Christmas songs as Gaeilge: Angels we have heard on high (In Irish with lyrics)

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The second installment of our Christmas songs in Irish, today we present to you the classic 'Angels we have heard on high' as Gaeilge.

Listen to the version in Irish here.

Lyrics (in Irish) with phonetics in Italics:

Aingil chualamar as ard
Ang-gill koola-mur ohss oard

Aingil chualamar as ard
Ang-gill koola-mur ohss oard

Ag ceol go haoibhinn ar fud na mbán
Egg keole guh heevin air food nuh mon

Agus na beanna ag taobhú leo
Oguss nuh banna egg tay-vuu low

Le macalla suairc a ndán
Leh mock-allah sewerk ah nawn

Curfá - Chorus

Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Tuige, Aoirí , bhur lúcháir?
Tigeh, airy, voor luke-var?

Cad fé ndear bhur ngliondar buan
Cod fay nar voor n-lonn-dar boo-ann

Nochtaidh dúinn an scéala láir
Nuck-tah doon un shhkale-ah lawr

Tá mar spreagach le bhur nduan
Taw mar sprag-ah leh voor noon

Curfá - Chorus

Gluais, go bhfeicfir mBeitheal romhat
Gloosh, guh veckfir mehhill rowt

An t-É a mhórann cór ainglí
Un tay a vore-ann core onglee

Tar 's umhlaigh 'n omós Dó
Tar'is um'vlig n'umós do

Críost a saolaíodh ina Rí
Kreest ah seal-ee-uck in a Ree

Curfá - Chorus

Féach sa mhainséar ina luí
Fayk suh vawn-share in a lee

Íosa, Tiarna neimhe 's talún
Ee-sah, Tear-nah neva iss tal-oon

A Mhuire, 's Iosaif, 's é ár nguí
Ah vir-ah, iss yo-sef iss ay or n-ee

Gean a chothú Dó fá rún
Ge-own ah kuh-hoo doe faw ruin

Curfá - Chorus

Lyrics (in English):

Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains

Chorus:

Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Shepherds why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heav'nly song

Chorus

Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing.
Come adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Chorus

See him in a manger laid 
Whom the angels praise above; 
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, 
While we raise our hearts in love.

Chorus

Previous song in Irish:

• The First Noel (In Irish with lyrics)