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Ar ghabháil go Baile Átha Cliath dom |
On my way to Dublin town |
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A' chéad lá den tseachtain |
On the first day of the week |
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Casadh cailín óg dom |
I met a young lass |
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'Dtug mé mór-chíon dí is taitneamh |
Who delighted my eye |
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D'fhiafair sí i nglór chiúin dom |
Softly she enquired |
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"Cá gcónaíonn tú, a shearc-rúin?" |
Where do you live, my darling? |
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"Is i dTuaifín atá mo lóistín |
"In Tooafeen I dwell |
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Is m'áit chónaí le fada" |
I've lived there this long time" |
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Ceist agam féin ort |
May I ask you this |
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Ó 's tú is deireanai 'd'fhág a' baile |
Since you've lately left home |
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Caide mar atá do chéile |
How is your wife |
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Nó an féidir go maireann? |
Or could it be she is not alive? |
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Tá sí tinn tréith-lag |
She is weak and most feeble |
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I bhfiabhras na leapa |
In a fever abed |
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Agus mise le trí ráithe |
And me these nine months |
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Ag na liaibh a' mo chreachú |
By the doctors being fleeced |
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Cé'r mhiste duit féin é |
Why should you care |
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Dá dtéifeadh sí faoi thalamh? |
If she were beneath the soil? |
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Gheofá bean is spré léi |
You'd get a dowried woman |
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Dúiche shaor agus fearann |
With free estate and land |
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Bheadh airgead i do phócaí |
With money in your purse |
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'Gus ór buí le scapadh |
And yellow gold to squander |
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Agus maighre an chúil ór-bhuí |
And a lovely young maiden |
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Le bheith a' cóiriú do leapa |
To pat down your pillow |
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Ainnir na ndual buí |
My beautiful fair one |
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Ná hiarr thusa mo mhealladh |
Don't try to allure me |
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Tá muirín lag óg orm |
I've a feeble young family |
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Is ní h-áil uaim á scapadh |
I don't want to desert them |
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Níl airgead i mo phócaí |
I'll have no money in my purse |
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Nó ór buí le scapadh |
No gold to squander |
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Nó aon cailín óg |
Nor any young lassie |
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Le bheith a' cóiriu mo leapa |
To smooth our my pillow |
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