Irish song - Trasna na dTonnta

Na Casaidigh perform 'Trasna na dTonnta', Gaelic for 'across the waves'. The pictures are of Gweedore in the Donegal Gaeltacht. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gweedore )

Ceolann na Casaidigh an amhrán traidisiúnta 'Trasna na dTonnta'.I gcuideachta tá grianghrafanna do pharóiste Ghaoth Dobhair i nGaeltacht Dhún na nGall. ( http://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaoth_Do... )

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
Over the waves, going west, going west!
Good-bye to loneliness and to the distant land;
It brightens my heart and the sun,
Happy to be returning to Ireland!

I saw my sufficiency in countries far away,
Gold and silver, the wealth of the life
My heart rises in me with the break of the day,
And me drawing closer to the land of my people!

Over the waves, going west, going west!
Good-bye to loneliness and to the distant land;
It brightens my heart and the sun,
Happy to be returning to Ireland!

People of the West, they're the friends of my heart,
Welcome and celebration before me on every side.
Leaving this life I pray to the Lord
That it's with their ancestors in the grave I will be!

Over the waves, going west, going west!
Good-bye to loneliness and to the distant land;
It brightens my heart and the sun,
Happy to be returning to Ireland!

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