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Ó bhí mé oíche taobh istigh Fhéil' Bhride |
One night I was outside St Bridgid's Day |
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A' faire thíos ar a Mhullach Mhór |
Looking down on Mullaghmore |
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Agus tharlaidh an naoi díom a dtug mé gnaoi dí |
And the thing happened to me, that I gave love to her |
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Mar bhí sí caoghmhaoil, lách, álainn óg |
Because she was lovely, friendly, beautiful, young |
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Sí go cinnte a mhearaigh m'intinn |
It was certainly she who drove me out of my wits |
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Agus liach na bhFiann ó, ní leigheasfadh mé |
And the doctor of the Fianna would not cure me |
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Agus tá mo chroí istigh 'na mhíle píosaí |
And my heart is in a thousand pieces |
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Mura bhfaighim cead síneadh lena brollach glé'il |
If I don't get to lie down with her bright bosom |
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A chailín donn deas a chuaigh i gcontúirt |
Lovely, brown-haired girl who went into danger |
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Orú, druid anall liom agus tabhair domh póg |
Come over here and give me a kiss |
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Agus dá mbíodh mo mhuintir uilig i bhfeirg liom |
And if my whole family were angry with me |
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Nár chuma liomsa a mhíle stór |
I wouldn't give a damn, my darling sweetheart |
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A mhíle grá tá cách a rá liom |
My darling sweetheart, everyone is saying to me |
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Gur don ghrá ort a gheobhaidh mé bás |
That I will die for love of you |
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Agus níl lá margaidh a mbíodh sna Gearaltaigh |
And there isn't a market day that would be in the Gearalts |
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Ná bhfaigheann cúlfathmhuinneach agus mise ag ól |
And I wouldn't get solace and me drinking |
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Is fada 'n lá breá ó thug mé grá duit |
It's along time now since I gave love to you |
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Agus mé 'mo pháiste bheag óg gan chéill |
And me, a small young lad without any sense |
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'S gura leatsa shiúlfainnse cnoic 's gleanntáinn |
And with you I would walk hills and valleys |
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'S go Baile 'n Teampaill dá mbíodh sé romham |
And to Ballytemple if it was in front of us |
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Ach anois ó tá mise curtha cráite |
But now I am finished, tormented |
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'S gur lig mé páirt mhór de mo rún le gaoth |
And I gave the better part of my secret to the wind |
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A Rí tá i bParrthgas ó déan domh fárus |
Oh King in Paradise, make ready for me |
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I ngleanntáin áilne lena taobh |
In the lovely glens with you |
