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Celtic Voices 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)