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A mh'ansacht na n-ansacht |
My love and delight |
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A dtug mé m'ansacht go léir duit |
To whom I gave all my love |
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Nach cuimhin leat mo mhealladh |
Do you remember how you befuddled me |
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Is rinn tú'n fheall orm na dhéidh sin |
And then betrayed me? |
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Anois atá mé folamh |
Now I am empty |
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Is go bhfuil m'intinn lánbhuartha |
And my thoughts troubled |
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'S mé ag amharc ar mo leannán |
To see how my sweetheart |
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Ag fear eile á bréagadh |
Is coaxed by another |
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Éireoidh mé ar maidin |
I will rise in the morning |
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Le theacht dheirg na gréine |
As the sun turns red |
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Agus fuígfidh mé mo bheannacht |
And I will say my blessing and my farewell |
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Ag cailíní an tsaoil seo |
To the girls of the world |
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Bhéarfaidh mé an ruaig sin |
I will go away |
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Thart suas fá Loch Éirne |
By Lake Erne |
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'S ní phillfidh mé 'na bhaile |
And I will not return home until |
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Go gcanfaidh 'n chuach ann gach réigiún |
The cuckoo's song doesn't echo in the sky |
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Mar bhláth bán na neoiníní |
Like the white daisy petals |
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Bhíos a' fás i dtús a' tSamhraidh |
That grow at the beginning of summer |
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Nó mar fhaolán dheas bhán |
Or like the precious white gull |
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A bhíos a' snámh ar na méillte |
That flies over the dunes |
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Mar ghrian os cionn na dtuillte |
Like the sun over the high sea |
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'Sí dealrú thart timpeall |
All resplendent |
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'S nach siúd mar bhíos mo ghrása |
Such is my beloved |
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A' deanámh rámhaillí i m'intinn |
Who has left me devastated |
