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A phlúr na maighdean is úire gné |
Chosen maiden, face full of coolness |
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Fuair clú le scéimh ón Ádhamhchlainn |
Adam's descendents praise your beauty |
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A chúil na bpéarla, a rún na héigse |
Your tresses, my pearl, heart of poetry |
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A dhúblaíos féile is fáilte |
And your forever generous heart |
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A ghnúis mar ghréin le tús gach lae ghil |
Your face like the sun at a luminous dawn |
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A mhúchas léan le gáire |
That drowns all sadness with laughter |
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'Sé an trua gan mé is tú, a shiúir, linn féin |
What a pity, my love, that we're not together |
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Sa dún sin Chéin Mhic Cáinte |
In the fort of Cian Mac Cáinte |
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Táim brúite i bpéin gan suan gan néall |
The pain depresses me and I can't sleep |
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De do chumha, a ghéag is áille |
Because of your beauty, the beauty of your limbs |
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Is gur tó mo rogha i gCúigibh Éireann |
And you are my chosen of all of the provinces of Ireland |
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Cúis nach séanam áthas de |
Which I cannot deny |
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Dá siúlfá, a réalta gan smúid, liom féin |
Oh star without blemish, if you'd come with me |
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Ba shúgach saor ár sláinte |
How happy we'd be, how vigorous |
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Gheobhair plúr is méad is cnuasach craobh |
I'd bring you flour, mead and berries |
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Sa dún sin Chéin Mhic Cáinte |
To the fort of Cian Mac Cáinte |
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A shuairc-bhean tséimh na gcuachfholt péarlach |
Pleasant woman of the resplendent tresses |
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Gluais liom fhéin ar ball beag |
Come at once to live with me |
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Nuair a bheas uaisle is cléir is tuataí i néal |
When the nobles, the clergy and the peasants |
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Ina suan faoi éadai bána |
Are all asleep in their beds |
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Ó thuaidh go mbeam i bhfad uatha araon |
We'll be far to the north of all of them |
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Teacht nuachruth gréine amárach |
When the first rays of the sun break the morning |
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Gan ghuais le chéile in uaigneas aerach |
And happily isolated, we'll have no worries |
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San dún sin Chéin Mhic Cáinte |
In the fort of Cian Mac Cáinte |
