Uaigneass McLaigheann
I have searched the skies at night and found
That ne'er one shines brighter for your passing
Beneath my feet the walls lie cold
Though the city beats its heart as though before
Though the scars I will bare are for none but you to share
And my sorrow will not blunt the blades nor fighting
*Toisc go noscailtear croí, toisc go creidtear scéal fhile
An brón 'tá orainn ná uaigneass McLaigheann
(pronunciation:
tishk gur nuskelter cree, tishk gur credter scale ila
On brone taw urin naw ooagness macline)
Through a dream of hope that has brought me low
I have sought for a glimpse of understanding
In the west the woods scream quiet pain
And north seas brook no measure of release
To the east an evil swells but knows not your name
And the south will not answer to my crying
**Ni bheidh suaimhneass agam, go scroistear croí atá trom
Dean trocaire orm, ó uaigneass McLaigheann
(pronunciation:
Nee veg soo-av-nus agum gu skrister cree ataw trum
O jen trocara urm o ooagnes macline)
'Til my sword is blunt I will search for release
And not know that which it is I will find
I shall hear never more the kindness of words
And taste never more the joy upon the wind
I have hardened my heart and I stand resolute
For I live though I might wish that were not so
***I m'aonor anois, is go mbeidh mé go beo
Go uair mo bhais, tar uaigneass McLaigheann
(pronunciation:
Ih maynar anish, iss gu meg may gu byo
Gu ji ur mu wawsh tar ooagnes macline)
(Translations:
* because a heart is opened, because a poet's tale is believed, the sorrow that is upon us is the loneliness of McLaigheann
** I will know no peace until the heavy heart is broken. Have mercy on me from the loneliness of McLaigheann
*** On my own now and will be forever, until the day I die come loneliness of McLaigheann)
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(OC Author - Fergal O'Brien)