Julie Fowlis - An Roghain Dain Do Eimhir XXII (The Choice) Lyrics
Choisich mi cuide ri mo thuigse
a-muigh ri taobh a’ chuain;
bha sinn còmhla ach bha ise
a’ fuireach tiotan bhuam.
A bheil e fìor gun cual
thu gu bheil do ghaol geal àlainn
a’ pòsadh tràth Diluain?
Bhac mi ‘n cridhe bha ‘g èirigh
‘nam bhroilleach reubte luath
is thubhairt mi: Tha mi cinnteach;
carson bu bhreug e bhuam?
Ciamar a smaoinichinn gun glacainn
gum beirinn oirre ‘s gun cuirinn i
gu ciallach ‘na mo phòc?
Cha d’ ghabh mise bàs croinn-ceusaidh
an èiginn chruaidh na Spàinn
is ciamar sin bhiodh dùil agam
ri aon duais ùir an dàin?
Cha do lean mi ach an t-slighe chrìon
bheag ìosal thioram thlàth,
is ciamar sin a choinnichinn
ri beithir-theine ghràidh?
Ach nan robh ‘n roghainn rithist dhomh
‘s mi ‘m sheasamh air an àird,
leumainn à neamh no iutharna
le spiorad ‘s cridhe slàn.
[Translation:]
I walked with my reason
out beside the sea.
We were together but it was
keeping a little distance from me.
Then it turned saying:
is it true you heard
that your beautiful white love
is getting married early on Monday?
I checked the heart that was rising
in my torn swift breast
and I said: most likely;
why should I lie about it?
How should I think that I would grab
the radiant golden star,
that I would catch it and put it
prudently in my pocket
I did not take a cross’s death
in the hard extremity of Spain
and how then should I expect
the one new prize of fate?
I followed only a way
that was small, mean, low, dry, lukewarm,
and how then should I meet
the thunderbolt of love?
But if I had the choice again
and stood on that headland,
I would leap from heaven or hell
with a whole spirit and heart.
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- Julie Fowlis - Puirt-A-Beul Set
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- Julie Fowlis - Do Chalum (To Calum)
- Julie Fowlis - Smeorach Chlann Domhnaill (The Mavis Of Clan Donald)
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- Julie Fowlis - Danns' A Luideagan Odhar (Dance Dun-Coloured Slattern)
- Julie Fowlis - A Ghaoil, Leig Dhachaigh Gum Mhathair Mi (Love, Let Me Home To My Mother)
- Julie Fowlis - Hò Bha Mi, Hé Bha Mi (Hò I Was, Hè I Was)
- Julie Fowlis - A Mhic Dhùghaill 'ic Ruairidh (Son Of Dougal, Son Of Ruairidh)
- Julie Fowlis - Bodachan Cha Phòs Mi
- Julie Fowlis - Puirt-A-Buel Set: Fodor Dha Na Gamhna Beaga (Fodder For The Small Stirks)
- Julie Fowlis - An Ron (The Seal) / Ann An Caolas Od Odram (In The Narrow Of Od Odram)
- Julie Fowlis - Into The Open Air
- Julie Fowlis - Cearcall Mun Ghealaich
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