Seo Linn - Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Darling) | Cleas Act | TG4

Seo Linn - Stiofán Ó Fearaíl, Daithí, Keith Ó Briain, Daithí Ó Ruaidh & Kevin Shortall perform the song 'Mo Ghile Mear' (My Gallant Darling or My Gallant Hero), composed by Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill (1691-1754). Lyrics with translation available below. This clip comes from the TG4 programme 'Cleas Act', recorded in 2017.

Seo hiad an grúpa Seo Linn ag canadh an amhráin 'Mo Ghille Mear' ar an gclár Cleas Act sa bhliain 2017. Liricí ar fáil thíos.

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Mo Ghille Mear (My Gallant Darling / Hero)

Curfá (tar éis gach bhéarsa)
Sé mo laoch mo Ghille Mear
‘Sé mo Shaesar, Gille Mear,
Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin
Ó chuaigh i gcéin mo Ghile Mear.

Seal dá rabhas im’ mhaighdean shéimh,
‘S anois im’ bhaintreach chaite thréith,
Mo chéile ag treabhadh na dtonn go tréan
De bharr na gcnoc is in imigéin.

Bímse buan ar buairt gach ló,
Ag caoi go cruaidh ‘s ag tuar na ndeor
Mar scaoileadh uaim an buachaill beo
‘S ná ríomhtar tuairisc uaidh, mo bhrón.

Ní labhrann cuach go suairc ar neoin
Is níl guth gadhair i gcoilltibh cnó,
Ná maidin shamhraidh i ngleanntaibh ceoigh
Ó d’imthigh sé uaim an buachaill beo.

Translation:
Chorus (after each verse)
He's my champion my Gallant Darling,
He's my Caesar, a Gallant Darling,
I've found neither rest nor fortune
Since my Gallant Darling went far away.

Once I was gentle maiden,
But now I'm a spent, worn-out widow,
My consort strongly plowing the waves,
Over the hills and far away.

Every day I'm constantly enduring grief,
Weeping bitterly and shedding tears,
Because my lively lad has left me
And no news is told of him - alas.

The cuckoo doesn't sing cheerfully after noon,
And the sound of hounds isn't heard in the nut-tree woods,
Nor a summer morning in a misty glen
Since my my lively boy went away from me.