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Amhr​á​n na Gealaí (Song of the Moon)

from Éist le mo Sc​é​al (Listen to my Story) by Caera

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I actually started this about the same time I wrote the first draft of “You Can’t Take My Body If I Don’t Have One”. I think I needed something gentle and healing, and several traditions I have worked with look to the moon for healing. At first I only had the music, then the story and some of the lyrics came to me later in a dream. I wrote out the lyrics on an airplane ride, after a Gaelic immersion week (while I was still thinking in Irish).

lyrics

Tar anseo. Tar chugamsa.
Éist le mo ghlór. Éist le mo scéal.

Bhí mé ón talamh. Anois tá mé sa spéir.
I bhfad ón talamh, a féachaint ar mo ghrá.

Chaithím solas ar an talamh, Casaím amhráin do na mara.
Leanann na tonnta mo ghlór, ag rince le mo scáil.

A’ gclóiseann tú mé fos? Ar uaigneach leat mo ghlór?
Tusa mo ghrá. Tusa an stór m’ amhrán.

Feach anseo. Feach ormsa.
Éist le mo ghlór. Éist le do ghrá.

Translation:
Song of the Moon

Come here. Come to me.
Listen to my voice. Listen to my story.

I was from the earth. Now I’m in the sky.
Far above the earth, looking at my love.

I cast light on the earth. I sing to the seas.
The waves follow my voice, as they dance with my reflection…

Can you still hear me? Did you miss my voice?
You, my love. You, the treasure of my song.

Look here. Look at me.
Listen to my voice. Listen to your love.

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from Éist le mo Sc​é​al (Listen to my Story), released November 1, 2006
Written, composed, and performed by Caera

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Caera Seattle, Washington

From haunting Celtic lullabies, through laments of intense grief and pain, to songs of healing and hope, Caera’s music always contains an authenticity that can be hard to find in today’s music, or even in today’s world in general. Powerful soprano vocals blend with the bell-like tones of her brass-strung Gaelic harp to create music that carries people through life, dreaming or fully awake. ... more

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