CEARCAL A CHUAIN Lyrics And Guitar Chords

Scottish Gaelic Song. (The Ocean's Cycle) 3/4 
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Tha sinn (D)uile air (Bm)cuan 
Stiureadh (G)cuairt troimh ar (D)beatha 
A' (Bm)seoladh geola (F#m)dhorch 
Air (Em)chall an greim na (A)mara 
Tha a'(D)ghaoth air ar (Bm)cul 
Tha a' (G)gheol a' cumail (D)roimhe 
'S cha dean (Bm)uair no an (F#m)cuan 
Tonaisgh (Em)dhuinn (A)no ri(D)an

A' (D)mhuir tha i (Bm)ciuin 
Tha i (G)fiadhaich tha i (D)farsainn 
Tha i (Bm)alainn tha i (F#m)diamhair 
Tha i (Em)gamhlasach is (A)domhain 
O ach (D)sin tha sinn (Bm)dall 
'S chaneil a(G)gainn ach (D)beatha 
Tog an (Bm)seol, tog an (F#m)ramh
Gus an (Em)fhaigh sinn (A)astar (D)ann

Ach tha mi'n (D)duil, tha mi'n (Bm)duil 
Nuair a (G)bhios a' ghrian dol (D)fodha 
Chi iad (Bm)mi a' stiuireadh 'n (F#m)iar 
Null a (Em)dh'Uibhist air a' (A)chearcal 
Cear(D)cal a' chu(Bm)ain 
Gu (G)brath bidh i a' (D)tionndadh 
Leam gu (Bm)machair geal an (F#m)lar 
Far an (Em)do thoi(A)sich an (D)la
D-G-D-D   D-A-D-D   D-G-D-D   D-A-D-D (2x)

English Translation

We are all on an ocean 
Steering a course through life 
Sailing a dark vessel 
Lost in the grasp of the ocean 
The wind is astern 
The boat forging ahead 
And time and the sea 
Makes no sense to us at all

The sea is calm 
It is wild, it is vast 
It is beautiful, it is mysterious 
It is vengeful and deep 
O, but we, are blind 
and all we have is life 
Raise the sail, lift the oars 
'Till we get up speed

I intend, I do intend 
when the sun is sinking down 
To be seen steering a westerly course 
On the ocean's cycle to Uist 
On the ocean's cycle 
Forever I'll be turning 
To take me back to the pole machair in the west 
Where the day has dawned