Thios Fa`n Chosta

<br>Thos cois na tr domh, in ndoimhneacht na h-oche<br>An saol mhor ina gcodhladh, `s mise liom fin<br>Na h-anacha mara ag scairtigh go lanmhar<br>Cosil le h-anamnacha bochta i bpin.<br>Iomln geala `s iomln rabharta<br>Aoibhneas `s ciineas, `s illeacht sa domhain<br>Crnn na fairrige ag dul siar ar mo chluasa<br>Bog-cheol an uisce ag sileadh san abhainn.<br>Istigh ar na h-insein t sean-reilig bheannaithe<br>An it inar mhaireadh naoimh san aimsir fad<br>T daoine istigh ann ag chaith seal go h-aerach<br>N shilfaidh siad thar fn chladaigh nos m.<br>Bhuail uaigneas m`intnn `s m ag amharc ar an reilig<br>`S m ag meadhradh ar dhaoine istigh ann ina lu<br>Fir a`s mn ga, seandaoine `s pist<br>Muintir mo mhuintir `s cairde mo chro.<br>T na coiligh ag glaoch `s na ralta ag bn<br>T an ghealach ina lu `s n fada go l<br>Sln agat anois a shean-reilig bheannaithe<br>`S na daoine a shilfadh liom sos cois na tr.<br>English Translation From Jason Carns<br>Down by the beach, in the deep of night<br>The big world is sleeping and I am alone<br>The sea-birds are calling sorrowfully<br>Like poor souls in pain<br>Total purity and total abundance (?)<br>Bliss and calmness and beauty in the world<br>The murmur of the sea going into my ears<br>The soft song of the water flowing in the river.<br>Above on the headland* there is a blessed old cemetery<br>The place in which saints lived in times long ago<br>There are people within spending a while carefree<br>The will not walk round on the shore any more.<br>Loneliness strikes my spirits as I look at the cemetery<br>And I`m thinking about the people in there sleeping<br>Men and young women, old people and children<br>People of my people and friends of my heart.<br>The cocks are crowing and the stars are fading<br>The moon is setting and it`s not long until day<br>Goodbye now blessed old cemetery<br>And to the people who walked with me down by the beach.<br>(Above...)* A rough translation. Couldn`t find the word "insein", but think<br>it means something like this.<br>by: Traditional<br>from: "Clannad"