Amhrán seo ón CD Ceol 06
Cathair Mhór Chicago – Luka Bloom
Curfá
I gcathair mhór Chicago is an oíche ag dul faoi scáth,
In the big city of Chicago as the night is going under shadow,
tá daoine ann ag smaointiú ar na sléibhte i nDún na nGall.
there are people there thinking of the mountains in Donegal.
Véarsa 1
An tráth sin i lár na haoise le linn an Ghorta Mhóir –
That time mid century during the Great Famine –
pianta gránna ocrais – d’ímigh milliún lán le deor(a).
horrible pains of hunger – a million left full of tears.
Gan saibhreas ar a n-intinn, gan ghlóir ar bith taobh thiar,
Without riches on their minds, without glory left behind.
[Bhí siad] ag stracailt ‘is ag caoineadh, báid bhána ar an mhuir.
[They were] struggling and crying, white boats were on the ocean.
Curfá
Véarsa 2
Ar roinnt acu bhí saibhreas, [ag] roinnt eile, clú is cáil.
Some of them had been rich, others were famous.
Bhí anró ann gan ghearán is cailleadh ar an máigh.
There was hardship and loss on the plain.
Ag siúl ar fud na tire ‘s ar bhóithre iaraínn leo
Waking the country, and onto the railroads they went
ag scaipeadh cheol a gcroíthe ‘tabhairt sochair dá gcuid bróin.
spreading the music of their hearts, giving balm to their sorrows.
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