where the foreigner has no hold |
| 'S gheobhair aoibhneas ar hallaí | Where you will find happiness |
| A' mo mhealladhsa le siamsa ceoil | Enticing me with sweet music |
| A ríoghan is deise | ___ |
| 'N tú hélen fa'r treagh slóigh | ___ |
| No dó na naoi mná deasa | ___ |
| Pharnassus thú 'bhí déanta gcló? | ___ |
| Cé'n tír ins a' chruinne | ___ |
| 'N ar hoileadh tú, a réalt gan cheo | ___ |
| Le'r mian leat mo shamhrhailsa | ___ |
| Bheith 'cogarnaigh leat siar sa ród? | ___ |
| Ná fiafraigh domsa an cheist sin | ___ |
| Nó ní chodlaím ar an taobh seo den Bhóinn | ___ |
| Is síoga beag linbh mé | ___ |
| A hoileadh le taobh Ghréinne Óig' | ___ |
| I mbruíon cheart na n-ollamh | ___ |
| Bím go follas ag dúscadh an cheoil | ___ |
| Bím san óiche i dTeamhair | ___ |
| Is ar maidin lár Thír Eoghain | ___ |