| A Mhaire mhilis bhrea
| Dear sweet Mary
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| Do dh’fhuig an saighead seo im' lar
| This arrow hit a target
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| Ni leigheasfar in Oilean na Fodhla
| It will not be cured in the Isle of Fodhla
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| 'S do bhearfainn dar mo lamh
| And I would say on my own
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| Da bhfaighfea fein mo chas
| I would find my turn
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| Na ligfear me i mbas gan foirthint
| Do not let me die without merit
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| Ni chaithim unsa bidh
| I don't waste an ounce of food
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| Ni chodlaim neal o luim
| I don't sleep like a cloud
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| Ni tapa ionam na bri na scail bheag
| The small scales are not fast in me
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| Mara bhfaighfidh me uair no scith
| But I'll find one or the other
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| Le dianghra lar mo chroi
| With a heavy heart
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| Ni mhairfidh me beo mi na raithe
| I will not live to die
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| Nil fios a leigheas mo chra
| There is no cure for my pain
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| Ag aoinne beo le failt
| Anyone alive is welcome
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| Ach amhain ag an mnaoi seo do bhreoigh me Nil me leighes ar mhuir na tra
| Only by this woman did I heal, I am not healed on the sea of tra
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| Nil mo leigheas ar luibh na lamha
| The herbs of the hands are not my cure
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| Nil mo leigheas ach ag blath na hoige
| My cure is only in the flower of childhood
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| Ni dh’aithnim lon thar chuach
| I don't recognize a lon over a bunch
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| Ni dh’aithnim teas thar fuacht
| I don't know heat over cold
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| Ni dh’aithnim aon uair mo chairde
| I never recognize my friends
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| Ni dh’aithnim oiche thar la Ach dh’aithneodh mo chroi mo ghra
| I would not know night over day But my heart would know my love
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| Da dtagadh si i dtrath agus foirthint
| She came in time and fortune
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| A Mhaire is tu mo ghra
| Dear Mary, you are my love
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| A ghra mo chroi do chra
| My heart loves you
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| Gra sin gan donas gan aon eislinn
| Gra so no donas no eslinn
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| Gra o aois go bas
| Gra from age to death
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| Gra o bhaois go fas
| Love from birth to life
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| Gra a chuirfeadh go dluth fe cheim me Gra gan suil le saol
| A man who would bring me close to him, a man without an eye for life
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| Gra gan tnuth le spre
| Gra without thread with spre
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| Gra do d’fhag me craite i ndaorbhroid
| Thank you for leaving me devastated
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| Gra mo chroi thar mhnaibh
| Gra my heart over women
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| Is a shamhail suid de ghra
| They are a model of love
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| Is annamh e le failt ag aon fhear
| It is rarely welcomed by any man
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| Foir a chumainn dean
| People who associate
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| Is tabhair 'om phog od bheil
| Give me a kiss on the mouth
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| Is tog anois chugat fein on mbas me No ordaigh leaba chaol
| Now go to yourself since I died Or order a narrow bed
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| I gcomhra chluthair deil
| In the cozy atmosphere of a lathe
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| I bhfogas don daol 's da chairde
| Close to family and friends
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| Ni beo mo bheo acht eag
| I will not live but edit
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| Ni glor mo ghlor ach gaoth
| My voice is nothing but wind
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| Nil snua orm saol na slainte
| I don't know the life of salvation
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| Ach go deorach bronach treith
| But with characteristic tears
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| Gan cheol gan sport gan reim
| No music no sport no rhyme
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| I ndaorbhroid 's i bpein le gra dhu | In grief and pain with love |