Runrig - Alba (with Gaelic and English lyrics)

[byrnenick73]

SÒAR ALBA ANÌS AGÙS THÌGA ÀR LÀTHA......SNLA SNP!!! FREEDOM!!!!! AND FREEDOM FOR EÌRE!! TÌOCFAIDH ÀR LÀ SAIORSE GEO DEO,BEIR BUA!!!!!!!

[TomasMacmillan]

I was born in Argentina but I am very proud of my scottish ascent. As a matter of fact I'm learning how to play the pipes and also, as there aren't any gaelic speaking peaople left here, I'm learning gaelic from a BBC website. some say I am a bit obsesive with my heritage, may I ask why can't I be proud of it?

my regards to my fellow scotsmen living abroad

Alba gu brath!

[kantorkolos]

Dear @pmarsh1986,

Thank you very much for all your Runrig videos. The are great. I particularly enjoy having both the Gaelic and the English translated lyrics because this aids my beginner Gaelic learning. Keep up the good work, you are a braw, braw Scot, indeed! (I assume...)

[byrnenick73]

AS GAELIC = IRISH AGUS SCOTTISH GAELIC A CHAIRDE :)

[BrodEirennach90]

Slainte maith do chach! Alba go deo agus go raibh maith agat.

[POLICELEGOMAN]

i speek fluint garlic so oh yea.

[69FOREVERnETERNITY69]

In part of the song "good" is spelled "math" why is it spelled that way rather than "maith"

[MacDonaldSeumas]

@69FOREVERnETERNITY69 Because thats the Scottish Gaelic way of writing it

[WaxLonghorn]

This song pulls me to my roots. Alba gu bràth!

[benkit49]

I am from the American South where many Scots immigrated to after the english drove them from Scotland to Northern Ireland where they became known as the Scots-Irish and then from there to America. If not for the Scots we would not have won our Independence from the great oppressor, england. I am proud of the Scottish blood in my veins...Clan Douglas. Alba gu brath!!!

[jrobertsmvi]

@benkit49 Clan Roberts! Alba gu brath!!

[lilywithtwobees]

THIS IS LIKE MY FAVORITE THING EVER. It's so wonderful. Oh my goodness.

[Sorcererno]

brilliant song! i really, really like it, and the chorus makes me feel unstoppable, even though i'm not scottish! i'm planning to learn this beautiful language too :) i don't want it to die!

/a brother from sweden!

[timdalf]

Alba gu bragh, lads

[bobfari]

I wish the Scottish all the best as they fight to be independent..... Na hAlban CULTÚR AGUS BRÓD go deo!!... From your Green Family Across The Sea.... Ireland..

[hooptyhee1]

I'm a Yank, descended from Borderers (who weren't exactly kind to the Gaels), but "ma hame toun" was Edinburgh for 13 years. I've been gone for a quarter century and I still miss the place, like part of my heart is back there.  I wish you all the luck in the world in your struggle. You are one great nation and deserve to stand up proud as you always try to do. Aw the best tae ye.

[technomarty1]

@hooptyhee1 aye but did you like the mighty jam tarts of midlothian???

[gerhardherm]

Tha gradh agam air Alba. An t-oran le Runrig agus an tir fhein.

Alba gu brath!

[Macneacail77]

There are great songs and then there is one like this that defines the scottish soul and emboldens it, and enlivens it. Glay va agus breagha.

[breandan789]

Great song, not the best translation, but it gets the point across.

[scotsexile1]

Great song but things forget the negative bits.

Things are changing. We have an SNP government and are on our way to restoring our independence. The old days of oppression are passing.

Remember our heroes - Wallace, Bruce, Prince Charlie, Connolly (James, not Billy)the Corries, Alex Salmond, Sean Connery and a few thousand others!

[AlbaSiar]

@scotsexile1 -It's pretty insulting to compare a political opportunist like Salmond with undisputed heroes such as Bruce and Wallace. BTW , Salmond purged his party of the true patriots -e.g. siol nan gaidheal .

[scotsexile1]

@AlbaSiar

You must be kidding. Salmond is the dominant figures in Scottish politics with no rival whatsoever and a referendum on independence is on the way. Yet you are claiming that a fringe bunch that almost no-one has ever heard of and doesn´t even believe in elections are somehow "true patriots".

BTW, Salmond himself was expelled from the SNP for being in the 79 Group.

[kirriereoch]

@peculiar65 Your comment reminds me of when my granny, from North Uist would listen to BBC radio Alba and if someone from Islay spoke she´s say "That´s a strange dialect of Gaelic they´re speaking".

[bobfari]

When I first heard this i thought it was Irish!!!

[MarvellousMuffin]

@bobfari

A lot of people would. Scotland and Ireland seem to blur in the international eye. It still baffles me that certain people think Irish accents and Scottish accents are similar - in Ulster at least, but my god, try comparing a Cork accent to Glaswegian.

[MsOneiroi77]

@MarvellousMuffin people that usually grey the area accent wise between the scot and irish know very little about bith countries and that includes the diaporia who should know better. They make a mistake no scot or irish would ever make therefore they are removed from what is to be scottish and irish and are something else.

[MarvellousMuffin]

@MsOneiroi77

What really gets at me is the number of Americans (both people from the US and Canada) of Scottish or Irish descent that get into the whole "celtic connections" thing, then don't bother "coming back". If they're so proud of their heritage why don't they help out the old country? Even to an extent? Besides going to Ireland for a "Celtic Tattoo" and guiness, even though they're probably of Scottish descent. It's as if we don't matter to them, or Scotland only exists in history books

[gerhardherm]

@MarvellousMuffin Hello MarvelousMuffin, I hope I'm not too impertinent to but in here, I understand your frustration over mis-labeling accents, countrys etc. I often correct people here in the U.S. when they say Ireland and really mean Scotland or the other way around. It's sometimes usefull to show people a map, or draw a rudimentary one if you have to, in order to show the difference on a basic geographic level. You're right people should know better, and get more involved in the culture.

[MarvellousMuffin]

@gerhardherm

Of course you're not being impertinent, good sir. I'm glad you take the time to educate people on the matter, it's one that always left me feeling puzzled. I'm quite surprised that you'd have to go as far as actually drawing a map for some people though, but I suppose I wouldn't know my way around a map of the Baltic quite so well, despite its importance to my country's history.

[gerhardherm]

@MarvellousMuffin Well, I hope you know that a great deal of Americans (I can only speak for U.S.) have a great amount of affection for Scotland, and the undefeatable spirit of her people. And the same can be said for Ireland. I've only had a chance to visit the Auld country once, and I think about it nearly every day. As far as the commercial aspect of culture i.e. celtic jewlery, silly oversized green hats on St. Patrick's Day, Guiness etc. They're just symbols. Culture & blood run deep.

[MarvellousMuffin]

@gerhardherm

Indeed they do sir. I think the reason why Scotland and Ireland have a bit more gravity in the Americas than, say, Germany would (despite there being an enormous population of German Americans) is that they have such powerful stories.

[MarvellousMuffin]

@gerhardherm

The story of Scotland, to my mind, has everything people like. Scotland was the underdog. We've had heroes who won against impossible odds, we've had tragedies, we've had villains. Our story is that of a struggle against "the man", fought for values everyone loves these days - freedom and independence. In some ways, it's as if Scotland isn't really a place, it's a state of mind.

[gerhardherm]

@MarvellousMuffin Well said friend.

Abair e a charaid.

[Northseatigerdude]

Roll on the referendum. A chance we haven't had in 20 generations, a chance to stand on our own once again.

[tallykita]

Love it :)

[LoOccitan]

Greatings from occitania

[WhiteTiger333]

Who knew that's how Alba is pronounced? Knowledge may not always be power, but it is always extremely cool. Thanks for offering Runrig songs this way. :) I also see, from this song, where the word "gloaming" probably originated.

[LoOccitan]

@WhiteTiger333 Alba is pronouced "Alapa"

[cristean08]

Thanks, for uploading.., I've added it to my 'Òrain Gàidhlig' Playlist. Gave you 5*

[ScottishLiberty]

Thank you for posting. I'm learning Gaelic, and this video had a few new words for me.