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English Translation: |
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Is trua gán mé thiar |
It's a pity I'm not over |
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Ag Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin |
At Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin's |
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Seachtain nó dhó go gcóiríodh |
For a week or two until he would |
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S m'fhallaing domh |
Repair my cloak for me |
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Mise gach neoin a breith 'seoladh |
I would be driving his cattle |
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A chuid eallaigh dó |
Each afternoon |
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'S mé bheith ag baint chnó |
And I'd be collecting nuts |
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Faoi theorainn an bhaile seo |
On the border on this townland |
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Chorus (after each verse): |
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Is Ailín na rún |
And Ailín, my love |
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Na rún is na rún |
My love and my love |
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Do Úna Ní Ailleagáin |
To Úna Ní Ailleagáin |
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Corraigh do chroí |
Move your heart |
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Tá cailín beag thíos anseo |
There's a young girl below here |
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A bhfuil páirc mhaith phise aici |
Who has a fine field of peas |
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Knot ina cúl |
A knot in her hair |
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Is níl imeacht ar fhear aici |
And she can't get away from a man |
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Sílidh sí féin go bhfuil |
She thinks herself, she has got |
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Spalpaire fir aici |
A big, strapping man |
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Ach bheirimse an leabhair duit |
But I swear by the book |
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Ré fear ar bith aici |
That she has no man at all |
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Nuair a thigimsa ón tsliabh |
When I come from the mountain |
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Bíonn cliabh den mhóin orm |
I've a creel of turf with me |
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Suímsa síos bíonn fuacht |
I sit down |
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Agus tuirse orm |
And I'm cold and hungry |
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'Sé duirt ainnir na gcliabh |
The maid of the tresses said |
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Gan stiall de do bhrat agam |
I wish I'd a strip of your cloak |
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Is trua gan do ghiall beag |
It's a pity I haven't your little jaw |
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Thiar faoi fhód agam |
Beyond under the sod |
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Is trua gán mé thiar |
It's a pity I'm not over |
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Ag Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin |
At Eoghainín Ó Ragadáin's |
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Seachtain nó dhó go gcóiríodh |
For a week or two until he would |
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S m'fhallaing domh |
Repair my cloak for me |
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Mise gach neoin a breith 'seoladh |
I would be driving his cattle |
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A chuid eallaigh dó |
Each afternoon |
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'S mé bheith ag baint chnó |
And I'd be collecting nuts |
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Faoi theorainn an bhaile seo |
On the border on this townland |
