Translation of the song lyrics Cill Chais - The Dubliners

Cill Chais (original)

Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad?
Tá deireadh na gcoillte ar lár
Níl trácht ar Chill Chais ná a teaghlach
'S ní chluinfear a cling go brách
An áit úd 'na gcónaíodh an dei-bhean
Fuair gradam is meidhir thar mnáibh
Bhíodh iarlaí ag tarraingt thar toinn ann
'S an t-Aifreann binn dá rá
Ní chluinim fuaim lachan ná gé ann
Ná iolar ag éamh cois cuain
Ná fiú na mbeacha chun saothair
Thabharfadh mil agus céir don tslua
Níl ceol binn milis na n-éan ann
Le hamharc an lae dul uainn
Ná an chuaichín i mbarra na gcraobh ann
Ó's í chuirfeadh an saol chun suain
Aicim ar Mhuire 's ar Íosa
Go dtaga sí arís chughainn slán
Go mbeidh rincí fada 'gabháil timpeall
Ceol fidil 's tinte cnámh
Go dtógfar an baile seo ár sinsear
Cill Chais bhreá, arís go hard
Is go brách nó go dtiocfaidh and díle
Ná feicfear é arís ar lár

Cill Chais (translation)

What will we do in the future without wood?
The end of the woods is in the middle
There is no mention of Kilcash or her family
And her cling will never be heard
That's where the good woman lived
Gained prestige and merriment over women
Earls used to pull over waves there
It's a sweet Mass to say
I do not hear the sound of a duck or a goose
Do not let an eagle roar by the harbor
Not even the bees to labor
Honey and wax would bring the crowd
There is no sweet sweet music of the birds
With the sight of the day passing away
Not the cuckoo in the tree bar there
Oh, it would put life to sleep
I love Mary and Jesus
May she come back to us safe
That long dances will 'catch around
Fiddle music and bonfires
May this home be built by our ancestors
Fine Cill Chais, again high
It is forever until the flood comes
Never to be missed again