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Labhair An Teanga Gaeilge [Ní fios cé a chum] |
Favourite Poems We Learned in School as Gaeilge edited by Thomas F Walsh Cork: Mercier Press, 1994 |
| Speak to me in Irish - translation by Donn, June 18 2001 |
Ó labhair an teanga Gaeilge liom,
A chuid mo chroí is a stór
an teanga a labhair mo mháthair liom,
In Éirinn ghlas fadó
'Sí teanga bhinn ár sinsear í
An chaint is milde glór
Ó labhair an teanga Ghaeilge liom
Is bain dem' chroí an brón
Ó labhair an teanga Gaeilge liom,
'Sí teanga cheart na nGael:
An teanga bhinn is arsa 'tá
Le fáil ar fud an tsaoil.
A stór mo chroí is beanacht ort
A chailín óig gan cháim
Cá bhfuil sa saol aon teanga mar
Ár dteanga féin le fáil?
It's the sweet tongue of our ancestors,
The speech that sounds like honey.
Ah, talk to me in Irish,
And banish my sadness.
Ah, speak the Irish language with me,
The proper language of the Gael:
The most ancient and melodious language
In all the world.
Bless you, my heart's treasure,
My young wonderful one.
Where in the world is there any language like
Our own to be had?
