Sigma

Sigma was originally a piano piece I wrote in a melancholic night during a production I worked on in Bergen. The title, taken from the actual name of the studio, has stayed with us ever since. Not knowing how to include Sigma in the Secret Garden project, Fionnuala suggested adding a sung counter-melody, almost Gregorian in style. David Agnew wrote the Irish lyrics. With the lovely voice of the 11 year old Rhonan Sugure and the Irish National Chamber Choir, the recording of Sigma occurred with a very strong spiritual mood.

Lyrics by David Agnew

Bim ar thoir an comhartha
Scaoileas m'anam saor
Caithfidh mo chroi a
bheith glan
Roimh siochan theacht crum

Ni leanfaidh Brón
Is Béim sásta le mo ghrá
Guím comhartha
chabhreoidh liom
Mé a chomhlíonadh

Bim ar thoir an comhartha
Scaoileas m'anam saor
Caithfidh mo chroi a
bheith glan
Roimh siochan theacht crum

Sí an ghaoth do ghuth
Sí an bháisteach do dheora
Grian, do chroí ar las
Do spiorad mo shlánú

English translation
I search for the sign
That will set my soul free
My heart must be pure
So that I can find peace

My grief cannot last forever
My love will be fulfilled
I pray a sign will help me
Be all that I can be

Repeat first verse

The wind is your voice
The rain is your tears
Your burning heart
And spirit is my salvation

© 1995 Universal Music Norway / Blue Dandelion Publishers, IMRO