The Gloaming: "the Pilgrim's Song" Now

: "I listened to the gospel of the wind / There was holiness on the earth / Here my first love lived / Oh, I haven't taken this path for a long time."

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)

Do labhair an tír mar theampallBhí siúl na habhann boimpéiseachDo chrom go glúin na gleanntaBhí fíor na croise ar ghéaga

Le soiscéal gaoithe d'éisteasBhí naofacht ar an dtalamhAnseo do mhair mo chéadshearcÓ níor ghabhas an treo le fada

: The band’s name refers to the twilight period after sunset—a "world between worlds" that mirrors their musical style, which blends traditional Irish influences with modern minimalism, jazz, and classical music.