On a Bright May Morning

On a Bright May Morning es una de esas canciones que me hacen cerrar los ojos y soñar con lugares serenos donde todo parece posible. Loreena McKennitt la incluye en su álbum The Wind That Shakes the Barley, lanzado en 2010. Es una melodía tradicional, delicada y emotiva y Loreena la envuelve con su maravillosa voz, con el sonido del arpa, las flautas y acordeón, creando una atmósfera que me lleva a relajarme y a creer que otro mundo es posible.

En 2024 la cantó en directo en unos conciertos celebrados en Ontario, Canadá y que se grabaron para su disco The Road Back Home. Este álbum en vivo captura esa misma sensación de conexión cercana y calma que siempre me transmiten sus canciones.

On a Bright May Morning es ese instante de paz que solo la música me puede regalar y Loreena tiene ese don de envolverme en sus historias sonoras y hacerme creer que otro mundo, más tranquilo y poético, existe y late ahí, en cada nota.

As I roved out on a bright May morning
To view the meadows and flowers gay
Whom should I spy, but my own true lover
As she sat under young willow tree

I took off my hat and I did salute her
I did salute her most courageously
When she turned around well the tears fell from her
Saying, False young man, you've deluded me

A diamond ring I owned I gave me
A diamond ring to wear on your right hand
But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them
And married the lassie that had the land

If I'd married the lassie that had the land, my love
It's that I'll rue 'til the day I die
When misfortune falls sure no man can shun it
I was blindfolded I'll ne'er deny

Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber
My thoughts of my true love run in my mind
When I turned around to embrace my darling
Instead of gold sure it's brass I find

And I wish the Queen would call home her army
From the West Indies, America and Spain
And every man to his wedded woman
In hopes that you and I will meet again