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Éirigh is cuir ort do chuid éadaigh |
Arise now and dress yourself quickly |
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Go mbearraidh mé féin do chúl |
'Til I gaze once again on your brow |
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Go dté muid 'soir easpag na hÉirne |
And we'll go to the Bishop of Erin |
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Go gceangaltar mé 'gus tú |
In wedlock to pledge our vows |
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Bhí grá 's cion agam féin ort |
I love and cherish you dearly |
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A chuid 'en tsaol éalaigh liom |
Elope with me, love of my heart |
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'S nach duine dona gan chéill |
Wouldn't the person be silly or foolish |
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A scarfadh ó chéile sinn |
That would try to keep us apart? |
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Aisling a chonaic mé aréir |
Last night in a vision I saw her |
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Ar leaba agus mé i mo luí |
As I lay asleep on my bed |
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Go dtáinig sí chugam mar fhéirín |
She came to me as a treasure |
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Ainnir na gciabhfholt buí |
This beautiful golden-haired maid |
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Bhí a órfholt snoite go féar léi |
Her golden locks trailed on the green grass |
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Is níl tuile da mhéid nach gclaíodh |
A spate of beauty that none could surpass |
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Ó is, a Rí, ér mhiste do chléir é |
And why should it worry the clergy |
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Dá gcodlóinn aréir le mnaoi? |
If I slept with my true love last night? |
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Is trua gan mise is an niamh bheag |
I long that myself and my true love |
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Na leice mílte ó chuan |
Are not many leagues out to sea |
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In oileán an Chlochair Bhig Chraobhaig |
On a lonely and wooded island |
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Mar a thiteas na néalta chun suain |
Where the clouds glide silent and free |
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An áit a mbíonn an nead ag an éanlaith |
And small birds could peacefully nest there |
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An fiolar, an ghéag is an chuach |
Where the eagle and cuckoo could dwell |
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Chuirfinnse gease ar an éan bheag |
And I'd cast a spell on a small bird |
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Solas an lae thabhairt uainn |
The brightness of day to quell |
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Éirigh is cuir ort do chuid éadaigh |
Arise now and dress yourself quickly |
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Go mbearraidh mé féin do chúl |
'Til I gaze once again on your brow |
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Go dté muid 'soir easpag na hÉirne |
And we'll go to the Bishop of Erin |
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Go gceangaltar mé 'gus tú |
In wedlock to pledge our vows |
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Bhí grá 's cion agam féin ort |
I love and cherish you dearly |
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A chuid 'en tsaol éalaigh liom |
Elope with me, love of my heart |
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'S nach duine dona gan chéill |
Wouldn't the person be silly or foolish |
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A scarfadh ó chéile sinn |
That would try to keep us apart? |
