Lyrics of Cronan Bleoghainn - Karen Matheson

Cronan Bleoghainn (original)

Il a bho lagain il bho m’aghan
Il a bho lagain il bho m’aghan
Il a bho lagain il bho m’aghan
Mo chrodh-laoigh air gach taobh na h-aibhne
Buarach sioman do chrodh na t’eile
Buarach sioda do m’aghan fhein o
Buarach sugain air crodh na duthcha
Buarach ur air mo bhuaileig ghaolsa
Bo lurach, bo-na h-airigh
Bo a' bhathaich mathair laogh o
Buachaille Padruig is banchaig Brighde
D' ar sion, d' ar dion ‘s d’ar comhnadh
'S moch an diugh gun d’rinn mi eirigh
Hoireann och ù o ho éileadh
Ho i iù a ho aodh éileadh
Hoireann och ù o ho éileadh
‘S moch an diu gun d’rinn me éirigh
Mas moch an diu ‘s moch an dé e
Dhìrich mi suas gual an t-sléibhe
Fhuair mi gruagach dhonn gun éirigh
Chuir mi ‘n lùib mo bhreacain fhéin I;
Thug mi bòid nach éireadh beud dhith
Nach biodh fios aig neach fo’n ghréin air
Cha robh fios aig a màthair fhéin air
Shiubhlainn leat fo choill nan geugan
Shiubhlainn, Shiubhlainn, dh’fhalbhainn fhéin leat

(translation)

I love my soul
I love my soul
I love my soul
My calves on either side of the river
A rope fetter for the other cattle
Silk shackle for my own heifer o
A suckling fetter on the cattle of the country
A new fetter on my beloved bosom
Lovely cow, sheiling cow
The byre mother calf o
Padruig's boy and Brighde's milkmaid
For our sake, for our protection and for our help
It was early today that I got up
Hoireann och ù o ho claim
Ho i iù a ho aodh éileadh
Hoireann och ù o ho claim
It was early yesterday that I got up
It's early yesterday and it's early yesterday
I climbed up the mountain coal
I found a brown hair that had not risen
I put on my own tartan I;
I swore she would not be harmed
That no one under the sun would have known
Her own mother did not know him
I would walk with you under the branches
I would travel, I would travel, I would go with you