Little by Little Beag air Bheag
Sàmhach an Oidhch'
This is a lovely Scottish Gaelic translation of Silent Night which SIAN have picked to celebrate Christmas. This is Sàmhach an Oidhch' and this version is sung by SIAN. Watch the video then learn the song line-by-line. This video was originally filmed for LearnGaelic’s popular social media strand ‘Learn a Gaelic song’ and the format is slightly different.
You will learn the third and final verse with Ceitlin Lilidh Russell Smith. As we already know the tune, so we will just learn each line with Ceitlin.
Please note that we have not used a transliteral transation for this traditional song.
The first line is the same as in the first verse:
Sàmhach an oidhch’ Naomh an oidhch’
Still the night, Holy the night,
Sing along with Ceitlin!
Sàmhach an oidhch’ Naomh an oidhch’
Still the night, Holy the night,
The second line is:
Aon Mhac Dhè, saor bho fhoill,
Son of God, free from deceit
Sing along with Ceitlin!
Aon Mhac Dhè, saor bho fhoill,
Son of God, free from deceit
The third line is:
Fàilt' air a’ ghràidh anns an aghaidh cho caoin,
Welcome the love in the peaceful face,
You know the tune! Sing along.
Fàilt' air a’ ghràidh anns an aghaidh cho caoin,
Welcome the love in the peaceful face,
The fourth line is:
Latha nan gràs nis air tighinn dhuinn dlùth,
The day of grace now comes close to us,
Let's sing!
Latha nan gràs nis air tighinn dhuinn dlùth,
The day of grace now comes close to us,
The fifth line is:
A Shlànaigheir, bhon thàinig Thu nuas,
Saviour since thou art born,
Get into the Christmas spirit with Ceitlin!
A Shlànaigheir, bhon thàinig Thu nuas,
Saviour since thou art born,
The sixth line is:
A Shlànaigheir, bhon thàinig Thu nuas.
Saviour since thou art born.
Sing out loud!
A Shlànaigheir, bhon thàinig Thu nuas.
Saviour since thou art born.
Are you feeling confident? Let’s put all the lines together and start to work on the complete third verse.
Sàmhach an oidhch’, naomh an oidhch’
Aon Mhac Dhè, saor bho fhoill,
Fàilt' air a’ ghràidh anns an aghaidh cho caoin,
Latha nan gràs nis air tighinn dhuinn dlùth,
A Shlànaigheir, bhon thàinig Thu nuas,
A Shlànaigheir, bhon thàinig Thu nuas.
Still the night, Holy the night,
Son of God, free from deceit,
Welcome the love from the peaceful face,
The day of grace now comes close to us,
Saviour since thou art born,
Saviour since thou art born.
Are you feeling confident? Let’s put all the lines together and sing the song. It's on the next page.