Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Lyrics:
I dtaobh na coille, tá tobar ag caoineadh
(At the edge of the wood, a well is weeping)
Gach braon uisce mar dheora ón spéir
(Each drop of water like a tear from the sky)
D’inis an tseanbhean scéal faoi Fhothrach na mBan Sidhe
(The old woman told a tale of the Ruin of the Banshee Women)
Agus dúirt sí liom gan dul ann le solas i mo lámh
(And she told me not to go there with light in my hand)
Ach chuir mé coinneal ar lasadh ar an leac cloch
(But I lit a candle on the stone slab)
Agus dúirt mé d’ainm trí huaire i bhfocail na sean
(And I spoke your name three times in the old tongue)
Chuala mé fuaim sa ghaoth – ní mar a bhí sé riamh
(I heard a sound in the wind – not as it ever was before)
Cosúil le caoineadh nó glaoch ón saol eile
(Like a lament or a call from the Otherworld)
The hills remember the blood I’ve spilled
Though grass now grows where kings were killed
The cairns stand silent, bones beneath
Still warm with screams I dared not sheath
This war you’ll never understand
It’s not for flag, nor lord, nor land
It’s waged in whispers, in broken trees
In choking roots and sunless seas
I do not fight for glory’s name
I fight to keep your world the same
Cluinfidh tú mo ghlaoch tríd an ngaoth fiáin
(You will hear my call through the wild wind)
Agus beidh sé chomh géar le scian i do chluas
(And it will be as sharp as a knife in your ear)
Tá mé ina laoch ar son an tslí, ina chosantóir dorcha
(I am a warrior of the path, a dark guardian)
Le béal fiáin agus lámha lomnaí
(With a wild mouth and bare hands)
Casfaidh mé na neamhaí ina n-éan míshona
(I will twist the heavens into joyless birds)
Is tabharfaidh mé deireadh leis an ngaoth naofa
(And I will bring an end to the sacred wind)
Déanfaidh mé an tóir ar an bhfíochán éadrom
(I will hunt the pale thread)
Agus bainfidh mé leis an bhás is an oíche shlán
(And I will strike at death and eternal night)
Is tú mo neart, mo ghlór, mo sholas ina dhorchadas
(You are my strength, my voice, my light in the darkness)
Beidh tú liom nuair a thagfaidh an lá sin
(You will be with me when that day comes)
Lyrics:
I dtaobh na coille, tá tobar ag caoineadh
(At the edge of the wood, a well is weeping)
Gach braon uisce mar dheora ón spéir
(Each drop of water like a tear from the sky)
D’inis an tseanbhean scéal faoi Fhothrach na mBan Sidhe
(The old woman told a tale of the Ruin of the Banshee Women)
Agus dúirt sí liom gan dul ann le solas i mo lámh
(And she told me not to go there with light in my hand)
Ach chuir mé coinneal ar lasadh ar an leac cloch
(But I lit a candle on the stone slab)
Agus dúirt mé d’ainm trí huaire i bhfocail na sean
(And I spoke your name three times in the old tongue)
Chuala mé fuaim sa ghaoth – ní mar a bhí sé riamh
(I heard a sound in the wind – not as it ever was before)
Cosúil le caoineadh nó glaoch ón saol eile
(Like a lament or a call from the Otherworld)
The hills remember the blood I’ve spilled
Though grass now grows where kings were killed
The cairns stand silent, bones beneath
Still warm with screams I dared not sheath
This war you’ll never understand
It’s not for flag, nor lord, nor land
It’s waged in whispers, in broken trees
In choking roots and sunless seas
I do not fight for glory’s name
I fight to keep your world the same
Cluinfidh tú mo ghlaoch tríd an ngaoth fiáin
(You will hear my call through the wild wind)
Agus beidh sé chomh géar le scian i do chluas
(And it will be as sharp as a knife in your ear)
Tá mé ina laoch ar son an tslí, ina chosantóir dorcha
(I am a warrior of the path, a dark guardian)
Le béal fiáin agus lámha lomnaí
(With a wild mouth and bare hands)
Casfaidh mé na neamhaí ina n-éan míshona
(I will twist the heavens into joyless birds)
Is tabharfaidh mé deireadh leis an ngaoth naofa
(And I will bring an end to the sacred wind)
Déanfaidh mé an tóir ar an bhfíochán éadrom
(I will hunt the pale thread)
Agus bainfidh mé leis an bhás is an oíche shlán
(And I will strike at death and eternal night)
Is tú mo neart, mo ghlór, mo sholas ina dhorchadas
(You are my strength, my voice, my light in the darkness)
Beidh tú liom nuair a thagfaidh an lá sin
(You will be with me when that day comes)
