“I am Wind on Sea, I am Wave on Land,
I am Roar of Ocean, I am the Stag with Seven Tines,
I am the Spear, Battle Hardened.
I am the God, who puts Fire in the Head.”
The Song of Amergin is the oldest existing Gaelic poem. As the first the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, later called the Sons of the Gael, arrived at Eire, their bard (Amergin) sings a song evoking the spirit of the land to quell a magical storm which was conjured by the druids of the god-like Tuatha De Danann who inhabited Eire to try and stop the Milesians reaching the land.
lyrics
(Old Irish Gaelic)
Am gaeth i m-muir,
Am tond trethan,
Am fuaim mara,
Am dam secht ndirend,
Am séig i n-aill,
Am dér gréne,
Am cain lubai,
Am torc ar gail,
Am he i l-lind,
Am loch i m-maig,
Am brí a ndai,
Am bri danae,
Am bri i fodb fras feochtu, Am dé delbas do chind codnu,
Cia on co tagair aesa éscai?
Cia du i l-laig fuiniud gréne?
Lyrics:
(English Translation)
I am Wind on Sea,
I am Wave on Land,
I am Roar of Ocean,
I am the Stag with Seven Tines,
I am an Eagle on a Cliff,
I am a Tear of the Sun,
I am the Fairest Flower,
I am the Rampaging Boar,
I am the Swift Salmon,
I am a Loch on the Plains,
I am the Defiant Word,
I am the Skill of Art,
I am the Spear, Battle Hardened.
I am the god, who puts Fire in the Head.
Who but I knows the Cycles of the Moon?
Who but I know the place where the Sun Sleeps?
credits
from Bard and Skald,
released August 1, 2021
Original Composition - An Tuagh (2021)
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