Gearrthóg Físe
Lyrics
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Strumming mo phian lena mhéara
Singing my life with his words
– Ag canadh mo shaol lena chuid focal
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ag insint mo shaol ar fad lena chuid focal
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
I heard he sang a good song
– Chuala mé gur sheinn sé amhrán maith
I heard he had a style
– Chuala mé go raibh stíl aige
And so I came to see him
– Agus mar sin tháinig mé chun é a fheiceáil
To listen for a while
– Chun éisteacht ar feadh tamaill
And there he was this young boy
– Agus ansin bhí sé an buachaill óg seo
A stranger to my eyes
– Strainséir do mo shúile
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Strumming mo phian lena mhéara
Singing my life with his words
– Ag canadh mo shaol lena chuid focal
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ag insint mo shaol ar fad lena chuid focal
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
I felt all flushed with fever
– Bhraith mé go léir flushed le fiabhras
Embarrassed by the crowd
– Náire ag an slua
I felt he found my letters
– Bhraith mé go bhfuair sé mo litreacha
And read each one out loud
– Agus léigh gach ceann amach os ard
I prayed that he would finish
– Ghuigh mé go gcríochnódh sé
But he just kept right on
– Ach choinnigh sé ceart ar
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Strumming mo phian lena mhéara
Singing my life with his words
– Ag canadh mo shaol lena chuid focal
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ag insint mo shaol ar fad lena chuid focal
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
He sang as if he knew me
– Sheinn sé amhail is dá mbeadh aithne aige ormsa
In all my dark despair
– I mo éadóchas dorcha go léir
And then he looked right through me
– Agus ansin d ‘ fhéach sé ceart trí dom
As if I wasn’t there
– Amhail is nach raibh mé ann
And he just kept on singing
– Agus choinnigh sé air ag canadh
Singing clear and strong
– Amhránaíocht soiléir agus láidir
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Strumming mo phian lena mhéara
Singing my life with his words
– Ag canadh mo shaol lena chuid focal
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ag insint mo shaol ar fad lena chuid focal
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
Oh, oh-oh
– Ó,ó-ó
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
– Ó-ó-ó, ó-ó, ó-ó
La-la-la, la-la
– La-la-la, la-la
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
– Ó-ó-ó, ó, ó-ó
La, ah-ah, ah
– La, ah-ah, ah
La, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
– La, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Strumming mo phian lena mhéara
Singing my life with his words
– Ag canadh mo shaol lena chuid focal
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ag insint mo shaol ar fad lena chuid focal
Killing me (Softly)
– Suicide me (Softly)
He was strumming my pain
– Bhí sé ag strumming mo phian
Yeah, he was singing my life
– Sea, bhí sé ag canadh mo shaol
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
Killing me softly with his song
– Ag marú mé go bog lena amhrán
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ag insint mo shaol ar fad lena chuid focal
Killing me softly
– Marú mé go bog
With his song
– Lena amhrán
