Manohar Sardessai
Is geall le brídeog í mo Ghoa-sa
Bráisléid ghlasa ar a géaga
Oíche ghormghlas réaltógach
É mo Ghoa-sa
Is geall le leanbh é mo Ghoa-sa
Is é suite in ucht na gcnoc
Bachlóg mogra é
Ar chraobh na mara
Is pictiúr é Goa
Ar dhath an tuair cheatha
Brionglóid é Goa
Is cuimhní fite tríthi
Seomra oscailte Kuber
Lán de dhiamaint é Goa
Tóirse ar lasadh é
A chomórann bua na beatha
Coiscéim bheag é Goa
Ar chosán an domhain
Is ceol é
A bhfuil rithim chosmach á lorg aige
Sé is Goa ann ná an phailm atá fréamhaithe
Im' chroíse á santú agam go séimh
Maoin mhór é Goa
Luach saothair na ndea-ghníomhartha go léir
My Goa
My Goa is like a bride
Green1 bangles2 in her arms
An azure starry night
Is my Goa
My Goa is like a child
In the lap of the hills
My Goa is a mogra3 bud
On the branch of the sea
Goa is a picture
The colour of the rainbow
Goa is a dream
Woven with memories
Goa is Kuber’s4
Diamond-laden open room
Goa is the burning torch
Of life’s victory
Goa is a tiny footstep
On the earth’s pathway
Goa is music
Seeking the cosmic rhythm
Goa is a gentle longing
For the palms5 rooted in my heart
Goa is the great wealth
The reward of my lives’ good deeds6
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1 ‘Green’ (panchvea) It may have derived from pachu (emerald). The plural form pachvo may have given panchvea (Ameeta Agshikar)
2 Bangles (chuddo), a set of five green bangles worn by the bride
3 Mogra – jasmine. A white flower with a soft fragrance
4 Kuber – God of wealth
5 Palms – (Kavthe) refer to the tender newly planted coconut tree
6 “Lives” refers to punnya, that is, one’s good deeds done over a lifetime. In Hindu belief, there is a reward for the accumulated good deeds of the individual after many rebirths.
