This is just a really pretty song...but I want to know the meaning behind it...I really need to get my Irish Gaelic lessons moving so I can stop pestering you everytime I have a question (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Dia dhuit, a Lisa!

It's a song about matchmaking... and about that to marry for love is sometimes a luxury that cannot be afforded... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Here are the lyrics that I know:

(Note that the title is slightly different, as there are usually a dozen of versions to a song. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
"T� mo chleamhnas a dh�anamh" means the same as "T� mo chleamhnas d�anta", just another grammatical form.)

T� Mo Chleamhnas D�anta
(My Match Is Made)

T� mo chleamnhas d�anta � athr� ar�ir
S'n� m�n�go dtaithn�onn an bhean liom f�in
ach f�gfaidh m� i mo dhiaidh i
'gus imeoidh m� liom f�in
ar fud na gcoillte craobhach.

My match it was made here last night
to a girl I neither love nor like
but I'll take my own advice
and leave her behind
and go roaming the wild woods over.

Shi�l mise thoir agus shi�l mise thiar
Shi�l mise Corcaigh 'gus sr�ide Bhail' �tha Cliath
ach s�mh�il de mo chail�n deas ni fhaca mise riamh.
'Si an bhean dubh a dh'fh�g mo chroi cr�ite.

I walked up and I walked down.
I walked to Cork, and Dublin and Belfast towns,
but no equal to my true love could I find,
She's the wee lass that's left my heart broken.

D'�irigh m� ar maidin dh� uair roimh an l�
'gus fuair m� litir � mo mhile ghr�.
Chuala m� an sm�il�n 's an londubh � r�
gur ealiagh mo ghr� thar s�ile.

I got up two hours before day
and I got a letter from my true love.
I heard the blackbird and the linnet say
that my love had crossed the ocean.


Of course, there are many other versions, but basically they resemble the same meaning.

Hope I could help,

#Roidsear

Well, just as I said... here's another version, this time from Altan:


T� Mo Chleamhnas A Dh�anamh

T� mo chleamhnas � dh�anamh inniu agus inn�
'S n� m� n� go dtaitn�onn an bhean uda� liom f�in
Ach fu�gfidh m� mo dhiaidh �, is rachaidh m� leat f�in
S�os f�na coille craobhaigh

A match was a-making here last night
And it isn't with the girl that I love the best
I'll leave her behind and I'll go along with you
Down by the banks of the ocean

'Mo codladh go h-eadarshuth b'aite liom f�in
Leaba� luachair a bheith faoi mo thaobh
Buideal branda� a bheith faoi cheann
'S mo chail�n deas �g 'bheith ar l�mh' liom

Sleeping to milking time is my delight
A bed of green rushes underneath my side
A bottle of brandy underneath my head
And a charming young maid in my arms

Shi�il mise thoir agus shi�il mise thiar
Shi�il mise Corcaigh 'gus sraideanna Bhaile' Cliath
Macasamhail mo chail�n n� fhaca mise riamh
'S� 'n bhean � a d'fh�g mo chro� cr�ite

Oh I walked east and I walked west
I walked Cork and Dublin's streets
An equal to my love I didn't meet
She's the wee lass that's left my heart broken

Sl�n,
Roidsear

Great song (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)