Branwen’s Lament – Damh The Bard – letras

Dearest Brother hold me hereSafe in your embraceFor I feel, death is nearHer breath upon my faceAcross the Irish sea, you came to rescue meLeading an army to avenge my shameTwo islands torn apart, like my broken heartFrom your army just seven remainSister I heard you calling to meO’er the Irish seaI brought a war to those foreign shoresFor to set you freeNow I feel I’m dying poison in my veinsBut for you my dear Sister I’d do it againI can hear as I close my eyesThe screams of my young SonCast into the burning fireBy EfnysienAfter death I’ll find peace, all of my pain will ceaseBrother you are my dearest friendNow I will welcome death, I will draw my last breathAnd this Raven will fly againLay her body within the EarthIn this four-cornered tombSo her Spirit will know rebirthFrom our Mother’s wombAnd though you lie in the earth so coldKnow that your story will forever be toldBury my head facing over the seaAnd while it remains this land will be free