Translation of the song lyrics Gleanntain Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair - Altan

Gleanntain Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair (original)

Céad slán ag sléibhte maorga
Chondae Dhún na nGall
Agus dhá chéad slán ag an Earagal árd
Ina stua os cionn caor 's call
Nuair a ghluais mise thart le loch Dhún Lúich
Go ciún 'sa ghleann ina luí
I mo dhiaidh bhí Gleanntáin Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair
Is beag nár bhris mo chroí
Ag taisteal domh amach fríd chnoic Ghleann Domhain
'S an Mhucais ar mo chúl
Ní miste domh 'ra le brón 's le crá
Gur fhreasach a shil mise súil
Go 'Meiriceá siar, a bhí mo thriall
I bhfad thar an fharraige mhór
D’fhag mé slán ar feadh seal ag Dún na nGall
'S ag Gleanntáin Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair
Níorbh é mo mhiansa imeacht ariamh
Ó m' thír bheag dhílis féin
Ach trom lámh Gall, le cluain
'S le feall, a thiomáin mé i gnéill
B'é rún mo chroí-se pilleadh arís
Nuair a dhéanfainn beagán stór
'S deireadh mo shaoil a chaitheamh lem ghaoil
Fá Ghleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair
Slán, slán go fóill a Dhún na nGall
A chondae shéimh gan smál
'S dod gheara breá in am an ghá
Nár umhlaigh riamh roimh Ghall
Tá áit i mo chroí do gach fear 's gach mnaoi
'S gach páiste beag agus mór
Áta beo go buan, gan bhuairt, gan ghruaim
Fá Ghleanntáin Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair

Gleanntain Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair (translation)

A hundred farewells at majestic mountains
County Donegal
And two hundred farewells at the high Errigal
In his arch above a berry's call
When I moved around Dunlewey lake
Quietly in the valley lying
Behind me was Gleanntáin Glas Ghaoth Dobhair
My heart almost broke
Traveling me out through the hills of Deep Valley
With the Muck on my back
I do not mind saying with sorrow and pain
That's an eye - opener
To America west, was my journey
Far beyond the high seas
I said goodbye for a while to Donegal
And at Gleanntáin Glas Ghaoth Dobhair
My desire was never to depart
From my own faithful little country
But a heavy hand of Gaul, with a cloak
And with treachery, I drove in chains
It was my heart's desire to return
When I do a little treasure
It's the end of my life with my love
Fá Ghleanntáin Glas' Ghaoth Dobhair
Goodbye, goodbye to Donegal
A gentle, immaculate county
And your gear is perfect in time of need
Never bowed down before a foreigner
There is a place in my heart for every man and every woman
And all children small and large
Living forever, without worry, without gloom
Gleanntáin Glas Ghaoth Dobhair