Ag Criost an Siol

Traditional Irish (Gaelic) Prayer. Music by Sean O'Riada.
Words and translation:-

AG CRIOST AN SIOL
Ag criost and siol ag criost an fomhar
In ioth a lainn de go dtugtar sinn
Ag criost an mhuir, ag criost and tiasc
I lionta de go gcas tar sinn

O fhas go haois, is o aois go bas
Do dha laimh, a Chriost, anall thar ainn
O bhas go crioch, ni crioch ach ath-bhas
I bpar thas na ngrast go rabhaimid.



TRANSLATION by P.O. Maille

Christ's is the seed
And Christ's the harvest
Into God's garnering
May we be drawn

Christ's is the sea
And Christ's the fish
Into God's nets
May we be turned

From birth to age
And age to death
Our two hands, Christ

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• Gaelic
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• Hegarty
• religious

[muisire]

A great traditional religious song beautifully sung with lovely images - all so relevant in a bleak time. Some Catholic bishops in Ireland have, like some members of the French World Cup squad, become unfit for purpose because they only want to look after themselves. They want to be princes but they are paupers. The church (people, priests, bishops) needs to put Christ at the centre of things like Saint Patrick did. Singing this song at Mass on Sunday will help. Maith thú - well done!

[maureenderry]

@muisire Yes a beautiful hymn. I sing it often at weddings, funerals and Mass on a Sunday.

[Hurlinkk]

Just beautiful - go iontach ar fad

[maureenderry]

@Hurlinkk Thank you

[TG4gaeilge]

Iontach... beautiful rendering

[maureenderry]

@TG4gaeilge Thank you!

[larryharvey12]

i love this song it so beautiful im scotish and it melts my heart with happyness

[muisire]

A great traditional religious song beautifully sung with lovely images - all so relevant in a bleak time. Some Catholic bishops in Ireland have, like some members of the French World Cup squad, become unfit for purpose because they only want to look after themselves. They want to be princes but they are paupers. The church (people, priests, bishops) needs to put Christ at the centre of things like Saint Patrick did. Singing this song at Mass on Sunday will help. Maith thú - well done!

[rothaich5]

Gorgeous once again...I first heard Frank Paterson sing this and fell in love with it. I think he sang it for his Holiness the Pope John Paul II also.

Dia agus Muire duibh! RICHARD MUNRO (USA)

[rothaich5]

Lovely rendering...I remember hearing the late Frank Paterson sing it. I never met him personally but I met Father Sean Cumey who was Frank's wife's cousin. Father Cumey had been a priest at St. Anthony's in Govan (Glasgow) and he knew the priest (Father Collins ) who married my grandparents and who baptized my father in March 17 1915