The Irish Girl (An Cailin Gaelach)

B' aite liom fein bheith ar thaobh mala shleibhe
'Gus cailin Gaelach a bheith i mo chomhair;
Bheinn a breagadh 's a' teannadh leithe
'Gus dar liom fein, 'riu, gur dheas ar ndoigh!

Ag eiri dom fein ar maidin an lae ghil
is me ag gabhail fan choill chraobhai is me ag seoladh bo
tharla dom and speirbhean ina sui ar an leana
is a fallaing lei is i lan de chnonn

Is maith an airi ar an buaibh a shantu
'Gus bheinnse a seoladh amuigh sa la
Im agus bainne iad, 'theacht an tsamhraidh
'S mar gheall ar bholacht a phostar mna

The Irish Girl (An Cailin Gaelach)

I would love to be on the side of a hillside
with an Irish girl beside me
I would tease her and pull her closer
and I say to myself, how nice it would be

As I roved out of a morning early
when I was herding the cows
I saw a vision of a woman sitting on the pasture
and her shawl was filled with hazel nuts

It is care that the herds deserve
and I would heard them outside all day
milk and bread from them all through the summer
and for such things - young women wed.