Translation of the song lyrics An Toilean Ur - Clannad

An Toilean Ur (original)

Rinne mé smaointiú i m’intinn
Is lean mé dó go cinnte
Go n-éalóinn ó mo mhuintir
Anonn chun 'Oileáin Úir
Tá mé ag déanamh impí
Ar an Ard-Rí 'tá 's mo chionn-sa
Mo choinneáil ó gach tubaiste
Go gcríochnóinn mo shiúl
Shiúil mé fiche míle
'S níor casadh orm Críostaí
Capall, bó nó caora ag déanamh
Inghilt ar an fhéar
Coillte dlúth' is gleanntáin
Agus búirtheach beithigh allta
Fir is mná gan tant orthu
A chasfá fá do mhéar
Tharla isteach i dteach mé
Is casadh orm daoine
D’fhiafraigh siad mo ainmse
Cén tír inar tógadh mé
Dúirt mé leo i mBéarla
Gur tógadh mé in Éirinn
Láimh le Loch Eirne
I gCoillidh Lios na Raoch
Bhí seanbhean insan chlúdaigh
Is stocaí ar a glúiní
D'éirigh sí go lúcháireach
Agus chraith sí liomsa lámh
«Sheacht mh’anam, fear mo thíre
Thar a bhfaca mé ariamh de dhaoine
Nár tógadh mise in Éirinn
I mBaile Lios Béal Áinetha»
Rinne mé smaointiú i m’intinn
Is lean mé dó go cinnte
Go bpillfinn ar ais go hÉirinn
An áit a sínfí mé faoin chlár
Mar a bhfaighfinn lucht mo chaointe
Is an t-aos óg atá lách aoibhinn
A chaithfeadh liomsa an oíche
Agus páirt mhór den lá

An Toilean Ur (translation)

I had an idea in my mind
I definitely followed him
May I escape from my people
Over to the 'New Islands
I'm begging
On the High King's is my head
Keep me from all disaster
That I would finish my walk
I walked twenty miles
And I did not turn Christian
Horse, cow or sheep making
Grazing on the grass
Dense woods and valleys
And the roar of wild beasts
Men and women without tant
You would twist under your finger
I happened to be in a house
I meet people
They asked my name
What country was I raised in
I told them in English
That I was raised in Ireland
Adjacent to Lough Erne
In Lisnaraoch Woods
There was an old woman in the cover
She is wearing socks on her knees
She rose joyfully
And she shook my hand
«Seven souls, man of my country
More than I have ever seen of people
I was not raised in Ireland
In Lismore Town »
I had an idea in my mind
I definitely followed him
That I would return to Ireland
Where I would sign up under the program
How to find my mourners
It is the young people who are kind and happy
Who would spend the night with me
And a big part of the day