Criomag Bhidio
Briathran Òran
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– A ‘ strì ri mo phian le a chorragan
Singing my life with his words
– A ‘ seinn mo bheatha le a bhriathran
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ag innse mo bheatha gu lèir leis na faclan aige
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
I heard he sang a good song
– Chuala mi gun do sheinn e òran math
I heard he had a style
– Chuala mi gun robh e modhail
And so I came to see him
– Mar sin thàinig mi a dh’fhaicinn
To listen for a while
– Gus èisteachd airson greis
And there he was this young boy
– ‘S ann an sin a bha am balach òg seo
A stranger to my eyes
– A stranger to my eyes
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– A ‘ strì ri mo phian le a chorragan
Singing my life with his words
– A ‘ seinn mo bheatha le a bhriathran
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ag innse mo bheatha gu lèir leis na faclan aige
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
I felt all flushed with fever
– Bha mi a ‘ faireachdainn a h-uile sruthadh le fiabhras
Embarrassed by the crowd
– Nàire air an t-sluagh
I felt he found my letters
– Fhuair mi mo litrichean
And read each one out loud
– Agus leugh gach fear a-mach gu h-àrd
I prayed that he would finish
– Guidheam gun crìochnaich e
But he just kept right on
– Ach chùm e dìreach ceart air
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– A ‘ strì ri mo phian le a chorragan
Singing my life with his words
– A ‘ seinn mo bheatha le a bhriathran
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ag innse mo bheatha gu lèir leis na faclan aige
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
He sang as if he knew me
– Sheinn e mar gum b ‘ aithne dhomh
In all my dark despair
– Anns a h-uile eu-dòchas dorcha agam
And then he looked right through me
– Agus an uairsin sheall e ceart tromham
As if I wasn’t there
– Mar nach robh mi ann I wouldn’t there
And he just kept on singing
– Agus chùm e dìreach air seinn
Singing clear and strong
– Seinn soilleir agus làidir
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– A ‘ strì ri mo phian le a chorragan
Singing my life with his words
– A ‘ seinn mo bheatha le a bhriathran
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ag innse mo bheatha gu lèir leis na faclan aige
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
Oh, oh-oh
– O, a dhòmhnaill bhig
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
– Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
La-la-la, la-la
– Là, làlà là là, làlàlàlàlàlà là
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
– O-hì-hì-hì-hì-hì-hì-hì-hò
La, ah-ah, ah
– La, a rèir an teaghlaichean, a rèir
La, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
– La, a rèir an teaghlaichean, a rèir tighe an
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– A ‘ strì ri mo phian le a chorragan
Singing my life with his words
– A ‘ seinn mo bheatha le a bhriathran
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ag innse mo bheatha gu lèir leis na faclan aige
Killing me (Softly)
– Make me (easy)
He was strumming my pain
– Bha e a ‘ strì ri mo phian
Yeah, he was singing my life
– ‘S e, bha e a’ seinn mo bheatha
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
Killing me softly with his song
– ‘S tric mi seinn le mo leannan
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ag innse mo bheatha gu lèir leis na faclan aige
Killing me softly
– A ‘ marbhadh mi gu socair
With his song
– Leis an òran aige
