Category: Language and Culture
There's a song, called the Gartan Mother's Lullaby. There are a couple phraises that I think are Irish; the song itself is an Irish folk song.
So, I have the lyrics, and I was wondering if any Irishmen could translate?
the phraises are e val and a lyon van o
Gartan Mother's Lullaby
Sleep, oh babe, for the red bee hums the silent twilight's fall
Ee val from the grey rock comes to wrap the world in thrall
A lyan van oh, my child, my joy, my love and heart's desire
The crickets sing you lullaby beside the dying fire
Dusk is drawn and the Green Man's thorn is wreathed in rings of
fog
Sheevra sails his boat till morn, upon the starry bog
A lyn van o, the paley moon hath brimmed her cusp in dew
And weeps to hear the sad sleep tune I sing, o love, to you
The words mean
Eahbal--eeval...Queen of the northern fairies
Leabhan..lyan-uh-van.
Tearmann--Char--uh--muhn..Sanctuary or church land
Siabra--Shee--van..Prankster like troop of fairies
Stevie