LE hAGHAIDH SMAOINTE NÍL AM
Sa bhás, tá an bheatha an bhean is an leanbhAg suansiúl ‘n aghaidh balla ’d bhrionglóid
Id’ shaighdiúir na trócaire, do mhallacht is fuar
“Mura bhfuil sé le trust, slán go deo.”
Uaigneas, cineáltas, an uasaicme, clú, fuilibiliú,
Troid na corónach is taisteal go brónach
Ag imeacht is tú gan cháil
Le haghaidh smaointe níl am.
Sa Chathair Fheidearálach sea do léiríodh duit tláithe
Go rúnda, le haghaidh pinginí
Is geal leat an ceannaire ach ní maith leat an leatrom
Agus braitheann tú lán d’imní.
Cuimhní, sceitimíní, easpa dlí, is easpa croí
Bheith díolta ag póg is an oíche go hóg
Sa ghleanntán úd is an lúb ar lár
Le haghaidh smaointe níl am.
Breithiúna cráite, i mbansagart a bheith sáite,
N’fhaca tú riamh a leithéid
Buaileadh gach bob orm trí shúile atá turcaidghorm
Tá mé dulta i léig.
Bábóigín,
braon poitín, an dúbailteacht, an uaigh ghlas,
Mearcair i gceannas, an chinniúint dod’ leanacht
Nós na plá, agus caochadh súl cam
Le haghaidh smaointe níl am.
Do thréig do choinsias thú, tíoránach a lig síos thú
Áit a luíonn an leon leis an uan
Bheadh an fealltóir sin íoctha, is marbh ’n dhiaidh sin
Ach sin mar atáimse monuar.
Tír na nÓg, íobairt fós, an bhásmhaireacht, an cás mar tá,
Ach is gasta é an draíodóir is a chleasa
Is íogaire ná fuil, ná dúch i do pheann
Le haghaidh smaointe níl am.
Éad agus fearg, a chlaíomh atá dearg
Beidh sé sásta má tá tú faoi bhrú,
Gealta ’na choinne, is tusa an duine
A cheansóidh é trí bheith ciúin.
Liberté, égalité, an umhlaíocht chaoin, an tsimplíocht íon
Féach tríd an scáthán ar na súile ag stánadh
Agus ólann tú braon beag go fann
Le haghaidh smaointe níl am.
Taoisigh an dóláis is ríonacha sóláis
A gcloigeann á n-ofráil ar ghuí
Níl teacht agat ar shlánú, tá do shaolsa á bhánú
Ins gach áit, gach aon uair, i ngach slí.
Mearcair, sea, gravité, an uaisleacht, sea, an umhlaíocht, sea,
Ní féidir í choinneáil, tá tú cóngarach don imeall
Is ní fada go seasfaidh tú ann
Le haghaidh smaointe níl am
Tá deireadh le vanité, is do shlánchiall sa chré
Droim láimhe anois le pléisiúr
Géilleann leannáin duit, ach níl siad sách láidir
Ní heol dóibh an ann duitse fiú.
An sóisialaí, an hiopnóisí, an rapparee, an t-ábharaí,
Dlíthe sea mhuise, chun gialla a bhriseadh
Agus clingeadh na n-eochrach’ is toll
Le haghaidh smaointe níl am
Is tabharfaidh an ród seo ‘dtí an ainnir ón mBablóin thú
Agus rós ina gruaig
Réaltaí sa spéir thoir, tú saortha ón daorbhroid
I sáinn ach tá gach aon ní amú
Fidélité, unité, eiseamláir ó bhun go barr
Casann tú timpeall, a dhiabhail, is radharc ar Chamille
Is an ghealach ’cur fola go fann
Le haghaidh smaointe níl am.
Piléir mharóidís, ón mbás níl aon éaló
Ní hea, ortsa ní chuirfear cluain
Easpa suáilce ar snámh tríd an láib duit
Flaithiúil ach faoi ghlas go Lá an Luain.
Níl am chun slán leis an bhfírinne ’rá
Níl am le cailliúint mhuise, a ghrá
Níl am chun réiteach ’gcomhair íobartach éigin
Ná fulaingt, ná súil cham
Le haghaidh smaointe níl am.
NO TIME TO THINK
In death, you face life with a child and a wifeWho sleep-walks through your dreams into walls
You’re a soldier of mercy, you’re cold and you curse
“He who cannot be trusted must fall”
Loneliness, tenderness, high society, notoriety
You fight for the throne and you travel alone
Unknown as you slowly sink
And there’s no time to think
In the Federal City you been blown and shown pity
In secret, for pieces of change
The empress attracts you but oppression distracts you
And it makes you feel violent and strange
Memory, ecstasy, tyranny, hypocrisy
Betrayed by a kiss on a cool night of bliss
In the valley of the missing link
And you have no time to think
Judges will haunt you, the country priestess will want you
Her worst is better than best
I’ve seen all these decoys through a set of deep turquoise eyes
And I feel so depressed
China doll, alcohol, duality, mortality
Mercury rules you and destiny fools you
Like the plague, with a dangerous wink
And there’s no time to think
Your conscience betrayed you when some tyrant waylaid you
Where the lion lies down with the lamb
I’d have paid off the traitor and killed him much later
But that’s just the way that I am
Paradise, sacrifice, mortality, reality
But the magician is quicker and his game
Is much thicker than blood and blacker than ink
And there’s no time to think
Anger and jealousy’s all that he sells us
He’s content when you’re under his thumb
Madmen oppose him, but your kindness throws him
To survive it you play deaf and dumb
Equality, liberty, humility, simplicity
You glance through the mirror and there’s eyes staring clear
At the back of your head as you drink
And there’s no time to think
Warlords of sorrow and queens of tomorrow
Will offer their heads for a prayer
You can’t find no salvation, you have no expectations
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere
Mercury, gravity, nobility, humility
You know you can’t keep her and the water gets deeper
That is leading you onto the brink
But there’s no time to think
You’ve murdered your vanity, buried your sanity
For pleasure you must now resist
Lovers obey you but they cannot sway you
They’re not even sure you exist
Socialism, hypnotism, patriotism, materialism
Fools making laws for the breaking of jaws
And the sound of the keys as they clink
But there’s no time to think
The bridge that you travel on goes to the Babylon girl
With the rose in her hair
Starlight in the East and you’re finally released
You’re stranded but with nothing to share
Loyalty, unity, epitome, rigidity
You turn around for one real last glimpse of Camille
’Neath the moon shinin’ bloody and pink
And there’s no time to think
Bullets can harm you and death can disarm you
But no, you will not be deceived
Stripped of all virtue as you crawl through the dirt
You can give but you cannot receive
No time to choose when the truth must die
No time to lose or say goodbye
No time to prepare for the victim that’s there
No time to suffer or blink
And no time to think