Silent Worship/ Adhradh Ciúin

File: Ní fios cé a chum (Bunaithe ar théacs le Carlo Sigismondo Capece) Cumadóir: Georg Friedrich Händel

Ag canadh léi sa ghairdín, Tost ar an lon ’s an chéirseach Ar chlos an mhacalla álainn Ó nár léir duit ise Is í ag siúl léi féin Deise í ná rós ná lile Ná gaetha ón ngréin. Cé nach eol di cé mé Cé nach bhféachann i mo threo Is cé nach leomhfainn é a rá Beidh grá agam di go deo. Chuala tú cinnte an aoileann Ag canadh léi sa ghairdín Tost ar na héinín’ uile Ag fuaim an mhacalla álainn Ach cinnte is léir an aoileann Is í ag siúl léi féin Ag iomaíocht le gile neimhe 'S a folt óir mar dheora gréin’!

Did you not hear My Lady Go down the garden singing Blackbird and thrush were silent To hear the alleys ringing... Oh saw you not My Lady Out in the garden there Shaming the rose and lily For she is twice as fair. Though I am nothing to her Though she must rarely look at me And though I could never woo her I love her till I die. Surely you heard My Lady Go down the garden singing Silencing all the songbirds And setting the alleys ringing... But surely you see My Lady Out in the garden there Rivaling the glittering sunshine With a glory of golden hair.