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Riverdance Shivna
   
Credits: Bill Whelan
   
Appears On: Riverdance (soundtrack); Riverdance On Broadway (soundtrack)
   
Language: Sean-Ghaeilge (Old Irish Gaelic)
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
A Bhennáin, a bhúiredáin Oh little stag, thou little bleating one
A bhéicedáin bhinn Oh melodious little clamorer
Is bhinn linn in cúicherán Sweet to us is the music
Do ní tú 'sin ghlinn Thou makest in the glen
A Bhennáin, a bhúiredáin Oh little stag, thou little bleating one
A bhéicedáin bhinn Oh melodious little clamorer
Is bhinn linn in cúicherán Sweet to us is the music
Do ní tú 'sin ghlinn Thou makest in the glen
   
A dhrainéin, a dhelgnacháin Oh little blackthorn, little thorny one
Dil dol doh roh day Dil dol doh roh day
A mhinéin na chonaire Oh minen of the pathway
Dil dol doh ray Dil dol doh ray
A dhriséoc, a dhruimnechóc Oh briar, little arched one
Dil dol doh roh day Dil dol doh roh day
A chaillech, a chuirrechennach Oh hag, oh round-headed one
In raga for ech? Wilt thou go on a steed?
   
A Bhennáin, a bhúiredáin Oh little stag, thou little bleating one
A bhéicedáin bhinn Oh melodious little clamorer
Is bhinn linn in cúicherán Sweet to us is the music
Do ní tú 'sin ghlinn Thou makest in the glen
   
Is mé Suibhne sirthechán I am Suibhne, a poor suppliant
Lúath reithim thar gleann Swiftly do I race across the glen
Nochan é m'ainm dligthechán That is not my lawful name
Mó is ainm dam Fer Benn Rather is it Fer Benn
(4x) (4x)
   
Suibhne... Suibhne...
   
A dhrainéin, a dhelgnacháin Oh little blackthorn, little thorny one
Dil dol doh roh day Dil dol doh roh day
A mhinéin na chonaire Oh minen of the pathway
Dil dol doh ray Dil dol doh ray
A dhriséoc, a dhruimnechóc Oh briar, little arched one
Dil dol doh roh day Dil dol doh roh day
A chaillech, a chuirrechennach Oh hag, oh round-headed one
In raga for ech? Wilt thou go on a steed?
   
Is mé Suibhne sirthechán I am Suibhne, a poor suppliant
Lúath reithim thar gleann Swiftly do I race across the glen
Nochan é m'ainm dligthechán That is not my lawful name
Mó is ainm dam Fer Benn Rather is it Fer Benn
(4x) (4x)
   
Suibhne... Suibhne...