Nightcore - Tir Na Nog (Lyrics)

Song: Tir Na Nog
Artist: Celtic Woman
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[labaguette]

In the movie 'Titanic', while the band plays 'Nearer My God To Thee', there's a scene where the mother is comforting and putting her 2 children to sleep. If you listen closely, you'll hear her say "And they lived happily ever after, in the land of Tir Na Nog, land of eternal youth, and beauty."

[splats]

I don't know how i ended up here but i have no regrets about being here

Edit 3y later: I like that people keep re-commenting on this thread because every other month I get reminded this beauty exists

[codathompson]

TIR NA NOG
(irish)
In the Irish myth cycles, the land of Tir na nOg is the realm of the Otherworld, the place where the Fae lived and heroes visited on quests. It was a place just outside the realm of man, off to the west, where there was no illness or death or time, but only happiness and beauty.

It is important to note that Tir na nOg was not so much an “afterlife” as it was a an earthly place, a land of eternal youth, that could only be reached by way of magic.
(for all the people who were wondering 😊)

[coldheartedbitch]

this is the story of Tir Na Nog
The best known tale of Tir na nOg is the story of the young Irish warrior Oisin, who fell in love with the flame-haired maiden Niamh, whose father was the king of Tir na nOg. They crossed the sea on Niamh’s white mare together to reach the magical land, where they lived happily for three hundred years. Despite the eternal joy of Tir na nOg, there was a part of Oisin that missed his homeland, and he occasionally felt a strange longing to return to Ireland. Finally, Niamh knew she could hold him back no longer, and sent him back to Ireland, and his tribe, the Fianna.

Oisin traveled back to his home on the magical white mare, but when he arrived, he found that all of his friends and family were long dead, and his castle overgrown with weeds - after all, he had been gone for three hundred years.

Oisin turned the mare back to the west, sadly preparing to go back to Tir na nOg. On the way, the mare’s hoof caught a stone, and Oisin thought to himself that if he carried the rock back with him to Tir na nOg, it would be like taking a bit of Ireland back with him.

As he learned down to pick up the stone, he stumbled and fell, and instantly aged three hundred years.


The mare panicked and ran into the sea, heading back to Tir na nOg without him. However, some fishermen had been watching on the shore, and they were astonished to see a man age so fast. Naturally they assumed magic was afoot, so they gathered up Oisin and took him to see Saint Patrick.

When Oisin came before Saint Patrick, he told him the story of his red-headed love, Niamh, and his journey, and the magical land of Tir na nOg. Once he was finished, Oisin crossed out of this lifetime, and he was at last at peace.

[CherryHead]

01:56 = The most beautiful voice ever.

[that_crazy_guy]

If people are wondering, This song is based off the Eachtraí style of story telling from old Ireland. The myth is of Oisin who marries a eternally young maiden called Niamh. Search for those names and you can find the story pretty easily.

[klio]

my favourite line in the song is



"Time wont follow the path we came.
The world you left, it forgot your name."
SO COOL

[brownbear]

God, this makes me wish fantasy was real

[hufflepufflez]

I grew up in a mainly irish family, so that means instead of Cinderella I would get fairie tales like this. Tired na nog was always one of my favorites, about a prince who met a beautiful princess on her visit to Ireland and they married on the condition that he went with her to Tir na nog. They spent two years happily ruling, but the prince eventually got lonely and decided to take a trip back to see his family. The princess couldn't convince him otherwise, and so told him to not step off of his horse or touch Ireland in any way or he would never be able to go back, but through a turn of events he found out it had been 200 years since he left and in his sadness, did. Then he turned old and like crumbled into dust.

Good story.

[SeaDog]

Right... for those who might be interested in the actual Gaeilge lyrics:
Saeta-Ceatia sciamh-ne riabhanach
Saeta-Ceatia nuige Tír na nÓg
Saeta-Ceatia sciamh-ne riabhanach
Nuige, Tír na nÓg

Which means:
"Saeta-Ceatia" our handsome young man
come with us to Tír na nÓg
our handsome young man
Come with us to Tír na nÓg

[davidkardos]

It is a MAGIC !!
Thank you for everybody who made this video exist !
You are wizards !

[shimmyking]

this was randomly in my recommended videos
i saved it to listen to later
*WASN'T DISAPPOINTED*

[QuantumNetwork]

I'm Irish and for anyone who cares, Tír na nÓg is the land of youth, the lore is people who go there stay forever young (don't age) but when they leave or return to their homeland they are very old as time still passes while there.

[seirramoon]

while many complain about nightcore, some songs can sound alot better if there sped up a bit

[jellyfishjewel]

One half of me: how did I get here? The other half: TIR NA NOG!

[brianboru]

"Considering what happened to the last guy who did I'd rather not."

Some version of the Tir Na Nog story was that the thing the mortal who went to Tir Na Nog couldn't do was get off the horse he rode to get back to the land of Mortals. When he came back was supposedly when St. Patrick was magic Ireland Christian and he came across a couple of men carrying stones to build a church. They dropped it and he reached out to grab the stone. The stirrup of his saddle snapped and he fell of and promptly aged like no one's business (all 300 years he was gone (3 years in Tir Na Nog) catching up to him all at once.)

What makes the version I read sad was that he actually managed to go back to Tir Na Nog but his lady, took one look at him and violently rejected the poor guy in disgust and he was kicked out to live the remainder of his life a shriveled old prune.

He was attended to by St. Patrick until he passed away. Now there are two versions of what happened to him. One is that one his death bed he accepted baptism and Died in the Grace of God.

The other is that he rejected it because he asked about the comrades of his time and when he learned there was no way for them to join him he refused to accept the Baptism. He claimed he'd everything else, he wouldn't lose the opportunity to see his comrades on the other side. Wherever that may be.

That bit may have actually come from a semi-historical event in the Dark Age Netherlands. There was a powerful Frisian (part of the Netherlands) chieftain who was being convinced to become Christian. According to the records he was literally one foot away from being baptized when he asked about his ancestors. He was told that they're burning in hell with no chance of reprieve. He promptly kicked the monk/bishop out of Frisia. His claim was that he'd rather sit in hell with his ancestors than in heaven with his enemies the Franks. He made a ferocious fight of keeping his people's independence and pagan ways and even managed to defeat Charles Martel, (Charles the Hammer) in one battle but was eventually over run.

Sorry...I find this stuff fun.

Anyway my answer is "Sorry sweet-heart but I like my friends and family. You can stand to stay away for my life-time right? It'd only be a few minutes for you at the most right?"

[NagikunX]

I like how the pictures alternate with their respective parts of the song. Great song, picture selection, editing, everything.

[codymcteer]

Is it weird that I'm a 33 year old male, former Marine, irish and scottish ancestors, Rh negative blood...and this song hits really deep in my soul!!

[somebodyyouknow]

I'm discovering alot of new nightcores lately and now can create a new playlist. Thx a lot

[Level__student]

Lyrics:
Sha ta co ti oh scum ne rivna
Sha ta co ti oh nugga Tír na nÓg
Sha ta co ti oh scum ne rivna
Nug a Tír na nÓg

Come, my love, our worlds would part
The gods will guide us across the dark
Come with me and be mine, my love
Stay and break my heart

From the shores through the ancient mists
You bear the mark of my Elven kiss
Clear the way, I will take you home
To eternal bliss

Sha ta co ti oh scum ne rivna
Sha ta co ti oh nugga Tír na nÓg
Sha ta co ti oh scum ne rivna
Nug a Tír na nÓg
Sha ta co ti oh scum ne rivna
Sha ta co ti oh nugga Tír na nÓg
Sha ta co ti oh scum ne rivna
Nug a Tír na nÓg
Tír na nÓg, oh
Come beyond the ancient fog
Tír na nÓg, oh
Come with me to Tír na nÓg

Far away from the land you knew
The dawn of day reaches out to you
Though it feels like a fairy tale
All of this is true

Run with me, have a look around
We built our life over sacred ground
Come, my love, our worlds may part
We'll be safe and sound

Sha ta co ti oh scum ne rivna
Sha ta co ti oh nugga Tír na nÓg
Sha ta co ti oh scum ne rivna
Nug a Tír na nÓg
Tír na nÓg, oh
Come beyond the ancient fog
Tír na nÓg, oh
Come with me to Tír na nÓg

Time won't follow the path we came
The world you left, it forgot your name
Stay with me and be mine, my love
Spare my heart the pain

Sha ta co ti oh scum ne rivna
Sha ta co ti oh nugga Tír na nÓg
Sha ta co ti oh scum ne rivna
Nug a Tír na nÓg
Sha ta co ti oh scum ne rivna
Sha ta co ti oh nugga Tír na nÓg
Sha ta co ti oh scum ne rivna
Nug a Tír na nÓg
Tír na nÓg, oh
Come beyond the ancient fog
Tír na nÓg, oh
Come with me to Tír na nÓg

Come with me to Tír na nÓg