Seoithín Seo Hó / Gartan Mother’s Lullaby

Óho óho óho mo leana
Óho mo leana, is codail go fóill
Óho óho óho mo leana
Mo stóirín ina leaba ina chodladh gan brón

Sleep, o babe, for the red bee hums the silent twilight’s fall
Aoibheall from the grey rock comes, to wrap the world in thrall
A leanbhan o, my child, my joy, my own, my heart’s desire
The crickets sing you lullaby, beside the dying fire

Seoithín seo thó, mo stór é mo leana
Mo sheod gan chealg is mo chuid den tsaol mhór
Seoithín seo thó, nach mór é an taitneamh
Mo stóirín ina leaba ina chodladh gan brón

Dusk is drawn and the green man’s horn is wreathed in rings of fog
Siabhra sails his boat till morn, upon the starry bog
A leanbhan o, the paly Moon has ringed her cusp in dew
And weeps to hear the sad, sweet tune, I sing o love to you

Ar mhullach an tí tá síogaí geala
Faoi chaoinré an earraigh ag imirt’s ag ól
Is seo iad aniar iad a’ glaoch ar mo leana
Le súil is a mhealladh isteach sa lios mór

A leana mo chléibh, go n-éirí do chodladh leat
Séan agus sonas gach oíche ‘do chomhair
Tá mise le do thaobh a’ guí ort na mbeannacht
Seoithín mo leana, is ní imeoidh tú leo

Óho óho óho mo leana
Óho mo leana, is codail go fóill
Óho óho óho mo leana
Mo stóirín ina leaba ina chodladh gan brón