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English Translation
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Éirigh is cuir ort do chuid éadaigh
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Arise now and dress yourself quickly
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Go mbearraidh mé féin do chúl
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'Til I gaze once again on your brow
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Go dté muid 'soir easpag na hÉirne
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And we'll go to the Bishop of Erin
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Go gceangaltar mé 'gus tú
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In wedlock to pledge our vows
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Bhí grá 's cion agam féin ort
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I love and cherish you dearly
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A chuid 'en tsaol éalaigh liom
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Elope with me, love of my heart
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'S nach duine dona gan chéill
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Wouldn't the person be silly or foolish
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A scarfadh ó chéile sinn
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That would try to keep us apart?
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Aisling a chonaic mé aréir
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Last night in a vision I saw her
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Ar leaba agus mé i mo luí
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As I lay asleep on my bed
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Go dtáinig sí chugam mar fhéirín
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She came to me as a treasure
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Ainnir na gciabhfholt buí
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This beautiful golden-haired maid
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Bhí a órfholt snoite go féar léi
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Her golden locks trailed on the green grass
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Is níl tuile da mhéid nach gclaíodh
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A spate of beauty that none could surpass
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Ó is, a Rí, ér mhiste do chléir é
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And why should it worry the clergy
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Dá gcodlóinn aréir le mnaoi?
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If I slept with my true love last night?
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Is trua gan mise is an niamh bheag
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I long that myself and my true love
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Na leice mílte ó chuan
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Are not many leagues out to sea
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In oileán an Chlochair Bhig Chraobhaig
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On a lonely and wooded island
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Mar a thiteas na néalta chun suain
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Where the clouds glide silent and free
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An áit a mbíonn an nead ag an éanlaith
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And small birds could peacefully nest there
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An fiolar, an ghéag is an chuach
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Where the eagle and cuckoo could dwell
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Chuirfinnse gease ar an éan bheag
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And I'd cast a spell on a small bird
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Solas an lae thabhairt uainn
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The brightness of day to quell
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Éirigh is cuir ort do chuid éadaigh
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Arise now and dress yourself quickly
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Go mbearraidh mé féin do chúl
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'Til I gaze once again on your brow
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Go dté muid 'soir easpag na hÉirne
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And we'll go to the Bishop of Erin
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Go gceangaltar mé 'gus tú
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In wedlock to pledge our vows
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Bhí grá 's cion agam féin ort
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I love and cherish you dearly
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A chuid 'en tsaol éalaigh liom
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Elope with me, love of my heart
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'S nach duine dona gan chéill
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Wouldn't the person be silly or foolish
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A scarfadh ó chéile sinn
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That would try to keep us apart?
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