Sacred Christmas Gaelic Song – “Solas na Nollag” | Irish Female Celtic Vocal (Winter Benediction)
Gaelic Whispers
Dec 23, 2025
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In the oldest winters of Ireland, before calendars bore names and bells marked the hours, there was a belief that Christmas night carried its own breath. The people said the land listened more closely then — that stone, water, and sky leaned inward toward the quiet miracle of light returning.

“Solas na Nollag” is sung from that remembering.

Crafted with the help of AI while remaining faithful to the emotion, tone, and tradition of Gaelic lament and Celtic vocal music.

Verse 1 (English)
The fields lie hushed beneath pale snow,
Stone walls breathe the weight of years,

On Christmas night the embers glow
Through whispered hopes and silent fears.

A candle burns, the hour is still,
Old songs return with gentle breath,
At Christmas time the frozen hill
Remembers life beyond the death.

Chorus (Irish Gaelic)
Solas na Nollag, lonraigh linn,
Oíche Nollag, oíche ghlan,
I solas na Nollag aimsímid,
Síocháin bheo don anam fann.

Verse 2 (English)
The river slows for Christmas Eve,
The stars lean close to hear our plea,
What hearts once lost now dare believe
In Christmas born humility.

No crown of gold, no thundered call,
Just breath and frost and stable flame,
Yet Christmas answers one and all
And leaves the world not quite the same.

Chorus (Irish Gaelic)
Solas na Nollag, lonraigh linn,
Oíche Nollag, oíche chiúin,
Trí shneachta fuar go breacadh an lae,
Fan i gcroí gach duine.

Bridge (English)
The old ones said at Christmas tide
The veil grew thin, the earth stood still,
That heaven walked the countryside
And knelt beside the frozen hill.

At Christmas, grief grows soft and slow,
And even sorrow learns to rest,
For in the dark a child’s soft glow
Still warms the world within the chest.

Final Chorus (Irish Gaelic)
Solas na Nollag, solas fíor,
Fan linn go maidin bhán,
Faoi réalta gheal na Nollag seo,
Tagann grá arís don talamh.