Annotation:Caiseal Mhumhan
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CAISEAL MHUMHAN (Cashel of Munster). AKA - "Caiseal Mumhan." AKA and see "Bog-Deal Board (The)," "Clár Bog Déil (1) (An)," "Cois na Brighde," "Soft Deal Board (The)." Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part.
Caiseal Mhumhan
Phósfainn thú gan bha gan phunt gan áireamh spré,
agus phógfainn thú maidin drúchta le bánú an lae.
'S é mo ghalar dubhach gan mé is tú, a dhaiaghrá,
i gCaiseal Mumhan is gan de leaaba fúinn ach clár bog déil.
Siúil, a chogair, is tar a chodladh liom féin sa ghleann:
gheobhaidh túfoscadh, leaba fhlocias is aer cois abhann;
beidh na srutha ag gabháil thariainn faoi ghéaga crann;
beidh an londubh inábhfochair, is an chéirseach dhonn.
Searc mo chléibh a thug mé féin duit is grá tri rún,
's go dtaga sé de chor sa tsaol dom bheith lá 'gus tú
is ceangal cléire eadriann aroan is an fáinne dlúth;
is dá bhfeicfinn féin mo shearc ag aon fheaar gheobhainn bás le cumha.
Cashel in Munster
I would wed you without cattle, without money or a counted dowry:
I would kiss you on a dewy morning of the lightening day.
I am sick with sadness not to be with you, beloved,
in Cashel in Munster - were our bed but a board of bog deal.
Come to the valley, my love: come lie with me;
shelter you'll find there, a flock bed, fresh air by the river;
the streams will flow beside us under tree branches;
the blackbird will be our neighbour, and the brown song-thrush.
The love of my heart I give you, my secret devotion.
May that day come, in life's course, when you and I
have the holy bond between us, and the steadfast ring -
for if I saw my love with another I would die of sorrow.