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Seo mo mhallacht ar na mná
'Siad a mhearaigh mé 'gus rinne mo chrá
Thit mé i dtús mo shaoil i ngrá
Le spéirbhe, an álainn óg
Is mheall sí lena glorthaí mé

'S í bhí sochmaí laghach gan bhrói
'S í ba mheallachaí 's ba mhilse póg
Bhí sé cróiúil greannmhar cóir
'S ní bréag a bhfuil mé 'rá
Gur mheall sí lena glorthaí mé

Shíl mé nach raibh duine bocht ar mo dhream
Nach raibh sa tsaol seo ach spórt is greann
Ach faraoir tá mé fágtha anois go fann
Modhobhrán bhoct liom féin
Ó mheall sí lena glorthaí mé

Is iomaí oiche fhada fhuar
A chaith mé 'suirí leithe chois na gcruach
Is a 'teacht 'na 'bhaile arís gan ghruaim
Le bodhránacht a' lae
Nuair a mheall sí lena glorthaí mé

Thóg sí a seotlaí i bhfad ar shiúl
Is d'fhág sí mise a' sileadh na sul
Nar chuma liom dá mbínn a' dúil
Lena feicéail arís níos mó
Och, mheall sí lena glorthaí mé

Nach doiligh domhsa theacht fríd a' tsaol
O d'eálaigh an ainnir úd a chráigh mo chroí
Is d'fhág sí mise lag gan bhrí
'O mo chaitheamh 's 'o mo chloí
Ó mheall sí lena glorthaí mé

Ach dá bhfáighinn-s'a an saol seo ar mo mhian
Scéal cinnte go mbeimis óg a choích'
Nó chuirfin-se lámh na cloige arís
Go dtí an t-am arbh fhiú bheith beo
Nuair a mheall sí lena glorthaí mé

Mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
Is mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
Ó mheall sí lena glorthaí mé
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This is my curse on the women
It is they who have tormented me
I fell in love early in my life
With a beautiful young woman
And she enticed me with her voice

She was gentle, friendly, without pride
She was most beguiling with the sweetest kiss
She was lively, funny and proper
And it is no lie when I say
That she enticed me with her voice

There is nobody in my family
That did not get fun and sport out of life
Alas, I am left here alone
At daybreak all by myself
Oh, she enticed me with her voice

And many a cold long night
I spent courting her down by the pier
And coming home again without sorrow
At the dawning of the day
When she enticed me with her voice

She sailed far, far away
And left me in tears
I wouldn't have cared had I not been waiting
To see her ever again
Oh, she enticed me with her voice

Isn't it difficult for me to go through life
Since that girl slipped away who broke my heart
And she left me grieving
Oh, my sorrow and my undoing
Oh, she enticed me with her voice

If I could have one wish in this world
It would surely be for us to be young forever
And I would put the hands of the clock back
To the time when life was worth living
When she enticed me with her voice

She enticed me with her voice
And she enticed me with her voice
Oh, she enticed me with her voice