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D'éirigh mé ar maidin a tharraint |
I set out one morning |
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Chun aonaigh mhóir |
For market |
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A dhíol is a cheannacht |
Buying and selling |
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Mar a dhéanadh mo dhaoine romham |
As my people did before me |
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Bhuail tart ar an bhealach mé |
I got thirsty on the way |
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Is shuigh mise síos a dh'ól |
And sat down to drink |
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Is le Siobhán Ní Dhuibhir |
And with Susan O'Dwyer |
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Gur ól mise luach na mbróg |
I drank the price of the boots |
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A Siobhán Ní Dhuibhir |
Susan O'Dwyer |
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An miste leat mé bheith tinn? |
Do you care if I'm ill? |
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Mo bhrón is mo mhilleadh |
Sorrow and ruin be upon me |
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Más miste liom tú bheith i gcill |
If I wish you to be in a graveyard |
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Bróinte 'gus muilte bheith |
My grief and troubles |
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'Scileadh ar chúl do chinn |
Rain down on you |
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Ach cead a bheith in Iorras |
But you can stay in Irras |
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Go dtara síol Éacha chun cinn |
Until the tribe of Eve comes to the fore |
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A Siobhán Ní Dhuibhir |
Susan O'Dwyer |
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Is tú bun agus barr mo scéil |
You're the beginning and the end of my story |
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Ar mhná na cruinne |
From the women of the world |
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Go dtug sise an báire léi |
She took the prize |
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Le gile le finne le maise |
With brightness and fairness, goodness |
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Is le dhá dtrian scéimh |
And almost perfect beauty |
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Is nach mise an trua Mhuire |
And I'm the sad case |
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Bheith ag scaradh amárach léi |
To leaving her tomorrow |
