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Is uaigneach mo shaol |
My life is, unfortunately |
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Go gruama faraoir |
Solitary and dark |
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'Mo thruaill bhocht gan siamsa 'tá mé |
I'm only a poor man lacking fun |
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'S is brónach a bhím |
Sad and lonely |
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Gan suaimhneas na hoích' |
I spend my nights |
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Go buartha lag cloíte cráite |
Weakness and grief have overcome me |
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'Sí 'n stuabhean gheal |
That stunning woman |
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Chaoin a rinne gual de mo chroí |
Turned my heart to coal |
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'S níl suairceas a choíce i ndán domh |
And happiness will evade me forever |
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Ó luadh liom mar mhnaoi |
Being still very young |
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Go luath 'dtús mo shaoil |
I remained paired up |
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Mo chailín na gruaige báine |
With the fair-haired girl |
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'S í bláth bán na gcraobh í |
She's the white flower on the tree |
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Thug barr ar gach scéimh |
The most beautiful of all |
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Le háilleacht le méid 's le breáchta |
The most lovely of all of creation |
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'Sí d'fhág mé faoi léan |
And she's left me suffering |
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'Sí chráigh mé gan bhréig |
Totally devastated |
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'Gus tá 'fhios ag Mac Dé mo chás-sa |
And the Son of God understands my situation |
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Dá bhfhaighinnse mo rogha |
If it depended on me |
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Ó b'ansa liom é |
How I would love |
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Bheith ar láimh leis a' speirbhean álainn |
To be next to that beautiful woman |
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'S ní náire ar bith liom é |
It wouldn't be unworthy |
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'S í grá geal mo chléibh |
Since she's the one my heart desires |
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Mo chailín na gruaige báine |
My fair-haired girl |
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Dá dtigeadh sí aris |
If she came again |
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Ar cuairt chun mo thí |
To visit my house |
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Nach mise bheadh aoibhiúil sásta |
How happy and smiling I would feel |
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'S níl áit ar bith dár mhian léi |
Wherever she liked |
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Nach mbainfinnse fúm |
I would live |
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Ach cead 'fháil mo shaol a chaitheamh léi |
As long as we could live together forever |
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Nach trua mise 'smaointiú |
I'm completely up in smoke |
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Go domhain in mo chroí |
Convinced in the end |
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Nach bhfeicim arís go brách í |
That I will never see her again |
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Taím buartha bocht faoi chian |
I'm heavy-hearted and sad |
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Is ní mhairfead beo bliain |
And I won't even live a year |
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Gan cailín na gruaige báine |
Without my fair-haired girl |
