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Cé tú féin, a strainséar chaoin? |
Who are you, kind stranger? |
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Cé tú féin? |
Who are you? |
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An lách no dian |
Are you gentle or aggressive |
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Do bhuille thréan? |
Since your traumatic ordeal? |
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Cé tú féin? |
Who are you? |
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Ar tháinig tú ó i bhfad gcéin? |
And did you come from far away? |
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Aniar aduaidh, anoir aneas? |
From west from north, from east from south? |
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Ar tháinig tú ó fuacht nó teas? |
Did you come from cold or from heat? |
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Cé tú féin? |
Who are you? |
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Tar isteach, a strainséar righin |
Come in, tense stranger |
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Tar isteach |
Come in |
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Suí chun boird |
Sit by the table |
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Ól braon di |
Have a drink |
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Nó lig do scíth |
Or have a rest |
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'S inis dúinn an fáth go bhfuil |
And tell us the reason why |
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Do aghaidh chiúin uaigneach dorcha |
Your quiet face is dark and lonely |
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An fáth go bhfuil do shúile lán le cuamha |
Why your eyes are full of sadness |
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Cé tú féin?... |
Who are you?... |
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'S im' chuisle |
In my pulse |
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I gcuideachta órga 's draíochta |
In magical, golden company |
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Im' lorg i leabaidh |
In my footstep, in beds |
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I leabhar mór gach míosa |
In the great book of every months |
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Ní thagaim níor tháinig mé riamh |
I don't arrive or ever come upon |
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Ar an ní a bhí uaim |
What's essential for my needs |
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'S i ngleannta |
And in valleys |
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I gcoillte le scaipeadh na síolta |
In forests with the scattering of seeds |
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Mé thuas seal 's thíos seal |
I fill with hope and then deposit |
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Le suaitheadh gach oíche |
With each night's storm |
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Ní bhraithim níor bhraith mé riamh |
I don't feel and I have never felt |
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An ní a bhí uaim |
What's essential for my needs |
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Slán agat, a strainséar chaoin |
And good-bye, gentle stranger |
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Slán agat |
Good-bye for now |
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'S guíom gach rath |
And I wish you every success |
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'S sonas ort amach anseo |
And happiness from here on in |
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'S beidh fáilte romhat 'riamh i m' chroí |
And you will always be welcome inside this heart |
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Cé uaigneach cé sonasach |
Whether lonely, whether happy |
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Cé meangadh mór na gréine ar do aghaidh |
Whether the sun's wide smile is on your face |
