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This song appears on Clannad’s sixth album Fuaim, released in 1982.
Seo mo mhallacht ar na mná 'Siad a mhearaigh mé 'gus rinne mo chrá Thit mé i dtús mo shaoil i ngrá Le spéirbhe, an álainn óg Is mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
'S í bhí sochmaí laghach gan bhróid 'S í ba mheallachaí 's ba mhilse póg Bhí sé cróiúil greannmhar cóir 'S ní bréag a bhfuil mé 'rá Gur mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
Shíl mé nach raibh duine bocht ar mo dhream Nach raibh sa tsaol seo ach spórt is greann Ach faraoir tá mé fágtha anois go fann Modhobhrán bhoct liom féin Ó mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
Is iomaí oiche fhada fhuar A chaith mé 'suirí leithe chois na gcruach Is a 'teacht 'na 'bhaile arís gan ghruaim Le bodhránacht a' lae Nuair a mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
Thóg sí a seotlaí i bhfad ar shiúl Is d'fhág sí mise a' sileadh na sul Nar chuma liom dá mbínn a' dúil Lena feicéail arís níos mó Och, mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
Nach doiligh domhsa theacht fríd a' tsaol O d'eálaigh an ainnir úd a chráigh mo chroí Is d'fhág sí mise lag gan bhrí 'O mo chaitheamh 's 'o mo chloí Ó mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
Ach dá bhfáighinn-s'a an saol seo ar mo mhian Scéal cinnte go mbeimis óg a choích' Nó chuirfin-se lámh na cloige arís Go dtí an t-am arbh fhiú bheith beo Nuair a mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
Mheall sí lena glorthaí mé Is mheall sí lena glorthaí mé Ó mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
This is my curse on the women It is they who have tormented me I fell in love early in my life With a beautiful young woman And she enticed me with her voice
She was gentle, friendly, without pride She was most beguiling with the sweetest kiss She was lively, funny and proper And it is no lie when I say That she enticed me with her voice
There is nobody in my family That did not get fun and sport out of life Alas, I am left here alone At daybreak all by myself Oh she enticed me with her voice
And many a cold long night I spent courting her down by the pier And coming home again without sorrow At the dawning of the day When she enticed me with her voice
She sailed far, far away And left me in tears I wouldn't have cared had I not been waiting To see her ever again Oh she enticed me with her voice
Isn't it difficult for me to go through life Since that girl slipped away who broke my heart And she left me grieving Oh my sorrow and my undoing Oh she enticed me with her voice
If I could have one wish in this world It would surely be for us to be young forever And I would put the hands of the clock back To the time when life was worth living When she enticed me with her voice
She enticed me with her voice And she enticed me with her voice Oh she enticed me with her voice
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