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Is bean ón slua sí mé |
I am a woman from the Sí |
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Do tháinig thar toinn |
Who has come over the waves |
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Is do goideadh san oíche mé |
And I was taken at night |
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Tamall thar lear |
For a while abroad |
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Is go bhfuilim as riocht so |
And I am in this state |
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Fé gheasa mná sí |
Under geasa of the fairy woman |
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Is ní bheidh ar an saol so |
And I will not be in this world |
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Go nglaofaidh an coileach |
Until the cock crows |
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Is caitheadsa féin |
And I must go |
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Tabhairt fén lios isteach |
Into the lios |
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Ní taithneamh liom é |
It is no pleasure for me |
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Ach caithfead tabhairt fé |
But I must do it |
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Is a bhfuil ar an saol so |
And all that is in this life |
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Caithfidh imeacht as |
Must leave it |
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Ach béadsa ag caoineadh'n |
But I will be keening |
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Fhaid a bheidh uisce sa toinn |
As long as water remains in the wave |
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Is ná deinig aon ní |
And have no dealings |
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Leis an ndream thíos sa leas... |
With the crowd that is down in the lios... |
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Is caitheadsa féin |
And I must go |
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Tabhairt fén lios isteach |
Into the lios |
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Ní taithneamh liom é |
It is no pleasure for me |
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Ach caithfead tabhairt fé |
But I must do it |
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Is a bhfuil ar an saol so |
And all that is in this life |
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Caithfidh imeacht as |
Must leave it |
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Ach béadsa ag caoineadh'n |
But I will be keening |
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Fhaid a bheidh uisce sa toinn |
As long as water remains in the wave |
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Is ná deinig aon ní |
And have no dealings |
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Leis an ndream thíos sa leas... |
With the crowd that is down in the lios... |
