Скачать или смотреть 'This Wish' (Disney) in Irish with lyrics - as Gaeilge

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Original: Julia Michaels, JP Saxe and Benjamin Rice
Translation: Natalie Nic Shim

Apologies for my atrocious singing! I know I’m a bad singer but I love translating and want to share my translations so that people can hear what Disney songs would sound like in Irish.

Check out my channel for more Disney (and a couple of non-Disney) translations in Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. Please feel free to use my translations; however, I would ask that you credit me as translator (and the original composers, of course). And please send me a link so I can hear you perform - I'd love to hear them sung by someone more tuneful than me! Go raibh maith agat!

This song was very difficult to translate and even harder to sing. I struggled to get the words to fit the tune, partly because it was difficult to find Irish phrases with the right syllable pattern and partly because I don’t have a very good sense of rhythm. I still don’t think I’ve done a very good job in this aspect, but otherwise, the final translation came together nicely.

In the spirit of the film, here are my wishes:
1. I wish for all minority languages to not only survive but thrive.
2. I wish the world would stop measuring the value of a language by its number of speakers.
3. If you’re learning Irish – or Manx, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh or any other minority language – I wish you every success. You’ll have ups and downs, but stick at it because it will enrich your life in so many ways. Go n-éirí go geal leat!

LYRICS
Deir siad go saorfaidh an fhírinne thú
Cad chuige a bhfuil sé do mo tharraingt síos?
Dá dtiocfadh liom cur ar a súile
Go raibh siad meallta ag an fheall sin
An dtiocfadh siad ar mhalairt intinne?
Ach nuair a labhraím deir siad liom “Suigh síos”
Ach cad é mar is féidir agus mé ag rith?
Ní hé seo is dual dúinn, cé go ndeachaigh muid ar strae
Is tá an ceart agam, tá a fhios agam, más óg féin mé
Breathnaím suas ar lorg réalta eolais
Scaoilim gach fainic leis na ceithre ghaoth
Más ar fhéidearthachtaí na todhchaí atá mo threo, muis’
Gur mise a bheas ar ceann na line
’S é mo ghuí, a réaltóg
Go mbeidh níos mó againn ná é seo
’S é mo ghuí, a réaltóg
Go mbeidh níos mó againn ná é… seo
Hé-iá! Hé-iááá!
Go mbeidh níos mó, ó ó
Ní raibh a fhios agam go raibh saoirse de dhíth
Rinné mé rud orthu riamh, gan smaoineamh faoi
Anois tá a oiread saoirse i mo chroí
Ach ní mór domh a brú faoi le nach gcuireann sé thar maoil
Táim ag moilleadóireacht is ag braiteoireacht
Níl a fhios agam cá háit le toiseacht
Tá deireadh anois leis an lapadaíl gidh gur baol go dtumfaidh mé isteach
Ó inis tusa domhsa cad é atá le déanamh
Cá bhfuil mo thriall? taispeáin an treo
Tá mo chosa ar creathadh
Ach mo cheann in airde
An dóigh ar mhúin tú domh fadó
Breathnaím suas ar lorg réalta eolais
Scaoilim gach fainic leis na ceithre ghaoth
Tá a fhios agam gur iomaí dúshlán a bheas romham anois
Ach tá mé in ann chuig a gcastar i mo shlí
’S é mo ghuí, a réaltóg
Go mbeidh níos mó againn ná é seo
’S é mo ghuí, a réaltóg
Go mbeidh níos mó againn ná é… seo
Hé-iá! Hé-iááá!
Go mbeidh níos mó, ó ó
’S é mo ghuí, a réaltóg
Go mbeidh níos mó againn ná é… seo