ANAM:

Seo amhrán eile as Gaeilge.

Here is a song in Irish.

A song composed in 2015, “There is Hope”.

Looking at the many challenges facing us, individually or collectively, the need to locate a sense of hope and faith is great. Whatever we believe in, there is value in nurturing that which allows us to keep going through the challenges of life or disheartening circumstances. Writing a song about hope when there is a sense of hopelessness brings in the hope. It exists in this song and in the rising of the sun, in each new day. We can make new choices, we can pray, invite invite miracles. Healing is possible, individually and collectively. Hope has a place, even in devastation, for it is in the spark of life itself.

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Na focail | Lyrics

Éireoimid lán, ar chósta Éirinn.

An t-aer úr glan is na tonnta bána.

Cé nach bhfuil tú ann,

Nílim I m’ aonar,

Tá na millte aingil ag seasamh taobh liom.

Croí láidir lán,

Faoiseamh is saoirse,

Croí láidir lán,

B’shin é mo cheannaire,

an fhírinne.

Tá na millte ann,

Ar fud na cruinne,

Pástaí Éireann lena fréamhacha, I d’ chré

Chorus : Curfá

Ó bhíomar dall

Gan solas inár gcuid súile

Gan focla fír

Gan fréamh, gan ghuth, gan ceannaire.

Ó bhíomar balbh,

Gan treor gan teanga,

Ach tá dóchas ann,

Le éirigh na gréine.

As béarla : In English

We will rise whole

On the Irish coast,

The clean fresh air,

And the white of the waves.

Even though you are not with me,

I am not alone.

A thousand angels are standing next to me.

A strong full heart,

release and freedom.

A strong, full heart,

that which leads me forward is truth.

There are thousands of Ireland’s children,

scattered all over the world.

Their roots are in your earth.

We were blind, without light in our eyes.

We were mute, without roots, or voice or leadership.

But there is hope, in the rising of the sun.