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English Translation
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Rinne mé smaointiú i m'intinn
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I made a decision
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Is lean mé dó go cinnte
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And I followed it with certainty
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Go n-éalóinn ó mo mhuintir
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That I could escape my family
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Anonn chun 'Oileáin Úir
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Over on the New Island
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Tá mé ag déanamh impí
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I was turning away
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Ar an Ard-Rí 'tá 's mo chionn-sa
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From the High King above me
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Mo choinneáil ó gach tubaiste
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Who kept me from every misfortune
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Go gcríochnóinn mo shiúl
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Which could end my journey
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Shiúil mé fiche míle
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I walked twenty miles
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'S níor casadh orm Críostaí
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And I didn't meet a soul
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Capall, bó nó caora ag déanamh
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A horse, a cow or a sheep
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Inghilt ar an fhéar
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Grazing in the field
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Coillte dlúth' is gleanntáin
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Only dense woods and glens
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Agus búirtheach beithigh allta
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And roaring wild beasts
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Fir is mná gan tant orthu
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Men and women
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A chasfá fá do mhéar
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In tatters
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Tharla isteach i dteach mé
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But I happened into a house
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Is casadh orm daoine
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When I met some people
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D'fhiafraigh siad mo ainmse
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They asked me my name
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Cén tír inar tógadh mé
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What land I was from
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Dúirt mé leo i mBéarla
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I told them in English
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Gur tógadh mé in Éirinn
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That I was raised in Ireland
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Láimh le Loch Eirne
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By the side of Loch Éirne
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I gCoillidh Lios na Raoch
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In the woods of Lios na Raoch
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Bhí seanbhean insan chlúdaigh
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There was an old woman
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Is stocaí ar a glúiní
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In the corner knitting socks
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D'éirigh sí go lúcháireach
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She joyfully arose
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Agus chraith sí liomsa lámh
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And shook my hand
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"Sheacht mh'anam, fear mo thíre
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"Bless my soul, my countryman
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Thar a bhfaca mé ariamh de dhaoine
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You are truly one of us
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Nár tógadh mise in Éirinn
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I was raised in Ireland
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I mBaile Lios Béal Áinetha"
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In Baile Lios Béal Áinetha"
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Rinne mé smaointiú i m'intinn
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I made a decision
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Is lean mé dó go cinnte
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And I followed it with certainty
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Go bpillfinn ar ais go hÉirinn
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That I would return to Ireland
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An áit a sínfí mé faoin chlár
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The place where I would be buried
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Mar a bhfaighfinn lucht mo chaointe
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As I might find gentle folk and young folk
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Is an t-aos óg atá lách aoibhinn
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Who are friendly and delightful
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A chaithfeadh liomsa an oíche
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With whom I could spend
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Agus páirt mhór den lá
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The night and the day
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