| Ar chonnlaigh ghlais an Fhoghmhair
| On the green straws of Autumn
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| A stóirín gur dhearc mé uaim
| I wish I had looked away
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| Ba deas do chos I mbróig
| Your foot was nice in shoes
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| 'Sba ró-dheas do leagan siubhail
| Too nice for a travel version
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| Do ghruaidh ar dhath na rósaí
| A blush the color of roses
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| 'Sdo chúirníní bhí fighte dlúith
| 'Your beads were closely woven
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| Monuar gan sinn 'ár bpósadh
| Monuar without us 'our marriage
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| Nó'r bórd luinge 'triall 'un siubhail
| Or a ship's board 'triall' un sabiha
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| II
| II
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| Tá buachaillí na h-áite seo
| The boys of this place
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| A' gartha 'gus ag éirghe teann
| A 'gartha' until becoming tight
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| Is lucht na gcochán árd
| They are the people of the high mountains
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| A' deánamh fáruis do mo chailín donn
| Getting ready for my brown girl
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| Dá ngluaiseadh Rí na Spáinne
| If the King of Spain moved
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| Thar sáile 's a shlóighte cruinn
| Over the sea and his round crowd
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| Bhrúighfinn féar is fásach
| I would push grass and desert
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| 'S bhéinn ar láimh le mo chailín donn
| And I would be hand in hand with my brown girlfriend
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| III
| III
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| Ceannacht buaibh ar aontaigh'
| Purchase of cattle on agreement
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| Dá mbínn agus mo chailín donn
| If it were me and my brown girlfriend
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| Gluais is tar a chéad-searc
| Move and come first
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| Nó go dtéidh muid thar Ghaoth-Bearra 'nonn
| Or that we go over Gaoth-Berra 'nonn
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| Go sgartar ó n-a chéile
| To be separated from each other
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| Bárr na gcraobh 's an eala ón tuinn
| The top of the branches and the swan from the wave
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| Ní sgarfar sin ó chéile
| That will not be separated
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| 'S níl ach baois díbh á chur 'n mur gcionn
| And it is only foolish of you to put it in the future
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| IV
| IV
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| Chuir mé leitir scríobhtha
| I sent a written letter
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| Annsoir mo sweetheart agus casaoid ghéar
| Yesterday my sweetheart and bitter complaint
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| Chuir sí chugam arís í
| She sent it to me again
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| Go rabh a croidhe istuigh I lár mo chléibh
| That his heart was in the middle of my left
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| Cum na h-eala is míne
| The composition of the finest swans
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| Ná'n síoda 's ná cluimh na n-éan
| Neither the silk nor the feathers of the birds
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| Nach trom an osna ghním-se
| This action is not heavy
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| Nuair a smaoitighim ar a bheith 'sgaradh léi
| When I think about breaking up with her
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| 'Sé chuala m/e Dé Domhnaigh
| He heard m/e on Sunday
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| Mar chómhrádh 'gabháil eadar mhnáibh
| As a conversation between women
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| Go rabh sí 'gabháil 'a pósadh
| That she was 'caught' her marriage
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| Ar óigfhear dá bhfuil san áit
| On a young man who is in the place
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| A stóirín glac mo chomhairle
| My dear, take my advice
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| 'S a' foghmhar seo fan mar tá
| And this is a lesson, stay as it is
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| 'S cha leigim le 'bhfuil beo thú
| And I won't let you live
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| A stór nó 's tú mo ghrádh
| A store or you are my love
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| Translation
| Translation
|
| (From Larry Keith Ogle)
| (From Larry Keith Ogle)
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| On the green stubble-fields of Autumn
| On the green stubble-fields of Autumn
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| I saw you, my sweetheart
| I saw you, my sweetheart
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| Nice were your feet in shoes
| Nice were your feet in shoes
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| And wonderful your nimble gait
| And wonderful your nimble gait
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| Your hair the color of roses
| Your hair the color of roses
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| And your ringlets tightly plaited
| And your ringlets tightly plaited
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| Alas that we’re not married
| Alas that we're not married
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| Or on board ship sailing away
| Or on board ship sailing away
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| The boys around here are
| The boys around here are
|
| Laughing and getting bold
| Laughing and getting bold
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| And the people of the high straw?
| And the people of the high straw?
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| Are making? | Are you making? |
| of my brown girl
| of my brown girl
|
| If the King of Spain would
| If the King of Spain would
|
| Go abroad with his assembled men
| Go abroad with his assembled men
|
| I would flatten grass and rank grass
| I would flatten grass and rank grass
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| And I would be with my brown girl
| And I would be with my brown girl
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| Buying cows at the fair
| Buying cows at the fair
|
| If I were? | If I were? |
| and my brown girl
| and my brown girl
|
| Go and come first love
| Go and come first love
|
| Until we go over to Gaoth-Bearra
| Until we go over to Gaoth-Berra
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| Until we separate from each other
| Until we separate from each other
|
| The tops of the branches and the swan
| The tops of the branches and the swan
|
| From the waves?
| From the waves?
|
| That won’t separate us
| That won't separate us
|
| And it’s only folly for you to put it?
| And it's only folly for you to put it?
|
| I wrote a letter
| I wrote a letter
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| To my sweetheart and a sharp complaint
| To my sweetheart and a sharp complaint
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| She sent it back to me
| She sent it back to me
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| That her heart was inside me
| That her heart was inside me
|
| Compose the artsswannoble person?
| Compose the artsswannoble person?
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| Finer than silk or bird feathers
| Finer than silk or bird feathers
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| Heavy is my sigh
| Heavy is my sigh
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| When I think of being apart from her
| When I think of being apart from her
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| What I heard on Sunday
| What I heard on Sunday
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| As conversation among the women
| From a conversation among the women
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| That she was going to be married
| That she was going to be married
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| To a young man from the place
| To a young man from the place
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| Sweetheart take my advice
| Sweetheart take my advice
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| And this Autumn stay as you are
| And this Autumn stay as you are
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| And don’t tell anyone, my love
| And don't tell anyone, my love
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| That you are my love | That you are my love |