Arthur Cormack

Tàladh Chriosda (Tàladh an slànuighear) → English translation

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Original lyrics

Tàladh Chriosda (Tàladh an slànuighear)

Mo ghaol, mo ghràdh is m'eudail thu,

m'iunntas ùr is m'éibhneas thu.

mo mhacan àluinn, ceutach thu

Chan fhiù mi fhèin bhi 'd dhàil

Alleluia (X4)

Mo ghaol an t-sùil a sheallas tlàth,

mo ghaol an cridh 'tha lìont' le gràdh,

ged is leanabh thu gun chàil

is lìonmhor buaidh tha ort a' fàs

Alleluia (X4)

Ged is leanabh dìblidh thu

cinnteach 's Rìgh nan rìghrean thu.

'S tu 'n t-oighre dligheach fìrinneach

air rìoghachd Dhé nan gràs.

Alleluia (X4)

Submitted by

michealt on 2018-01-08

Last edited by

michealt on 2018-01-31

Submitter's comments:

Song lyrics written some time between 1836 and July 1855 by the RC priest Fr Ranald Rankin. The original title was Tàladh ar Slànuighear (Our Saviour's Lullaby) but it's popularly know as Tàladh Chriosda (Christ's Lullaby).
The complete song text has 29 stanzas, of which the three sung here are numbers 1, 23, and 3.
The song is sung every year on Christmas Eve at midnight mass in churches in Barra, South Uist, and Eriskay.

Translation

Christ's Lullaby (Our Saviour's Lullaby)

You are my love, my love and my darling,

you are my treasure and my joy,

you are my beautiful graceful little son.

I am not worthy to be near you.

Allelulia (X4)

My love the eye that gazes kindly,

my love the heart that is filled with love,

althouh you are a baby with nothing at all

there are many strengths growing in you.

Allelulia (X4)

Although you are a helpless baby

you are certainly the King of kings.

You are the true, rightful heir

to the Kingdom of Gracious God.

Allelulia (X4)

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Submitted by

michealt on 2018-01-08

Author's comments:

There is a translation in the video, but it's rather loose, and another in Wikipedia not quite so loose, but over-literal in places, eg "God of the graces" is word by word accurate but he's not the God of the graces" (as opposed to God of All) he is "Gracious God" so translating word for word gives the wrong answer. So I thought it was worth producing a better translation than those.

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Tàladh Chriosda (Tàladh an slànuighear) → English translation

Tàladh Chriosda (Tàladh an slànuighear)

Christ's Lullaby (Our Saviour's Lullaby)