The Gloaming: "the Pilgrim's Song" May 2026

Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Iarla O'lionaird / Dennis Cahill / Martin Hayes / Caoimhin O'raghallaigh / Thomas Bartlett / Sean O'riordain / William Foye JohnsonThe Pilgrim’s Song lyrics © Real World Works Ltd English Translation

Chonac saol mar scéal fiannaíochtaFadó fadó ar maidinA mhúnlaigh an tslat draíochtaA bhíonn 'na láimh ag leanbh The Gloaming: "The Pilgrim's Song"

The Irish contemporary folk supergroup released "The Pilgrim's Song" as the opening track of their second album, 2 (2016). The song's lyrics are a composite of two poems by the celebrated 20th-century Irish-language poet Seán Ó Ríordáin (1916–1977): "Oilithreacht Fám Anam" ( A Pilgrimage of My Soul ) and "A Sheanfhilí, Múinídh Dom Glao" ( Old Poets, Teach me the Call ). Lyrics (Gaeilge) Múinídh Dom Glao" ( Old Poets

D'aiséirigh 'na taisléineLe solas ar a leacain'S do thionlaic mé go gléineachAr oilithreacht fám anam The Gloaming: "The Pilgrim's Song"