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Foireann an bháid a b'fhearr |
The best crew of men |
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A d'fhág Inis Fraoich |
That ever left Inis Fraoigh |
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Is iad ag tarraingt san áit |
Were drawing near to the place |
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A raibh bádaí na scadán ina luí |
Where the herring fleet rests on the sea |
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Ar builg gur fágadh iad |
They were left on the swell |
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Is gan tarrtháil orthu faraor |
Without one to save them that night |
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Is mo bhuachaillín bán deas |
And my fair-headed boy who would play |
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A sheinnfeadh an fhidil is an phíob |
Both the fiddle and the pipes |
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Is measa liom Eoghan |
My grief is for Eoghan |
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Ná scór de fhearaibh an tsaoil |
Over a score of men who were there |
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Ná ba é a chuirfeadh ar bord |
For he'd load the boats |
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Is nach mór a lagaigh sé an tír |
And it's sorely we miss him this day |
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Tá Macán bocht buartha |
Poor Sonny's in sorrow |
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Nora bheag is a níon |
Wee Nora and her daughter as well |
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Is is dóigh liom ar ndóigh |
And there's no need to tell |
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Go bhfuil dólas mór fada ar a mhnaoi |
The long grief that his wife has to bear |
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Níor mhaith liom do shúil |
I mourn the bright eyes |
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A bheith brúite tuirseach den ghreann |
That grow dim now far out to sea |
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Ná do chorpán geal úr |
As your fair young body |
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A bheith a shúgradh ar bharra na dtonn |
Is tossed away out on the waves |
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Na tonnaí bhí tréan |
The strong waves came rolling |
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Is iad a lúbadh tharat anall |
Down over you, my dear |
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Bhí do lámh ar an stiúir |
Your hand held the tiller |
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Is tú ag dúil le bheith sna Flaithis gan mhoill |
As you hoped it was for heaven you steered |
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Dá bhfeicfeá Eoghan mór |
If you'd seen Big Eoghan |
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Is é ag cuartú cladaigh is poill |
And him searching each shore and deep hole |
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Ag iarraidh tuairisc' na mbuachaill |
Him looking and asking for the boys |
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A fuadaíodh amach ar an toinn |
That the stormy sea stole |
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Shiúil sé na cuantaí |
He's walking every inlet |
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Ach níor dhual dó a leithéid a fháil ann |
But nothing was found on the strand |
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Ach go bhfuarthas a dtuairisc |
And he only heard tell they were seen |
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Thuas ar an Iomaire Cham |
Near the Iomaire Cam |
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A Fheargail a dheartháir |
Oh Feargal, my brother |
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Má tá tusa i bhFlaitheas na Naomh |
If you are in heaven so grand |
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Iarr fortacht ar an Ard-Rí |
Ask God would He grant |
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Lena bhfáil insa chladach seo thíos |
That they might be cast on this strand |
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Mura bhfaighthí ach a gcnámha |
If 'twas only their bones washed up |
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Ar an leic atá lena thaobh |
On a rock near the shore |
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Bheadh d'athair bocht sásta |
Your poor father'd have peace |
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Agus áthrach mór fada ar a shaol |
And be able to face life once more |
