Geantraí

[moonwise]

Caithfimid suas is suas
Caithfimid suas go heasc í
Caithfimid suas is suas í seachain a chroí na pléasc í
Déanfaidh sí dámhs' is dámhs'
Déanfaidh sí dámhs' le pléisiúr
Déanfaidh sí dámhs' is dámhs' mé féin 'sí féin le chéile

We will throw her up and up
We will throw her up easily
We will throw her up and up, hopefully she will not explode
She will dance and dance
She will dance with pleasure
She will dance and dance myself and herself together

--Anúna

Comments

Re: caith suas nó cuir amach

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Hmm... they have a passing similarity. You can scan the lyrics you posted to the tune of Geantrai - if I could post mp3's I'd put up a link. The lyrics are quite similar, yes -

Caithimis suas is suas é,
you will toss him up and up
Caithimis suas an páiste;
you will toss up the child
Caithimis suas is suas is suas é,
you will toss him up and up and up
'S tiocfaidh sé anuas amárach..
and he will come down tomorrow..

thanks for the translation practice! ;)

Re: caith suas nó cuir amach

[caoin.livejournal.com]

BTW did you know that geantraí is one of three old categories of song: geantraí (lively music), goltraí (sad music/laments) and suantraí (sleep music/lullabies)?

Re: caith suas nó cuir amach

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Actually, I did. *grin* But thank you for telling me! ;)