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Bheadh buachaillín deas ag Síle |
Sheila would have a lovely man |
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Dá bpósadh sí mé mar fhear |
If she married me |
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Mharóinn an breac ar an taoide |
I'd kill the trout on the tide |
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Is coinín ar an ndumhaigh chomh maith |
And the rabbit on the dune as well |
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Ní iarfainn leí capall ná caoire |
I wouldn't ask her for a horse or sheep |
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Airgead buí ná geal |
Or gold or silver |
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Mar go mb'fhearr liomsa agam mar mhnaoí í |
Because I'd prefer to have her as my wife |
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Ná aon inion rí dar mhair |
Than any king's daughter that lives |
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Tá máithair gan taise ag Síle |
Sheila's mother has no compassion |
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Is ní bhraitheann sí a croí rómhaith |
And not much feeling either |
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Tá sparán mór fada aici líonta |
She has a big purse filled |
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Ag lorg talamh gan cíos le fear |
Looking for a man with land |
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Chuma léi ard é nó íseal |
She doesn't care if he's tall or short |
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Ba chuma léi búi nó geal |
Of fair or dark complexion |
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O ba chuma léi cam é nó díreach |
Straight or crooked |
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Ach bheith aige caoire is ba |
As long as he has sheep or cows |
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Ní mar sin mar mheasann mo Shíle |
That's not how my Sheila thinks |
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B'fhearr léi mise na míle fear |
She'd rather me than any other |
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Mar is meidhreach sea sheinnfinn ar phíob di |
Because I'd merrily play my pipes |
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'S is greannta do rincfinn dreas |
And do a lively dance for her |
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Chuirfinnse i dtalamh na síolta |
I'd sow the seeds |
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Is bhainfinn arís thar n-ais |
And reap them as well |
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'S nuair a thiocfainnse abhaile ní bhruíonfainn |
And when I'd get home I wouldn't |
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Ach ag reacaireacht grinn lem' shearc |
But converse lightly with my love |
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Tá mo mhargadh socair le Síle |
My deal is set with Sheila |
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Is ní bhrisfeadh Éire ar fad |
And nothing in Ireland will break it |
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Gan spleáchas dá máthair ná muintir |
Without depending on her mother and family |
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Rachaidh sí chun cinn gan stad |
She'd be better off |
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Pósfainn sa chathair an mhí seo |
I'll marry her this month |
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'S an sagart á dhíol go maith |
And pay the priest well |
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Is ní dóichí go bhfanam sa tír seo |
And I wouldn't stay in this country |
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Ach ag reachtaireacht síos amach |
But roam happily around from here on |
