Don oíche úd i mBeithil (David Monks)

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Editor: David Monks (submitted 2009-10-16).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 30 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Don oíche úd i mBeithil
Composer: David Monks

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Carol

Language: Irish Gaelic
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 2007

Description: A Traditional Christmas Carol in Irish Language. There is a guide to the pronunciation of the Irish, and both English and French versions accompany it. The translations are not really singable, so a little effort has to be made to use the simulated pronu

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English translation by David Monks

That dark, cold night in Bethlem
Will live in our hearts for aye.
That dark, cold night in Bethlem
The Word first saw the day.

The distant stars were twinkling;
The earth wore a mantle white.
See Jesus in the cradle;
His Mother keeps watch nearby.

Upon the cold, bare mountain,
The shepherds raise up their eyes,
As brightness cleaves the heavens
And angel-songs fill the skies:

Our hymns of praise and glory
To God on his throne on high;
And unto men of goodwill
On earth be peace and joy.

French translation by David Monks

De cette nuit à Bethléem
On parlera toujours.
Cette nuit à Bethléem,
Le Sauveur vit le jour.

D'étoiles les cieux scintillent,
La terre est couverte de neige.
Jésus gît dans le berceau;
Sa mère de grâce est pleine

Sur les flancs des montagnes
Les bergers dans leur abri
Voient descendre les anges;
Écoutent de loin leur hymne:

"Gloire éternelle au Grand Dieu
Qui règne à jamais aux cieux;
Et toujours sur la terre
La paix aux coeurs généreux."