Maidin is ts an lae
Is fgaim mo bhaile
T mo chrose go brn
Is fad ar shil mige
Oche is m liom fin
Spartha dubh go domhain, a choch
Ag cuimhneach 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 dfhg m mo bhaile
Nl thas I mo chro
Nl ann ach an marbh.
(translation:
And I leave my home
Morning and the days 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 )