Before you edit: All changes are checked by a moderator before being published to the site and could take a few days.
‘A ógánaigh an chúil chraobhaigh, cad é an taobh ar go mbíonn tú? Nó an bhfuileann tú gan chéile nó an i t’aonar a luíonn tú?’ ‘Ó, táimse gan chéile agus im aonar sea luímse, Cé hé sin dhá fhiafraí nó an éinne beo ón tír í?’
‘An amhlaidh ná haithníonn tú mé fhéinig, céadsearc do chroí-se? ’S gur mé do chailín ciúin craobhach a bhíodh taobh leat san oíche.’ ‘Ní aithnímse tú fhéinig agus níl aon phioc ded ghnaoi ann, Mar sin do mhill cré mé, ga gréine agus gaoithe.’
Nuair is dóigh le mo mhuintir go mbím ar mo leabaidh, Ar do thuama sea bhímse ó oíche go maidean, Ag cur mo chás síos leat agus ag síorghol, mo mhairg, I ndiaidh mo chailín ciúin stuama a luadh liom ’na leanbh.
Bíonn mo mhuintir á plé liom, bráithre agus sagairt, I dtaobh mé bheith i ngrá leat, a Mháire, is tú marbh, Ba scáth ar an síon thú agus ba dhíon thú ar fhearthainn, Mo ghrian an lae gheimhridh ’s tú thíos ins an talamh.
‘Oh young man of the flowing hair, on which side are you? Are you without a companion, and are you lying alone?’ ‘Oh, I am without a companion and I am lying alone, Who is that girl who’s asking, is it anyone alive from the country?’
‘It seems you do not recognize myself, the dearest of your heart? While I am your quite flowing girl, who used to be by your side during the night.’ ‘I do not recognize you while there is no piece of your beauty left, That’s how the clay spoiled me, ray of sunlight and of wind.’
When my people suppose I am on my bed, On your tomb I am from evening till morning, Imagining I am down there with you and eternally weeping, my sorrow, After my quite prudent girl who used to pledge herself to me as a child.
My family has been dealing with me, brothers and priests, About me being in love with you, Mary, now when you are dead, You were a shadow from the bad weather and a shelter from rain, My sun of the winter day, and now you are down below the ground.
SongsInIrish.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com or amazon.co.uk.