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English Translation
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Aisling gheal do shlad trím néal mé
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A vision bright beguiled in sleep me
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Is go rabhas-sa tréithlag seal im luí
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As I lay feebly bereft of cheer
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Is go rabhas i ngleann cois abhann im aonar
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In a river valley I wandered gaily
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Is go rabhas ag aeraíocht le grá mo chroí
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In conversation with my true love dear
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Go raibh na camthaí Gall agus Gaelach
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The host of foreigners and host of Gaeldom
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Is claimhte géara ag uaisle an tsaol
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In battle baring their sword and spear
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Ag breith barr áidh is á rá le chéile
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And the word went out in loud lamentation
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Go raibh clann an fhaoit anois le fáil gan mhoill
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That the day of saints was now drawing near
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Ba ghearr a shamhail dom gur dhearcas Mary
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Then soon I gazed on a fair young maiden
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'Gus gruaig a cinn léi go féar a' fás
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With shining hair falling to the ground
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A folt a tíocht mar na réaltainn
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Her flowing tresses like stars cascading
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Ag titim léise go barr a troighe
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Falling in waves to her ankles down
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Ag siúl na drúchta de barr an fhéir glais
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Sweeping the dew off the meadow early
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'S is lúafar éadtrom mar do shiúladh sí
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And tripping gaily with footsteps light
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A dá chíoch chruinne ar a hucht go néata
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Her two round breasts on her bosom neatly
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A grua mar chaortha, is ba gheal í a píb
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Her cheeks were berries and her throat was white
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Do bheannaíos-sa do mo chuid i ngaelainn
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And when I greeted my love in Gaelic
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Is modhail 's maorga do fhreagair sí
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In manner gracious she did reply
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"A plúr na bhfear, mo shlad ná deinse
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"Oh flower of men, please do not take me
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Mar is maighdean mé nár tháinig d'aois
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I am underage and a maid foreby
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Dhá dtéadh sa ghreann dúinn clann a dhéanamh
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If our lovemaking conceived a baby
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Is go mbéifeá séantach ins an ghníomh
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And if your blame then you should deny
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Gur gearr ón mbás mé, is go bhfágainn Éire
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I would leave Erin and death would face me
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Im ghóist im aonar bheinn romhat id shlí"
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And my ghost would plague you all through your life"
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Do leagas mo láimh uirthi go béasach
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I laid my hand on her so ever gently
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Ó bhun a stays go dtí barr a troighe
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From the top of her stays to the tips of her toes
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In aghaidh gach staire go ndeinfinn léi dhi
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In spite of every rumor I would do it with her?
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Go bpógfainn a béilín tlath arís
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Until I kissed her tender lips again
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Nuair a fuaras-sa dhom gur ghéill sí
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When I gained what she yielded to me
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Mo chroí do léim mar an éan ar chraoibh
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My heart leapt like a bird on a branch
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Trí lár mo smaoinimh ach gur dhúisigh néal mé
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In the middle of my vision, alas I awoke in sorrow
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Is de chumha ina disdh siúd, ní mhairfead mí
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On account of my tears, I shall not live a month
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