The Mermaid - Anúna, Michael McGlynn

Is cosúil gur mheath tú nó gur thréig tú an greann

It seems that you have changed and left behind your happiness

Tá sneachta ga freasach fá bhéal na mbeann' The snow

is frosty on the heather

Do chúl buí daite 's do bhéilín sámh Your fair hair and your sweet mouth

Siud chugaibh Mary Chinidh 's í ndiaidh an Éirne 'shnámh

Here comes Mary Kenny after swimming the length of the Erne

A mháithrín dhílis, dúirt Máire Bhán «Sweet mother,» said Máire Bhán

Fá bhruach an chladaigh 's fá bhéal na trá At the edge

of the quay and at the mouth of the beach

Maighdeán Mhara, mo mháithrín ard «My esteemed mother is a mermaid»

Siud chugaibh Mary Chinidh 's í ndiaidh an Éirne 'shnámh

Here comes Mary Kenny after swimming the length of the Erne

Tá mise tuirseach agus beidh ga lá I’m tired and I will be for some time

Mo Mháire bhroinngheal 's mo Phádraig bán My Máire

of the white breast and my pale Pádraig

Ar bharr na dtonna 's fá bhéal na trá On the top of

the waves and at the edge of the sea

Siud chugaibh Mary Chinidh 's í ndiaidh an Éirne 'shnámh

Here comes Mary Kenny after swimming the length of the Erne

You seem to have declined or abandoned the humor

It seems that you have changed and left behind your happiness

There's snow rushing at the mouth of the mountains' The snow

is frosty on the heather

Your fair hair and your sweet mouth

Mary Chinidh came to you after the Erne swam

Here comes Mary Kenny after swimming the length of the Erne

Dear mother, said Máire Bhán "Sweet mother," said Máire Bhán

At the edge of the shore and at the mouth of the beach

of the quay and at the mouth of the beach

My Lady, my high mother «My esteemed mother is a mermaid»

Mary Chinidh came to you after the Erne swam

Here comes Mary Kenny after swimming the length of the Erne

I’m tired and I’ll be tired for a while

My white Mary and my white Patrick

of the white breast and my pale Pádraig

On the top of the waves

the waves and at the edge of the sea

Mary Chinidh came to you after the Erne swam

Here comes Mary Kenny after swimming the length of the Erne