IRISH LULLABY

Sí, el cuadrito se las trae, pero la delicadeza de la música y la dulzura con que está cantada lo compensan todo. Después de un año dominado por toda clase de demonios ya va siendo hora de disfrutar durante unos minutos de una bien merecida victoria de los ángeles.

IRISH LULLABY

I'd rock my own sweet childie to rest 

in a cradle of gold on a bough of the willow,
To the shoheen ho of the wind of the west 

and the lulla lo of the soft sea billow.en
Sleep, baby dear,
Sleep without fear,
Mother is here beside your pillow.

I'd put my own sweet childie to sleep 

in a silver boat on the beautiful river,
Where a shoheen whisper the white cascades, 

and a lulla lo the green flags shiver.
Sleep, baby dear,
Sleep without fear,
Mother is here with you for ever.

Lulla lo! to the rise and fall 

of mother's bosom 'tis sleep has bound you,
And O, my child, what cosier nest 

for rosier rest could love have found you?
Sleep, baby dear,
Sleep without fear,
Mother's two arms are clasped around you.

--Alfred Graves