[English Lyrics]
[Verse]
Ag amharc trí m’óige
Is mé bhí sámh
Gan eolas marbh
Bhí mé óg san am
[Refrain]
Anois, táim buartha
‘S fad ar shiúl an lá
Ochón is ochón ó
[Chorus]
Na laetha geal m’óige
Bhí siad lán de dhóchas
An bealach mór a bhí romham anonn
Bhí sé i ndán domh go mbeinn, slán, slán
[Refrain]
Anois, táim buartha
‘S fad ar shiúl an lá
Ochón is ochón ó
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
Na laetha geal m’óige
Bhí siad lán de dhóchas
An bealach mór a bhí romham anonn
Bhí sé i ndán domh go mbeinn, slán, slán
[Refrain]
Anois, táim buartha
‘S fad ar shiúl an lá
Ochón is ochón ó
Na Laetha Geal M’Óige was written by Enya.
Na Laetha Geal M’Óige was produced by Nicky Ryan.
Enya released Na Laetha Geal M’Óige on Mon Sep 19 1988.
According to Enya.sk, Enya said in a 1989 interview for BBC 1:
I think we had decided we’d like to work on an Irish song, and it was in the vein of traditional Irish music. Well, it’s basically written in a lament form. It’s “ochón ‘s ochón ó,” which is “crying,” and it’s really crying on the… the...