It has broken us, it has crushed us (Jackson, set by (Samuel Barber)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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Translation © sometimes misattributed to Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (1909 - 1991) and by Seán Proinsias Ó Faoláin, né John Francis Whelan (1900 - 1991)

Ro 'n‑bris, ro 'n‑brúi, ro 'n‑báid

Language: Irish (Gaelic)

Ro 'n-bris, ro 'n-brúi, ro 'n-báid
A Rí ríchid rindglaine
Ro 'n-geilt in gáeth feib geiles
Nem-áed forderg fidnaige

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Confirmed with Irisleabhar Ceilteach, Volumes 1 - 2. Toronto: Tir Teanga Ceol, circa 1952. Page 145. Manuscript source: Trinity College, Dublin: MS 1318 (H. 2. 16)

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 8^th-9^th century ) , no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in English, a translation sometimes misattributed to Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (1909 - 1991) and by Seán Proinsias Ó Faoláin, né John Francis Whelan (1900 - 1991) , "The wind", appears in The Silver Branch, copyright © ; composed by Samuel Barber.

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GER German (Deutsch) (Kuno Meyer) , no title

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It has broken us, it has crushed us

Language: English after the Irish (Gaelic)

Available translation(s): FRE

It has broken us, it has crushed us
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Confirmed with The Silver Branch: A Collection of the best Old Irish lyrics, variously translated, chosen by Seán O'Faoláin, Viking Press, 1938, page 64. The translation is credited to Seán O'Faoláin in this book, but the translation also appears in A Celtic Miscellany, © 1951, attributed to Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson.

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sometimes misattributed to Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (1909 - 1991)
by Seán Proinsias Ó Faoláin, né John Francis Whelan (1900 - 1991), "The wind", appears in The Silver Branch, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in Irish (Gaelic) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, no title

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by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Sea-snatch", op. 29 no. 6 (1953), published 1954 [ voice and piano ], from Hermit songs, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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