| A Róisín ná bíodh brón ort fé'r éirigh dhuit:
| Róisín don't be sad about what happened to you:
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| Tá na bráithre 'teacht thar sáile 's iad ag triall ar muir,
| The brothers' are coming abroad as they go to sea,
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| Tiocfaidh do phárdún ón bPápa is ón Róimh anoir
| Your pardon will come from the Pope and from Rome to the east
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| 'S ní spárálfar fíon Spáinneach ar mo Róisín Dubh.
| And Spanish wine will not be spared on my Róisín Dubh.
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| Is fada an réim a léig mé léi ó inné 'dtí inniu,
| I've been with her for a long time from yesterday to today,
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| Trasna sléibhte go ndeachas léi, fé sheolta ar muir;
| Across mountains I went with her, under sails at sea;
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| An éirne is chaith mé 'léim í, cé gur mór é an sruth;
| The erne I threw 'jumped her, though the current was great;
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| 'S bhí ceol téad ar gach taobh díom is mo Róisín Dubh.
| And there was string music on all sides of me and my Róisín Dubh.
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| Mhairbh tú mé, a bhrídeach, is nárbh fhearrde dhuit,
| You killed me, bride, and you were no better,
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| Is go bhfuil m’anam istigh i ngean ort 's ní inné ná inniu;
| That my soul is in love with you and not yesterday or today;
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| D’fhág tú lag anbhfann mé i ngné is i gcruth
| You have left me weak and weak in form and shape
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| Ná feall orm is mé i gnean ort, a Róisín Dubh.
| Don't betray me when I'm in love with you, Róisín Dubh.
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| Shiúbhalfainn féin an drúcht leat is fásaigh ghuirt,
| I would walk with you in the dew of the wilderness,
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| Mar shúil go bhfaighinn rún uait nó páirt dem thoil.
| Hoping to get a secret from you or please part.
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| A chraoibhín chumhra, gheallais domhsa go raibh grá agat dom
| Fragrant twig, I promised you that you loved me
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| 'S gurab í fíor-scoth na Mumhan í, mo Róisín Dubh.
| And that she is the true best of Munster, my Róisín Dubh.
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| Beidh an Éirne 'na tuiltibh tréana is réabfar cnoic,
| The Erne will be a strong flood and the hills will be torn,
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| Beidh an fharraige 'na tonntaibh dearga is doirtfear fuil,
| The sea will be red waves and blood will be shed,
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| Beidh gach gleann sléibhe ar fud éireann is móinte ar crith,
| Every mountain valley in all Ireland and the moors will tremble,
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| Lá éigin sul a néagfaidh mo Róisín Dubh. | Someday before my Róisín Dubh dies. |