16 December: Remembering ALEKSANDROV - Inuska's Great-Grandfather: Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov

16 DECEMBER

Remembering ALEKSANDROV 

Ines's Great-Grandfather

WE MISS YOU ALEKSANDROV

Born: 23 January 1903, Russia   –   Died: 16 December 1983,  Russia

 Photos: Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov

    

 

 ALTAN  - A Bhean Udaí Thall

 

Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic)

Tá mo grábháil í, a shí ógó
Greamaithe don dheánaí, a h-óbó
'S mo ghrábháil gheal fán únán tráigh
'S mé 'gabháil i tsáile i mBaile Leóil

'S a bhean udaí thall, a shí ógó
Tá a' siúl na traigh seo a h-óbó
Nach truaigh leat bean ina húire ceoidh
'S í 'gabháil a báthadh i mBaile Leóil

Ó níl mo ghaol, a shíogó
Nó mo pháirt, a h-óbó
'S an uair nach bhfuil, san úire ceoidh
'S é bheirim cead snámh duit i mBaile Leóil

Tiocfaidh m'athair a shí ógó
Anuas fán tráigh a h-óbó
Is gheobhaidh sé mise 'mo bhradán bhog bháidhte
'Gabháil i tsáile i mBaile Leóil

Ní thiocfaidh d'athair a shíogó
Anuas fán tráigh a h-óbó
Ná tiocfaidh mé féin 'na banú an lae
A scaoileadh le céaslaidh i mBaile Leóil

Ó tá leanbán agam a shí ógó
I gcionn a chúig raithe a h-óbó
Is béidh leanbán eile 'na húire ceoidh
I gcionn a thrí raithe i mBaile Leóil

Ó tá leanbán agat, a shíogó
I gceann a chúig raithe, a h-óbó
'S béidh leanbán agam ó úire ceoidh
A bheas ina mháistir i mBaile Leóil

Tabhair mo bheannacht, a shí ógó
Annsoir mo mháthair, a h-óbó
'S é darna beannacht ó úire ceoidh
'S ar 'athair mo chlainne i mBaile Leóil

Nár thabharfá mo bheannacht, a shí ógó
Annsoir mo mháthair, h-óbó
A bhéarfaidh mo mhallacht ó úire ceoidh
'S ón athair mo clainne i mBaile Leóil

Ina méanair do'n mhnaoí óig, a shí ógó
A rachas 'm'áitse, a h-óbó
Béidh beithígh geala ó úire ceoidh
Is fuinneogaí gloinn' aici 'mBaile Leóil

Ó mise an bhean óg, a shíogó
A rachas 'd'aitse, a h-óbó
Béidh beithígh geala ó úire ceoidh
Is fuinneogaí gloinn' aici 'mBaile Leóil

English

 

This is my grave, a shí ógó
Trapped in the channel, oh no
My white grave beneath the foaming strand
As I'm drowning in Baile Leóil

Oh woman yonder, a shí ógó
Who is walking on the strand, oh no
Have you no pity for a woman in her watery grave
Who is drowning in Baile Leóil

You're not my relation, a shíogó
Nor my friend, oh no
The time has come, hasn't it, in the watery grave
That I took you to swim in Baile Leóil

My father shall come, a shí ógó
Down to the strand, oh no
And find my soft bloated body
Drowning in Baile Leóil

Your father shan't come, a shíogó
Down to the strand, oh no
Nor shall I come myself 'til break of day
To free you in Baile Leóil

Oh I have a babe, a shí ógó
Who is fifteen months old, oh no
And another babe will be in his watery grave
Who is three months old in Baile Leóil

Oh you have a babe, a shíogó
Who is fifteen months old, oh no
And I will have a babe from this watery grave
Who will be the master in Baile Leóil

Take my blessing, a shí ógó
Back to my mother, oh no
And my second blessing from a watery grave
To the father of my children in Baile Leóil

You would not take my blessing, a shí ógó
Back to my mother, oh no
You shall take my curse from a watery grave
And from the father of my children in Baile Leóil

There's fortune in store for the young woman, a shí ógó
Who will take my place, oh no
And will have pure white cattle from a watery grave
And windows of glass in Baile Leóil

I am the young woman, a shíogó
Who will take your place, oh no
And will have pure white cattle from a watery grave
And windows of glass in Baile Leóil



Altan   -  Mallaí Chroch Shlí

Lá aoibhinn gan bhuaidhreadh 's gan mhearaigh
'S mé ag ardú 'mach Mallaí Chroich Shlí
Faoi imeall na neallta go bhfaca mé
An spéirbhean ag gabhail tharam ins a tslí
Thug sí dealramh breá aerach 'bhí dathúil
Ar dhá thaobh a' ghleanna ar gach taobh
Is mo cheadfaí gur' réad sí chun seachrán
'S d'fhág sí tréan smacht ar m'aigne faraor

Tá mo chuidiú-sa a laghdú fá bhaile
Níl capall, níl caora 's níl maoin
Níl géimneach fá shléibhte Loch Bearraigh
Le pléisiúr a chuir ormsa mar bhí
Ó d'imigh an spéirbhean bhí dathúil
A dtug mé spéis dí 's nach bhfanann liomsa chóich'
Le m'éifeacht ní fhéad mise 'mealladh
Fá 'críonnacht a chuir pian in mo chroí


English

 
One beautiful day without worry
As I climbed up the slopes of Croch Shlí
'Neath the clouds on the skyline before me
This fair maiden I did see pass by
She reflected a radiance of beauty
That enchanted the glen on both sides
My senses she shattered completely
Alas, her charms overpowered my mind

My help around home is decreasing
No horses, no sheep and no kind
There's no loving of kine by Loch Bearra
To give me the pleasures I mind
Since this beautiful maiden departed
Taht I fancied, but won't stay with me
My best efforts could not entice her
And her wisdom has grieved my heart sore