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'Sé deir Colm Cille linn |
Colm Cille says that |
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Go hIfreann nach dtéid fial |
The generous don't go to hell |
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Lucht an tsairbhris go gceileann siad |
That those who have money |
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A hpáirt mhór le Dia |
Snatch their part from God |
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Nach mór an tubaiste |
What a shame |
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D'aon duine á dearnadh ariamh |
For a human being |
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Oiread a chruinniú |
To save money |
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Is a 'choinneodh as Parrthas iad |
In order to avoid Paradise |
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Thréig mé lucht an Bhéarla |
I left those who speak English |
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Agus búclaí bróg |
With their buckled shoes |
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Thréig mise an méid sin |
I abandoned it all |
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Mar gheall ort, a stór |
For you, my love |
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Mar i ndúil go mbeinn 's tú, 'chéadsearc |
So that you and I could, love |
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Maidin chiúin cheo |
On a misty morning |
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Is sinn ag éisteacht le géimneach |
Hear the lowing |
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Ár sealbháin deas bó |
Of our small herd of cattle |
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D'imigh mé mar d'imeodh |
I left as left |
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Mo shnua agus mo ghné |
All my elegance |
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D'imigh mé mar d'imeodh |
I left as disappeared |
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Fáinní geala an lae |
The luminous dawn |
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D'imigh mé mar d'imeodh |
I left as melts |
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An sneachta ón ghréin |
The snow in the sun |
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'S bheinn ar oileán 's thiocfadh an tuile orm |
And I'd love to be on an island with high tide |
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Is bháithfí mé |
And drown myself |
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Go mbreacaí mo dhá mhalaidh |
Until I have red eyebrows |
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Agus go liathfaí mo cheann |
And gray hair |
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Chomh geal leis an eala |
Or white like the swan |
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Atá ar Shliabh Uí Fhlionn |
From O'Flynn's Hill |
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Go dté mo bhean i dtalamh |
Until they bury my wife |
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Agus 'n diaidh sin a clann |
And later my children |
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Beidh cuimhne agam ort, 'ainnir dheas |
I will remember the beautiful girl |
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Na gciabhfholt donn |
Of the brown tresses |
