Hi all,
I'm new to the forum and though I am of neither Irish or Scottish background, I am hoping to get help tranlating some lyrics. It's actually the spoken word intro to a song by one of my 80's favourites, synth-rock group 'Strange Advance'. To be honest, I'm not sure whether this is Irish or Scottish Gaelic - the credits on the CD only make reference to a 'Gaelic voiceover' but nothing more. I've always been curious as to their meaning and how it relates to the rest of the song.

Here is the sample mp3:
http://www.mediafire.com/?n4vf855h1on18s3

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

It is definitely Scottish Gaelic, and I can make out most of it, but am missing some key words, because they are hard to hear or my ear is just not good enough to make them out. As a result, parts of it seem quite odd. I'll post what I have thus far, because there are several other people with some Gaelic here, and they may be able to make out the rest (and/or correct what I have). If you tell me what the song is about, that might also help me hear some of the words better.

Ciamar a tha thu?
How are you?
[M'ainm?] is Treasa [the structure here is odd, so I may be mishearing something]
I am Theresa
Tha mi an dòchas gu bheil sibh na ____
I hope that you are the [?]
Chunaic mi na dealbhan
I saw the images/pictures/photos/visions [could be any of these, and which isn't clear from the context]
san taigh ùr aig an snag [what I'm hearing as snag might be a place name unfamiliar to me]
in the new house, on knocking
Tha mi a’ tighinn gach aon bliadhna anseo
I come here every single year
‘s b'e _____ mhòr e ____
and it was a large ________
‘s thèid sinn gun an Hearach
and we went to Harris [one of the isles in the Hebrides]
b'e sin ____ aig an [or] ‘s aig ____
It was ____ at the [edge] and at ____
‘s tha mi an dòchas gu bheil sibh ____ gu sgeadachadh
and I hope that you are ______ [adorned/embellished??]
‘s thèid sinn gu Sgalpaigh
and we went to Scalpay [another of the isles in the Hebrides]
b'e sin _____ mar i bheag ‘s mar i mhòr
it was ____, more or less ? ["whether it's big or little"]
agus na ___ sin, aig a’ phost-oifis
and the __ there, at the post office
_____________________________
[can't really make any sense out of this line at all - part of it sounds Irish]
B'e sin ga faicinn
It was watching her/it
suas leis aig ealadh
up to the tomb ??? [last word hard to make out]
Oidhche Mhath!
Good night!

Thank you so much for taking the time to translate this for me. Although the words don't seem immediately linked to the lyrics, it would seem that they set the emotional tone for the ballad that follows them.

I've always been curious about this intro and it's satisfying to finally have some inkling as to their meaning. Thanks again, it is greatly appreciated.