When the Times Darken - by
When the times darken / will there be singing even then? / There will be singing even then. / Of…
When the times darken / will there be singing even then? / There will be singing even then. / Of…
As time draws near
/ the end of our days
/ and the plates fall
/
/ away from our knees,
/ let us not be…
God said: Let the dark be dark.
/ Let the stars shine properly.
/ And let darkness with no stars
/ heal the damage caused by…
If you think of the dark
/ as a black park
/ and the moon as a bounced ball,
/ then there’s nothing to be frightened…
On the dark road, only the weight of the rope.
/ Yet the horse is there.
Dithis
/ Charbad-iarainn
/ Ri taobh a chèile
/ ’S iad an impis dèanamh às
/ Anns an dorchadas
/ Agus mi fhìn a’ sealltainn
/ Air an taobh thall
/ ’S mi an…