© by Caitríona Ní Chléirchín (b. 1978)
Translation Singable translation by Mícheál Ó hAodha (b. 1969)
Flight
Language: English after the Irish (Gaelic)
I take flight through a sky of memory made of dark secrets and bright-city far below flying back through the days I spent close beside you the echo of your voice resonating in whispers of sunlight across waves set aflame, I take flight memory’s tide washing over me, through me in clouds silent and dark, in you, I take flight
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Mícheál Ó hAodha (b. 1969) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Irish (Gaelic) by Caitríona Ní Chléirchín (b. 1978), appears in Crithloinnir, Coiscéim, first published 2010, copyright ©
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ann Cleare (b. 1983), "Flight", 2019 [ baritone and piano ], from Ceo, Glór, Eitilt, no. 3, also set in Irish (Gaelic) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-11-14
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Word count: 60