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English Translation
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Ó is mo chairde gaoil gur thréig mé
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I left my friends and relations
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Mar gheall ar mhnaoi is ní bhfuair mé í
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Because of a woman, and I didn't find her
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Is d'imigh sí mar éan bheag
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And she went off like a little bird
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Faoi bharra na gcraobh
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In the tops of the branches
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Mar bhí seabhac na coille léithe
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As if the hawk of the woods was after her
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Sionnach mór Bhinn Éadain
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Or the great fox of Howth
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Roilleach faoi na sléibhte
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The oyster-catcher in the mountains
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An naosc is an chearc fhraoigh
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The snipe and the moorhen
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Málainn, Cúl Iomra
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Malin, Cúil Iomra
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Sliabh Gabhra gur shiúil mé
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I walked through Sliabh Gabhra
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D'ansacht ní bhfuair mé
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And I didn't find the beloved one
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Is mo shúile gur dhall
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And my eyes were blinded
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Go ndeachaigh mé go múrtha an teampaill
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Until I went to the walls of the church
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Is as sin siar go Laighnibh
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And from there westward to Leinster
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Go haonach mór Bhinn Éadain
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To the great fair of Howth
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Is ní ann a bhí mo ghrá
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And my love wasn't there
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Ach is é Colm Cille na féile
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But it was generous Colm Cille
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A mhúscail as mo néal mé
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Who woke me from my slumber
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Is a d'aithris domh cén taobh a raibh sí
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And told me where
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An spéirbhean, ina luí
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This fair lady was lying
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Tá sí i ngleanntán sléibhte
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She is in a mountain glen
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A dtig duilliúr glas is eidheann ann
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Where green leaves and ivy grow
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Bíonn fáras aici fhéin ann
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She is well set up there
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I gconaí di gach am
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In her own abode
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D'éirigh mé den léim sin
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I jumped up then
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Is dhearc mé ar gach taobh domh
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And I looked all around me
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Bhain mé díom m'éide
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I took off my clothes
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Is mo chlaíomh le mo thaobh
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And my sword by my side
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Is chuaigh mé go dtí an spéirbhean
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And I went to the fair lady
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Gur phóg mé í ina léinidh
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And I kissed her in her shift
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Is gur éirigh mo chroí chomh héadrom
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And my heart became light
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Leis an eala ar an chraobh
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As the bird on the bough
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Ach is é Colm Cille na féile
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But it was generous Colm Cille
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A mhúscail as mo néal mé
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Who woke me from my slumber
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Is a d'aithris domh cén taobh a raibh sí
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And told me where
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An spéirbhean, ina luí
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This fair lady was lying
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Tá sí i ngleanntán sléibhte
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She is in a mountain glen
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A dtig duilliúr glas is eidheann ann
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Where green leaves and ivy grow
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Bíonn fáras aici fhéin ann
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She is well set up there
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I gconaí di gach am
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In her own abode
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D'éirigh mé den léim sin
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I jumped up then
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Is dhearc mé ar gach taobh domh
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And I looked all around me
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Bhain mé díom m'éide
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I took off my clothes
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Is mo chlaíomh le mo thaobh
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And my sword by my side
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Is chuaigh mé go dtí an spéirbhean
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And I went to the fair lady
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Gur phóg mé í ina léinidh
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And I kissed her in her shift
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Is gur éirigh mo chroí chomh héadrom
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And my heart became light
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Leis an eala ar an chraobh
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As the bird on the bough
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