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10. Amazing Grace

Cantate pour la Paix
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Versione risalente al 1910 e dedicata a Jack Johnson (1878-1946),...
Grásta chugainn, nach binn an fhuaim
A tharrtháil ainniseoir
Bhíos tráth ar strae, féach fód fúm –
Níl mé dall níos mó.

Mhúin grásta eagla do mo chroí
Chuir grásta stop le huamhan
Tháinig deireadh ar fad le himní
Nuair a tháinig creideamh chugam!

Bhí guais im’ shaol is bhí cathú
Ach ó bhaol thána slán!
Murach grásta bheinn fós amú
Ar an drabhlás, ar fán.

Nuair a bheimid míle bliain leis féin
Is ag lonrú mar ghrian:
Beidh gach smaoineamh beo i bhfad i gcéin
Seachas moladh Dé go dian.

Grásta chugainn, nach binn an fhuaim
A tharrtháil ainniseoir
Bhíos tráth ar strae, féach fód fúm –
Níl mé dall níos mó.



AMAZIN' GRACE

Amazin' Grace, how sweet it sounds,
Jack Johnson knock Jim Jeffries down.
Jim Jeffries jump up an' hit Jack on the chin,
An' then Jack knock him down agin.

The Yankees hold the play,
The white man pulls the trigger,
But it make no difference what the white man say,
The world champion's still a nigger!


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