Unique Word Count: 82
Music composed by: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Words written by: Proinsias Ó Maonaigh
Lyrics:
Tá soilse na Nollag ag loinriú le bua,
Ó cheart-lár na cathrach go huaigneas an tuath.
Tá coinneal na Nollag san fhuinneog ina suí,
Ag fáiltiú roimh Mhuire, a theacht chun a tí.
Curfá:
Ó tar chugainn, a Mhuire, is beannaigh ár saol,
Beidh aíocht le fáil agat féin is do naíon.
Scrios as ár mbeatha an ghráin is an fhuath,
Is neartaigh an grá inár gcroíthe atá dúr.
Tá an ré is na réalta ag soilsiú sa spéir,
Agus ciúineas na Nollag le mothú san aer.
Tá an saibhir is an daibhir ar aon intinn amháin,
Ag fáiltiú roimh Íosa isteach inár saol.
Curfá
Go ngealaí na soilse an ród atá romhainn,
Is bí thusa a Íosa ár dtreorú go buan.
Nó an solas is gile dár shoilsigh go fóill,
Do theacht-sa a Íosa isteach inár saol.
Translation:
The lights of Christmas are shining victoriously,
From the heart of the city to the quiet of the countryside.
The Christmas candle is set in the window,
Welcoming Mary to come into the house.
Chorus:
Oh come to us, Mary, and bless our lives,
You and your child will find hospitality.
Drive out of our lives every kind of hatred,
And strengthen the love in our hard hearts.
The moon and the stars are shining in the sky,
And the silence of Christmas can be felt in the air.
The rich and the poor are all of one mind,
Welcoming Jesus into our lives.
May these candles brighten the road before us,
And you Jesus, be our guide always.
Because the brightest light that ever shone,
Was you coming into our world, Jesus.