Comments on the inspiration and meaning of these songs can be found in Roma Ryan's foreword to the Shepherd Moons sheet music book. These comments are available in The Enya Papers #22, available on the Enya Unofficial Home Page, in the transcripts area.
Some of the mystical incantations, which begin or end songs, may not be
included in these translations.
My life goes on in endless song above earth's lamentations, I hear the real, though far-off hymn that hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife
While though the tempest loudly roars, [1]
No storm can shake my inmost calm
When tyrants tremble in their fear
In prison cell and dungeon vile |
Amharc, mná ag obair lá 's mall san oích', Ceolann siad ar laetha geal, a bhí, Bealach fada anonn 's anall a chóich'. |
Look, women working by day and late at night, They sing of bright days that were, A long way back and forth forever. |
Ó lá go lá, mo thuras, An bealach fada romham. Ó oíche go hoíche, mo thuras, na scéalta nach mbeidh a choích'. |
From day to day, my journey, The long pilgrimage before me. From night to night, my journey, The stories that will never be again. |
One day, one night, one moment My dreams could be tomorrow One step, one fall, one falter East or west Over earth or by ocean One way to be my journey This way could be my Book of Days
Ó lá go lá, mo thuras,
No day, no night, no moment
Interlude
One day, one night, one moment
This day ends together, Far and Away |
Afer Ventus [1] | African Wind |
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Mare Nubium. Umbriel. Mare Imbrium. Ariel. Et itur ad astra. Et itur ad astra. Mare Undarum. Io. Vela.
Mirabile dictu. Mirabilia.
Afer Ventus. Zephyrus.
Running verse: |
Sea of Clouds. Umbriel. [2] [3] Sea of Showers. Ariel. And we go to the stars. [4] [5] And we go to the stars. Sea of Waves. Io. Vela. [6] [7]
Wonderful to relate. Marvels. [8]
African Wind. Zephyrus. [10]
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Due to the nearly exhaustive discussion included above, submissions for additional comments on "Afer Ventus" will probably not be accepted. The reader is encouraged to do his or her own research into Roman and Greek mythology if more information is desired.
Smaointe... | A Thought... |
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(D'Aodh Agus Do Mháire Uí Dhúgain)
Curfá:
Aoibhneas a bhí
Curfá
Smaointe, ar an lá |
(To my maternal grandparents, literally: "For Hugh and Mary Duggan")
Listen to my heart,
Chorus:
There was blissfulness
Chorus
A thought, on the day |
Index |
The Celts |
Watermark |
Shepherd Moons |
The Memory of Trees |
A Day Without Rain |
Singles
14 October 1996 - Maintained by Daniel Quinlan