" A Hundred Thousand Welcomes to you all again "
Gach maidin Sathairn a deir se
Every Saturday morning , he says
Clar Raidio Staisiuin phoibli
A public radio station program
Sin e , WFUV
That is WFUV
Gan teip, go moch ar maidin anseo
Without fail, there early in the morning
Ag solathar na Gaeilge duinn
Providing the Irish for us ,
Lan de fhuinneamh, spraoi is ghreann
Full of energy , fun and Humour :
Seamas de Blaca , ' se ar run
James Blake , he's our secret treasure
Cathair Nua- Eabhrac , thuas sa Bhroncs
New York City , up in the Bronx
's ollscoil Fordham a chraoltar as ;
Broadcasting from Fordham University ;
Bimid ag foghlaim na
Gaeilge
As abhar a roinneann se
linn;
We are always learning Irish
From the stuff he shares
with us
'Sean is an nua le cheile
Ceol traidisiunta ,
is Cajun .
The old and new
together , Traditional music , and Cajun
Buntus Cainte , cursai reatha , Abhar scoile , abharachas,
Bualadh craicinn, An " Se do Bheatha "
Mortas cine , dinnseanchas
Buntus Cainte , current events ,
School material , materialism ,
Sexy stuff, the Hail Mary ,
Irish pride , place lore.
Gaeilge liofa, tosaitheoiri,
Nuala Naofa , Cathail Saolta ,
Rosenstock , is Alan Titley
Altan , Clannad ,is an Realta .
Fluent Irish , beginners ,
Holy Nuala , Worldly Cathail ,
Rosenstock and Alan Titley,
Altan , Clannad , and the Realta
Le micreafon is innealtoir,
With a microphone and engineer
Barra dil is cupla cara
Dear Barra and a couple of Friends,
Fos nios minice gan chabhair ,
Yet more often without help
'S an glor binn Maire Ni hEaghra
And the sweet voice Mary O' Hara
O, nar lagai Dia do lamh ,
Oh ,may God preserve your strength,
A laoich na Gaeilge uasal, groi
O hero of the Irish Language , noble, vigorous!
Seachas inar gcodladh samh ,
instead of being sound asleep,
Bimid ag eisteacht leis an ri.
We listen to the King .
Ni bheidh a leitheid ann aris
His like won't come again .
Is braithimid ar inspioraid
And we depend on inspiration
Nach bhfaighimid on teilifis
That we don't get from television
Go raibh se ar an aer go brach !
May he be on the air forever !
Gealltar airgead don staisiun
Money is pledged to the station
Seasca cuig no Caoga dollar
Seventy - Five or Fifty dollars
Ta na baill ar fud an naisiuin
Gan an clar , cosuil le galar!
The members are all over the nation
To be without the program ,
That's like having a disease
Uair an tSeachtaine ag " tiunail in "
Once a week , tuning in ,
Gan bhreag , gan dabht , taimid dilis
No lie , no doubt , were faithful
' Se an smaoineamh inar n-intim ,
It is the thought in our minds,
Cead mile failte romhatsa aris !
A Hundred thousand Welcomes to you again !
le Seamus O Neachtain
by James Norton
Gnath la a bhi ann
It was an ordinary day
Aimsir dheas gheal
The weather was fine and clear
Silim gur imigh traein orm
I Think I missed the train
Do bhios cupla noimead mall
And I was a few minutes late
Ni raibh a fhios agam
I did'not Know
Agus me ag siul chuig an bhfoirgneamh
As I walked towards the building
Cad a an deatach sin sa speir
What is that smoke in the sky
Tine fhoraoise i Nua Gheiris
A Forest Fire in New Jersey
Ni duradh dada sa tsraid
Nothing was said on the street
Nuair a shroicheas mo dheasc
When I reached my desk
Insiodh dom gur bhuail eitlean
It was said that a plane had hit,
An Lar-ionad Tradala Domhanda.
The World Trade Center .
An ceist a bhi againn, agus sinn
ag smaoineamh ar ais ar an gcead bhuama
The Question was upon us as we thou
about the First bombing
An sceimhlitheoireacht no timpiste i
was it terrorism or an accident
Ansin an nuacht faoin dara eitlean
Then came the news of a second plane
Gan amhras anois agus cinnte e.
Without a doubt now- it was certain .
Ansin, chualamar faoin bPeinteagan
Then we heard about the Pentagon
Bhi ionsai ar siul orainn.
We were being attacked .
Eitlean thios , tuairteailte.
Airplane down , crashed .
Gan ach na scairdeitleain
mhileata san aer anois .
With only the military jets
in the air now.
Torann agus Tost aisteach.
Noise and unsettling silence.
Bhi eolas ag duine faoi radharc
Cupla urlar thuas .
Someone knew about a view A few
floors up.
Do chuas ,agus bhi se mar scannan Godzilla
I went , and it was like a scene Godzilla film
Na creatuir bhochta
Conas a dheisseofar an damaiste
The poor creatures
How could this damage be repaired ?
Sin mar a cheapas an chead turas.
An dara turas , bhi tur tar eis titim.
Thar creideamh - tur teilifiseain
taobh thiar den phuir dheataigh
An triu turas --- ni raibh ann ach an smuit .
That 's what I thought , the first time
The second time was the tower after
It was beyond belief ------- behind the Television
The third trip up - there was nothing
A Dhia ! Ar thainig mo chairde slan
Dear God ! Did my friends get out
Fuair me limisin abhaile le cupla comhphairti
I took a limousine home with some associate
Agus iar-shaighdiuir Ruiseach dar dtiomaint
An ex-Russian Soldier was driving us
Throid seisean san Afganastain .
He had fought in Afganastain .
Bhi Ruisis ag chuile dhuine, ach mise.
Turas mall agus imni air faoina jab .
Bhi a chustaimeiri go leir i dtreis ann .
Everyone spoke Russian , but me
It was a slow trip and he was worried
All his customers were down there .
Agus na sluaite a bhi ag siul on Droichead Brooklyn
And the dazed crowds walked
over from the Brooklyn bridge.
Nuair a chonacas mo bhean is mo chlann
When I got home to my wife and Children
Bhi domhan nua ann
Chrochamar suas ar mbratach
It was a new World .
We hung out our flag.
Le Seamas O Neachtain
by James Norton
11 u Mean Fomhair 2002
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