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PostPosted: Tue 14 Jan 2014 2:30 pm 
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I'm looking for a translation for a text for a piece of music, if anyone could help me out that would be lethal! :)

The poem in English:
We must go into the black night.
We must endure the cold wind -
And hold a hope that the clouds will clear,
And hold a hope that people will heal.

My novice attempt as gaeilge:
Ní mór dúinn dul isteach ar an oíche dubh.
ní mór dúinn go mairfidh an ghaoth fhuar.
agus a bhfuil creideamh go mbeidh an scamaill soiléir.
agus a bhfuil creideamh gur féidir le daoine a leigheas.

Can any more adept Gaeilgeoirí help me out here in forming an authentic, refined translation?


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PostPosted: Tue 14 Jan 2014 4:00 pm 
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paddygardiner wrote:
I'm looking for a translation for a text for a piece of music, if anyone could help me out that would be lethal! :)

The poem in English:
We must go into the black night.
We must endure the cold wind -
And hold a hope that the clouds will clear,
And hold a hope that people will heal.

My novice attempt as gaeilge:
Ní mór dúinn dul isteach ar an oíche dubh.
ní mór dúinn go mairfidh an ghaoth fhuar.
agus a bhfuil creideamh go mbeidh an scamaill soiléir.
agus a bhfuil creideamh gur féidir le daoine a leigheas.

Can any more adept Gaeilgeoirí help me out here in forming an authentic, refined translation?


As it's for a song, it would be useful for us to have the tune.

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PostPosted: Tue 14 Jan 2014 4:36 pm 
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The tune hasn't been written yet.
The text is the starting point and then the Irish text will be set to music.


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PostPosted: Tue 14 Jan 2014 4:59 pm 
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paddygardiner wrote:
I'm looking for a translation for a text for a piece of music, if anyone could help me out that would be lethal! :)

The poem in English:
We must go into the black night.
We must endure the cold wind -
And hold a hope that the clouds will clear,
And hold a hope that people will heal.

My novice attempt as gaeilge:
Ní mór dúinn dul isteach ar an oíche dubh.
ní mór dúinn go mairfidh an ghaoth fhuar.
agus a bhfuil creideamh go mbeidh an scamaill soiléir.
agus a bhfuil creideamh gur féidir le daoine a leigheas.

Can any more adept Gaeilgeoirí help me out here in forming an authentic, refined translation?

mair is "endure" as in "last a long time"

a bhfuil creideamh makes no sense and creideamh is "belief", rather than "hope".

Perhaps:

Ní mór dúinn dul isteach san oíche dhubh.
ní mór dúinn an ghaoth fhuar a fhulaingt.
agus bheith i ndóchas go scaipfidh na scamaill.
agus bheith i ndóchas go slánóidh na daoine.


Await further input ...

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