Watch out for the new single by Brother Sea due to be released this April. Trodhydhyek is Cornish for Circadian. and this was Brother Sea’s entry into the Song For Cornwall this year.
The song was written by Kris Lannen then translated into Cornish by Mark Elton. It’s about nature’s Circadian rhythms: the moon’s cycle and the way it’s pull deeply effects us all. Here’s the original lyrics:
Let hurts go, take your lover’s hand Lie with her upon the sand Breathe like the tides that rise and fall In stillness hear her tender call Meet her in the shadowlands Where all this it greed cannot stand She carves a shimmering path of light Through a deep and dark ocean’s night Yours is the day, yours also the night Embraced by the earth, her mystery white Snowfalls in a forest, flash of fire, gather round Dreams beckon seaward, our hope is found As winter comes, let the summer go Circadian is all she knows May our sails be filled with grace As the swallow sets the pace Colours emerge from the dark Don’t lick your wounds this morning They’ll heal with every step To dance again without thinking His was spilt and her blood flows But, as one dies another grows
“A brilliant, thought-provoking single from Brother Sea. The story-telling is compelling, the harmonies hypnotic and is, overall, a beautiful song from one of Cornwall’s Celtic gems”
Daniel Pascoe / BBC Radio Cornwall