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English Translation
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Seo mo mhallacht ar na mná
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This is my curse on the women
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'Siad a mhearaigh mé 'gus rinne mo chrá
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It is they who have tormented me
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Thit mé i dtús mo shaoil i ngrá
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I fell in love early in my life
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Le spéirbhe, an álainn óg
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With a beautiful young woman
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Is mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
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And she enticed me with her voice
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'S í bhí sochmaí laghach gan bhróid
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She was gentle, friendly, without pride
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'S í ba mheallachaí 's ba mhilse póg
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She was most beguiling with the sweetest kiss
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Bhí sé cróiúil greannmhar cóir
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She was lively, funny and proper
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'S ní bréag a bhfuil mé 'rá
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And it is no lie when I say
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Gur mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
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That she enticed me with her voice
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Shíl mé nach raibh duine bocht ar mo dhream
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There is nobody in my family
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Nach raibh sa tsaol seo ach spórt is greann
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That did not get fun and sport out of life
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Ach faraoir tá mé fágtha anois go fann
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Alas, I am left here alone
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Modhobhrán bhoct liom féin
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At daybreak all by myself
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Ó mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
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Oh she enticed me with her voice
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Is iomaí oiche fhada fhuar
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And many a cold long night
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A chaith mé 'suirí leithe chois na gcruach
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I spent courting her down by the pier
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Is a 'teacht 'na 'bhaile arís gan ghruaim
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And coming home again without sorrow
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Le bodhránacht a' lae
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At the dawning of the day
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Nuair a mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
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When she enticed me with her voice
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Thóg sí a seotlaí i bhfad ar shiúl
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She sailed far, far away
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Is d'fhág sí mise a' sileadh na sul
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And left me in tears
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Nar chuma liom dá mbínn a' dúil
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I wouldn't have cared had I not been waiting
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Lena feicéail arís níos mó
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To see her ever again
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Och, mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
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Oh she enticed me with her voice
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Nach doiligh domhsa theacht fríd a' tsaol
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Isn't it difficult for me to go through life
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O d'eálaigh an ainnir úd a chráigh mo chroí
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Since that girl slipped away who broke my heart
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Is d'fhág sí mise lag gan bhrí
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And she left me grieving
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'O mo chaitheamh 's 'o mo chloí
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Oh my sorrow and my undoing
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Ó mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
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Oh she enticed me with her voice
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Ach dá bhfáighinn-s'a an saol seo ar mo mhian
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If I could have one wish in this world
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Scéal cinnte go mbeimis óg a choích'
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It would surely be for us to be young forever
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Nó chuirfin-se lámh na cloige arís
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And I would put the hands of the clock back
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Go dtí an t-am arbh fhiú bheith beo
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To the time when life was worth living
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Nuair a mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
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When she enticed me with her voice
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Mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
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She enticed me with her voice
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Is mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
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And she enticed me with her voice
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Ó mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
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Oh she enticed me with her voice
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