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Ag úirchill a' chreagáin |
By Creggan Graveyard |
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Sea chodail mise 'réir faoi bhrón |
I slept last night in sorrow |
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Is le héirí na maid'ne |
At daybreak |
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Tháinig ainnir fá mo dhéin le póig |
I was kissed by a young woman |
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Bhí gríosghrua garth' aici |
With flaming cheeks |
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'Gus loinhir ina ciabh mar ór |
And a golden luster in her hair |
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'S ba é íochshláinte 'n domhain |
One look of her |
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A bheith 'g amharc ar a' ríoghan oig |
Would cure all the world's ills |
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A fhiafhir charthanaigh |
My kind young man |
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Ná caitear thusa 'néalta |
Do not sleep in sorrow |
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Ach éirigh go tapaidh |
But rise swiftly |
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Agus aistrigh liom siar sa ród |
And come along the road with me |
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Go tír dheas na meala |
To the land of honey |
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Nach bhfuair galla intí réim go fóill |
Where the foreigner has no hold |
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'S gheobhair aoibhneas |
Where you will find happiness |
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Ar hallí 'mo mhealladhsa le siamsa ceoil |
Enticing me with sweet music |
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A ríoghan is deise |
Oh sweet princess |
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'N tú hélen fa'r treagh slóigh |
Are you Helen that transfixed the horde |
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No dó na naoi mná deasa |
Or one of the nine fine women |
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Pharnassus thú 'bhí déanta gcló? |
From Parnassus made in such form? |
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Cé'n tír ins a' chruinne |
Which land in the world |
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'N ar hoileadh tú, a réalt gan cheo |
Would hold you, oh star without cloud |
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Le'r mian leat mo shamhrhailsa |
That you want my sort |
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Bheith 'cogarnaigh leat siar sa ród? |
Whispering with you back in the road? |
