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Tá mé mo shuí |
I am sitting up |
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Ó d'éirigh'n ghealach aréir |
Since the moon arose last night |
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Ag cur tein-e síos-go buan |
Putting down a fire again |
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Is á fadó go géar |
And again and keeping it lit |
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Tá bunadh a' tí 'na luí |
The family is in bed |
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Is tá mise liom féin |
And here am I by myself |
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Tá na coiligh ag glaoch |
The cocks are crowing |
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'San saol 'na gcodladh ach mé |
And the country is asleep but me |
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'Sheacht mh'anam déag do bhéal |
I love your mouth |
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Do mhala is do ghrua |
Your eyebrows and your cheeks |
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Do shúil ghorm ghlé-gheal |
Your bright blue eyes |
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Fár thréig mé sionnach na lúb |
For which I stopped hunting the wily fox |
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Le cumha do dhiaidh ní léir dom |
In longing for you I cannot see |
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An bealach a shiúil |
To walk the road |
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Is a charaid mo chléibh |
Friend of my bosom |
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Tá na sléibhte 'dul idir mé's tú |
The mountains lie between me and you |
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Casadh bean-tsí dom thíos |
I met a fairy woman |
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Ag Lios Bhéal an Átha |
At the Rath of Beal an Atha |
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D'fhiafraigh mé di |
I asked her would any key |
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An scaoilfeadh glas ar bith grá |
Unlock the love in my heart |
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Is é dúirt sí gos íseal |
And she said |
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I mbriathra soineannta sáimh |
In soft, simple language |
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"An grá a théid fán chroí |
"When love enters the heart |
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Ní scaoiltear as é go bráth" |
It will never be driven from it" |
