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Ellan Vannin (the Manx-language name of the Isle of Man) is a poem and song, often referred to as "the alternative Manx national anthem", the words of which were written by Eliza Craven Green in 1854 and later set to music by someone called either J. Townsend or F. H. Townend (sources vary).
The Manx-language name Ellan Vannin is commonly mispronounced in renditions of the song, including in the Bee Gees version, since written Manx uses an orthography based on Welsh rather than Irish/Scots gaelic, which does not accurately transcribe the "ʲə" sound found in the word for "island" in spoken Manx Gaelic. The correct pronunciation is [ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn].
Teks ny Gaelg:
Tra ta'n laa souree ec jerrey
As imneaghyn lhie ersooyl
mish my hoie fo ny rollageyn,
slane my lomarcan as skee
Eisht ta girree gollrish ashlish,
Loandyr gial as dooghyssagh
she oo hene o Ellan Vannin,
Lesh croink glassey rish y cheayn.
Ta mee clashtyn tharmane tonnyn
Myr t'ad nish paagey yn traie ;
As heese dowin fo'n ushtey geayney
Kiaulleeagh foast ta'n ven-varrey ;
As ta'n Ellan soilshean aalin
Myr ve ayns my aegid hene ;
My heer deyr, shenn Ellan Vannin
Lesh croink glassey rish y cheayn.
Nish ta smooinaght millish meiyghagh
Cheet myr kiaulleeaght gys my chree ;
Jeh ny cree'ghyn va ayns Mannin
Foddey roie hug graih da mee ;
Ta mee coyrt lesh jeir as bannaght
Nish my smooinaght share dhyt hene ;
My heer deyr, shenn Ellan Vannin,
Lesh croink glassey rish y cheayn.
