Maidin is ts an lae

Is fgaim mo bhaile

T mo chrose go brn

Is fad ar shil m'ige



Oche is m liom fin

Spartha dubh go domhain, a choch

Ag cuimhneamh ar laethanta a bh

Gan gh agus gan ghruaim

Eistim leis an ghaoth

Uaigneas mr, go deo, a choch



Deireadh an turas mr

Tim brnach, buartha 's briste

I mo dhiaidh nach mbeidh nos m

Ach, t s i ndn dinn, a phist



Is fada anois an l

A d'fhg m mo bhaile

Nl thas i mo chro

Nl ann ach an marbh



Translation

Morning and the day's beginning

And I leave my home

My heart is breaking

My youth is long past



Night and I am alone

Endless deep black skies

Remembering days that were

Without want and without gloom

I listen to the wind

Endless great loneliness forever



The end of the long journey

I am sad, sorrowful, broken

After me there will be no more (of my kind)

But children, it is our destiny



The day is long past

When I left my home

There is no hope in my heart

There is only death