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D​ú​n do Sh​ú​ile (Close Your Eyes)

from Suantraighe, A Collection of Celtic Lullabies by Caera

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I found this while doing other research at the Irish Music Center at Boston College. At the time I had just come back from a trip to Ireland that had included a week at Oideas Gael, a school in Donegal that teaches courses in the Irish language and other traditions. I had only been learning the Irish language for about one year then, yet I could read this entire chorus without help. The chorus is very affectionate, and won me over to the whole song.

lyrics

Curfa:
Dún do shúile, a rún mo chroí
A chuid den tsaol, ‘s a ghrá liom
Dún do shúile, a rún mo chroí
Is gheobhair féirín amárach

Tá do dhaid ag tíocht gan mhoill ón chnoc
Agus cearca fraoigh ina láimh leis
Codail go ciúin a lao ‘s a chuid
Is gheobhair féirín amárach

Tá an samhradh ag triall le grian ‘is teas
Is duilliúr glas ar na phrátaí
Tá an ghaoth ag tíocht go fial aneas
Is gheobhaimid iasc amárach

Tá an chéis lán-ramhar i gcomhair an chíos
Tá an gamhainín borb rábach
Beidh siad i dtiúin don aonach mhór
Is gheobhaimid plúr i dTrá Lí

Translation:
Chorus:
Close your eyes, love of my heart
My own in the world and my own love
Close your eyes, love of my heart
And you’ll get a present tomorrow

Your daddy is coming quickly from the hill
With a heather hen in his hands
Sleep softly, my darling and my own
And you’ll get a present tomorrow

The summer is coming with sun and warmth
And green leaves on the potatoes
The wind blows generously from the south
And we’ll get fish tomorrow

The young pig is fattened up for rent
The little calf is headstrong and vigorous
They’ll be ready for the big fair
And we’ll get flour in Tralee

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from Suantraighe, A Collection of Celtic Lullabies, released November 1, 2006
Traditional Irish Lullaby

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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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