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Rinne mé smaointiú i m'intinn |
I made a decision |
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Is lean mé dó go cinnte |
And I followed it with certainty |
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Go n-éalóinn ó mo mhuintir |
That I could escape my family |
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Anonn chun 'Oileáin Úir |
Over on the New Island |
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Tá mé ag déanamh impí |
I was turning away |
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Ar an Ard-Rí 'tá 's mo chionn-sa |
From the High King above me |
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Mo choinneáil ó gach tubaiste |
Who kept me from every misfortune |
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Go gcríochnóinn mo shiúl |
Which could end my journey |
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Shiúil mé fiche míle |
I walked twenty miles |
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'S níor casadh orm Críostaí |
And I didn't meet a soul |
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Capall, bó nó caora ag déanamh |
A horse, a cow or a sheep |
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Inghilt ar an fhéar |
Grazing in the field |
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Coillte dlúth' is gleanntáin |
Only dense woods and glens |
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Agus búirtheach beithigh allta |
And roaring wild beasts |
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Fir is mná gan tant orthu |
Men and women |
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A chasfá fá do mhéar |
In tatters |
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Tharla isteach i dteach mé |
But I happened into a house |
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Is casadh orm daoine |
When I met some people |
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D'fhiafraigh siad mo ainmse |
They asked me my name |
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Cén tír inar tógadh mé |
What land I was from |
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Dúirt mé leo i mBéarla |
I told them in English |
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Gur tógadh mé in Éirinn |
That I was raised in Ireland |
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Láimh le Loch Eirne |
By the side of Loch Éirne |
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I gCoillidh Lios na Raoch |
In the woods of Lios na Raoch |
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Bhí seanbhean insan chlúdaigh |
There was an old woman |
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Is stocaí ar a glúiní |
In the corner knitting socks |
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D'éirigh sí go lúcháireach |
She joyfully arose |
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Agus chraith sí liomsa lámh |
And shook my hand |
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"Sheacht mh'anam, fear mo thíre |
"Bless my soul, my countryman |
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Thar a bhfaca mé ariamh de dhaoine |
You are truly one of us |
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Nár tógadh mise in Éirinn |
I was raised in Ireland |
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I mBaile Lios Béal Áinetha" |
In Baile Lios Béal Áinetha" |
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Rinne mé smaointiú i m'intinn |
I made a decision |
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Is lean mé dó go cinnte |
And I followed it with certainty |
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Go bpillfinn ar ais go hÉirinn |
That I would return to Ireland |
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An áit a sínfí mé faoin chlár |
The place where I would be buried |
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Mar a bhfaighfinn lucht mo chaointe |
As I might find gentle folk and young folk |
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Is an t-aos óg atá lách aoibhinn |
Who are friendly and delightful |
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A chaithfeadh liomsa an oíche |
With whom I could spend |
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Agus páirt mhór den lá |
The night and the day |
