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English Translation
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'Sé deir Colm Cille linn
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Colm Cille says that
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Go hIfreann nach dtéid fial
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The generous don't go to hell
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Lucht an tsairbhris go gceileann siad
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That those who have money
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A hpáirt mhór le Dia
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Snatch their part from God
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Nach mór an tubaiste
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What a shame
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D'aon duine á dearnadh ariamh
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For a human being
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Oiread a chruinniú
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To save money
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Is a 'choinneodh as Parrthas iad
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In order to avoid Paradise
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Thréig mé lucht an Bhéarla
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I left those who speak English
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Agus búclaí bróg
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With their buckled shoes
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Thréig mise an méid sin
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I abandoned it all
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Mar gheall ort, a stór
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For you, my love
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Mar i ndúil go mbeinn 's tú, 'chéadsearc
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So that you and I could, love
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Maidin chiúin cheo
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On a misty morning
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Is sinn ag éisteacht le géimneach
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Hear the lowing
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Ár sealbháin deas bó
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Of our small herd of cattle
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D'imigh mé mar d'imeodh
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I left as left
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Mo shnua agus mo ghné
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All my elegance
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D'imigh mé mar d'imeodh
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I left as disappeared
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Fáinní geala an lae
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The luminous dawn
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D'imigh mé mar d'imeodh
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I left as melts
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An sneachta ón ghréin
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The snow in the sun
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'S bheinn ar oileán 's thiocfadh an tuile orm
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And I'd love to be on an island with high tide
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Is bháithfí mé
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And drown myself
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Go mbreacaí mo dhá mhalaidh
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Until I have red eyebrows
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Agus go liathfaí mo cheann
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And gray hair
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Chomh geal leis an eala
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Or white like the swan
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Atá ar Shliabh Uí Fhlionn
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From O'Flynn's Hill
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Go dté mo bhean i dtalamh
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Until they bury my wife
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Agus 'n diaidh sin a clann
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And later my children
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Beidh cuimhne agam ort, 'ainnir dheas
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I will remember the beautiful girl
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Na gciabhfholt donn
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Of the brown tresses
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