Artists
Enya – vocals (Irish/Gaelic), keyboards, Irish adaptation
Music by Enya, lyrics by Roma Ryan (adapted into Irish by Enya from Roma Ryan’s English poem). Arranged by Enya & Nicky Ryan, produced, engineered, and mixed by Nicky Ryan, mastered by Dick Beetham. The fifth track (about 2:48) on A Day Without Rain (WEA/Reprise, November 2000).
The title is Irish for “Tears on My Heart.” It is the only song on the album whose lyric is not credited to Roma Ryan directly, because Enya adapted Roma’s English poem into Irish, her first language. Enya has noted that the album as a whole grew from her questioning decisions she had made in her life, with the answers appearing in the songs she was writing.
Enya – Deora Ar Mo Chroí Lyrics
Ba dheas an la go oiche
Na glortha binne i mo thaobh
‘S aoibhneas i gach ait gan gruaim
Athas ar mo chroi go deo
He-a-ro
He-a-o-ro
Ma shiulaim o na laetha beo
An ghrian ‘s an ghealach ar mo chul
Nil uaim ach smaointe o mo shaoil
Deora ar mo chroi go bron
He-a-ro
He-a-ro
He-a-o-ro
[Translation]
It was beautiful all day
The sweet voices by my side
And beauty without dispair everywhere
Joy in my heart forever
He-a-ro
He-a-o-ro
If I walk from the alive days
The sun and the moon behind me
I’ll only need thoughts from my life
Tears sorrowfully on my heart
He-a-ro
He-a-ro
He-a-o-ro
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