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Tuirse mo chroí ar a phósadh |
I'm tired to my heart of marriage |
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'S ar bhuachaillí óige an tsaiol |
And of the young men of this world |
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Nár bhfearr daoife cailín deas leofa |
They'd be better off with a nice girl |
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Na bean a mbeadh puntaí léi |
Than a woman who had money |
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Oíche mhór fhada bheith dúcaí |
To stay awake the whole long night |
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Nár dheas a bheith ag súgradh léi |
Wouldn't it be fine to be sporting with her |
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B'faras a chaillteach bhíos srannfaí |
Instead of the old woman who snores |
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Is ag tarraingt an phlaincéad léi |
And pulls the blanket to her |
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Nuair a théim go tí faire ná tórraimh |
When I go to a wake-house or funeral |
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'Sé d'fiafras an óig bhean díom |
All the young women ask me |
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'Chormaic a bhfuil tú do phósadh |
Cormac, are you getting married |
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Nó nach n'aithníonn tú an óig fhear groí |
Or do you see that youth is wearing away? |
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'Sé duirt se 'gus deirim féin leofa |
I said to them and I still say |
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Go minic go mór faraor |
That I do indeed see it, alas |
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'S an mhéid acu 'tá gan pósadh |
And those who aren't married |
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Gur acu 'tá spóirt a' tsaiol |
Have all the fun in life |
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Ó rachaidh mé scilleadh 's a chaitheadh |
I will go complaining and chattering |
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Go Baile na hiarr fhad siar |
To __ far in the west |
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'S bhéarfaidh mé 'n ruaig sin go hÁrainn |
I'll take a trip to Aran |
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'S ar and ainnir chráidh mo chroí |
To the young woman who has tormented my heart |
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Dár a leoga mar rinneadh mo phósadh |
By the book, if my marriage has been made |
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Ní mó ná gur cealgadh mo chroí |
It's not that my heart has been bound |
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'S rachaidh mé arís na Róimhe |
And I'll go off to Rome |
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Go bhfaigh mé cead pósta arís |
To get permission to marry again |
