Rachel Ní Mhaonaigh & Aingeal Nic an Bhaird - Súil Ghorm

at the "An singing pub" on the road between An Dunaibh and Trá na Rossan.The English verses below are a rough translation of the preceding Irish ones (without the rhyming). Súil ghorm, uisce fómhairCraiceann chailce, sneachta gheimhridhFolt fonn, corna shamhraidhCumha póige, bláth an earraighYour blue eyes, autumn waterPure white skin like winter snowYour fair hair, summer barleyScented kisses, spring flowersAr imeall na mara a ghluais muid le chéileIs thóg muid ár nglórthai go hárd leis na spéarthaCeo maidne, séidéan gaoitheAnam saortha, sruth 's taoideGealach iomlán, spéar na hoicheLoinnear réalta, aoibh an gháireYour smile shines through the morning mistLifts the soul light as a featherAnd the moon glows in the darkest nightDistant stars are yours foreverAr imeall na mara a ghluais muid le chéileIs thóg muid ár nglórthai go hárd leis na spéarthaSúil ghorm, uisce fómhairCraiceann chailce, sneachta gheimhridhFolt fonn, corna shamhraidhCumha póige, bláth an earraighThe 2-line chorus translates literally as"on the edge of the sea, we moved together and we lifted our voices high into the sky"The album is dominated by Altan's co-founder and undisputed leader, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, a virtuoso of the legendary fiddle tradition of her native County Donegal. With her quick bow, she is able to articulate each individual note, no matter how quickly it passes by, and to string them together into lines that seem to sing. And when she sings herself, her soprano has the same resonant tone and sure phrasing as her violin. Her five bandmates (who play accordion, bouzouki, second fiddle and two acoustic guitars) follow her so closely that the group seems to move and breathe as one.Rachel Ni Mhaonaigh & Aingeal Nic an Bhaird - Suil Ghorm - Abair Amhrán 134120 www.tg4.ie - En sub 8-5-07This comes from the Altan 1997 album, Runaway Sunday, which climaxes with "Time Has Passed," Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's heart-breaking elegy for her late husband and former co-bandleader, Frankie Kennedy. He had died 3 years earlier from cancer. Súil Ghorm is the first track and seems also to refer to Frankie. She is married since to Dermot Byrne, Altan's accordionist, that we see in the clip.

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