by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The long night
Language: English
Mirie it is, while summer ilast,
With fugheles song.
Oc nu necheth windes blast
And weder strong
Ey! ey! what this night is long!
And ich, with well michel wrong,
Soregh and murne and fast.
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- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , title 1: "Meidhreach atá", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2014-06-23
Line count: 7
Word count: 35
Meidhreach atá
Language: Irish (Gaelic)  after the English
Meidhreach atá, sé an samhradh é
Is ceol binn-éan;
Ach seo chugainn an ghaoth ghéar
Is gálaí tréan’.
Aidhe, aidhe, fad’ an oíche’, mo léan!
Seo mé is m’anamsa i bpéin
Buartha gan greim i mo bhéal.
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This text was added to the website: 2015-01-09
Line count: 7
Word count: 37