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English Translation
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A phlúr na maighdean is úire gné
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Chosen maiden, face full of coolness
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Fuair clú le scéimh ón Ádhamhchlainn
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Adam's descendents praise your beauty
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A chúil na bpéarla, a rún na héigse
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Your tresses, my pearl, heart of poetry
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A dhúblaíos féile is fáilte
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And your forever generous heart
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A ghnúis mar ghréin le tús gach lae ghil
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Your face like the sun at a luminous dawn
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A mhúchas léan le gáire
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That drowns all sadness with laughter
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'Sé an trua gan mé is tú, a shiúir, linn féin
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What a pity, my love, that we're not together
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Sa dún sin Chéin Mhic Cáinte
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In the fort of Cian Mac Cáinte
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Táim brúite i bpéin gan suan gan néall
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The pain depresses me and I can't sleep
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De do chumha, a ghéag is áille
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Because of your beauty, the beauty of your limbs
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Is gur tó mo rogha i gCúigibh Éireann
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And you are my chosen of all of the provinces of Ireland
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Cúis nach séanam áthas de
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Which I cannot deny
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Dá siúlfá, a réalta gan smúid, liom féin
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Oh star without blemish, if you'd come with me
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Ba shúgach saor ár sláinte
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How happy we'd be, how vigorous
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Gheobhair plúr is méad is cnuasach craobh
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I'd bring you flour, mead and berries
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Sa dún sin Chéin Mhic Cáinte
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To the fort of Cian Mac Cáinte
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A shuairc-bhean tséimh na gcuachfholt péarlach
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Pleasant woman of the resplendent tresses
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Gluais liom fhéin ar ball beag
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Come at once to live with me
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Nuair a bheas uaisle is cléir is tuataí i néal
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When the nobles, the clergy and the peasants
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Ina suan faoi éadai bána
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Are all asleep in their beds
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Ó thuaidh go mbeam i bhfad uatha araon
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We'll be far to the north of all of them
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Teacht nuachruth gréine amárach
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When the first rays of the sun break the morning
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Gan ghuais le chéile in uaigneas aerach
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And happily isolated, we'll have no worries
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San dún sin Chéin Mhic Cáinte
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In the fort of Cian Mac Cáinte
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