Maidin is tús an lae
Is fágaim mo bhaile
Tá mo chroíse go brón
Is fad ar shiúl m'óige
Oíche is mé liom féin
Spéartha dubh go domhain, a choích
Ag cuimhneach ar laethanta a bhí
Gan ghá agus gan ghruaim
Eistim leis an ghaoth
Uaigneas mór, go deo, a choích

Deireadh an turas mór
Táim brónach, buartha 's briste
I mo dhiaidh nach mbeidh níos mó
Ach, tá sé i ndán dúinn, a pháistí
Is fada anois an lá
A d'fhág mé mo bhaile
Níl áthas i mo chroí
Níl ann ach an marbh.

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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 )