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Celtic Voices Port Na bPúcaí
   
Credits: Traditional; arranged by Russ Landau
   
Appears On: Celtic Voices (compilation)
   
Language: Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic)
   
Other Versions: "Port Na bPucaí" on Méav Ní Mhaolchatha's album Silver Sea
   

Lyrics: English Translation:
   
Is bean ón slua sí mé, do tháinig thar toinn I am a woman from the fairy host who traveled over the seas
Is do goideadh san oíche me tamall thar lear I was stolen in the night and taken beyond the sea
Is go bhfuilim as ríocht seo fé gheas' mná sídhe And I am held hostage in the kingdom by the fairy women
Is ní bheidh ar an saol seo ach go nglaofaidh an coileach And I can only be in this world until the moment the cock crows
Is caitheadsa féin tabhairt fá'n deis isteach I know I have tasks to do here
Ni thaithneamh liom é ach caithfead tabhairt fé Which I do not like but must comply with
Is caitheadsa féin tabhairt fén lios isteach I must return to the fort and do not have anything to do
Is ná déinig aon ní leis an dream thíos sa leas With this body of fairy people down in the fairy mound