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Thíos i lár an ghleanna |
Down in the middle of the glen |
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Tráthnóna beag aréir |
Late yesterday evening |
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Agus an drúcht 'na dheora geala |
And there were white drops of dew |
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Ina luí ar bharr an fhéir |
Lying on top of the grass |
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'S ea casadh domhsa an ainnir |
I met a maiden who had |
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Ab áille gnúis is pearsa |
The prettiest face and personality |
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'S í sheol mo stuaim chun seachráin |
She made my good sense go astray |
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Tráthnóna beag aréir |
Late yesterday evening |
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Agus a Rí, nár lách ár n-ealaín |
And God, how pleasant our behavior was |
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'Gabháil síos an gleann aréir |
Going down the glen last night |
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Ag éalú fríd an chanach |
Stealing through the cotton-grass |
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Agus ciúineas ins an spéir |
And there was silence in the sky |
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A rún mo chléibh nár mhilis |
Love of my heart, wasn't our |
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Ár súgradh croí 's nár ghairid |
Heart-playing sweet and short? |
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Ó 's a Rí na glóire gile |
Oh King of the bright glory |
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Tabhair ar ais an oíche aréir |
Bring back last night |
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Dá bhfaighinnse arís cead pilleadh |
If I got permission to return |
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Agus labhairt le stór mo chléibh |
And to speak to the love of my heart |
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Nó dá bhrfaighinnse buaidh ar chinniúint |
Or if I got the better of destiny |
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Cér mhiste liom fán tsaol? |
What would I care about life? |
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Shiúlfainn leat fríd chanach |
I'd walk with you through cotton-grass |
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Is fríd mhéilte ar chiumhais na mara |
And through dunes by the edge of the sea |
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Agus dúiche Dé dá gcaillfinn |
And God's land I'd lose |
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Go bpógfainnse do bhéal |
If I could kiss your mouth |
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Agus a Rí, nár lách ár n-ealaín |
And God, how pleasant our behavior was |
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'Gabháil síos an gleann aréir |
Going down the glen last night |
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Ag éalú fríd an chanach |
Stealing through the cotton-grass |
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Agus ciúineas ins an spéir |
And there was silence in the sky |
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A rún mo chléibh nár mhilis |
Love of my heart, wasn't our |
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Ár súgradh croí 's nár ghairid |
Heart-playing sweet and short? |
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Ó 's a Rí na glóire gile |
Oh King of the bright glory |
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Tabhair ar ais an oíche aréir |
Bring back last night |
