| Manx | English | |
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| CARVAL MYCHIONE ÇHEET CREEST. | A CAROL CONCERNING CHRIST’S COMING. | |
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[Above reading suggested by Mr. P. W. Caine.]
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| Yn oyr t’er hayrn shin cooidjagh jiu | The cause that has drawn us together to-day | |
| Cha nee myr gien, craid, spoyrt ny cloie, | Is not as a feast, a mock, a sport or play, | |
| Agh dy smaghtaghey yn olk eajee | But to correct the hateful evil | |
| Ta reill dy follit ayns nyn gree | That rules concealed in our hearts | |
| Nagh mooar yn treih | Is not the sadness great | |
| Dy vel yn sleih | That people will | |
| Cha mennick craid ayns feanish Yee! | So often scoff in the presence of God! | |
| Son paart v’er jeet ayns shoh dy chraid, | For some have come here to scoff, | |
| As paart trooid cliaghtey cloie as spoyrt. | And some through custom play and sport. | |
| Fer tayrn fer elley gys yn olk. | One man draws another to the evil. | |
| Myr shoh ta earroo mooar nyn vud, | Thus there is a great number amongst us | |
| Nagh vel cur geill | [Who] do not give heed | |
| Dy lhaih ’sy cheeill. | To the reading in the church | |
| Ta’n reamys shoh currit da’n eill. | This freedom is given to the flesh. | |
| Son corrym rish yn laa mie t’ayn | For like as on the present holy [lit: good] day (i.e. on another Christmas Eve.) | |
| Paart foddyms genmys va ’syn cheeill | Some I could name [who] were in the church | |
| Va jannoo olk as pluckey folt, | Were doing ill and plucking hair (rowdy horse-play). | |
| Agh yn jouyl hene va moir yn olk | But the devil himself, who was the author [lit: mother] of the evil | |
| Cur ayns nyn gree | Put [it] into their heart | |
| Feoh y choyrt da Jee | To abhor God | |
| Ayns craid tranlaasagh shin va guee. | In scorn troubling us [who] were praying. | |
| Bwooishins ny goan shoh dy ghoaill greme | I would wish these words to take hold | |
| As lhiantyn ayns cree dagh unnane. | And cleave to the heart of each one [of you]. | |
| Cha vel yn ooashley curt da’n Jouyl | The worship given to the devil | |
| Yn shirveish lhisagh ve ec y Çhiarn. | Is not the service that should be [given] to the Lord. | |
| O lhiassee-jee | O amend ye | |
| Cre erbee | Whatever | |
| Yn fardail t’er n’yientyn ayns nyn gree. | Vanity that is conceived in your hearts. | |
| Dy phlooghey dagh smooinaghtyn er olk | To smother each evil thought | |
| As dy chur dagh smooinaghtyn mie er-ash | And to cherish [lit: revive] each good thought | |
| As obbyr chooie yn laa t’ayn jean jiu, | And to do the due service of the present day | |
| As veih nyn obbyr dy ghoaill aash. | And to take rest from our [usual] work. | |
| Dagh aeg as shenn | Each [one of us] young and old | |
| Lesh creeaghyn glen | With pure hearts | |
| Veagh gennal jeant un cheayrt ayns blein. | Would be made glad once in a year. | |
| Son corrym rish yn moghrey shoh | For like as at this morning | |
| Rug Creest veih oghrish yn Ayr. | Christ was born [coming] from the Father’s bosom | |
| Dy chosney shin veih pooar yn noid | To win us from the power of the enemy | |
| As dy gheddyn dooin yn eiraght chair | And to obtain for us the right heritage | |
| Shin caillit va | We were lost At the Great Day | |
| Rish mooarane laa | And in peril for eternity. | |
| As ayns dangeyr er son dy braa. | ||
| Roish my ghow Creest er nyn eill | Before Christ took upon him our flesh | |
| Nagh treih va stayd ooilley sheelnaue! | Was not the state of all mankind sad! | |
| Nyn doilliu hene va deyrey ad | Their deserts were condemning them | |
| Veih veg y chairys ve oc ayns niau. | From having any rights in heaven. | |
| Agh yn Trinaid Ren ad y reil [sic. ? reait] | But the Trinity settled | |
| Cre’n aght dy chosney daue ny raad. | What way to gain them the road. | |
| Yn raad dys niau rooin ve dooint | The road to heaven was closed to us | |
| Agh Creest ghow er dy osley eh. | But Christ undertook to open it. | |
| She corrym gys yn laa t’ayn jiu | It was like to the present day | |
| Rug eshyn jeh’n Voidyn Voirrey, | [That] He was born of the Virgin Mary. | |
| Yn aght ghien Creest | The way Christ was formed | |
| T’er-skyn nyn esh [sic: eysht?] | Is above our comprehension [lit: enquiring] | |
| Moidyn va torragh as gientyn neesht. | A virgin was with child and also conceived. | |
| Nagh mooar yn ghraih hug eh da’n theihll! | Was not the love great which he gave to the world! | |
| Nagh mooar yn çhymmey echey jeean! | Was not his pity intense [lit: zealous] ! | |
| Fer va rieau ny Yee ayns niau | One who was before-time God in heaven | |
| Er jeet fud peccee nagh vel feeau | Come down amongst sinners who were not worthy | |
| Jeh’n bannaght sloo yn Ver-croo | Of the least blessing Of our Creator | |
| Lurg daue e leighyn mie y choyrt mow. | After they had destroyed his good laws. | |
| Agh Jee ghow chymmey jeh sheelnaue | But God took pity on mankind | |
| As smooinnee er e ghialdyn hene | And thought on his own promises | |
| Yn conaant jeant rish nyn ard ayr | The covenant made with our forefather | |
| Shen va eddyr Jee as Abraham, | That was between God and Abraham, | |
| Da hene as da e rass | To himself and to his seed. | |
| Bishagh as gaase— | [To] increase and grow— | |
| Myrgeddin saase dy haghney baase. | A means also to shun death. | |
| Son yn aght myr liorish dooinney va | For the same way as [by] man was | |
| Yn peccah jeant cur dooinney mow, | The sin done [that] destroyed mankind | |
| She myr shen liorish dooinney reesht | So it was that by man again | |
| Va lhiassaghey jeant da nyn Fer-croo | Atonement was made to our Creator | |
| She Prince yn Çhee | It was the Prince of Peace | |
| Va’n dooinney cree | [That] was the pitiful man [lit: man of heart] | |
| Gow er shin coardail rish Jee. | [Who] undertook to reconcile us to God. | |
| Cordail rish Jee ayns yn Chonaant. | Accord[ing] with God in the Covenant | |
| Nyn slane treishteil y choyrt ayn hene | Your whole trust put in him | |
| As booise creeoil y choyrt da Creest | And hearty thanks give to Christ | |
| Ta lesh e uill er chosney shin | That with His blood has won us | |
| Veih pooar y vaase | From the power of death | |
| Pian as angaaish | Pain and agony | |
| Ayns oghrish Abraham dy ghoaill rum [sic. ? rish] | To admit us into Abraham’s bosom. | |
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Ed; Likely
[ruin] a variant spelling of
[rooin] ‘to us’.
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| Dy smooinaghtyn er ny hurr eh | To think on what he suffered | |
| Dy chosney ny anmeenyn ain! | To win our souls! | |
| By vie yinnagh shin jeeaghyn daue | Well should we look upon them | |
| Chammoo yinnagh shin ad son raane | Nor should we take them for a security | |
| V’ec nyn giarail | Be it our care | |
| Sthill dy scapail. | Still to escape. | |
| Yn annym boght yiow lheid yn aill. (MS. Yn annym boght yought leid yn nayle). | The poor soul took such a price [i.e. cost]. | |
| Cha beagh nyn gree cha mennick soit | Our hearts would not be so often set | |
| Er moyrn, as laadit lesh carail. | On pride, and laden with care. | |
| Chammoo translaase cha goghe raad | Neither would oppression prevail | |
| Ny deiney cha voghe foayr ’sy quaiyl. | Nor would men get favour in court | |
| Veagh ooilley strieu | All the striving would be | |
| Quoi veagh feeau | Who would be worthy | |
| Dy gheddyn foayr ayns eiraght niau. | To get favour in the heavenly heritage. | |
| Yn boght ayns cree as ymmyrchee | The poor in heart and the needy | |
| Veagh coontit yn sleih bare nyn vud, | Would be counted the best people amongst us. | |
| As saynt yn theihll yinnagh failleil, | And the desire of the world fail | |
| Chammah’s veagh wheesh dy strieu nyn vud. | Neither would so much strife be among us | |
| Veagh creeaghyn slieh | The hearts of the people would be | |
| Kinjagh cur dwoaie | Always hating | |
| Da dagh [ms. Dy] oik as dellal creoi. | Each evil and hard dealing. | |
| She graih as shee as giastyllys | It is love and peace and charity | |
| Veagh reill ayns cree dagh peccagh bio | [That] would rule in the heart of every living person | |
| As ooilley veagh sheer ghionney stiagh | And all would be verily pressing in | |
| Dy gheddyn eiraght ayns’yn seihll noa | To obtain a heritage in the new world | |
| Raad nagh bee ny smoo | Where there will be no more | |
| Dy strieu ny troo | Of strife nor envy | |
| Ny crosh erbee dy chur shin mow. | Nor any cross to vex [lit: destroy] us. | |
| Chyndaa-jee shiuish dy çhionn | Turn ye speedily [ye] | |
| Ta cur rish peccah ny aggair | That commit sin and injustice | |
| As yiow-jee ayrn jeh’n gloyr shen | And partake of that glory | |
| Ta kiarit diu liorish yn Ayr | That is prepared for you by the Father | |
| Leih dooin, O Yee | Forgive us, O God | |
| Dagh olk eajee! | Each odious evil! | |
| Ta rieau er ghientyn ayns nyn gree. | That was ever conceived in our hearts. | |
| [1] Likely [ruin] a variant spelling of [rooin] ‘to us’. | ||