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Nuair a d'éirigh mé ar maidin Dé Céadaoin |
As I woke up on Wednesday morning |
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Níor choisric mé m'éadan, faraor |
I forgot to bless myself, alas |
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Nó gur bheir mé ar an arm a ba ghéire |
And took the sharpest sword |
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Agus chuir mé a bhéal le cloch líof' |
And made its blade more keen |
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Chaith mise díom mo chuid éadaigh |
I put on my clothes |
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Is mo chiall mhaith gur lig mé le gaoith |
And my good sense left with the wind |
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Is nuair a chuala mé iomrá ar mo chéadsearc |
And when I heard a rumor about my sweetheart |
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Gur steall mé an corrmhéar ón alt díom |
I cut off my index finger at the joint |
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Is fada mo chosa gan bhróga |
It's long my feet have been without shoes |
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Is faide mo phócaí gan phinghin |
It is longer my pockets without pennies |
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Is fada mé ag gabháil le mná óga |
It is long since I have been going with young women |
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Ach níor ól mé riamh deor le mo mhian |
But never before have I drunk the tears of my desire |
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Is fada mo chrá croí á dhéanamh |
I have suffered for too long |
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Mo thuama á phriontáil ag saor |
A mason carves my name for the tomb |
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Mo chónair á tógáil lá an earraigh |
This spring day my coffin is being made |
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Is na buachaillí deasa ag gabháil faoi |
And fine boys ready to carry it |
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Dá mbeinnse seacht mbliana faoin talamh |
Were I seven years buried |
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Ná i bhfiabhras na leaba i mo luí |
Or lying in my bed with fever |
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A chéadsearc, dá dtiocfá agus m'fhiafraí |
If you asked for me, my beloved |
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Scéal cinnte go mbeinn leat' mo chuí |
I would surely be up and by your side |
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Is fada mo chosa gan bhróga |
It's long my feet have been without shoes |
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'Gus is faide mo phócaí gan phinghin |
And it is longer my pockets without pennies |
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Is fada mé ag gabháil le mná óga |
It is long since I have been going with young women |
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Ach níor ól mé riamh deor le mo mhian |
But never before have I drunk the tears of my desire |
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Ach níor ól mé riamh deor le mo mhian |
But never before have I drunk the tears of my desire |
