LCaoineadh na dTr Muire (The Lament of the Three Marys) - iarla O Lionaird

From the Highland Sessions - Iarla O Lionaird - vocals Lyrics and English Translation ( with thanks to “halfmace“)- Sé a Pheadair, a aspaill, a bhfhaca tú mo ghrá bán? Chonaic mé ar ball é dá ruaigeadh ag an namhaid Oh Peter, apostle, did you see my loved one? Alas, alas, and alas! I saw him while ago, being attacked by the enemy Alas, alas, and alas! (Keen is repeated throughout) Óchón, is óchón ó. Óchón, is óchón ó Muise cé hé a fear breá atá ar Chrann na Páise? An é nach n-aithníonn tú do mhac, a Mháithrín? Who is that fine man on the Tree of Passion? Don’t you recognize your own son, Mother An é sin an maicín a d’iompar mé trí raithe? Nó an é sin an maicín a rugadh insan stábla? Is that the little s