Dust​/​An Damhsa Dubh

from Hunger of the Skin by Brian Finnegan

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Featuring the original poem ‘Dust’ by Gearóid MacLochlainn
Recited by Gearóid MacLochlainn

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Dust by Gearóid Mac Lochlainn

Domhain ag titim as a chéile
As an neamhní a tháinig tú
Ligtear liú ó lár na cruinne
Fáilte romhat don damhsa dubh

Cad é mar a dhéantar damhsa dubh
‘S dú-léim insan oíche
‘S fonn fiáin na feadóige
Ag feadaíl i do chluasa

Féach  ar charn  na marbhán  
Ag damhsa leo go síorraí
Déanfaidh siad an damhsa dubh
Arís i lár an aonaigh

Ó chlábar ru' na huaighe
Go guthanna na fidile  
An dreolín ag ceolín

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Damhsa dubh an dusta

Cad é mar ‘dhéantar damhsa dubh
A scaipfeadh fáth  do  bhuartha  
A chuirfeadh  ruaig ar scáthanna
A chreimeann ort san oíche

Cad é mar a dhéantar damhsa dubh  
Chomh dubh leis an airne  
As an luaith a léimeann tú
Ar ghlórtha réalta geala  

Sin  a bhfuil de chéimeanna  
Níl damhs' ar bith níos fusa
Ó chré go cré a rachas tú
Ag damhsa leis an dusta

Sin a bhfuil -na céimeanna
Níl rud ar bith níos fusa

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Ó dhubh go dubh a rachas tú
Ag damhsa leis an damhsa dubh



Dust
Worlds fall  apart
You come out of the void
A wail from the heart of the universe  
Welcome, to the black dance

How do you dance a black dance  
leap in the dark of night  
wild whistles warbling
In your ear?

Look at the dead multiply  
Forever dancing
They will dance again
In the middle of the fair

From the red clay of the grave
To the voices of fiddles
The wren sings it’s little tune
The black dance of the dust

How do you dance a black dance

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That would wash away your woes  
That would drive away  the shadows
That gnaw you in the night?

How can you do a black dance
As black as black sloe?
You must leap up from the ashes
On the singsong of bright stars

That’s all the steps you need
For the easiest dance there is
From ashes to ashes
You’ll go dancing with the dust  

That’s all you need to know
Nothing is so easy
From dusk till dawn
You’ll go
Dancing
The black dance
Of dust

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from Hunger of the Skin, released March 12, 2021

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Brian Finnegan Armagh, UK

A past pupil of the fabled institution The Armagh Piper’s Club, Brian is recognised for his fearlessly innovative approach to composing, collaboration and arrangement.
Frontman with Flook for more than 28 years, he has released 3 highly acclaimed solo albums including Hunger Of The Skin.
‘It is the work of a singular artist weaving his very own fabric onto an old structure.’
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