Karan Casey - An Buachaillin Ban текст песни

Ta mo chroi-se go tlath lag
'S i lar mo chuid saothair
Tagann lan tocht im chleibhse
Ce nar mhein liom e ra
Ta an dibirt i ndan dom
O bhain bheannaibh Eireann
Is fanach mo shaolsa
'S is dearach mo chas

Is cuimhin liom an trath
Ud a ghra ghil na n-ae istigh
Thugas gra searc is geilleadh
Dod chaomh roisc thar chach
A Ri ghil na n-arann
Dob fhearr liom go n-eagfainn
I lathair mo ghaolta
Is mo bhuachaillin ban

Ta crioch Inis Failbhe
Go lan fad' i ndaor bhroid
Go craite 's go ceasta
I ngeibhinn na namhad
No an fior nach folair duit
Go brach bheith go dearach
A oileainin bhig mhaorga
Na naomh is na mbard

O guimse go hard
Ar an Ard Athair Naofa
Chun ar agus leir-scrios
Do dheanamh ar Shean
Do dhibir na tainte
Thar saile 'na gceandta
'S chuir fan orm feinig
Om' bhuachaillin ban

(Translation)

My heart beat faintly
And my efforts are weakened
A grief too deep for words
Fills my breast
For I am to be banished
From the fair hills of Erin
Aimless my life then
And tragic my fate

I recall, my soul's delight
In days gone by
My love surrendered
To your bewitching gaze
Merciful God
I would far rather perish
Here with my own folk
And my fair-haired boy

The fair land of Erin
Lies in bondage so brutal
The sad, tormented
Prisioner of her foes
Is it her fate then
To be forever weeping
That proud little isle
Of the saint and the bard?

I should this my prayer
To great God our Father
Let death and destruction
Be the fate of John
Who banished so many
Across the great water
And parted forever
My fair lad and me