{"id":1415,"date":"2023-05-14T15:03:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T20:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2023-05-14T15:05:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T20:05:18","slug":"here-comes-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/here-comes-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Comes the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1415\" class=\"elementor elementor-1415\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff4ab5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff4ab5d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc7b05d\" data-id=\"dc7b05d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab90a2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ab90a2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/risingsun.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1417\" alt=\"Rising Sun.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/risingsun.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/risingsun-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Stock Image.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e244880 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e244880\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58a88f2\" data-id=\"58a88f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba4bd24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba4bd24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\n<center><p><em>A\u2019 Ghrian<\/em> (\u201cThe Sun\u201d) ~ A Traditional Gaelic Song to the Sun<\/p><\/center>\n\n<p>Originally, as it was for many other cultures, the sun of the Celts was female, and in Ireland and Scotland, at least, it remained so. We know this because all the Irish and Scottish Gaelic words for the Sun are feminine. That is why you see the Sun referred to as \u201cMother\u201d herein this lovely song, which I think makes a wonderful way to greet the Sun each morning:<\/p><br\/>\n\n<center><p><em>A\u2019 Ghrian<\/em> (\u201cThe Sun\u201d) ~ A Traditional Gaelic Song to the Sun,<br\/>\nfrom the original G\u00e0idhlig, as recited by Iain MacN\u00ecll of Barra,<br\/>\nat the turn of the century before last.<br\/>\n#317 in the <em>Ortha nan G\u00e0idheal<\/em>.<\/p><br\/>\n\n<em><p>F\u00e0ilte ort f\u00e9in, a ghrian nan tr\u00e0th,<br\/>\n\u2019S tu siubhail ard nan speur;<br\/>\nDo cheumaibh treun air sg\u00e9ith nan ard,<br\/>\n\u2019S tu m\u00e0thair \u00e0igh nan reul.<\/p>\n\n<p>Thu laighe s\u00ecos an cuan na d\u00ecth<br\/>\nGun d\u00ecobhail is gun sg\u00e0th,<br\/>\nThu \u2019g \u00e9irigh suas air stuagh na s\u00ecth,<br\/>\nMar r\u00ecoghain \u00f2g fo bhl\u00e0th.<\/p><br\/><\/em>\n\n<p>(Hail to you, O sun of the seasons,<br\/>\nAs you travel the skies aloft;<br\/>\nYour steps are strong on the wing of the heavens,<br\/>\nYou are the glorious mother of the stars.<\/p>\n\n<p>You lie down in the destructive ocean<br\/>\nWithout impairment and without fear;<br\/>\nYou rise up on the peaceful wave-crest<br\/>\nLike a youthful queen in bloom.)<\/p><br\/>\n\n<p>Song 316, Carmichael, <em>Carmina Gadelica<\/em>, 1992, p292 (English only); Carmichael, <em>Carmina Gadelica Volume III<\/em>, 1941, pp310-311.<\/p><br\/><\/center>\n\n<p>Rather than as \u201cimpairment,\u201d I think that I personally would translate <em>d\u00ecobhail<\/em> as \u201cdiminishing.\u201d It derives from the Old Irish <em>d\u00edgb\u00e1l<\/em> (\u201clessening, diminishing, loss, want\u201d), and while I understand that the intent here is to indicate that the Sun loses nothing of itself in setting, is not impaired in any way, I believe that \u201cdiminishing\u201d gets that idea across better than \u201cimpairment\u201d \u2014 i.e., the Sun\u2019s profound greatness is undiminished by its setting; it is never small, but always great, no matter what.<\/p>\n\n<p>Blessings!<br\/>\nAPs Rhianwen Bendigaid<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally, as it was for many other cultures, the sun of the Celts was female, and in Ireland and Scotland, at least, it remained so. We know this because all the Irish and Scottish Gaelic words for the Sun are feminine. That is why you see the Sun referred to as \u201cMother\u201d herein this lovely song, which I think makes a wonderful way to greet the Sun each morning:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,8],"tags":[121,122,120,119],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1431,"href":"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions\/1431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fethfiada.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}