O ’S e Ìosa Fear Mo Ghràidh

O ’S e Ìosa Fear Mo Ghràidh

1950s/60s

frances.wilkins

Gaelic

Words

881

O It is Jesus who Loves Me

22/08/2024

TEXT

37

[Starts at verse 5] ‘S gur e comunn fear mo ghràidh, Bidh ri fulang air do sgàth, ‘S iad ri ‘g amharc ris an àit Far nach bi craidh no gearan ac’. ‘S bho’n a bhlais mi air do ghràdh, Bidh mi ‘g iomradh air gu brath, ‘S E dol na’s prìseil dhomh gach là. An gràdh a rinn mo chosnadh-sa. Ach ‘nuair cheileas thu do ghnùis, Is ‘nuair a bhios na sgàilean dlùth, Bidh mi mar bhàta chaill an stiùir, Gu’n tig Thu ruin g’am fhrithealadh. ‘S gus an coinnich sinn gu h-àrd Far nach dealaich sinn gu bràth, Bidh mi’n crochadh air do ghràs

Starts at verse 5 [verse to be translated] [verse to be translated] When you hide your face from me And when the clouds gather I will be like a goat that has lost its rudder Until you come again to rescue me. [verse to be translated] Translated by Torquil MacLeod