Aoife Ní Fhearraigh (pronounced /ˈiːfʲə nʲiː ˈaɾˠiː/) is an Irish singer and composer, born in Gweedore, North West County Donegal. She performs Traditional Irish and New Age music, in the style of other musicians native of the Donegal area like Clannad, Moya Brennan, Enya Brennan and Altan.[1][2]
Aoife Ni Fhearraigh has performed with such musicians as Phil Coulter, Paul Brady, and Brian Kennedy.
Aoife Ní Fhearraigh has released three albums and has toured in Netherlands, Germany, France, England and Ireland. She also achieved international fame when her song "The Best Is Yet To Come" was featured in the PlayStation game Metal Gear Solid and in the GameCube remake Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes.
Aoife married in 2007 and now resides in Banbridge, County Down.
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A mh'ansacht na n-ansacht a dtug mé m'ansacht go léir duit
Nach cuimhin leat mo mhealladh, is rinn tú'n fheall orm na dhéidh sin.
Anois atá mé folamh is go bhfuil m'intinn lánbhuartha
'S mé ag amharc ar mo leannán ag fear eile á bréagadh.
Éireoidh mé ar maidin le theacht dheirg na gréine
Agus fuígfidh mé mo bheannacht ag cailíní an tsaoil seo.
Bhéarfaidh mé an ruaig sin thart suas fá Loch Éirne
'S ní phillidh mé 'na bhaile go gcanfaidh 'n chuach ann gach réigiún.
Mar bhláth bán na neoiníní bhíos a' fás i dtús a' tSamhraidh
Nó mar fhaolán dheas bhán a bhíos a' snámh ar na méillte.
Mar ghrian os cionn na dtuillte 'sí dealrú thart timpeall
'S nach siúd mar bhíos mo ghrása a' déanamh rámhaillí i m'intinn.
My Love and Delight
My love and delight to whom I gave all my love,
do you remember how you charmed me and then betrayed me?
Now I am empty and my mind is all grieving
as I see my lover being coaxed by another man.
I'II rise in the morning with the redding sky
and give my blessings and farewells to the girls of the world.
I'II take myself off up by Loch Erne
and won't come home until the sky echoes with the cuckoo-call.
Like the white petals of daisies growing at the start of summer
or the lovely white seagull flying over the dunes.
Like the sun over flood-water, glistening all over.
Such is my love that drives me to distraction.
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