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English Translation
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Nuair a d'éirigh mé ar maidin Dé Céadaoin
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As I woke up on Wednesday morning
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Níor choisric mé m'éadan, faraor
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I forgot to bless myself, alas
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Nó gur bheir mé ar an arm a ba ghéire
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And took the sharpest sword
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Agus chuir mé a bhéal le cloch líof'
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And made its blade more keen
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Chaith mise díom mo chuid éadaigh
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I put on my clothes
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Is mo chiall mhaith gur lig mé le gaoith
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And my good sense left with the wind
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Is nuair a chuala mé iomrá ar mo chéadsearc
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And when I heard a rumor about my sweetheart
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Gur steall mé an corrmhéar ón alt díom
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I cut off my index finger at the joint
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Is fada mo chosa gan bhróga
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It's long my feet have been without shoes
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Is faide mo phócaí gan phinghin
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It is longer my pockets without pennies
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Is fada mé ag gabháil le mná óga
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It is long since I have been going with young women
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Ach níor ól mé riamh deor le mo mhian
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But never before have I drunk the tears of my desire
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Is fada mo chrá croí á dhéanamh
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I have suffered for too long
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Mo thuama á phriontáil ag saor
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A mason carves my name for the tomb
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Mo chónair á tógáil lá an earraigh
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This spring day my coffin is being made
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Is na buachaillí deasa ag gabháil faoi
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And fine boys ready to carry it
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Dá mbeinnse seacht mbliana faoin talamh
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Were I seven years buried
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Ná i bhfiabhras na leaba i mo luí
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Or lying in my bed with fever
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A chéadsearc, dá dtiocfá agus m'fhiafraí
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If you asked for me, my beloved
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Scéal cinnte go mbeinn leat' mo chuí
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I would surely be up and by your side
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Is fada mo chosa gan bhróga
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It's long my feet have been without shoes
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'Gus is faide mo phócaí gan phinghin
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And it is longer my pockets without pennies
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Is fada mé ag gabháil le mná óga
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It is long since I have been going with young women
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Ach níor ól mé riamh deor le mo mhian
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But never before have I drunk the tears of my desire
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Ach níor ól mé riamh deor le mo mhian
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But never before have I drunk the tears of my desire
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