Most of the song is like "scatting" I think. Supposedly based on traditional waulking songs. That one paragraph in the middle is sung in the Irish language which is a different dialect from Scottish Gaidhlig. It's a great little tune even if you can't really sing it.
@irisjuju True :)It's like Scottish Gaelic, it;s like horo, horo eile, or Eo hao o hao o, Eo hao o hao o
Hao ri ri o hu o, Hao ri ri o hu o , Ro ho i o hi o or Hi ho ru bha ho, Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro
'S na hi ho ru bha ho it's mouth music it's where its just meanlingless words. . Same principle here. Hear any Gaelic song and it be have some sort of outh music. Even popular song I Bhi A Da has mouth music as a chorus.
@BeingABear Gaelic is spoken in Scotland; Enya speaks IRISH. It's only Irish from 0:43 - 1:00; the rest of it is not. I'm guessing it's either gibberish or may be an American Indian language.
@FreddiesDelilah It's more accurate and less confusing to refer to the Celtic language of Ireland as "Irish"; all materials on the language also only say Irish on them.
Any materials labeled as "Gaelic" are for Scottish Gaelic. Strictly speaking, yes, of the 6 Celtic languages, Irish, Gaelic & Manx are the 3 "Gaelic" or Goidelic languages; the other 3 are Brythonic: Welsh, Cornish and Breton.
All are spoken again today and being taught today.
Most of the song is like "scatting" I think. Supposedly based on traditional waulking songs. That one paragraph in the middle is sung in the Irish language which is a different dialect from Scottish Gaidhlig. It's a great little tune even if you can't really sing it.
gaeltacht26 3 weeks ago
these lyrics are based on how they sound right?
mlestoll 1 month ago
@irisjuju True :)It's like Scottish Gaelic, it;s like horo, horo eile, or Eo hao o hao o, Eo hao o hao o
Hao ri ri o hu o, Hao ri ri o hu o , Ro ho i o hi o or Hi ho ru bha ho, Hi o 's na ho hi ho ro
'S na hi ho ru bha ho it's mouth music it's where its just meanlingless words. . Same principle here. Hear any Gaelic song and it be have some sort of outh music. Even popular song I Bhi A Da has mouth music as a chorus.
RunrigFan 5 months ago
i don't even know what she is saying but i love this song
koolie73 7 months ago
ITS LOXIAN!!!!! AN INVENTED LANGUAGE DEVELOPED BY ENYA AND RYAN ROMA....GOOGLE IT....THANK ME PLEASE FOR FINALLY ANWERING THIS QUESTION!
I LOVE EBY AND I CONSIDER MY SELF LOXIAN AND IM MAKING IT A RELIGION
jamielivefree 8 months ago
@jamielivefree The language is irish, this was on Shepherd Moons in 1991 before loxian
RunrigFan 6 months ago
I wonder what the actuall lyrics to this song are.
Katluver56 1 year ago
@Katluver56 The "actual" lyrics to this song are written onscreen, but like others, I too would love to know the English translation.
She has a wonderful voice & can obviously speak [& sing] fluently in two [or more?] languages, I'm as envious as hell.
KB10GL 1 year ago
@KB10GL
she speaks... er... hold on lemme ask... 4 languages. :)
Katluver56 1 year ago
Amharc, mná ag obair lá 's mall san oíche,
Ceolann siad ar laetha geal, a bhí,
Bealach fada anonn 's anall a chóich.
(Translation:
Look, women working by day and late at night,
They sing of bright days that were,
A long way back and forth forever.)
Bugmaniac 1 year ago 7
wat kind of language is this...
nussyputs29 1 year ago
@nussyputs29
Gaelic
BeingABear 1 year ago
@BeingABear Gaelic is spoken in Scotland; Enya speaks IRISH. It's only Irish from 0:43 - 1:00; the rest of it is not. I'm guessing it's either gibberish or may be an American Indian language.
Gaeilgeoir 1 year ago
@Gaeilgeoir I thought Irish is one of the three Gaelic languages, like Scottish-Gaelic and Manx?
FreddiesDelilah 11 months ago
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Gaeilgeoir 11 months ago
@FreddiesDelilah It's more accurate and less confusing to refer to the Celtic language of Ireland as "Irish"; all materials on the language also only say Irish on them.
Any materials labeled as "Gaelic" are for Scottish Gaelic. Strictly speaking, yes, of the 6 Celtic languages, Irish, Gaelic & Manx are the 3 "Gaelic" or Goidelic languages; the other 3 are Brythonic: Welsh, Cornish and Breton.
All are spoken again today and being taught today.
Gaeilgeoir 11 months ago
@Gaeilgeoir Nope very wrong. It's mouth music or puirt and buel which is common in Scottish and Irish music.
RunrigFan 6 months ago
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@RunrigFan What are you talking about? My comments were about the Celtic languages.
Gaeilgeoir 6 months ago
I would love to know what she's saying in this song!! I love it so much, the melody takes me so far away from here.
Iyahra 2 years ago 7