Aimee Banks will represent Ireland at Junior Eurovision 2015 with “Réalta Na Mara” (Star of the Sea). The country’s first ever Junior Eurovision entry is a poetic affair, sung almost entirely in Gaelic with a small sprinkling of Latin. Through images of stormy seas and starry skies, it tells the universal story of how life can be rough, but there’s always hope. What do you think? Read the “Réalta Na Mara” lyrics and the English translation below and let us know.
Aimee Banks “Réalta na Mara” Video
Ireland at Junior Eurovision 2015
Performer: Aimee Banks
Song title: Réalta na Mara
Music by: Aimee Banks, Niall Mooney, Jonas Gladnikoff & Brendan McCarthy
Lyrics by: Aimee Banks
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Réalta na Mara Lyrics
Tá sé an-fhuar anocht
Leis an ngaoth lenár ndroim
Le hádh ar ár dtaobh
Téim abhaile go beo
Tríocha céim mhóra
Idir neamh agus céas
Tá an long chabhlaigh láidir
Ach níl tú in ann a rá
Deprofondis Ave Maris Stella
Áit éigin, lá éigin
Trasna na farraige móire
Trí ghála láidir
Cuirfimid chun farraige
Iompar ar ais chugat mé
Tosaigh an ghaoth chun báis
Tá an fharraige séimh
Leis na réaltaí an geal
Ó na soilsí ó thuaidh
Deprofondis Ave Maris Stella
Áit éigin, lá éigin
Trasna na farraige móire
Trí ghála láidir
Cuirfimid chun farraige
Iompar ar ais chugat mé
AHH Iomar ar ais chugat mé
Beidh mé ar ais ar na mara
Réalta na mara mo ghrá
Áit éigin, lá éigin
Trasna na farraige móire
Trí ghála láidir
Cuirfimid chun farraige
Iompar ar ais chugat mé
AHH Iomar ar ais chugat mé
English Translation (Star of the Sea)
It’s so cold tonight
But the wind is at our back
With luck on our side
We’ll get home alive
A thirty foot swell
Between Heaven and Hell
The ship’s hull is strong
Though you never can tell
Out of the depths, hail Star of the sea
Somewhere someday
Across the wide open blue
Through a strong gail
We set sail
Carry me away back to you
The wind starts to die
Waves begin to subside
Shimmering sky
From the Northern Lights
Out of the depths, hail Star of the sea
Somewhere someday
Across the wide open blue
Through a strong gail
We set sail
Carry me away back to you
Carry me away back to you
I will return on the Sea
Star of the Sea my love
Somewhere someday
Across the wide open blue
Through a strong gail
We set sail
Carry me away back to you
Carry me away back to you
