Mo Ghile Mear (our Hero)
The Chieftains

By seán clárach mac domhnaill

Seal da rabhas I'm' mhaighdean shéimh,

's anois I'm' bhaintreach chaite thréith,

Mo chéile ag treabhadh na dtonn go tréan

De bharr na gcnoc is I n-imigcéin.

'sé mo laoch, mo ghile mear,

'sé mo chaesar, ghile mear,

Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin

Ó chuaigh I gcéin mo ghile mear.

Bímse buan are buaidhirt gach ló,

Ag caoi go cruaidh 's ag tuar na ndeór

Mar scaoileadh uaim an buachaill beó

's ná ríomhtar tuairisc uaidh, mo bhrón.

Ní labhrann cuach go suairc are nóin

Is níl guth gadhair I gcoillte cnó,

Ná maidin shamhraidh I gcleanntaibh ceoigh

Ó d'imthigh uaim an buachaill beó.

Marcach uasal uaibhreach óg,

Gas gan gruaim is suairce snódh,

Glac is luaimneach, luath I ngleo

Ag teascadh an tslua 's ag tuargain treon.

Seinntear stair are chlairsigh cheoil

's líontair táinte cárt are bord

Le hinntinn ard gan chaim, gan cheó

Chun saoghal is sláinte d' fhagháil dom leómhan.

Ghile mear 'sa seal faoi chumha,

's eire go léir faoi chlócaibh dubha;

Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin

Ó luaidh I gcéin mo ghile mear.

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A literal translation by j. mark sugars 1997

Once I was a gentle maiden,

But now I am a spent, worn-out widow,

My consort strongly plowing the waves

Over the hills and far away.

He is my hero, my gallant darling,

He is my caesar, a gallant darling;

I've found neither rest nor fortune

Since my gallant darling went far away.

Every day I am constantly enduring grief,

Weeping nitterly and shedding tears,

Because my lively lad has left me

And no news is told of him - alas!

The cuckoo does not sing cheerfully at noon

And the sound of hounds is not heard in nut-tree woods

Nor summer morning in misty glen

Since my lively boy went away from me.

Noble, proud young horseman,

Youth without gloom, of pleasant countenance,

A swift-moving fist, nimble in a fight,

Slaying the enemy and smiting the strong.

Let a strain be played on musical harps,

And let many quarts be filled on the table,

With high spirit, without fault, without gloom,

That my lion may receive long life and health.

Gallant darling for a while under sorrow,

And ireland completely under black cloacks,

I have found neither rest nor fortune

Since my gallant darling went far away


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  A Breton Carol   A La Orilla De Un Palmar   A Special Bear [Instrumental]   All Fall Down [Live][Instrumental]   Behind Blue Eyes   Boffyflow and Spike   Cancion Mixteca   Cancion Mixteca (Intro)   Carolina Rua / Reel   Carrickfergus   Carrickfergus [Do Bhí Bean Uasal]   Celtic Ray   Changing Your Demeanour   Chieftains Reunion   Coast of Malabar   Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies   Cotton Eyed Joe   Cotton-Eyed Joe   Cotton-Eyed Joe (From "Another Country")   Danny Boy   Danza De Concheros   Dark as a Dungeon   Ding Dong! Merrily on High   Down By The Willow Garden   Down In The Willow Garden   Dunmore Lassies [Instrumental]   End Credits   Factory Girl   Ferny Hill [Instrumental]   Frost Is All Over   Funiculì, Funiculà [Live]   God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen   Guadalupe   Hard Times Come Again No More   Have I Told You Lately   He Moved Through the Fair   Here's A Health To The Company   I can't stop loving you   I Know My Love   I Know My Love (From "Tears of Stone")   I Know My Love (W\/ The Corrs)   I'll Be All Smiles Tonight   I'll Tell Me Ma   Irish Heartbeat   Katie Dear   Lark In The Clear Air / Olam Punch   Lily Love   Little Love Affairs   Long Black Veil [Live][Medley]   Love Is Teasin'   Lullaby For The Dead   March To Battle (Across The Rio Grande)   Mo Ghile Mear   Morning Has Broken   My Lagan Love   Never Give All The Heart   Nobody's Darlin' But Mine   O Come All Ye Faithful   O the Holly She Bears a Berry   Once in Royal David's City   Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore   Peggy Gordon   Persecucion De Villa   Pretty Little Girl   Raggle Taggle Gypsy   Raglan Road   Rain And Snow   Redemption Song   Sailing To Mexico   School Days Over   She Moved Through the Fair   Shenandoah   Sisters of Mercy   Star of the County Down   StStephen's Day Murders   Ta Mo Chleamhnas Deanta (My Match It Is Made)   The Boar's Head Carol   The Connemara Coast   The Foggy Dew   The Foggy Dew (W/ Sinead O'Conner)   The Green Fields Of America   The Green Fields of America (or Canada)   The Lily of the West   The Long Black Veil   The Lowlands of Holland   The Magdalene Laundries   The Magdalene Laundries - With Joni Mitchell   The Rebel Jesus   The Rocky Road To Dublin   The Sands Of Mexico   The Star Of The County Down   The Wexford Carol   The Wren in the Furze   When The Ship Comes In   Whole Heap Of Little Horses   Wild Mountain Thyme   Winnie The Pooh

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