Lyrics of Mna Na Heireann - Kate Bush

Mna Na Heireann (original)

Mná na hÉireann
Ta bean in Eirinn a phronnfadh sead damh is mo shaith le n-ol
Is ta bean in Eireann is ba bhinne leithe mo rafla ceoil
No seinm thead;
ata bean in Eirinn is niorbh fhearr lei beo
Mise ag leimnigh no leagtha i gcre is mo tharr faoi fhod
Ta bean in Eirinn a bheadh ag ead liom mur bhfaighfinn ach pog
O' bhean ar aonach, nach ait an sceala, is mo dhaimh fein leo;
Ta bean ab fhearr liom no cath is cead dhiobh nach bhfagham go deo
Is ta cailin speiriuil ag fear gan Bhearla, dubhghranna croin
Ta bean a dearfadh da siulann leithe go bhfaighinn an t-or
Is ta bean 'na leine is is fearr a mein no na tainte bo Le bean a bhuairfeadh Baile an Mhaoir is clar Thir Eoghain
Is ni fhaicim leigheas ar mo ghalar fein ach scaird a dh’ol

(translation)

Women of Ireland
There is a woman in Ireland who would grind an ox shed and drink my fill
There's a woman in Ireland who loves my music rumor
No seinm thead;
who is a woman in Ireland who did not prefer to live
I'm jumping or lying in the ground with my toe under
There's a woman in Ireland who would be jealous of me if I only got a kiss
O woman at a fair, where the story is not, my own ox is with them;
There's a woman I love or a battle of them that I will never win
A man without English has a celestial girl, dark-skinned
There is a woman who would walk with her to get the gold
And a woman in her shirt is the best in her hair or the cow's tain.
All I see is a cure for my illness but a jet of alcohol