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‘S Ar Maidin Moch is mé ar mo Leapain Bhoig

from R​ó​is​í​n ReImagined by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & Irish Chamber Orchestra

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Trad. Arr: Sam Perkin

A song of unrequited love in the classical style composed by Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire (1774–c.1848) . Ní Laoghaire was born in Túirín na nÉan in Uibh Laoghaire (Iveleary), near Ballingeary, County Cork. The version Muireann sings was learned from the singing of the celebrated West Kerry singer Seán de hÓra (1908-1989).

Seo amhrán a thráchtann ar an ngrá gan chúiteamh sa stíl chlasaiceach, cumtha ag Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire (1774–c.1848). Rugadh Ní Laoghaire i dTúirín na nÉan in Uíbh Laoghaire, in aice le Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh, Co. Chorcaí. Canann Muireann an leagan seo a d’fhoghlaim sí ó amhránaíocht Sheáin de hÓra (1908-1989), amhránaí clúiteach ó Chorca Dhuibhne.

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‘S ar maidin moch is mé ar mo leabain bhoig
‘sea chuala ceol na n-éan;
mar ‘sea a smaoíníos-sa ó ba chóir dom dul
ag muscailt stoic chun féir,
mar ‘sea bhuail sí liom ‘s a caidhp ina hucht
‘s í ag cíoradh a foilt go réidh,
an chúileann ghlic do b’áille crot
ná an eala ar shruth an éisc.


Is mo chroí do chrith dá fhiafrái di
Cén tír gurb as an bhé:
‘Nó tú Clíona ghlic a chuir draíocht is broid
is d’fhág ina raic an Trae,
nó an tú Deirdre a thug grá cléibh is cion
nó Naois ‘ do cailleadh léi,
nó an bhean do rug lé háilleacht crot
an t-úll ó iomaidh ghéir?’


‘Is a bháb an tsuilt ó ba bhreátha crot
Ná an sneachta ar chnoc le gréin,
Mar d’fhágais-se tinn breoite mé
‘s ní mór é mo shos ón bpéin,
ach phósfainnse gan feoirling tú
‘s ní iarfainn leat ba na spré,
ach tá móid orm le hóigmhnaoi dheas
ón gcomharsanacht roimh ré.’



Translation:

Early in the morning and I’m on my soft bed
I heard the music of the birds;
as I thought I should go
awakening stock to grass,
Then she hit me’ with her cap in her chest
As she gently combed her hair,
the clever fair maid for the most beautiful shape
than the swan on the stream of the fish.


My heart trembled if I asked her
Which country did you come from:
‘Or you clever Clíona who enchanted and braved
and left the wreck of the Trae,
or are you Deirdre who gave love of heart and offense
or Naois ‘lost to her,
or the woman who bore the beauty of a crotch
the apple from a sour drink?


Oh fair maiden of the most beautiful of shapes
Fairer than the snow on a hill with sunshine,
Because you made me sick and sick
And I cannot break from the pain,
but I will marry you without a farthing
‘S I would not ask you to be the dowry,
but I am sworn to a pretty young lady
from the neighborhood already

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from R​ó​is​í​n ReImagined, released November 11, 2022

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