Christmas At Sea

作词 : Robert Louis Stevenson

作曲 : Sting/Mary Macmaster

All day we fought the tides between the North Head and the South

All day we hauled the frozen sheets, to 'scape the storm's wet mouth

All day as cold as charity, in bitter pain and dread

For very life and nature we tacked from head to head

Thograinn thograinn bhith dol dhachaidh

E ho ro e ho ro

Gu Sgoirebreac a chruidh chaisfhinn

E ho hi ri ill iu o

Ill iu o thograinn falbh

Gu Sgoirebreac a' chruidh chais-fhionn

E ho ro e ho ro

Ceud soraidh bhuam mar bu dual dhomh

E ho hi ri ill iu o

We gave the South a wider berth, for there the tide-race roared

But every tack we made we brought the North Head close aboard

We saw the cliffs and houses, and the breakers running high,

And the coastguard in his garden, his glass against his eye

Gu Sgoirebreac a chruidh chaisfhinn

E ho ro e ho ro

Ceud soraidh bhuam mar bu dual dhomh

E ho hi ri ill iu o

The frost was on the village roofs as white as ocean foam

The good red fires were burning bright in every 'longshore home

The windows sparkled clear, and the chimneys volleyed out

And I vow we sniffed the victuals as the vessel went about

Gu Sgoirebreac a chruidh chaisfhinn

E ho ro e ho ro

Ceud soraidh bhuam mar bu dual dhomh

E ho hi ri ill iu o

The bells upon the church were rung with a mighty jovial cheer

For it's just that I should tell you how (of all days in the year)

This day of our adversity was blessed Christmas morn,

And the house above the coastguard's was the house where I was born

Thograinn thograinn bhith dol dhachaidh

E ho ro e ho ro

Gu Sgoirebreac a chruidh chaisfhinn

E ho hi ri ill iu o

Ill iu o thograinn falbh

Gu Sgoirebreac a' chruidh chais-fhionn

E ho ro e ho ro

Ceud soraidh bhuam mar bu dual dhomh

E ho hi ri ill iu o

Ill iu o thograinn falbh

And well I knew the talk they had, the talk that was of me

Of the shadow on the household and the son that went to sea

And O the wicked fool I seemed, in every kind of way

To be here and hauling frozen ropes on blessed Christmas Day

Gu Sgoirebreac a chruidh chaisfhinn

E ho ro e ho ro

Ceud soraidh bhuam mar bu dual dhomh

E ho hi ri ill iu o

Ill iu o thograinn falbh

Gu Sgoirebreac a' chruidh chais-fhionn

E ho ro e ho ro

Ceud soraidh bhuam mar bu dual dhomh

E ho hi ri ill iu o

Ill iu o thograinn falbh

Gu Sgoirebreac a chruidh chaisfhinn

E ho ro e ho ro

Ceud soraidh bhuam mar bu dual dhomh

E ho hi ri ill iu o

Ill iu o thograinn falbh