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Is cosúil gur mheath tú nó gur thréig tú an greann |
It seems that you have changed and left behind your happiness |
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Tá sneachta ga freasach fá bhéal na mbeann' |
The snow is frosty on the heather |
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Do chúl buí daite 's do bhéilín sámh |
Your fair hair and your sweet mouth |
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Siud chugaibh Mary Chinidh 's í ndiaidh an Éirne 'shnámh |
Here comes Mary Kenny after swimming the length of the Erne |
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A mháithrín dhílis, dúirt Máire Bhán |
"Sweet mother," said Máire Bhán |
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Fá bhruach an chladaigh 's fá bhéal na trá |
At the edge of the quay and at the mouth of the beach |
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Maighdeán Mhara, mo mháithrín ard |
"My esteemed mother is a mermaid" |
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Siud chugaibh Mary Chinidh 's í ndiaidh an Éirne 'shnámh |
Here comes Mary Kenny after swimming the length of the Erne |
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Tá mise tuirseach agus beidh ga lá |
I'm tired and I will be for some time |
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Mo Mháire bhroinngheal 's mo Phádraig bán |
My Máire of the white breast and my pale Pádraig |
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Ar bharr na dtonna 's fá bhéal na trá |
On the top of the waves and at the edge of the sea |
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Siud chugaibh Mary Chinidh 's í ndiaidh an Éirne 'shnámh |
Here comes Mary Kenny after swimming the length of the Erne |
