an cat dubh meaning
Live performances of An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart have been released on Sweetest Thing, digital album Live from Boston 1981, Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago, and the remastered DVD release of Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky. General CommentThis song is about sex. A fling to be exact, during a short breakup with Ali while still in school. Its about being used to an extent...the girl is a cat who is hungry and all that he is to her is a bird. Bono_is_Godon May 13, 2005 Link. An Cat Dubh by U2. An Cat Dubh is Gaelic for The Black Cat. English is the common language in Ireland, but schoolchildren are also required to learn Gaelic. Bono failed it in high school. This is segued together with Into The Heart on Boy. For the book, see Kenneth Good (anthropologist). An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart is a song by U2, composed of two tracks, An Cat Dubh (English: The Black Cat) and Into the Heart, from the band's debut album, Boy. The two tracks are played together as one song, both on the album and during live performances. Etymology[edit] From Old Irish dub ‎(“black”), from Proto-Celtic *dubus ‎(“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ‎(“black”). Cognates within Celtic include Breton du ‎(“black”), Welsh du ‎(“black”), Cornish duv or du ‎(“black”), Gaulish river name Dubis, now Doubs. Cognates outside Celtic include Ancient Greek τυφλός ‎(tuphlós, “blind”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌱𐍃 ‎(daubs, “deaf”), German taub ‎(“deaf”), English deaf, English dumb. An Cat Dubh by U2 Songfacts. An Cat Dubh is Gaelic for The Black Cat. English is the common language in Ireland, but schoolchildren are also required to learn Gaelic. Bono failed it in high school. Bono: It's definitely about sex.. This is segued together with Into The Heart on Boy. Example sentences with dubh, translation memory. add exampleNo translation memories found. Showing page 1. Found 0 sentences matching phrase dubh.Found in 0.127 ms. Translation memories are created by human, but computer aligned, which might cause mistakes. They come from many sources and are not checked. Be warned. General CommentThis is one of my favorite U2 songs if not my favorite. I spent a great deal of my teenage years relating to An Cat Dubh in a strange way. The lyrics can easily take on many meanings but this is what I gather from what I've read and what I assume. I've heard that Bono had had a brief fling with a woman during a short-lived split from Ali in high school. General CommentBono wrote this song after he had a falling out with his then-girlfriend(now-wife),Ali. The title of this song(which is Gaelic)translates into The Black Cat.The joke about it is that all students in Ireland are required to take Gaelic and Bono failed this in school. Great song too,probably my favorite. She waits for me to turn out the light. Really still. She waits to break my will. Woah-oh. Yes, and I know the truth about you. She cat. And in the daylight.
Gaelic for The Black Cat