Mo Ghile Mear

chuaigh i gcin mo Ghile Mear.

"My Gallant Darling". This is a traditional Irish song written

by 18th-century poet Sen Clrach Mac Domhnaill, to honor
Prince Charles Stewart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie"). Mo Ghile
Mear is his most famous poem. It is a lament or caoineadh
that was more...

Once I was gentle maiden,

<>1234 Seal d rabhas im mhaighdean

shimh,

My consort strongly plowing the waves,

S anois im bhaintreach chaite thrith,

But now I'm a spent, worn-out widow,

Over the hills and far away.

Mo chile ag treabhadh na dtonn go tran

De bharr na gcnoc is in imigin.

Chorus
He's my champion my Gallant Darling,

Curf
S mo laoch mo Ghile Mear
S mo Shaesar, Ghile Mear,

He's my Caesar, a Gallant Darling,

I've found neither rest nor fortune
Since my Gallant Darling went far away.

Suan n san n bhfuaireas fin

chuaigh i gcin mo Ghile Mear.

Every day I'm constantly enduring grief,

Weeping bitterly and shedding tears,

Bmse buan ar buairt gach l,

Ag caoi go cruaidh s ag tuar na ndeor

Because my lively lad has left me

And no news is told of him - alas.

Mar scaoileadh uaim an buachaill beo

S n romhtar tuairisc uaidh, mo bhrn.

Curf

Chorus

The cuckoo doesn't sing cheerfully after noon,

And the sound of hounds isn't heard in the nuttree woods,

N labhrann cuach go suairc ar nin

Is nl guth gadhair i gcoilltibh cn,

Nor a summer morning in a misty glen

Since my my lively boy went away from me.

N maidin shamhraidh i ngleanntaibh ceoigh

dimthigh s uaim an buachaill be.

Curf

Chorus

Gallant Darling for a while under sorrow,

And Ireland completely under black cloaks;

Ghile Mear sa seal faoi chumha,

S ire go lir faoi chlcaibh dubha;
Suan n san n bhfuaireas fin

I have found neither rest nor fortune

Since my Gallant Darling went far away.