Na laetha geal m'óigeThe bright days of my youth
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(In ómós do mo m'athair agus do m'atair)(In honor of my father and mother)
Ag amharc tré m'óigeLooking back over my youth
Is mé bhí sámhI see I was contented
Gan eolas marbh Without knowledge of death
Bhí mé óg san am, I was young then
Anois, táim buartha Now I am worried
's fad ar shiúil an lá. During the course of the day.
Ochón 's ochón ó. (Oh sorrow!) [Alas and woe, oh.]
Na laetha geal m'óige The bright days of my youth
Bhí siad lán de dhóchas Were full of hope
An bealach mór a bhí romham anonn The big road that was before us then
Bhí sé i ndán domh go mbeinn, slán, slán. Was what was destined to be,
Bye bye...
(Repeat refrain)
