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Ag meán oíche gabhaim siar don aill |
At midnight I go to the cliffs |
Ag lorg mo ghrá atá caillte |
Searching for my lost one |
Suím ar an charraig ag impí uirthi |
Sitting by the rocks and pleading |
Filleadh arais chugam ag baile |
For her to return home to me |
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Ó, mo chailín donn |
Oh my brown-haired girl |
Mo ghrá geal is mo chroí |
Bright love of my heart |
Fill arais go luath |
Come back soon |
Is bí liom arís |
And be with me again |
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Is fada í ar shiúl uaim |
It's a long time since she left |
Mo leanbh is mo stór aici |
With my child and my wealth |
Is trua gur cheil mé mo ghrá ort |
It is a pity I hid my love from her |
Mo chailín i bhfad ó mo thigh |
The one who is far from me |
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Anios táim ag dul in aois |
Now I'm getting on in years |
Im' shui cois teallaigh liom féin |
Sitting alone by the hearth |
Ag smaoincamh ar 'n am atá thart |
Thinking of the days that I spent |
A chaitheas lem chailín donn |
With my brown-haired girl |
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Ó, mo chailín donn |
Oh my brown-haired girl |
Mo ghrá geal is mo chroí |
Bright love of my heart |
Fill arais go luath |
Come back soon |
Is bí liom |
And be with me |
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