себе на памятьTá mé mo shuí ó d’éirigh’n ghealach aréir
[taw mey muh hee, o jye-reen ghyallakh uh-rair]
I am up since the moon arose last night
Ag cur teine síos gan scíth is á fadó go géar
[egg cur tchinna shees gan shkee iss a fado guh gyair]
Putting down a fire again and again and keeping it lit
Tá bunadh a tí ‘na luí is tá mise liom féin
[taw bunna a tchee nuh lee iss taw misha lumm heyn]
The family is in bed and here am I by myself
Tá na coiligh ag glaoch ‘san saol ‘na gcodladh ach mé.
[taw nuh kullee egg gleykh sunn seel nuh gulla akh mey]
The cocks are crowing and the country is asleep but me.
‘Sheacht mh’anam déag do bhéal do mhalaí is do ghrua
[hakht wanumm jyeg duh veyl duh wallee iss duh ghroo-a]
I love your mouth, your eyebrows and your cheeks
Do shúil ghorm ghlé-gheal fár thréig mé aiteas is suairc
[duh hool ghorem ghley-ghyal fawr hreg mey atchiss iss soo-erk]
Your bright blue eyes for whose sake I gave up contentment
Le cumha do dhiaidh ní léir dom an bealach a shiúil
[leh cuwee do ghyee-a nee leyr dumm unn bellakh a hyool]
In longing for you I cannot see to walk the road
Is a charaid mo chléibh tá na sléibhte gabhail idir mé ‘s tú.
[iss a kharid muh khleyv taw nuh sleyv-tcha gawl idjir mey stoo]
Friend of my bosom, the mountains lie between me and you.
Deireann lucht léinn gur claoite an galar an grá
[jyerenn lukht leyn gur kleetcha unn galar unn graw]
Learned men say that love is a fatal sickness
Char admhaigh mé é no go raibh sé ‘ndiaidh mo chroí istigh a chrá
[khar admee mey ey no guh row shey nyee-ah muh khreeshtee a khraw]
I never admitted it until now that my heart is broken
Ó aicid ró-ghéar, faraor nár sheachain mé í
[oh akid ro-ghyair, farair nawr hyekhin mey ee]
It’s a very painful illness, alas, I have not avoided it
Chuir sí arraing is céad go géar trí cheart-lár mo chroí.
[khweer she arreng iss keyd guh gyair tree khyairtlar muh khree]
And it sends a hundred arrows through the core of my heart.
Casadh bean-tsí dom thíos ag Lios Bhéal an Átha
[casoo ban-shee dom hees egg liss veyl unn aw]
I met a fairy woman in the hollow of Béal an Átha
Is d’fhiafraigh mé díthe an scaoilfeadh glas ar bith grá
[iss jiwra mey jeeha unn scwillya glas air bih graw]
I asked her would any key unlock the love in my heart
Is é dúirt sí os íseal i mbriathra soineannta sáimh
[iss ey doo-ert she os isheyl i mrih-ra sinenta sawv]
And she said in soft, simple language
“Nuair a théann sé fán chroí cha scaoiltear as é go bráth.”
[nooer a heyn shey fawn khree kha skilteer ahs ey guh braw]
“When love enters the heart it will never be driven from it.”