Can someone translate "Amazing grace how sweet the sound"
Thank you in advance.

Perhaps:

Grásta iontach - chomh binn leis an bhfuaim

Await further input ...

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[hr]Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher[/hr]
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Or maybe ? -
Grásta iontach - nach binn an fhuaim

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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I would think this is closer than Breandán's suggestion. It gets my vote

'Tis true. And it flows better. Go with Bríd's.

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[hr]Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher[/hr]
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Why not actually use the lyrics from the song in Irish?It might be more appropriate:

Is aoibhinn liom an grásta Dé

I adore the grace of God

If your looking for a more direct translation than Bríds looks good.

Another suggestion: amazing Grace how sweet the sound:

Grásta uamhain- nach binn an fhuaim

Grace of awe- how wonderful/ sweet the sound.

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Please wait for corrections/ more input from other forum members before acting on advice

Good idea to try to find the original lyrics to songs in Irish where possible, especially if they come from Irish in the first place.

In this case, though, I think it is just another translation to put alongside the others. Nice enough in meaning, but it doesn't have much to do with the original English.

(I've placed the Irish in bold to make it clearer as we suggest in the Forum Rules.)


I think looking for an alternative to iontach is a great idea and I like the sound of uamhan but doesn't it mean "fear, dread" instead of "wonder, amazement"?

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[hr]Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher[/hr]
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

I have a different version in Irish (I don't recall the source), which has as its first line: A Ghrásta Iontaigh, is binn an fhuaim
The whole text is as follows (in the version I have):

Grásta Iontach

A Ghrásta Iontaigh, is binn an fhuaim,
a shaor 's a shabháil mé.
Bhíos caillte tráth; téim saor ón gcrá,
bhíos dall ach chím go glé.

'S é an Grásta a theagasc faitíos dom,
bhain Grásta an faitíos díom.
Ba luachmhar glé an uair fuair mé,
an creideamh lena gcloim.

Do gheall an Tiarna maitheas dom,
's é a bhriathar mo dhúil 's mo chuan,
Mo sciath 's mo scáth i ngach mí-ádh,
an fhaid a bhéas mé buan.

Trí iomaí triail, gaiste 's baol,
do tháinig mé folláin
A Ghrásta tréann am' choimeád ón léan,
a m' thabhairt abhaile slán.

Nuair a bhéimid ann na mílte bliain,
Ag soilsiú lonrach glé,
Ní laghdófar na laetheanta líon,
againn chun moladh Dé.

and, since the author was a Scot, here's a Scottish Gaelic version (I'll put this in the Scottish Gaelic section as well), which is missing the third verse shown in the Irish version above (this is not my own translation):

Miorbhail Gràs

O Miorbhail gràs, nach breagh 'an ceòl;
's e lorg mi 's mi air chall.
Air seachdran dorch', gun neart, gun treòir,
‘s a dh'fhosgail sùilean dall.

'S e gràs thug eòlas dhomh air in' fheum;
's e gràs thug saors' is sìth;
'S cha cheannaicheadh òr a' chruinne-chè
chiad-la bha fios nam chrìdh'.

Tro iomadh cunnart 's trioblaid chruaidh
thug e gu sàbhailt mi.
An grás a shaor bhon bhàs le buaidh
chan fhàg 's cha trèig gu sìor.

San dachaigh bhuan gun uair gun tìm,
's deich mìle bliadhn' mar là,
Cha sguir an ceòl 's chan fhàs iad sgìth
a' seinn a chaoidh mun ghràs.

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

I'd think it would be better as the vocative is used in the first clause to use "d'fhuaim" in the second.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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Is 'amazing grace' being addressed in English? If so, then the vocative is correct - but it does say 'the sound' in English where it could have said 'your sound' - but doesn't.